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Reach out to a mod for further assistance.

What is your favorite coral? Please select one from the poll above. Thank you.

If you choose to accept the challenge; I nominate you as the Profilux, Apex, and Reef Angel code steward and organizer.

30 is low. RODI will not work optimally at that level.

There are codes in the manual that should satisfy the majority of users. http://www.neptunesystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Comprehensive-Reference-Manual-.pdf

Have you seen the codes in the extended manual?

Marco, I heard the Petco dollar sale starts on Thursday.

If you are doing regular water changes with a quality salt; I doubt you will see a difference between Sodium Carbonate and Calcium Chloride versus BIonic.

Did you rinse the media? Possibly too much flow through the reactor. The media should slightly tumble, or low boil.

I am surprised the system does not look like a snow globe with calcium precipitation .

5000INT - $610 5000Ext - $665 5000SSS - $650 6000Ext - $765 6000SSS - $730

Improve your water quality and clean the skimmer three times per week. It will go away. This will work if its not at plaque levels.

I further explained to him that LFS may find it difficult trying to keep water parameters at the levels of enthusiasts like us. Corals and fish are not meant to be at the LFS for a long duration, inventory should be turning over.

Someone who will remain nameless, did a sample test of a LFS, who also will remain nameless, and found the following: Different types of corals are maintained in this system. Salinity 1.026 (refractometer) pH: not tested. He did not want to risk cross contamination with his pH probe. Alk: 300+ ppm (Hanna). Ca: 550 ppm (Salifert) Mg: not tested NO3: 100 ppm (Salifert) PO4: 2.5 ppm (Hanna) He also said he would tactfully inform the store owner.

Get a great skimmer.

I would not concern yourself with issues you can not control. Testing frag water may not accurately represent the vendors system. Most corals are resilient and will recover from the stress of traveling. Looking for an eye opening experience, sample your LFS water parameters, I would be surprised if the salinity was correct.

20 holes in one ten gallon is challenging, however there are 5 sides. Where is the fun in that. Just kidding, you made the right choice.

Practice on a 10g tank. If you can drill it 20 times without breaking consider yourself trained. Thin glass is harder to drill. Diamond bit, putty, water, and patience. Go slow and steady let the bit do the work. Five to eight minutes per hole.

Why would you ghost feed at this point, the tank is cycling?

One inch of snow here. Flakes still falling.

I was curious to hear what you think the disadvantages are to the NW. If you cant think of any that is fine.

To balance out your comment, can you provide some disadvantages of needlewheel skimmers?

Flakes are falling but no accumulation here. Light dusting on cars and streets are clear and bare.

Last year it was December 29 - January 19.

Your talking about the space saver concept?