Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[living_tribunal]

Alright, both calc and alk have been dosed. No one seems phased.

I guess I’m in the clear?

 

[Why-Me]

@Magellan You are absolutely right that ca and Alk will delpete each other when dosed separately. I used to know an really good way of explaining it but I'd have to search it again. Just know that it's true.

Corals also use Ca and alk in perfect balance. One of each, no more no less(yes I just tired in Star Wars to reefing). When doing, you want to use equal parts, as long as your 2 part is meant to be dosed in equal parts. Example, Red Sea pre mixed liquid in the bottle is balanced. Red Sea powder is not, the calcium is 3 times as strong as the alk.

Perfectly said, also could add with price and ease of use is what makes the ESV b-ionic 2 part so popular.

 

[living_tribunal]

If I overdosed alc I would have known by now right?

 

[Why-Me]

If I overdosed alc I would have known by now right?

I once dosed alk too fast, just dumped it in. corals just closed up for an hour or two, they were fine

 

[living_tribunal]

I once dosed alk too fast, just dumped it in. corals just closed up for an hour or two, they were fine

But let’s say you dose 3kh at one time, you’ll know within 30 minutes that you messed up right?

 

[Why-Me]

But let’s say you dose 3kh at one time, you’ll know within 30 minutes that you messed up right?

Yes

 

[NY_Caveman]

Obligatory selfie

 

[sfin52]

He’s not lying! It was consistently within about a 300 pt range...

I put the part one in the left side of the sump, and a couple minutes later put part 2 in the right side. The way it’s divided, it can only mix inside the tank.

I can only dose straight in the tank.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

But let’s say you dose 3kh at one time, you’ll know within 30 minutes that you messed up right?

An increase of 3kH will have an immediate "oh crap" effect on your corals.

 

[living_tribunal]

I just tested alk and got a 7.9 dkh. That’s super close, +-.1 to what I was aiming for up from 7.4.

I’d say my first two-part dosing was a success.

Thanks everyone for the help!

 

[living_tribunal]

And if we’re posting our towns cheistmas lights, here’s a ****** pic of the shopping center a block away from me.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Interesting article... may be looking into picking up a Hanna Nitrite checker, iodine is one of the elements I had to dose from my last ICP test.

USING HANNA CHECKER HI-707 TO TEST FOR IODINE

USING HANNA CHECKER HI-707 TO TEST FOR IODINE In my quest to improve my testing accuracy and precision I found the standard colorimetric tests for Iodine difficult to get any kind of accurate reading and the repeatability (precision) was not very good. Being that I dosed Iodine this made me...

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[living_tribunal]

Anyone know a site or thread on here with a lot of lps tank inspiration?

 

[sfin52]

Anyone know a site or thread on here with a lot of lps tank inspiration?

R2R use search bar

 

[living_tribunal]

R2R use search bar

So much work, so little fruit to my labor.

Sigh

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Anyone know a site or thread on here with a lot of lps tank inspiration?

Stick heads seem to be the big thing right now... I'm sure theres some killer LPS tanks still lurking around here somewhere.

 

[living_tribunal]

Stick heads seem to be the big thing right now... I'm sure theres some killer LPS tanks still lurking around here somewhere.

I believe there is a clear correlation of a common insecure masculinity measure and the number of polyps your coral has.

Now correlation is not causation but I prefer my coral with 10 polyps or less.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

I believe there is a clear correlation of a common insecure masculinity measure and the number of polyps your coral has.

Now correlation is not causation but I prefer my coral with 10 polyps or less.

Show me a stick this pretty... I'll wait.

 

[living_tribunal]

Show me a stick this pretty... I'll wait.

They won’t, they’re probably eager to post pics of their 1/10th inch polyp extension.


This does bring up something I’m probably going to do.

I left too much space behind my rockscape (really agitating) and I’m running out of bed space in the front of the tank.

I’m going to remove these two vertical tunnel things to free up space. What do y’all think?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

LT... I can't remember what I did 30 minutes ago, let alone what pictures I reacted to two days ago.

When the picture loads, I'll let you know what I think about removing the vertical tunnel things.