Recent content by Alexander1312

Now is not a good time to buy dosing pumps with a couple of great options releasing in the next few months. I really like the Hydros Duet even though I would not use it for automatic water changes. Downside is though that it is very expensive. The Tunze here could be a great compromise, with...

I am so sorry to read this, a terrible experience. Hopefully, the fallout is manageable. Please let me know if I can help in any way. Never heard of the device but looks well built. I am using the same batteries for my all my cars aftermarket tire pressure sensors, and it would not be great if...

Outdated battery technology overpriced with reef tax included. Not recommended by those in the know :). Ecoflow is the better alternative, but I had bad experience with them and switched to another brand, i.e., Bluetti, but still use it for my modem+router and frag tank back up.

Do we mean Ecotech or Ecoflow? Just trying to clarify. If Ecotech, I would certainly veto that. If Ecoflow, a less stronger veto and I would refer to a post from me on that some time ago :).

Yes, I think with a lot of the equipment purchases, we always need three items to have appropriate coverage. Re the power back up, additional concern could be that if there is an outage in an area it might impact several folks simultaneously. Another way to go about stuff like generators or...

Great initiative - looks like the issue is always where to keep the equipment based on how far we apart from each other. Still all great ideas. I am (still) voting for a professional conductivity meter (WTW) - which is around a 1,500+ USD expense. Salinity is the most important water parameter...

100% on electricity (and the general sentiment), which is why, e.g., Tunze obsesses about lowering the power requirements for their equipment as much as possible, which I do not believe is as much appreciated here. However, monthly leases should still be significantly lower than in CA, depending...

Oddly, I tend to agree with the majority of pushing back, but only due to logic, not to support the practice. In Europe, the reputable shops would never sell corals that quickly. It typically takes at least several weeks before their corals are being released to the public, specifically SPS...

So with Kalk and refugium, PH goes down to 8.05 at night?

What’s your PH throughout the day? Lowest, highest?

It often works short-term for most. And then people do not correlate subsequent issues they are seeing in their tank with the fact that they dosed Kalkwasser. Folks who have a high alkalinity and CA consumption in their tank, and those who have bare bottom tanks, they might be ok for longer as...

Looks like the best deal of the year so far.

I am still counting you to the anti-kalk camp haha.

I have four of them, two on each tank. Never had any of the issues others are stating. I replace the tube annually.

Looks like you do spend time on other sites haha.