Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Why-Me]

I like to make mine one day, mix salt the next, then change water on the 3rd day... my water is really cold out the tap right now, so it takes a while to get up to temp with the heaters in the Brute. I like to mix the salt at tank temp, and then circulate for a day to ensure thorough agitation has occurred.

I know that the salt is ready the instant the water turns clear, it's just what I like to do. In emergency cases, heat n eat... that's why I'd like a mixing station.

YOUR water is cold coming out of the tap??
Mine and @JoshH water comes out in ice cubes when we turn on the faucet this time of year

 

[living_tribunal]

Is it just me, or do all the aussie corals just look... meh.

Depends on what specie it is.

 

[living_tribunal]

To all the reef crystal haters, suck it.

 

[Why-Me]

who hates reef crystals?

 

[Katrina71]

To all the reef crystal haters, suck it.

Did you do the dance too? Lol

 

[living_tribunal]

Did you do the dance too? Lol

D*** straight I did

 

[Katrina71]

D*** straight I did

That's a classic.

 

[Magellan]

Your tolerance of risk is greater than mine sir!

I’ll have to figure out how to make reef crystals work or do water changes scarcely.

Dosing will be a whole new challenge for me, I’ve been nervous about it since starting.

I just had no clue that it would be on the second month of having the display up.

I guess it’s a good sign if anything! Means the corals are happy and growing and also that stupid purple helix works.

Have I ever shared the pics of my first “display” a month after dosing purple helix? That stuff is insane.

Do share! Also, dosing by hand is completely fine. just do it every day around the same time and keep it consistent. Start small like @Robin Haselden said,
Don’t try to do any math and get your alk/Ca exactly where you want it the first time. I was really intimidated too when I first started out, but it’s really no big deal at all. If you can feed your corals you can dose your water.

 

[living_tribunal]

When you accidentally overpour salt on a large saltwater batch at 7pm and have to wait many hours for more ro/di before you can do your water change

 

[living_tribunal]

Do share! Also, dosing by hand is completely fine. just do it every day around the same time and keep it consistent. Start small like @Robin Haselden said,
Don’t try to do any math and get your alk/Ca exactly where you want it the first time. I was really intimidated too when I first started out, but it’s really no big deal at all. If you can feed your corals you can dose your water.

Well I’m of course going to do the math to get things squared off nicely. I’m not going to just start dosing at some predefined limit and spot check it every few days.

Y’all saw how I handled phosphates, stay tuned for my alkalinity compulsiveness.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

YOUR water is cold coming out of the tap??
Mine and @JoshH water comes out in ice cubes when we turn on the faucet this time of year

Well, I tried to find my over priced Hanna thermometer with the useless pH probe attached to it... but you know what my wife says about me losing things.

 

[living_tribunal]

Well, I tried to find my over priced Hanna thermometer with the useless pH probe attached to it... but you know what my wife says about me losing things.

Let me iterate it for those who are unaware: @Robin Haselden would lose their brain if it weren’t attached.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

When you accidentally overpour salt on a large saltwater batch at 7pm and have to wait many hours for more ro/di before you can do your water change

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Let me iterate it for those who are unaware: @Robin Haselden would lose their brain if it weren’t attached.

Close... think small head.

 

[Magellan]

Well I’m of course going to do the math to get things squared off nicely. I’m not going to just start dosing at some predefined limit and spot check it every few days.

Y’all saw how I handled phosphates, stay tuned for my alkalinity compulsiveness.

Well obviously you want it squared away! But don’t try to fix it with the first dose is all I’m saying.

 

[Magellan]

i think I’m dosing like 1/4 of the max dose per day if that helps

 

[living_tribunal]

Listen, I’m this close to conspiring with your wife to throw a garage sale with your dosing equipment.

 

[living_tribunal]

Well obviously you want it squared away! But don’t try to fix it with the first dose is all I’m saying.

Every time I dose something new, I always go half the dose I intend to do. It’s more so a measurement period until I get a reliable daily absorption rate.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Listen, I’m this close to conspiring with your wife to throw a garage sale with your dosing equipment.

Please, just dont sell it for what I told her I paid for it...

 

[living_tribunal]

Calcium colorimeter cane early. Let’s see what’s going on with my tank.

I’m hoping calc is low which confirms the issues with my frags.