Recent content by Beignet

hi everyone, just noticed this post about me. I don't know many of the BAR members except for crabby. My number is from Santa Barbara, where I did a post doc. I'm now a professor at UC Davis (a fish physiologist). If you know crabby, he can vouch for me. Happy for anyone to give me a ring...

Thanks everyone. I'm going to stay the course with more frequent water changes and go back to a more reasonable dosing routine. No Kalk. I'll stay on top of the monitoring and keep you all up to date. I appreciate the help!!

Agree - although my rainbow monti is near full bleach and 2 of my 3 acans (that never really took off anyways) are almost fully recessed.

I measured out the appropriate dose before diluting. The dilution would only change the amount dosed per time, but the total put into the tank would not differ. Thus, that doesn't explain my issues - Thanks for thinking of this though.

Thanks everyone. My magnesium ranges from 1400 down to 1250 in a week or so. I do a water change and adjust it back up to 1400. I tested all my test kits against each other today. None are expired. I have a set of Red Sea Mg, Ca, and Alk in use and another brand new set. I have an in use...

Dear BAR, I have a 60 gallon mixed reef with sump. Things have been going along just fine, but in the last 3 weeks, I've started to get a ton of white precipitation on all my pumps, coating the sump and even on the walls of the display tank. About a month ago, I started to dose 2 part much...

Thanks - that's exactly it! Any experience with these products? What light do folks like for a 20 gallon long frag tank? How about a skimmer for a tank like this? Maybe there are some good frag tank threads someone could recommend? Best wishes, Beignet

Dear BAR, At some point, I ran across a website/company that offered pre-made filter wall kits (like biocubes etc.) that fit into standard aquaria. Apparently I didn't bookmark the site and now can't seem to find it by searching. Can anyone point me in the right direction? The kits were...

I have the tunze osmolator 3155(from Jess at diablo). I just haven't set it up as my stand is pretty full and I haven't quite figured out how to position the reservoir. But my big question is still about Kalk. Wish I could have made the last meeting as I bet this was part of the discussion. Any...

Thanks everyone CookieJar-could you tell me more about fail-safe ATO or point me to references?

Hi BAR, I've been meaning to start an official tank thread. My first post about this tank had to do with the initial leaky bulkheads (see the equipment forum). You can also see a bit about how my tank is plumbed there. But, we are past that and the tank has been up and running well since...

Thanks everyone. This exchange is very helpful. I really like the weekly photo idea. I've been shooting monitoring photos on my iphone but looking at them today to try to estimate growth over the last two months made me realize how crappy they are. Crappy pic attached, shot last week. The...

Hi Bar, I'm still a pretty new reefer so I don't have much experience to draw from for setting coral growth expectations. So far, I've had pretty good luck keeping sps, lps and softies alive, but I'm not convinced that they are growing at a 'good' rate. A couple of questions: In...

Hi Mike, I test with API kits (ph, Amm, -ites, -ates, phos, alk, CA) or REd Sea (alk, CA, Mg). I cross checks the kits to make sure they mach one another for alk and CA, and I usually then stick with the API kits because it's so much easier and faster. Water changes are 3 gallons/week...

Hi everyone, The new tank is up and running, since March. Things are going well and the corals are really starting to take off. Not so much to report. Rather, here are just a few current pictures as I now BAR folks like photo updates. These are taken with my iphone, a bit carelessly...