Recent content by Alexander1312

Agreed. I am at a point where if I find a convenient way to test salinity which brings me consistently <0.5 PSU to my target, I am content.

For new tanks massive, for existing tanks it depends more on the situation. I personally only add artificial rock to my tank but occasionally change the sand with live sand.

Not sure if its environmentally friendly to ship live rock from 5,500 miles away to California. Also, real ocean based live rock can be a key success factor if it has the maximum amount of life on it. If not submerged in water, I am personally not interested in it. It looks like the look is...

As a FM fanboy, I was able to talk to Claude S about the salinity issue, mainly because I was using his reference solution and wanted to confirm its proper application. These are the takeaways, some are quite similar to some of the comments made here: There are too many cheap refractometers in...

I am aware of this but thank you for providing this context. Also, I disagree as I am of the opinion that ‘we’ are not putting enough effort into getting salinity right, and have therefore a less positive reputation in ICP labs which get water from various places around the world.

Agree with not recommending KCI more broadly, as it feels a bit cumbersome to use, and not really that powerful in the recommended solution. I am using this dip, with its rather eerie name: https://premiumaquatics.com/products/fauna-marin-dip-250ml?_pos=4&_sid=32584a10d&_ss=r&variant=47329633796338

Euphyllias look pretty unhappy immediately after dipping in KCI, but not too bad. Cotton candy added from nano tank. Flesh band is not great, which is why I moved it from the nano tank, and hope it will do better here where I am watching closer trace elements.

Appreciate that. But I would not know how to use these tools :). Although, since the last batch is still trying to dissolve after 90 minutes, I might reconsider :).

Will these ship submerged in water?

Pre-made KCI solution Since it takes so long for it to dissolve [and which now disrupts my workflow today quite a bit], I am thinking now of premixing a solution for future immediate use. The current solution Reef Bum recommends in 0.3% of KCI for dipping [2 teaspoon / 12g per gallon]. I want...

I have various sized magnetic stirrers but I feel they are only useful for fine powdered solution, including two/three part dosing, but not for these brick type potassium chloride blocks.

Thank you, yes, let it dissolve in saltwater. Two rocks (12 gram/0.5 oz) added into room temp saltwater, still shows this much left after 90 minutes. Smashing it seems pretty involved after trying this. I tried heating the water in the microwave with a new batch of 40g / 1.5 oz (in...

Potassium chloride to dip corals on rocks I have a few corals on individually removable rocks and I do not want to remove them from the rocks for dipping. While I typically use the FM dip for all things dipping, I am not sure if whole rocks should be dipped in it. I got the Potassium Chloride...

@PjFish Maybe I am getting this wrong, but in the past when I gave corals to other members, my container with my name was used to enter the swap. So there is sufficient transparency on who owned these corals. But maybe I misunderstood your concern.

Yes, I do.