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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.

Thanks for the offer, Dave. You're a bit far from me, and I found a reefer in Hyattsville who had a test kit. I have been using ESV for a decade plus, I have no qualms with it, I was trying to give as much pertinent information as I could. I was actually one of your huckleberry's when you were trying to figure out your dosing and alk My total water volume is about 35 gallons, 31ml a day is actually low, considering the amount of corals I have. In other news, I tested my magnesium, and I'm sitting at about 1000 even.

Since I swapped tanks (a year ago almost) my alk has been a little bit higher than the lower I used to keep it at. Happy to slowly bring it back down again, I think that will help with the balancing act, tbh. I've not seen a tremendous amount of coraline growth, and my rock is a decade plus established. I don't have a Trident hooked up, just the DOS, so no modifying. Things got so far out of wack with the doser being out of commission, and I was dosing daily by hand. TBH, it could have happened prior to my Apex going out. I'm close to Tropical Lagoon, but I have a lead on a local with both a mag test kit and some mag. Yeah, my mantra has always been nothing good happens fast. I think I'm going to just do a water change, get my hands on a magnesium test kit, and go from there.

Hey WAMAS, I know what I need to do, but I want to run it by somebody other than myself. My paramaters got out of wack last week with my Apex being down, and I noticed some corals looking less perky. I decided to test, and here is what I ended up with: Salinity: 1.030 (I've since brought it down to 1.025) DkH: 10.3 Calcium: It's not registering. I tested 3 times, and my kit is still in date (I have used it prior with accuracy.) (2ml tank water, 1 scoop of powder, syringe in the right position, empty 6 (down to 4), swirl for 5 seconds. Add drops until solution turns from pink to blue. Magnesium: I don't have a test kit, but I'm presuming it's low based on no registered calcium. I currently dose 31ml each day for each solution, and I use ESV bIonic. The instructions say to dose in equal parts. My first step is finding out what my mag is, but in the interim, should I slowly increase my calcium?

sounds like you’re in need of a 48”L x24”H aquarium? A Deep Blue 80 wouldn’t be as deep, but would fit the bill. IIRC you pretty much made a bulletproof stand and wall mounted in your basement?

Hey man, I unfortunately have to get to work, but rubbermade totes work as well, if you have enough heaters and simple pumps to keep water circulated, it can buy you some time until a more permanent-temporary system is put in place.

Thanks for all the advice folks, I’ve resolved the issue today, you can’t make this stuff up. Power brown out dropped my mp40 power side, must have bumped my DOS, jostling the cord loose. The DOS connection caused the EB8 to not connect as a module, alongside the DOS as well. A reset, proper cable insertion, and everything is back to normal. I just noticed the MP wet side on the bottom of the tank today.

no, I have it setup to a controller that’splugged into the apex. I did adjust my light intensity by 10% last night though…

i have. Unfortunately I’m trouble shooting while watching an infant, it’s in between naps atm. 😱

i have unplugged and plugged back in, after waiting 3 minutes. Yellow breaker isn’t tripped. Might try removing and reprogramming

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