Recent content by CaseyP

KH Guardian takes it a step further. If you use non-genuine reagent, it bricks your machine and you have to send it back to the company to have it unlocked. For you safety and to protect the machine from malfunction they say :p No one has fully figured how it knows, but the reagent has a green...

Is kalk your only source of alk and calcium? If you're doing 2-part also you can lower that dosage. If you do set it for 10hrs a day, set it for daytime because that's when alk and calcium gets consumed and not dosing it at night will help stabilize your levels. Option C is add more corals to...

PENDING Adopted a larger female a couple weeks ago and already had two small clowns, so this little guy has to go. Pickup in Dublin

Guess you shouldn't deep fry it to get rid of it. Tried these in Japan, kinda good.

Mithrax Ruber maybe? Related to the emerald crab (mithrax sculptus) and seems to be reef safe

Is that the tank from Arizona and did you end up getting the euro bracing repaired? That thing is going to look great when set up! Location, soil type, and age of house probably is a factor. With hilly neighborhoods like yours built on a slope, slab foundations require a lot more work. But yes...

Tiffen 85B filter was recommended when I researching this and has worked well for me. What orange filter are you using? I've tested a couple cheapo ones and they don't turn out good. 10k white balance might be too high if you're using an orange filter too.

Give it a couple years and you'll have the new Garf Grunge! You might remember Garf from back in the day. Grunge was literally a scoop of rubble, sand, and silt from the bottom of their system (looked like shit tbh) that had been seeded with bacteria from all different wild sources over many...

I never heard of waterproof engineering hardwood until now. Looks like the core is a composite material versus traditional plywood in regular engineered hardwood. Aside from the waterproofness, do you expect high traffic that'll subject your flooring to scratches and dings? Like dogs, kids...

I should have a Coralvue affiliate link that gets commission FYI the tubing size is 3x5mm cut in 77mm lengths. I recommend the beige PharMed kind, not the clear silicone which I had a lot of leaks with. I schedule mine to change every 6 months. If your kalk drip outlet or anywhere along the...

Been using the Kamoer Pro T to dose 5700ml daily for a couple years now. It's quiet and runs on continuous mode. Every now and then u need to change the tubing, which u can buy and cut in bulk, but it's been reliable otherwise. https://store.coralvue.com/kamoer-x1-pro-t-stepper-pump

Trying to figure out how that works. Is it an additional hook that you can wrap the wire around to shorten the length and tilt it? Access was probably the biggest gripe I had with a hanging fixture. I would manually adjust the wire in the cable lock whenever I needed access but it was a pain in...

At current prices that's like two ICP tests. Luckily I hoarded a whole bunch at <$30 each. I have a test done once or sometimes twice a year if something looks odd. Those trace element chasing folks seem to do a lot more.

I think the lab is an awesome idea, kind of like those shared workshops with all sorts of tools to use, except for bio sciences. Way beyond the science level of the average reef hobbyist. For the reefing part he's gauging interest in, it's going to be hard finding that target audience because...

Could be lymphocytosis which appears more on the fins and is kinda fuzzy. Ich has smaller spots and on the body too.