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nailed it. I’m at 5.7 as of this afternoon, will slowly keep at it. I think it’s consumption.

And the "frag tank"

I just did, and tested, I'm at 5.2 dKH now, which tracks, as my doser was programmed to start increasing as of 6am. I will do a water change today as well. This is not the first time my alkalinity has dramatically dropped, and usually everything is OK. I'm thinking this is just the nature of such a small water volume and so much coral, you never know when you're walking the line until you're walking the line, and it sneaks up quickly.

I've not checked calc or mag in years, tbh. Maybe I should. Yeah, I worried about this as well, but there is no visible precipitation. I should check those other levels. Right, I think the log scale is important to remember, I've knee jerked to stuff like this before and it's never been good. I've upped my doser by 25%, let's see what happens, I can always adjust back. Nope, not a stupid question. I have been checking on a hanna checker, it's less than a year old, and I keep it's container in a display case when not in use.

Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder. Yes, I have opened two new reagents and gotten the identical results. The jugs are not new, but the tail end of the 5 gallon containers. It's really befuddling dosing up and having it rapidly decrease with no other changes sans what I've mentioned. I've gotta presume that the reality of it is, I have a 30 gallon or so water volume tank that has a lot of corals, which is true, and this is not outside the realm of possibility?

Hey WAMAS, I have a question that's needing an answer before I start to knee jerk and react. My alkalinity has slowly been dropping over the past couple of weeks. I have recently increased my dosing (ESV) at the continual 1:1 ratio, and my alkalinity has continued to drop even further! Back around the very end of June, my alkalinity dropped from 7.5 to about 6.5, so obviously the logical solution was my consumption has increased. This makes sense, as I have recently added a pretty decent sized piece (wall hammer,) and have a small clam. I increased each solution from 38 to 45ml per day and just back from a quick trip and my Alk has dropped down to 5.1 Couple of things to note that I have checked: Yes, my doser is working yes, my dosing containers are dropping at a 1:1 ratio No, I have no done a water change I have added a big wall hammer and I have a clam, wall hammer is new, so possible consumption has dramatically increased. I took my dogs with me on my trip, so there has been no breathing in this house for almost 3 days, so I'm sure my PH has changed. Is it possible my consumption could increase that quickly? Should I just increase my dosing?

Dang! You love your big tanks!

Looking tops!

No matter what, ALWAYS add acid to water.

How do you keep the water in the tank?!

Woof. That's a lot of electric, lol.

I hear ya. It's good marketing IMO. I have not felt pressured to 'rave' about them, and thus far have provided negative and positive aspects. I have no obligation to do so on WAMAS, but keeping up with the build information included it. So far at the price point, I think they are a good deal, although cumbersome to set up with not a lot of instructions or direction on how to do so. At the end of the day, PAR is PAR, will be able to see how they do with corals. I'm not familiar with Focustronic drama, the tea on this hobby, lol.

Chinese LED's. They are called Noopsyche (I believe pronounced "new-psyche") I got x2 for free in exchange for documenting their progress over 3 months, and ended up purchasing one more. I added all 3 to an Aquatic Life because I like the T5/LED combo.

Thanks, I agree with you, the controller is the biggest pain. Luckily I'm a set and forget type, so once I get it dialed I should hopefully be good! Yeah, I was pretty surprised! But I have a somewhat better understanding of a baseline now. My favorite part! It's especially easier in an empty tank.

80 gallon is still chugging away. Unfortunately, the live edge wood I gave to Ben ended up bowing out as soon as he cut it, so we're just going with a regular top. Not as interesting, but I'm confident it will be perfect. I have been cycling a bunch of rock downstairs, but honestly, I don't think I'm going to use any of it. I took it all out of a 150 gallon rubbermaid today and moved it into a 20 gallon Home Depot container, I don't need all that space taken up in my basement. I took the "waste" water and hauled it upstairs 5 gallons at a time and started filling up the 80, despite not having the top on it yet. The reason I did this is because today is the day I wanted to test the PAR! Because I'm lazy, I only did 3 spots, and they were all on the bottom of the tank. The water is very cloudy, and there is nothing else in the tank, so all this should be taken into consideration. So here's how you can decipher my findings. Spot 1, 2, & 3, are literally all as close to centered under the two lights that I used. I then gave readings with the T5 bulbs on at the same time, I didn't give them time to warm up, so that's probably a thing as well. I took readings at 50%, 75%, and 100%. I will say this, for the price point, it's hard to find this kind of par, we will see how it holds up over time, but I will say navigation and programing of these lights is a huge PIA. Remember, these readings are on the very bottom of the tank, and with only 2 lights. 2 Noop lights at 50% 1. 130 2. 150 3. 180 W/ T5 @ 50% 1. 170 2. 190 3. 200 2 Noop lights at 75% 1. 230 2. 275 3. 230 W/ T5 @ 75% 1. 250 2. 330 3. 340 2 Noop lights at 100% 1. 300 2. 320 3. 300 W/ T5 @ 100% 1. 320 2. 400 3. 400 I casually ran the meter around the nano around 8pm last night without T5's on and as the lights were winding down for the evening, and my lowest par was 250, highest 350, I think it's safe to say I will be able to replicate my lighting situation for the corals with 3 lights and the 4 T5 bulbs.

Nice little juvie!

That does look like a big sump!

Is this tank still rolling? I missed the update almost 2 years ago! Love the background soundtrack, my dogs did not!

What's going on, Capn'? Hope you didn't get stuck in your tank!

I guess we will have to beg?

This is your 6 month reminder to clean your skimmer out!

So have you taken the sump out of the crate yet?!

Wow, mine looks so different, nice to see some colonies rolling in local tanks! Lens is amazing, I’d say you know what you are doing!

What is this HOT coral?