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First, a little history: For a few months I was manually dosing the BRS 2-part solution and the parameters were doing fine during that time. Ca: 440-450ppm. Mg: 1440-1450ppm Alk: 7.0dkh. The Alk was a little lower than what I would like (I would prefer 8.0) but since I got the manual dosing...

Looking great! That hammer and frogspawn look awesome.

Happy Birthday to the tank! Great job Dennis!

The first step is always the hardest! It will be smooth sailing from here on out :)

Two frags are out of the nursery and placed in the main tank :)

Check this out. The video does parallel displays between HQI, T5, LEDs and different combinations of the three. LED vs T5 vs HQI - Light reef tank story - YouTube

You can use a cheap light timer to control the lights so you do not have to manually turn them on and off. This will also give the corals the benefit of a consistent day/night transition. The T5 bulbs that you have, what kind are they? (color temperature, etc). While mushrooms are not that...

The 1st stage of the Mg test is the tricky part. You have to stick to the "shake for 15 seconds per drop" of the first reagent. I have tried taking shortcuts in the past and the results were off by about 100-200 ppm.

Easiest way to test the syringe: 1. Pull 2ml of water using the Salifert 2ml syringe and put it in a small cup. 2. Then pull that water from the cup using the Red Sea syringe. If the water does not line up, then one or both syringes are off.

It looks like some kind of nudibranch.

Yeah they usually add stuff to your order. Pretty cool people.

As long as they both use 1/4" RO/DI tubing, it should work. The upgrade kit is basically just an extra membrane unit that you hook up to the existing membrane unit. The idea is to have the wastewater from the first membrane pass through the second membrane so the wastewater gets filtered again -...

I can smell the nitrates all the way over here :)

This is when I put the "Claw of the Gods" into play. I use the aquarium grabber to break up fights and remind them there is a bigger "fish" that they should be worried about.

Just hook up the RODI unit at your GF's place and get a couple of 5 gallon water containers to fill up while you visit her :) 5 gallons will probably last you a week or more for the pico. The second 5 gallons is for water changes.

Unless BRS changed their design, the auto shut off valve (ASOV) does not have the check valve built in. The ASOV is the white box thing with four connectors. Without the float valve, you can just shut off the main water input line and that will stop the entire unit - give or take a few ounces...

Does that RO/DI kit already come with a check valve to make the float valve work? When I got my RO/DI kit from BRS it did not have a check valve included and I have to buy one when I bought the float valve. Without the check valve, the float valve will stop the product water from going into...

When you use the titration kits for Ca, and Mg, do you record the readings as soon as the color changes? Or do you wait a few seconds to see if that color holds? This is what I have been experiencing lately with my test kit. For example, the Ca test: 1.When I start adding the titrant, the color...

The extra 4 inches of water depth generally is a non-issue, specially when comparing 17" and 21".

For soft corals, you can use a fine chisel to scrape the surface of the frag disk under the flesh of the coral to remove them. The important thing is to scrape away the surface of the frag disk, and not cut the coral tissue itself. This will minimize stress on the coral when removing from a...