New salty 29g biocube

Bleigh · Jul 26, 2019

crusso1993 said:
Not touching the "top down" part of the post. However, the pics remind me of this one from about 20 years ago...

Hahahahahahaha. Yeah. Now that the sun is out, they seem way bluer to me than they did last night when the night shift was on on my phone (adding some yellow) and my eyes were adjusted to the dark.

Bleigh · Jul 26, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
+1 I just kill my blue channel before taking photos sometimes. I also use the free Photoshop app to color correct images too.

Is the name of the free photoshop app photoshop? If so, I’ll def check it out.

NY_Caveman · Jul 26, 2019

Bleigh said:
Is the name of the free photoshop app photoshop? If so, I’ll def check it out.

Adobe Photoshop. Try it. I can give you a quick tutorial too if needed.

Aquanautical · Jul 29, 2019

watching this build thread so I can see the highly anticipated lich kings from this weekend

. Great build!

count krunk · Jul 30, 2019

adobe photoshop certainly not free.

Requires a monthly license these days.

Well, if you know a guy.. you can find it for free

NY_Caveman · Jul 31, 2019

count krunk said:
adobe photoshop certainly not free.

Requires a monthly license these days.

Well, if you know a guy.. you can find it for free

The Adobe Photoshop iPhone app is free and requires no subscription. I have used it for years with no issue.

Hemmdog · Jul 31, 2019

Bleigh said:
I keep saying I’m going to get one of those. Guess I should treat myself. I love parks and rec btw.

Such a good show

Lorenzo Angotti · Jul 31, 2019

Just like to wish you good luck Bleigh , take it nice and easy, we all kind of like to rush things, I know I have. Get plenty of knowledge and your at the right place at R2R for that. You will always have your ups and downs, but don’t worry, the beauty is that as time goes buy you will gain that experience and it’s nice when friends and family look at your marine aquarium setup and look at it in amazement, yes a part of the sea in your home and you can feel proud watching what you have built up. You will always watch something new happening in your setup, with fish activity and coral growth that is outstanding with eye popping colours under blue lights.

count krunk · Jul 31, 2019

ohhhh the phone app.

sorry i was thinking computer application.

Bleigh · Aug 5, 2019

So.... I hadn’t calibrated my refractometer lately, so I wasn’t mixing enough salt in my water. *face palm* which explains why my parameters had started dropping all Of a sudden. Hopefully I’ll get them all under control now that I’ve figured out the issue. Despite all that *most* of my corals are doing great. The monti’s are SUPER ANGRY. Here’s some pictures of my tank so I can track what they looked like on the day I started mixing my water strong enough.

Bleigh · Aug 6, 2019

Tank is looking even better today. Even my frogspawns and torches are much more open. (Not that I want that cause they’re already stinging things.)

@Flippers4pups gave me a recipe for raising alkalinity. I need it it to go up by 2.5dkh. 1 and 1/8 cup of baking soda in a gallon of ro/di water. Mix until clear. Use this calculator to determine how much to add. Split it up in such a way that alk raises at a safe amount. (~1 dkh a day).

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Hemmdog · Aug 6, 2019

Bleigh said:
Tank is looking even better today. Even my frogspawns and torches are much more open. (Not that I want that cause they’re already stinging things.)

@Flippers4pups gave me a recipe for raising alkalinity. I need it it to go up by 2.5dkh. 1 and 1/8 cup of baking soda in a gallon of ro/di water. Mix until clear. Use this calculator to determine how much to add. Split it up in such a way that alk raises at a safe amount. (~1 dkh a day).

Reef Chemistry Calculator