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Let’s goooooo! I like the white bottom. My new UNS has a white acrylic bottom and I like it a lot. frosted white back will look nice too, super bright!

Look up the rule of thirds, then apply. Definitely need height

Looking good. have you thought about removing the center piece that bridges the arch, and maybe angling one peak off center so it’s to so symmetrical? might look cool. Might not!

Looking good, thanks for the update!

Yeah, I honestly don't think it was above 510, just turned it off for 24 hours, will water change in tandem, and see where we end up!

Elegance is looking super happy, glad you've still got it going strong! I'd love to see some full tank shots from other angles. Do you have this setup with the overflow box on the side, or did you take the photo from the side of the tank for the FTS? One thing I'd be concerned about is that those toadstools (mostly located at the top of your scape) will grow incredibly fast, and big. They will quickly shade out portions of your tank, and will require constant trimming.

ding ding ding. I went the other way, dangerously high levels 😂 maybe not dangerously high, but high!

yes, I’m using IO. It’s at 450, test is reading correctly on nsw. trying to determine if my calcium is too low, or too high.

OK, did the test again this morning, Salifert with the 2ml of tank water. No purple between 0.0 and 0.6ml. I continued to empty the syringe of the standard reagent 2, with no change in color. So I filled up the syringe again of reagent 2 to continue to add. I got about two drops through the second syringe, and the color changed to blue/purple.

possible, but writing the kit register it with the addition of the solution, just earlier, as the color would change immediately, unless it’s way high

The only thing I can think of that makes sense is that I mixed up the wrong amount of RO with my ESV solution. I get it in the 5 gallons buckets.

I'm at a bit of a loss here. Over the past 3 days, I've added 4 cups of liquid magnesium dose, which has increased my levels from 1000 to 1200, that's good (although not on par with what the dosing instructions say I should be hitting, that's fine.) Possibly it was consumed while being added? My dKH was at 9.9 this afternoon, and calcium is still not registering on my Salifert kit. I wanted to ensure the testing kit was still functioning properly, so I tried it on some NSW. I got 450, which is about on par with my salt mix (IO.) My next step was to make sure the DOS was working correctly, and it appears to be. There is no precipitation happening in the sump. The recent spikes are me manually ensuring each side was dispensing properly. Both containers are also dropping equally, and it's not dripping out anywhere. Should I up my calcium supplement? I've never seen this happen before.

Can’t beat that

thanks. I’m going to do 1 cup every 24 hours over the next four days. I have an empty compartment on my dosing container, I’ll probably just put it in that and call it a day

I got my hands on some BRS Liquid Magnesium Supplement. IIRC I remember reading you can dose all at once, is that bad practice? FWIW, I need 38oz to get from 1000 to 1400, which is nearly 5 cups. I am shy a cup or so, so I'd be adding about 3.5 cups all at once.