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    ISO Stand Builder

    in General Discussion

    Do you have decent woodworking skills?

    Are you looking for extra cash for the Holiday season?

    I've given up on trying to buy the kind of stand I want, and just want to have someone build it.

     

    Hit me up off list if you have the skills and/or time.

     

    Thanks,

    Matt

    Can someone explain dosing mechanics to me?

    in General Discussion

    I should have shown you how my dosers work when you came by.

    I went from io salt, to Reef crystals, to dosing.

    never did Kalwasser.

     

    I paid about $250 for a doser and it is programmable

    I am splitting it into the maximum doses per day just to keep anything from spiking

    I still need to monitor that the resulting level are where I want them to be

    But I test it less and less as I get know how the corals should look.

     

    I like the consistency that dosing provides

    once  a month I need to refill my 1 gallon jugs

    and other then that it takes care of itself.

    I try to keep higher levels  CA 500, Alk 11, Mag 1300+

    but everyone has a different OL

    Canister filter recommendations

    in General Discussion

    Her 40G would make a nice sump

    But she needs to keep the fish somewhere during the build and cycle

    (and it has to fit under the stand you are getting)

     

    It might be easier to get a 20G or 28G used tank as the sump, just add glass or acrylic baffles.

    Get the 90G drilled, then use a submersible return pump, or drill the sump too and use an external pump (but this might be louder)

     

    Good Luck!

    Are evergrow led actually worth it?

    in General Discussion

    Can someone explain the difference between the d2040 and the it2040

    I assume it programability, but what specifically can you do with one, that you can't do with the other

     

    it2060 is just 6 inches wider than it2040?

     

    If I have a controller (which I do)

    can I do the same effects on the D2040 as I can on the it2040?

     

    I assume that the advantage to 2x it2040 vs 1x it2080 is coverage? 

    it2040 is 18" and it2080 is 36"?

     

    Any and all help appreciated.

     

    Matt

    How to use an old Android phone as an IP web camera

    in Do It Yourself

    I was able to make mine work last night

    ofcourse, the firewall at work doesn't like me going to port 8081 - shhh don't tell anyone

    but I run my aquacontroller on port 80, so ...

     

    I can get to it from my tablet

    BUT

    when I try to get to it from my phone I tried to "USER IP Cam Viewer"

    Has anyone made that work?

    I have the right IP and port,

    but I think its mad about the type of camera I should select

    Aquarium/water damage insurance

    in New to the Hobby

    · Edited by PotomacBoater

     It is also covered if the tank happens to fall through the floor.

     

    Maybe I will upgrade to that 200G tall then ...

    (wood cross beams in my condo, no idea if I'm actually perpendicular or not)

     

    My home owners coverage already covered an RODI leak into my neighbors unit

    One step closer to full tank automation

    in General Discussion

    i did mean 88 ML not Oz

    and I do spread the Mag out over a few days manually

     

    I thought 100ML/Day was not unusual

     

    I test my Cal and Alk every week and if its low

    I manually dose some and increase the daily allocation a little bit to find the sweet spot

    (its not very heavily stocked)

    One step closer to full tank automation

    in General Discussion

    BRS has a calculator

    http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef-calculator

    it will let you take your system volume and figure out how much to add (the first time) to get to a stable level

     

    After that you need to test.

    Once you see how much its going down over time

    you can start to dosing alk and cal.

     

    You should test Mag early, but later not as often. (adding tons of Alk with low mag is going to precipitate)

     

    I dose 22 times a day 4 oz each time of Cal and Alk on a mixed reef 90G

    the directions I've always been told for mag is one gallon as soon as the gallon of cal and alk run out (so I add it all at once, about once every 6 weeks)

     

    I do worry about spiking my Mag - my snails act drunk when my mag gets too high too quickly.

    Pump Identification

    in General Discussion

    I have a 90G mixed reef,

    it came with a Coralife SuperSkimmer 220

     

    It has been sufficient in pulling out skum.

    but the impeller is giving me trouble

     

    Can anyone identify this pump from the pictures

    The pump seems like its working,

    but if you look at the impeller picture

    it looks like the needle has been running off-center and expanding the center hole.

    Can I just replace the impeller?

    (why did that happen?)

     

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    Thanks,

    Matt

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