MadScientist

Any test results?

I can't even see any lr, haha!

Yup. Haha, if they sell probes, they may carry auto toilet flusher too

nice clam. where you got it from?

woah, so generous. home visit get free hp, haha

pmed you

Organic carbon dosing for nano tank: Day 0: 50% water change was performed . Specific gravity (SG) is @ 1.025. (measured with Trans-instrument Portable Refractometer [T1-RSAT0100A] calibrated with distilled water @ 25 degree celsius [Total Dissolved Solids: 0ppm {measured with Hanna Instruments TDS 1 meter calibrated with Milli-Q water @ 18.2 MOhmns.cm @ 25 degree celcius}] followed by calibration verification using American Pinpoint Salinity Calibration fluid [sG: 1.026] @ 25 degree celsius; no recalibration was necessary after initial SG 1.000 calibration point) Added 1 part 5% of acetic-citric acid with 999 parts saltwater from tank (total vol 50 ml) Set drip to 12 hours (approximately 1drop/min) Day 1: Mushroom corals reacted badly; all specimens perished. Water remained clear. All fishes (2 percular clownfish, 1 purple dartfish) and crabs (2 tiny hitchhikers, species unknown) survived. Sun coral remains unextended. Performed a 50% water change followed immediately by a 25% water change. SG remained @ 1.025. Experiment halted due to loss of specimens. Conclusion: In a nano setting, the setup (buffering system, skimmer, etc) may prove inadequate for the support of the increased bacterial population enhanced by the dosed organic carbon sources. Possibility of the failure of the dosing scheme may be due to low DO, low pH/alkalinity, overdosage of organic carbon sources, contamination of organic carbon sources, or a combination of factors. It is difficult for an average aquarist to dose such an organic carbon sources in small volumes of water. Dilution of organic sources to allow for gradual introduction of the organic carbon sources without upsetting pH and alkalinity may prove difficult without the use of bacteriostatic agent as such an introduction scheme requires large dilution factors, which will encourage bacterial growth in the drip reservoir. Further evaluations may be conducted when the test kits for pH and alkalinity arrives.

Red more popular than purple?

both very remote, haha

Am interested too

I would love to too

You can try tropic marin normal salt, it's rather low in everything. It seems to me that you do not need a cr as your tank's uptake of ca is not high enough and the cr is causing the low alkalinity. Most people get by with just wc without additives in lightly stocked tank. I would do a 50% water change for 2 days to reset the parameters and also disconnect the cr if I am facing your situation.

5% does nothing much to reset buffering system. Try to use sodium bicarbonate to increase alkalinity? Better to monitor salinity while doing that. Fish are not fussy in regards to such parameters. My advise would be to leave the parameters alone. Run the skimmer after cr to remove the excess carbonic acid. May I ask why are you running a cr for fowlr?It is normal for fowlr to have high ca and mg since there's literally nothing to consume them. Alkalinity would be affected by the organic acids. For your case, the alkalinity is also affected greatly by the cr.

Not a wise move to reduce mg by too much. Mg helps to prevent ca precipitation on surface. Too little mg and a lot of you ca will precipitate out onto you pipings and impellers. Low mg also makes your alkalinity hard to maintain

After feeding rotifiers, mushrooms shrank for more than an hour. Did a 50% wc to reduce the nitrate.

Me too

No probe. Most probes are analog devicea anyway

Purple dart too shy. Maybe he needs a partner, haha Rockwork looks lousy due to limited selections of free rocks, courtesy of Aquamarin. Unfortunately, bought an expensive refractometer due to lack of cheap stock from Aquamarin, =(

Agree

Bro, mind pming me the price of rapid led?

oh, not really worth it then, haha. was thinking of getting refill packs. petmart don't seem to carry refills. not sure about c328. went there many times without seeing coral pro salt, only the red sea salt

1 week's skimmate without livestock. After adding livestock, skimmer seems to have better foaming.

Probes are not IT devices?

I believe dsb don't need to maintain. Must place netting and egg crate in between to ensure no fish disturbs the dsb. Depth is also critical. Having a plenum helps too

Would love to try out and review, haha