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I have issues with TM in the past, specifically low alk. I switched back. Reef Crystals is good but hafta say testing is key. LaMotte for alk and Elos for Calcium/magnesium are the best imo. Just don't panic or move too fast as previous posts have said.

A recent World Resources Institute report estimates that nearly 60 percent of the world's reefs are threatened by increasing human activity. The expanding human population and its activities may impact coral reef health in a number of ways. Development, urbanization, and agriculture lead to...

Watched it last nite. When they talked about the amount of carbon absorbed by the ocean that was scary no doubt. Coral is migrating due to temp's rising (in Japan and elsewhere) but unless we check carbon output that won't matter.

hellava list. time to fire up the frag tank for sure.

sweet looking trigger for sure

I also run the white PAR 38 bulb. 3000K and it is doing the job so far. Anthelia and a brown monti cap are growing like mad under it as well. In fact the monti developed some dark green and turned darker under that bulb.

+1 I had to nuke all my rock in one tank when I had it. Never tried the Tech M but heard it works.

that's a beauty, nice find

+1 on really nice guy. He has a great assortment of fish in 3 tanks- a juvi emperor angel, humu trigger, some nice tangs, huge clowns... happened to be in Ontario last nite so it worked out. Gotta track him down once I get the set up going and hook him up with some frags for sure.

Just picked up his 125 and wanted to say thanks! Going to drill it for a coast to coast overflow, with dsb, old school ATS and consolidate my 2 grow out tanks.

Nice guy; met him at CFM. It's close so the money I save on gas means I can buy more coral, lol.

a lotta reefers, including me, run 2 heaters instead of one. In my old 125 I had 2 100 watt instead of a 250 watt. Prevents a bad heater from frying or totally freezing your tank and are smaller/easier to hide.

hahaha now you want to trade FOR reef stuff. I remember when we were gonna trade ammo for reef equipment, lol. I still use the h2o barrell. GLWS

Just covered this report on PBS News Hour and channel 2 news. The woman from the Smithsonian talked about how poor water quality/high nutrients from runoff feeds the crown of thorn starfish which I never heard before. Thanks for posting this.

right. i test the ph of ro/di before and after it rinses the gfo

After I recharge I test the ph of the last rinse water. If it matches then you're all good, no residual lye. I don't do the acid wash. Even if a little lye is left over it'll just raise your ph and calcium level, lol

man, amazing set up. ATS, cryptic zone is ideal and clearly you have the room and volume to do it. I think salt depends on livestock. In my lps/softie dominant tank I use IO and supplement alk and kalkwasser. IO would work in any tank, imo, especially if you run a calcium reactor.

I plan on picking it up tomorrow. I'd be glad to pass him around once he deals with my algae.

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Saturated kalkwasser is what's always worked for me. I mix 1-2 tsp of kalk per gallon of topoff water and dose at nite. Keeps my ph from swinging dramatically and boosts my skimmer. I really notice it when I get lazy.