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This is great for all folks specially new reefers.. Thank you! Just a thought, instead of cleaning (not sure if everyone understands what 'cleaning' the blocks actually mean) out used blocks, can we just have folks getting the seeded blocks, to replace them with new ones which can be seeded for...

(Day 57): Salinity at 1.011, 7 days out.. I guess its not a bad option to increase the water salinity in ATO from 1.026 to 1.033 as chatGPT suggested, to go a little faster.. I plan to go to 1.030 in ATO first, monitor and then go from there if needed.. Things look the same in the tank except I...

thanks @PjFish .. tank is doing ok, but feels boring to me with no PBT, no convict and 3 yellows hiding (maybe due to bullying or something else).. I am waiting to increase the salinity to 1.026 and add some more vibrant and outgoing fish (of course QTed ;) ).. I turned off my Kessils and only...

thanks @MichaelB I hope so :) Yeah, I plan to regularly monitor the salinity level daily.. I dont have a formula in my head, just taking it on a day-to-day basis, a few days in I will know by how many points is salinity increasing on a daily basis.. I did search about it when I started, There...

Hypo (Day 50): Full Hypo-salinity cycle is now complete.. didn't see any casualties in last 50 days which I guess is the best outcome on that front, but there is always that possibility of ich kicking me right in the butt once salinity is raised back to normal levels. I do see blue tang...

WHAT? you got money to invest, even after keeping a reef? :eek:

@ClearWaterAquarium has some Berghia.. his shop maybe a little far from you though

Welcome @ReefDad86.. this is a helpful bunch of folks and your membership will pay for itself in absolutely no time! Looking forward to your tank journal

Petco on Blossom Hill in San Jose has a decent collection and the guy said that he can order any fish and hold it in the bag if you come and pickup at the stated time of delivery.. I personally hvnt ever bought livestock from Petco

thanks, will increase the frequency! My autofeeder has pellets and 2 different type of flakes, but not a lot reaches the water column :D thanks for the info, interestingly 2 of the Chromis got interested in clams on the half shell recently :D

Thank you, yes that’s how I use the 2 clips in my tank! Since Chromis aren’t interested in Nori, Yellows get to eat a little bit before Blue comes and scares them away.. I am hoping this will subside soon!

did you mean to say less, more often? OR more, more often? I heard people saying feed 6 times a day, the SAME amount that you would feed in 2 feeds, which would translate to 'less, more often', hence wanted to confirm with you what your suggestion is

I mix and match - PE Mysis, Brine and Mysis Shrimp, LRS reef frenzy alternative I got from my LFS, Clams on the shell, fish eggs, TDO pallets, flakes.. I always try to use selcon, vitachem or lipogarlic every day unless I am in a hurry.. I have also setup auto-feeder but feel like the shy ones...

Scary! I just got the Solar installed (still waiting on PTO, these guys are soooo slowwww), significantly smaller system though (~6.5 khw).. and 1 powerwall.. Tesla claims Powerwall can help backup 2-3 days at least running at full capacity, isnt that true? how many Powerwalls do you have...

Hypo (Day 30): Today marks completion of 1 entire month of being in Hypo (day 1 being when I reached 1.009).. Instructions on HF and R2R says keep it in hypo from 30-35 days AFTER last spot was seen.. To keep it safe I will stay at this salinity level for another 10-15 days from now.. There are...

@Bigfish can you share phosphates number from RODI, Freshly mixed saltwater (after few hours of mixing) and tank water for comparison? Like I suggested before this is the only way to know the source of the problem.. it may be your RODI water (which can be due to city water or RODI filter), your...

yep like I said above, that's what I am focussing on right now! just wanted to share my experience using LC during the cycling stage.. once I am out in the clear, will try LC again following instructions from Derek's article.. until then no need to worry about it, since I dont have any corals in...

Fully agree, funny thing is that I didnt have any fish when we did it in my tank.. this was that 1 month when I was cycling my tank and checking params left and right and learning on the go.. I was ghost feeding for a few days and thought that would have been raising the phosphates, added LaCl3...

Yeah I was hoping it would magically bring down phosphates in my tank as my LFS guy is a big fan too and always use it in 'safe' doses in all client tanks.. But.... it didnt for me for some reason, I added same dosage 1 more time, with little impact.. May give it a try again, once I am past Hypo...

a very knowledgeable guy (with Masters in Bio) that works part-time at my LFS gave me Lanthanum Chloride during one of the setup rounds.. He dosed about 25 drops using a dropper when we 1st saw high Phosphates in my tank.. He added that directly into the skimmer.. Phosphates did come down...