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Right, typically carbon dosing affects N far more than P. You'll still need lanthanum to reduce if the overall goal is P reduction.

It's vinegar, ethanol, and a bit of methanol and isopropyl. https://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2533305 If you plan on using it, go very slow. And don't expect great results vs. lanthanum.

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I have pool leak dye if you need @popper

Grandpa in @derek_SR 's tank was kept as the solo tang on SF Bay brine and spirulina flakes for 26+ years with no HLLE or bloating ever. Just some male pattern baldness (dorsal fin recession). Lots of ways to skin a cat. Old school way was daily romaine lettuce and occasional peas if bloating...

Clean it up and see if it keeps coming back. I'm wondering if the weight of the tank could have squeezed it out of the plywood over time.

I've been using Champion Lighting more lately since they sponsor both @Thales and Reefbum. Plus Todd is just a cool guy and always is willing to help out. Saltwater aquarium is good too, all the freebies you can add means I never need to buy frag plugs. BRS has such a limited catalog now...

Blades are passive too

Looks great for just a week! Things have changed so much in the freshwater space since I last did it. I always remember nitrite being the problem in FW, how's that looking?

Exactly, that's why the better term some people use these days is alkalinity reactor. The old way was adding some dolomite if Mg was deficient in the coral bones you're using.

It's also not that much work to keep going. @Dan-sf kept his SPS tank going just with that for a really long time when he wasn't able to do any work on it. Those colonies were massive when @Turkeysammich helped pull them out.

I think your 73 gal is going to be way too small unless you've upgraded. 250+ is what these fish need, they get huge.

If you need more, we can probably find some from members in the club that would gladly trade it in once they finish their DBTC obligations. In fact if you ever had an updated "buylist" of corals or macroalgae that people could trade in here, I'm sure they could help you from having to spend at...

Just a heads up Ed that we give it out for free in the club quite often since it's our fastest growing DBTC.

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