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Checked and they don’t expire till 2021 so no problems there. BRS did have standardized solutions for the PO4 Hanna checker so that should be here Wednesday. Not sure how I missed that when I ordered the checker initially. Kinda hoping it’ll prove a faulty checker so I can atleast have somewhere...

The powder additive I just got about a month or 2 ago so it should be fine. I know the alk Hanna checker has a separate standardized solution you can buy to check it’s accuracy but I’m not sure about the PO4 checker.. I’ll have to check BRS. Gonna kick myself if so since I just placed an order a...

Ya. I’ve actually been testing it like 2-3x per week over the last month. I tested my “mess around” softie cube and it read 0 PO4 as well which made me think that something was up with the Hanna checker but then I tested my 40g FOWLR which I knew had to have some PO4 due to its minimal...

So long time since the last update. Things were going smoothly for a while but over the past month pretty much all corals seem to be struggling. Most of my acros seem to be slowly losing color or bleaching. Maybe a little less polyp extension but not much. LPS as well seems to be slowly losing...

What size tank and sump/return section? And what size pump did you get with it? Just trying to get an idea what size pump I should get.

Like the title says, what’s everyone’s suggestion for an auto top off system? Tank is a 20 long with a DIY 10 gallon sump. I’ve been debating between the JBJ ATO or the IceCap ATO. Any experience with these or other suggestions?

Quick update. Everything has been doing very well so far. Clam from what I can tell is still doing ok too. Got a couple more acros and all are doing well. The strawberry shortcake I got started to die off at the tips randomly but that halted quickly and appears to be slowly coming back. Not sure...

Yes but nuzzled against a rock that he attached to. I’ll post a pic in a little of where he’s settled

So good news. Got some Hikari silversides and soaked some chopped up pieces in selcon and garlic. He ate a piece a couple days ago and then another tonight. Still wants nothing to do with anything other foods but boy what a relief haha.

Haha ya ive never been crazy about clams but for the price I had to try one. I’m guessing it was just reduced because of how it looked in the store and then on top of it there was a livestock sale going on. I’m spot feeding phyto a couple times a week right now and is still responsive so we’ll...

Ya I’ve heard under that 1.5” mark is super tricky. I got it for right around $10 and the system it was in I don’t think it would have lasted much longer so I figured why not give it a try. In your experience did it help at all if you fed them regularly? It seems some swear by it until it’s 4”...

Here’s some pics of the recent pick ups. I also forgot to mention I grabbed a small 1” blue maxima(?) clam super cheap. Figured I’d give it a try. The clam: Strawberry shortcake: Unknown acro, light blue with green polyps: The maricultured Mille made a nice quick recovery following so...

Got around to raising the skimmer about an inch. Gonna fiddle with air intake for a week and see how it performs. In other news I snagged a couple new acros today. Strawberry shortcake frag and some unknown blue acro. I’ll post pics in a little

Ya they are a fish eaters. Haven’t tried silversides cuz my previous one wanted nothing to do with them even when he was eating anything and everything. Gonna go grab some today though and give them a try. Also gonna try soaking the different foods in some vitamin B1 supplement and garlic just...

I don’t think so? There was a juvie fairy wrasse and yellow stripe clingfish in the tank before the sump upgrade but they were moved to different tanks. Haven’t had any deaths though. As far as tank Params everything is is stable at solid numbers as I listed before. I am dosing 6 ml of of b...

Was the ‘live’ rock you bought submerged in saltwater at the store? If so I would ask your LFS if the rock they sell is fully cured live rock. If that is the case, IMO, you should not have to add an ammonia source (cycle) to the tank since all the term ‘live’ rock means is it has been through a...

So I’ve had my ~9” golden dwarf moray eel for about 6 months. He ate like crazy and was doing amazing for about 4 months and then started refusing food for about 3 weeks which I attributed to a common moray eel hunger strike. He ate for a few weeks after but never as voracious as when I first...

Ya the staying dry part is something I will have to address with the skimmer being so close. Might try a thin sheet of acrylic under them. Planning on doing this with my T5 fixture as well since it doesn’t have anything in terms of a splash guard. The fuge light was cheap so I figured why not...

So here’s a picture and the link to the light I bought on amazon for my refugium: https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B076ZNGS35/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1524494830&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=lovebay+3+head+led+grow+light&dpPl=1&dpID=41WNEARHQKL&ref=plSrch After some reading and...

It’s been filling about once a week. I got some plastic egg crate recently though so I’m still gonna fiddle with raising it some to get some darker/thicker skimmate. Its at 9” right now which from what I’ve read is a little deep for this skimmer.

Finally got the new light and skimmer up and running! Decided to start with 2 blue+ and 2 coral+ bulbs. I lowered the light to 6-7” off the water which really brought more color out in the acro frags I have atm. The purple Mille though started dying off in a couple places the following day so...

And then my golden dwarf moray hiding away after stuffing his face

So quick update.. tank has been running with sump and all new rock for about 2 weeks now with no issues. Finally decided on a SCA-301 skimmer which should be here early next week. For the light upgrade I went a different direction. Decided to go with a 4 bulb T5 fixture since T5s in my opinion...

Haven’t given the aqua blue a look yet. I’ll check it before I make the order. Thanks for sharing

Ya the 2 combos I tossed out there were just the basic ones suggested by ATI, one combo being more bluish with a blue and red undertone and the other combo being more cool white with a blue and red undertone. Just curious to see if any users had some other opinions/suggestions. Thinking I’ll...