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Same here. Right down to not being able to get the Ca/Alk salifert kits with my last order hehe.

Let's stay on topic. cmor has already mentioned their comment was tongue-in-cheek. There's no reason to derail the thread.

The article Innovator linked is one of the core articles I reference regularly for CA/Alk questions. Be sure you also look at another article in the set (it's linked in the intro of the article from Innovator) that addresses specifically adjusting those levels and their relation to pH...

Do you have a brand name and model of the UV unit? I don't use one so I don't have a recommendation from personal experience, but hopefully someone here will either have the same brand and size as you or at least one of similar size and wattage.

I'm picturing some poor, frustrated guy who has just unclogged his bathroom plumbing for the billionth time after his wife flushed said-product down the toilet. Grabbing one as a "test sample" and wandering around the store trying to find something it would go through without getting stuck...

took me a while to track down this old article with a photo comparison of the sand types: Reefs.org: Where Reefkeeping Begins on the Internet - Photomicrographs of Sands & other Substrates There are a lot of different play sands out there. Follow Lindsay's tips for getting the right stuff.

Another option, is if you are just replacing a small amount that you sucked up while syphoning, you could just find a LFS that sells live sand and just get a pound. You'll get your replacement sand with the added benefit of some new populations of sand critters. PS: silica based sand doesn't...

The thread has been moved into FW - Unhealthy Fish. In the future, feel free to use the report feature when a thread for help needs to be moved to a more appropriate place.

To be honest, it sounds to me like your heater is faulty. What could be happening, is the thermostat is stuck so it just turns on, but perhaps another fault or a safety feature designed to keep it from over heating could be turning it off. Then when it cools down it turns back on. What brand of...

If the tank is glass, a scraper blade will help with any thick coraline build up. If it is acrylic, you could use a credit card to help scrape. Other than that, ^^^ what they said. :)