Recent content by jab161

I had a alk swing and a temp swing last week. This sps is receding from the base up. It happened once before when i had another alk swing. Last time it only receded about a half inch then it grew back and was fine. This time it isn’t stopping and its almost 2” now. Not sure if i should...

The PH in the reactor is steady at 6.48 to 6.55

I was running Reborn media in my reactor at 12ml/min. The effluent was at 29.4 dkh The tank was at 8.2 dkh i had to reload with ARM media today. After 2 hours the effluent is now at 41.2. any idea how much i should lower the ml/min as to not get a crazy alk swing. I just had one and lost a...

I got this from a member in 2007 it was 3 small heads. It grew into a perfect circle the size of a basketball until the epoxy finally gave out and it broke into pieces

Looking for feed back on what people are using for an auto feeder. I have an apex, but the reviews on the AFS are not all that great. I cant seem to keep my nitrate or phosphate above 0. I have an sps dominate tank with a low fish count at the moment. I feed two frozen cubes a day and a...

I posted this on the neptune forum but haven’t received a respone response i have a low level float switch in my reservoir at the bottom and a high level at the top. in my ato reservoir Both will be connected to a break out box. i want it to activate an apex solenoid on the output of my...

Where are the vendor marketplace posts? Its the first thing i look at when i log on. Why isn’t it on the home page like it used to be?

Not an expert by far, but i battled them for a month. I fed more and did a 3 day full black out. I covered every inch of the tank with black heavy duty garbage bags, letting NO light in. I left a small opening for 1 of my fans to blow fresh air onto the dt surface. Havent seen a sign of them in...

I used to go to Airweld 35th ave and College point blvd Flushing not sure if there still their.

I had the procal on my 150g. I was able to swap for a MTC mini cal when i down graded to a 90g. Both work great. i did recently change the pump on the mini cal but its been running for 10+ years (might have changed it once before??). Im just getting back into the sps game but it has been...

i walked in there for the first time, not knowing anyone, and everyone was helpful and friendly which is why i go back. To each his own. They have great stuff and good prices and i try to support anyone who is willing to maintain a brick and mortar in the age of amazon.

Advanced Marine aquatics Willis ave; Albertson. Awesome selection; honest staff. Healthy livestock.

My direct connect 4hd just crapped out, transformer blew. What are my options for controlling outlets with the old style Neptune aqua controller jr? Thanks

I have this "stuff" in my tank it is out of control if I leave it for a couple weeks it look like a forest. I have a 90 gallon and it already took out a 12" monti I've had for 5 years. Need advice. I am low on snails and hermits. What do I do