Recent content by Benaminh

New pink RBTA on the left, courtesy of Wilfred.

I stopped by the LFS yesterday and talked with the owner. He'll hook you up. Sent you a PM with his #.

Thanks for all the feedback, I enjoy this conversation and appreciate being able to bounce ideas off y'all's. Just to clarify, this isn't my first rodeo. I've had a 135g FW co2 planted tank in the distant past; granted it's not the same maintenance as a reef, but keeping a large tank is not...

There's that, and 135g @ $300 vs. 260g @ $1,300. Is that 1K justifiable in the next 5-10yrs in cost benefit? Will the exponentially increased scale of maintenance outweigh the fun factor? We all know there's a fine line between the mental outlook of happily futzing with the tank versus doing...

*Sigh* I'm feeling a bit discouraged about the 260g tank build. Almost all of the successful tanks I admire in that size range have a dedicated fish room or manage to double the water volume with a huge sump and other in-line tanks. Maybe I'm biting off more than I can chew and should settle for...

I just read their entire website for the first time and was curious about what was left unsaid. I'm trying to figure out what modules I would need for my stripped down tank build. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I take it the temperature probe controls the heaters and chiller. If the pH probe...

I might be interested in your skimmer. How's it handling your heavily stocked 270 & how noisy is it? @gimmito @Ibn would Mike's ATi have the capacity for my planned 260 with SPS & fish stocking levels?

What's DOS & how does Auto water Exchange with 1/4" hose work again?

I need a chiller desperately! But can wait at your convenience. We're already getting 90 something degrees weather up here.

Bummer. Reef crystals it is then :(. The monthly water change for the small tank is about 100%. I watch the corals and fish, if they look stressed or "off," it's time for a WC. Sometimes, even with good test numbers, that old water has a yellow tinge. My LFS gets ROW from a guy that trucks it...

If the SPS are happy and all parameters are on target, would a 10% water change every week be enough to maintain equilibrium? For a 260g, that's about 25g... which is what I do now on a monthly basis for my small tank. I'm accustomed to the hassle of five buckets; but more importantly, that...

Robert in Cotati was getting rid of his Pukani when liquidating his fish room last week, he probably has some left for pickup. I think you might know each other? If you want his number I can PM you.

You brought up some very convincing points. I guess I need to read up on CaRx, since I haven't considered running one before. I'm already half way there, still have my CO2 tank and solenoid from the defunct planted tank. Thanks Vincent.

I figured that would be a common controller setting, but don't understand how so many people suffer ph crashes. <shrug> Do you use Kalkwasser for top off & Alk?

That's really convenient! What possible fail-safes can be put in place in the event of CaRx malfunction? That's my greatest fear and it seems to eventually happen to everyone, even the gigantic main display tank from the ZeoVit company?