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I am dosing and have been adjusting daily because of the reduce consumption. Alk have been consistent because of my daily adjustment. I can’t tell if the coral is growing slower. GFO is a good point. I did put some GFO to drop the phosphate from 0.2 ish to 0.05 now . One smallish coral is...

I can’t seem to find the problem. Parameters are within range Alk 8.5 Cal - 450 Mag - 1400 Salinity - 1.0025 Nitrate 5-10 Phosphate 0.05 I know my ca and mg is a little of high side but it’s been like that forever. I was dosing 100ml of soda ash for months and out of the blue, my alk...

I can drop off at your house tomorrow . You have my cell

Sorry to hear that. You can borrow my 14g qt setup if you like. Light may not be powerful enough to keep sps long term, but otherwise I have complete equipment (heater, pump, etc)

Anyone have their Plank flow in the feeding chamber slow down over time? I find myself keep adjusting the pump intake opening a couple of time a week. Its getting annoying,

Anyone doing a South Bay group buy from Nathan let me know. I would definitely like yo get a bottle of copepods.

Simple DIY. A 150ah battery + 600w inverter charger combo. I use a magnet to attach the inverter charger to the battery. It have 1 ac outlet. The battery have a Bluetooth connection so you can see the charge and discharge level.

I got this . Not the best looking but 2kwh $360 is hard to beat. Just tested it and it works great. It “should” last me 24h with heat and flow. Bluetooth connection to monitor the battery .

Hey @derek_SR . Is the offer still stand. I’ll pm you.

I’ll take it. But my next trip to Oakland is not for another 2 weeks. Can you hold?

@Invictus yeah, i'm in the same boat. Check out too fast and i got the shipped notification a few minutes later. if youre interested, we can split the next order to get free shipping. I would like to get 2x 200w heater @ $12.50 each.

Bought this low cost battery backup build for the tank. 2kwh for $360. 600W Sine Wave inverter, 25A charger with UPS function, which is perfect for my needs...

Thank you! I just pickup a Reed Octopus Varios 2 for $110. I'm using one right now for the last 3 years, doesn't hurt to have a back-up.

For my ATO, i have double/triple fail safe. 1. Tunze have both secondary sensor (float sensor) and max on time beside the primary optical sensor. If all fails- 2. Secondary optical water sensor that will power off tunze if water lever get too high My ATO reservoir is 4G but its auto-refill ...

I actually had plan to expand into the laundry room behind the tank . There is an interior wall in btw, but it’s non structural. But it’s basically a non starter . Wife not giving up the laundry room . Haha

I would absolute do that if I have space. I have the tank in the living room and wife will kill me if i put a 5g bucket next to the tank permanently! Haha The agreement with the wife is everything must fit inside the cabinet.

Update on this thread. The next day the delta btw the 2 probe getting smaller. This morning, Alkatronic reported 7.9 , Milwaukee 8.1 Looks like it need a couple of days to stabilized?

Good to know it’s not unusual for the numbers to be off. I got the second ph probe to track significant ph driff . Stupid question. I have a hard time opening the brand new ph probe protective cap. Any tips? On the wilwaukee I ended up breaking one of the protective plastic thing on the...

Milwaukee - brand new Alkatronic - 8 months

I have been relying on ph value from Alkatronic. For fun I bought a standalone wilwaukee ph monitor mc120. Calibrated both Milwaukee and Alkatronic just now. Both are within 0.01 before adjustment/calibration. Run test on both : Milwaukee - 8.6 Alkatronic - 8.1 Kalk at 8dkh Both numbers are...