mb5322
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Not so much a build im on to stocking, but its linked under my name. So far I'm absolutely in love with the red sea products
Devoted Reefer 250
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Using the Hanna temp check to confirm temp on the Inkbird controlling my tank and checking the salt water I have mixing. I normally have an ink bird controller on my new salt water, I’m lazy right now!
Last making some water and watching football on the projector in the garage in a bed sheet!! Hahaha
OP
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perfect, I’ll have to check it out!!
Sucks hard on the harlequin! Yellow wrasse came out today so that made me happy! Stuck to his own little corner, in a few days hopefully he is roaming around.
ScubaEthan
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I'm oogling those photos! #goals
Huskereef
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Pelphrey,
I have to admit I read through your entire build thread. The best one I've seen on here so far! Your tank prompted me to pull the trigger on a Redsea reefer 350, which I will slowly get going on soon.
In regards to your struggles keeping SPS. I have not seen anyone suggest this to you.
From the beginning of my current tank I have dosed the BRS 2 part, (Calcium Chloride/Soda Ash) with 100% sustained SPS growth & survival.
Soda ash being sodium carbonate it has a slight PH raising effect. Other bottled 2 part solutions generally have a sodium bicarbonate mixture for the Alkalinity solution (less PH raising effect). Never thought anything of it until recently I ran out of the BRS product and started using ESV b-ionic 2 part. I've lost 3 acropora now since switching to ESV. The only thing I can attribute this to is the PH running slightly lower than before. So my suggestion would be try using Soda Ash.
I have to admit I read through your entire build thread. The best one I've seen on here so far! Your tank prompted me to pull the trigger on a Redsea reefer 350, which I will slowly get going on soon.
In regards to your struggles keeping SPS. I have not seen anyone suggest this to you.
From the beginning of my current tank I have dosed the BRS 2 part, (Calcium Chloride/Soda Ash) with 100% sustained SPS growth & survival.
Soda ash being sodium carbonate it has a slight PH raising effect. Other bottled 2 part solutions generally have a sodium bicarbonate mixture for the Alkalinity solution (less PH raising effect). Never thought anything of it until recently I ran out of the BRS product and started using ESV b-ionic 2 part. I've lost 3 acropora now since switching to ESV. The only thing I can attribute this to is the PH running slightly lower than before. So my suggestion would be try using Soda Ash.
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Thank you!!
Very interesting! That would mean I need to test my water.... Which I really need to do anyway! My big issue now is I overfilled my tank before we left for a few days. My tunze pump on my ato started acting funny and I wanted to make sure the return pump wouldn't run dry. Doing this really messed with my salinity, which I knew it would! All because I didn't have a $17 ato spare pump on hand!
I do have ESV alk, calcium and mag sitting on a shelf!
