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Congrats on the trochus babies! So rad! I'm working on a trochus larval rearing project at the moment and am curious about a few things if you don't mind sharing the info: Do you have filter pads/floss/socks in the overflow chambers of your 50? How much flow do you have going through the AIO...

I've always had luck with a combination of dosing sodium metasilicate, which I like to dose in reef tanks anyway, making sure there is measurable NO3/PO4, turkey basting rocks and sand daily, and just waiting it out.

Depending on the amount of surface agitation you have, if you're going to bring the skimmer offline for a significant length of time it might be a good idea to throw an airstone in the sump to help counter the sudden drop in gas exchange. The skimmer is removing a lot of "stuff" that the...

Thanks all for your suggestions. I'll probably stick with the sediment pre-filter and go with 2 stage DI after the carbon blocks.

Quick background: My EBMUD water here in West Oakland seems to always be ~30 TDS or less. I only have a nano aquarium at home and won't have the capacity for anything more than that in the medium term so my 0 TDS water needs are pretty low (less than 10 gallons per week). Buying RO/DI water...

Welcome!

Great film, though pretty heartbreaking as well. My fiance actually never showed a whole lot of interest in my tanks until we watched Chasing Coral together -- and I've overheard her recommending it to a number of her friends as well -- so obviously it left a pretty lasting impression even on a...

Welcome! Looking forward to watching your build progress!

Wow, thanks for the heads up! I'll keep an eye out for any signs of toxicity and read up on it.

Thanks! I have another one hiding in one of the rear corners that I can't get to sprout another head despite target feeding ~4x per week for over a year now. Not sure if they always grow that slowly...

Awesome thanks for the link! I remember hearing about his crypic zone concept at one point and I think watching a video showing one of his crypic stock tanks, but hadn't been able to find it. I'm going to order "The Porifera" now. I've been reading "The Biology of Coral Reefs" by Sheppard, Davy...

That's a really interesting concept. Thanks for the heads up! If/when I eventually upgrade to a larger tank, I'd like to experiment more with using lots of biological processes to take the place of weekly maintenance so will definitely keep the clam idea in mind. The ocean has lots of silica...

I try to do a 25% water change every week, but do skip a week every once in a while if I'm too busy/and/or/lazy.

I diluted the LC with a bunch of water and dose the equivalent of a little under one drop of LC mixed with ~20mL rodi every other day. I have two of those “cut to fit” carbon filter floss pads stacked on top of each other in the back “overflow” chamber of the tank and I’ve been dripping it...

Hey all! I'm new to BAR, but have been keeping saltwater tanks on and off since 2007 or so -- and have been on various other reefing forums since about that time as well. Really looking forward to meeting some more local reefers! My current tank is a 10 gallon nano mixed reef (IM Nuvo 10) which...

Here's my current tank (an IM Nuvo 10 gallon) which has been up and running for around 14 months.

I wish I had seen this post a few months ago! Just joined BAreefers, but read through your whole thread on R2R a while back. Great work! I've been a *nix geek since the late 90's and have always wanted to dive into raspberry pi. Seems like there are so many things the system can do. Great to see...