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  1. RobertP

    DOS down...again

    This is the 2nd time in 4 months I have checked the tank and my alk was down to 7.3 from 8.3. I went to check the apex and the screen refreshed and the ALK side of the DOS was missing. Missing!?! It is all one unit. Last time this happened I had to get Neptune on the phone and I watched them...
  2. RobertP

    ICP or Test Kit Issue?

    Got the results back from an ICP-Analysis and was not happy with a couple readings. ICP says the calcium is 371 but before it was sent out I tested it with a Hanna checker which said 433 and a Red Sea kit that said 500. Also the Magnesium on my Red Sea kit has read over 1600 for a couple...
  3. RobertP

    Raising Brine Shrimp

    I was in Oceanlife a couple weeks ago and saw their small tank full of brine shrimp or every size and was inspired to try them. I had some old brine eggs that were about 2-3 years old and I think 1 hatched out of about 30,000...give or take a few thousand. So I got some new eggs and these did...
  4. RobertP

    Anyone on Well Water?

    If so do you have problems with excess CO2 in the water? I processed 70 gallons over the weekend and my DI resin was almost completely used up. It is mixed bed resin. I know there is silica in my water but I was told that most of the resin was used up because of CO2. My well is 93 ft so it...
  5. RobertP

    Kessil has excellent customer service!

    I have a Kessil H380 grow light that I personally think is BADA$$. Grows chaeto crazy fast. Well it has been in storage for almost 2 years and opened up the box and found rust all over the top post and ring. Apparently I didn't wipe them down good enough when I packed them away. I sent...
  6. RobertP

    RobertP Tank Redo

    As some of you may know we sold our home in 2018 and built a new house in the country. Since I have to redo everything from scratch I thought why not try to document everything as much as I can. Or when I can remember to take pictures! I guess I could have done a time lapse with my game...
  7. RobertP

    Clean up 275 gallon totes?

    Found a couple totes on fakebook for sale cheap and wondered if anyone has any experience cleaning these up. The sign on the side says corrosive which scares me but the current owners say they water trees with them and wash hands. Made me think at worse apply a 10:1 water to bleach mix and let...
  8. RobertP

    Playing with SketchUp

    Since our new house is still months away (hoping September) I can only dream about getting my tank up and running again. Thought I would share what I have so far for my future garage/fish room. Using the free version of SketchUp to see where I can put my old 130gal tank...seriously doubt I am...
  9. RobertP

    Hybrid (Heat Pump) Water Heater experience?

    Curious if anyone has any experience with these? My garage will be my fish room and I mentioned to my builder that the I expect humidity to build up in the garage and he said to just add an exhaust fan and a dehumidifier. Well I was looking at water heaters and ran across these hybrid water...
  10. RobertP

    Lifereef or other skimmer?

    Planning to purchase a new skimmer to replace the Lifereef I sold when we moved. Since I will have a fish room space is not an issue and was looking at either the Lifereef VS3-30 or 36. The question I have is do I get another Lifereef or are the newer modern skimmers better? I have only...
  11. RobertP

    Use salt water to cure dry rock?

    Read a lot of stories about curing rock but dont recall them actually saying to cure them in salt water. I am assuming I need to mix up some salt water to use for curing dry rock correct? Had to shut down my tank back in July 2018 when we sold our house and the new house is about 6-8 months...
  12. RobertP

    Dead snails might be the worst stink!!!

    Drained my tank on Monday evening including the sump and both overflows. Also pulled all the sand and caught all the snails I could find. Washed out the main tank with tap water and drained again. Covered the tank and sump with towels and let it sit till today....HUGE MISTAKE! Figured I would...
  13. RobertP

    Excited and sad at the same time

    Well my wife and I are putting our house up for sale within the week. Realtor thinks it will go fast (they always say that!). The exciting part is that we will be building a new house on some property out in New Ulm, TX... yes, FTE comes to mind but will just say it is out in the middle of...
  14. RobertP

    Howdy Guys

    Been lurking a while and thought I would say hello. I have been on R2R for a while but for some reason have not been here enough! My tank is about a year old and is an old 130 gal Oceanic that I was previously running freshwater for about 12 years and now I do not even walk through the...
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