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TLTGF said:
Certainly glad to hear that!

I got mine running now. Tested Phosphate @ .07PPM with a Hanna, so not bad I guess...

I also did a few things today to the tank. The corals were starting to outgrow each other so I added a couple pcs of the base rock I had left over from Reefrocks. What a joke, I didn't plan well at all. I thought the pcs looked smaller and so the plan that I had to add them backfired. I ended up breaking a piece off the Montipora Cap, breaking several small branches of the birdsnest, squished a red mushroom, ticked off the favia, dropped the porites on the candycane, knocked the acropora into the ricordia garden, knocked another pc of nice LR into oblivion. I knocked my humilis coral off its place and can't get it back to normal... :banghead::banghead::banghead:

I will never have my hand in this tank again, unless 100% necessary. What a crazy morning. :facepalm:

Lastly, I moved what is left of the bubble coral into the frag tank. It only has two bubbles left... :(
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You can imagine the issues I have now that everything has grown together after 20 years. I can't move anything without breaking something. It all looks great, but it can be a challenge to work on it.
 
Jlsardina said:
Do you play the lotto? You should with your luck!
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Are you referring to the luck with BRS sending me more carbon or the bad luck with the crazy chain of events with my corals?

You should've seen the shot I made on Friday golfing. It was for the record books. From three feet into the woods on a pile of branches, chipped out, hit a small sapling, hit the side of the rough twice, bounced down to the green, rolled down the slope and in for a birdie!
 
TLTGF said:
Are you referring to the luck with BRS sending me more carbon or the bad luck with the crazy chain of events with my corals?

You should've seen the shot I made on Friday golfing. It was for the record books. From three feet into the woods on a pile of branches, chipped out, hit a small sapling, hit the side of the rough twice, bounced down to the green, rolled down the slope and in for a birdie!
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Lol. Your good luck! Come to Florida and shake hands with me. I need some good luck!
 
Good golfing and carbon score..... Not so good on the tank..... I will take the first 1/2 of your luck.... Everyone knows my golf game needs some help lol
 
Well, I'm not sure yet. I've only had it running for a day or so, and haven't retested yet. I was gonna wait till tonight when I get home from work and take nitrate and phosphate levels. It seems to be having zero adverse affect on anything so that's promising - also my new carbon is arriving today.
 
Findings of the BRS dual reactor:

Easy to set-up and install

Maxi-jet pump is louder than anything else running on my system - not terrible, but noticeable.

Phosphates have dropped from .07ppm to .05ppm in three days without a pwc

Algae growth on front glass has significantly lessened

Water "appears" to be clearer

All-in-all, I am pleased.
 
It should also be noted that Nitrates dropped from 5ppm immediately after pwc, to 0ppm 8 days later before pwc.

This is the 1st time since setting up the tank that nitrates have been 0.
 
Ah I see, I thought you meant you needed to use PVC and such to plumb in the reactor! Gotcha.
 
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