Recent content by Jimm0425

last June, I came home to find 3 inches of water in the basement where my tank and RO are located. The semi clear sediment filter housing had a defect in it and the bottom of it dropped out and for 9 hours the water ran. Any way I went out and had to find a new filter housing quickly...

I recently set up my new reef keeper light and when it came to calibrating the pH probe I didn't get what I was looking for to say that it was calibrated. Does anyone have clear description on how to calibrate. Thanks

Thanks Mike

30 and 40 gallons

It looks like my wife misplaced the instructions for mixing my first box of esv b-ionic before I was able to mix a batch. I've searched but can't find an online instruction sheet. Can anyone help me out?

That's a strange thing as well. I have been using reef crystals for about 4 months now and been seeing the best growth since starting the tank but my calc, alk and mag haven't really dropped between water changes

It's amazing what the right piece of testing equipment can tell you. Before I got the Hanna phosphate meter I was under the impression that my phates were low, when in reality they were .12-.15.

For the last year I've been using the cheap plastic swing arm hydrometer and shot for a 1.025 sg. Got my new refractometer today and calibrated with supplied new calibration fluid and took the reading from my 180 g DT. It read 1.030. I've started a paced tank dilution. The question is that...

While the coliform test could very well come up positive it does not mean that there is dangerous bacteria present in the water. The red slime is probably an iron bacteria. But check with a water quality lab and have the water tested for.ecoli and giardia to be sure. That area probably has some...

I am running GFO and got a cleanup crew from reefcleaners.org a few weeks ago. I work for a company that has a water lab so I will bring in a sample and have them run it for everything

I have a 1 year old 180gal reef tank and I upgraded from pc to acan led in december and i got a bloom. my parameters are all good and have been doing consistent 20 gal wc1/week. sg 1.026 pH 8.2 dKA 10.2 cal 48 mg 1500 nitrates 2 PO4 non detect with salifert ammonia/nitrite 0.0 temp 80 My RO...

Nyc adds orthopolyphosphate to their water supply for corrosion control. So finding it in the five boroughs is a sure thing Sent from my DROIDX using Reefs

no I'm not so they aren't s-faced (figured I catch that one before someone else does). Actually parameters are in good shape pH8.1, Alk 10.2 Cal 450 Mg 1300 Nitrate 2.0 Trite and Ammonia 0 phos on salifert read 0.03 without I'm running GFO in a canister with a bag of GAC in the sump Everything...

Marine Depot is have a sale on the reef Keeper lite for $169 it includes 1 x ReefKeeper Lite head unit 1 x PC4 (four outlet power strip) 1 x SL1 (pH, ORP, temp, and 2 x switch inputs) 1 x iTemp temperature probe 1 x (FREE) DA pH probe 1 x SID (USB system interface device) 6 x Mounting...

Evolution is a funy thing, there seem to be an awful lot of humans out there who should never have survived natural selection too