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I prefer Brightwell because it includes magnesium, strontium, potassium as well as a few other things I am forgetting and probably couldn't spell. The two part replaces them all at the rate consumed so it just makes it a bit easier than buying 10 different bottles; especially for those of us...

A 100ml a day is a pretty large amount, especially for one asking questions, no offense. I would make sure you get a test kit and try a different source for alk dosing. The two part from Brightwell is pretty amazing but a bit spendier than some others. On my 50g fully stocked SPS tank I was...

how big is big. I have a few...

Looking for a few. Prefer close to Long Beach or shipping. Let me know what you got :D

The easiest way to see if it is cyano or not is to look at it's size when the lights come on, and when they go off everyday. If it gets smaller and larger it is probably cyano. Also cyano will usually blow off easily while other nuisance algae will not. Cyano is fairly common and is often a...

Can you put me in contact with him. I drive through Buena Park pretty often and I have a few aiptasia as well.

I have made a few wood stands, not making any right now, it is not that hard to do if you have simple tools. Any cabinet maker could make one for you. I have a similiar sized tank and do wish I would have gone steel. My stand is still fine, but the accessibility of steel stands with panels is...

I am sure it will go back and forth for awhile while the investors close to him cash in and out, in and out, in and out to make billions of dollars. Just how they have been doing. I am sure some Democrat will launch an investigation and spend millions of dollars investigating the market...

No Tariff on livestock from Biota, they are in the US.

Hello Edward, I used run the Tanks for Teachers program for the PNWMAS. We put tanks in over 50 classrooms all around teh Pacific Northwest. Our biggest source of funding was through the Donors Choose website. At the time there were two ladies Melinda Gates, and Oprah that would fund anything...

I am with you on loving watching the fish eat, but there are some species I would love to keep again that I do not because they will only eat frozen mysis. When I am traveling having a neighbor come over twice daily to thaw and feed frozen food is kinda of a PITA, also... kids in sports. I am...

If you want to automate it, you can find shelf stable amino's that can last for 6 months out of the fridge. I have had best luck with Brightwell Amino's, but they have to be dosed by hand daily and do best when mixed with foods. It will take a few weeks to see a difference IME

When I used to breed nems I would feed them raw salmon, or chunks of shrimp injected with ammino acids. I could reliably turn 15 nems into 60 nems in 3-4 months. If it is not on a rock I prefer a sharp pizza cutter for forced splitting to scissors. There is also a trick with alkalinity that...

If you don't have the need for a calcium reactor, and aren't dosing large amounts of two part the increase in growth from a higher pH isn't going to benefit you. Locking in at 8.3 24/7 is great if you are running a coral farm, but it is not practical nor is it necessary for the average reef...

Thank you Jimbo! Much appreciated

With your bioload I would suggest the larger skimmer. It is easier to have to dial back a skimmer and have it run 22 hours a day then it is to dial up a small skimmer and have it run 26 hours a day. The 150 isn't so large that it would not be effective. JME

I used to breed seahorses and anenomes. Right now I am just chilling. Life is to busy with a young kid. When he gets a bit older, I might get back to it.

I have the same one. You are a light bulb away from it being functional. They make a water proof lightbulb for it that drops in the top. You don't need the other glass tube really. If you want a calcium reactor it might be easier to just sell that thing and buy a used calcium reactor IMO. A...

@djrice69 - can we unpin this?

It will be impossible to tell you accurately, it is not an issue of time. Source water is a huge part of the equation. I once lived in a place where I had no RO unit, and just ran straight DI. That DI would last me about a year. But the TDS out of the tap was 8. My current location my TDS...