Well I have been AFK. You want to hear a story? I have a partner doing a FW show in town this weekend down on I drive. And a order of fish ws placed from California and ended up in Fort lauderdale. YES i drove at 4pm yesterday straight to Fort lauderdale and back again for fish. Three boxes of SW one FW and at about 28 hours in the box only have a few DOA's and now 12 hours later still not looking too bad. I'm very surprised to be honest fish last so long in bags if there done right. Anyway. ill go test ALk now but the data is not worth as much now. I pretty much know where things are and what to expect, but hopefully it helped folks understand what to look for and you can't just check ALK once a month. There is very little value to that data. It moves alot and fast in a reef tank and bad things happen in a few days. Not weeks. there is too many things effecting it. a expert reefer will have a batter grasp on what to look for to indicate an issue as well as a better heart beat on the tanks needs day to day.
An ALK monitor/ controller will pay for it self i think rather quickly in data and stability on most sps tanks over say 50-75 gallons.
An ALK monitor/ controller will pay for it self i think rather quickly in data and stability on most sps tanks over say 50-75 gallons.