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added some more pieces of rock and a Tonga branch from my other tank. Not quite happy with the placement of everything yet, but I'm just concentrating on getting everything moved over at this point in preparation for my dual WP10s.

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alk at 9 dkh and calc at 380 ppm. A bit more in line now but I am pretty sure the culprit is the Instant Ocean purple box salt mix I am using. I'll keep dosing calc until its up to 420+, but the LFS store suggested I switch to Instant Ocean Reef Crystals at a minimum, or Omega Sea Reef Salt.
 
Alk stable between 9-10 dkh, and I got my calcium up to 420 ppm using bionic 2 part, but I am going through almost a milliliter per gallon, per day to maintain that. Seems like a lot. Any thoughts or suggestions on another product to use for maintaining calcium?

Also, here's a livestock update.
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And I finally got the trim up.
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Added some sps.

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Not really. I think I'm having a flow problem causing turf algae to grow in some spots. I use seachem purigen so I've been able to keep my nitrates between 10-20 pretty regularly.
 

IF YOU HAD TO OPERATE EVERYTHING ELSE MANUALLY, WHICH AUTOMATED SYSTEM WOULD YOU KEEP?

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 55 59.1%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 6 6.5%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 4.3%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 16 17.2%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.1%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 3 3.2%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Something else (explain in the comments)

    Votes: 1 1.1%
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