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Impressive speed of action and very nice setup! One tip on catch the fish: Use a large net and have some sort of way to divide the tank. If you can remove all the rock work then that makes things a lot easier. I have a 10+ inch net that you can borrow if you don’t have one at least that...

I have ordered from 5+ different well-known copepod sellers. Best I have found so far is Dinkin’s Aquatics: very high density pods, best pricing (very commonly known sale + can buy pods in bulk size containers), they sell single species as well as mixed species, and they sell amphipods...

I would recommend following a protocol developed by professionals who work for public aquariums and who have quarantined more fish than any hobbiest will ever deal with. HumbleFish has a very active forum focused on fish disease. I personally follow the protocol outlined by the fish medic team...

I would recommend against ramping copper. That is only used for certain species of fish. Go to the HumbleFish forum or the fish medic threads on Reef2Reef. The recommended approach is to not ramp copper. Doing so reduces the potential effectiveness of medicated QT.

Here is the deep dive on why Prime does not work for lowering ammonia in reef tanks. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/a-deep-dive-on-ammonia-neutralizer-chemistry-prime-cloram-x-rongalite-and-friends.1064206/

i If I call correctly, Randy Holmes-Farley (basically the #1 authority of reef hobby chemistry) does not recommend using Prime to try to reduce ammonia in a reef tank. If you see ammonia going up best course of action is a large water change.

The trickiest issue I have faced when running QT is water quality during the first week when I restart my QT tank. I try to reduce the risk by putting in less fish since my QT is only 10g. I also use a Tidal 55 hang on back filter which is supposedly built for 35g - 110g tanks. I fill the...

Agreed with @Darkxerox. I have medicated quarantined all my fish other than the ones which came from Kenny or Biota. So far no disease outbreaks since I started my tank 2.5 years ago. I use a cheap 10 gallon tank from Petco with a large Fluval hang-on back filter and a heater. I have blacked...

I run 77-81. I would prefer a tighter 77-79 but the temperature gets up there during summer. This past summer I added a small fan—may add a second or larger fan to reduce the temperature swing during summer.

If you don’t like looking at inverts then you will need to rely on herbivore fish and manual scrubbing. I prefer to let the fish and inverts to do the bulk of work. Crabs are most active at night so you can get a bunch of them and they will largely stay hidden.

You should give AAA Rentals in Redwood City a call. They have almost everything for rent: https://www.aaarentals.com/m/

I have a generator sitting around which I can plug into my electric panel. Have enough propane sitting around to run it for close to 3 days. Propane is much easier to store than gasoline so that is what I prefer. I also have a Ecoflow portable power station. Lastly, I also have a battery...

First post here has a calculator: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/liquid-phosphate-remover-dosing-calculator.561427/ If I were you I would not run the RODI until you get a new membrane. You are wasting the life of the DI resin as well as salt. The tank has been doing its thing for quite...

Sorry, my instructions were wrong. If the phosphate level on the tester is at max, then I believe you are supposed to dilute with fresh saltwater not RODI. That means you need clean saltwater though! This was a suggestion I have seen from Randy Holmes Farley from the R2R board in the past...

Take a look at the Reef Breeders Meridian 11. $459 retail price. If you are patient I assume it will go on sale at some point.

I looked up the recommended cupboard mats above. I will give those a shot. I will still need towels since every so often I spill water all over the floor by the display tank or in the garage . . .

This is what I use. Extremely effective and the epitome of cutting edge technology. Over 53,000 reviews on Amazon with high rating: https://a.co/d/1AGpJtf

In case you haven’t thought of it, you should also replace your RO membrane if you have not done that in a while. For some reason people overlook this.

To get a read on the phosphate level, you can test with 2.5ml of tank water plus 7.5ml of RODI. Then multiple the result by 4. If you don’t have a single channel pipette (this is what I use https://a.co/d/cmHb933) you can accomplish this dilution by adding 10ml of tank water to 30ml of RODI...

Fill a vial with 5ml of tank water and 5ml of fresh saltwater. Test that sample then multiply the result by 2.