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That's a lot of starfish!
Why are u dosing that stuff?
If you are going that route (ordering pure chemicals online), wouldn't you be better off getting Sodium Nitrate?@hybridazn -- I didn't like spectracide because it has a chemical odor -- IMHO, you're better off getting pure KNO3 from a freshwater planted tank website (I like NilocG). It's way more pure, I think NilocG is verified by a 3rd party lab, and has no odor at all. It's like $3 for a POUND plus shipping. I would highly advise that based on nothing but that chemical smell in spectracide scares me, lol.
If you are going that route (ordering pure chemicals online), wouldn't you be better off getting Sodium Nitrate?
@hybridazn -- I didn't like spectracide because it has a chemical odor -- IMHO, you're better off getting pure KNO3 from a freshwater planted tank website (I like NilocG). It's way more pure, I think NilocG is verified by a 3rd party lab, and has no odor at all. It's like $3 for a POUND plus shipping. I would highly advise that based on nothing but that chemical smell in spectracide scares me, lol.
(lol)Nitrate dosing. It's easier to do this than to figure out a way to automate dosing coral foods.
(lol)
Just add some plastic bio-balls to your sump
Trickle filter ;Wacky
.... ;Sorry
I'll have to keep that in mind, the spectricide doesn't bother me but I do notice a slight smell to it. I'll order some here soon.
Wow, not sure how I missed this. I'm sorry Jackie!I've used the spectracide also in the past but I didn't notice the smell for some reason... Maybe it's me LOL.
Hi George sorry I haven't been around in a while I just wanted to check in and see how things are going with your tank. Looking good!
Caught up good stuff
Why not do it like me and eliminate the ato container and just top off from ur rodi can? I have 35 gallons of top off at any given time and I do not have to do anything but watch and that’s only sometimes
I have to ask, do you feel that the dissolved media accurately reflects the amount of new growth in your tank?This pic was the old media after I rinsed it to show how much I've used in 1 year time. The pieces are also much thinner than they used to be. I fill up to the bottom on the sticker if anyone is wondering.
I have to ask, do you feel that the dissolved media accurately reflects the amount of new growth in your tank?
I gotta say, I almost have zero maintenance to do ever and I think that should be very common. What is all this maintenance people have that takes HOURS of your week?
Weekly:
- Fill the ATO
- Scrape the glass 3-4x a weeek
- make sure I don't need to brew up some 2-part
That's like 15 minutes per week. And scrubbing the power heads once every other month also only takes a few minutes.
I see this maintenance talk all the time but nobody says what the heck you guys do. Is staring at the tank maintenance? If so, then I do a lot of maintenance too ;Shamefullyembarrased