Bored? How about Mentoring a Newbie?

[road_runner]

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[Filthybum]

Beautiful tank

 

[sstanley223]

@Ohashimz thank you for sharing the pictures! I like your approach and I appreciate your modesty! Your aquarium looks wonderful

 

[Michael Gray]

so maybe forget mentor and just set your tank up in our house ahaha. what sand is that. looks good size to use for high flow without blowing everywhere. i plan on getting reefflakes by tropic eden but they also have a grand select which is even bigger... but havent seen it in person so not sure which is better size.......

 

[road_runner]

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[Michael Gray]

I always use caribsea special grade aragonite(dry) . Its grain large enough it do not move as much yet still nice looking.

I always start my systems with dry sand not live sand. I feel it brings less problems and less cyano to deal with later on. I rather build the biological filtration in my system myself so I have better control over the system..

good to know.. ok i wont hi jack this awesome thread!.

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

That's a very good question, I inherited them, see below, does that give you enough info?

 

[Scott Christenson]

alk went up overnight from 12 to 12.3

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

9.7 at a salinity of 35.1

 

[Scott Christenson]

I'm still going to buy so DI water today and test the CoraLife salt

 

[road_runner]

9.7 at a salinity of 35.1

Add bit of rodi water let's bring salinity to 34 in the new salt water batch

 

[Scott Christenson]

Add bit of rodi water let's bring salinity to 34.

ok

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

Did you want me to take the remaining 10 gallons of lfs saltwater and increase the volume in the sump today?

 

[Scott Christenson]

Btw am not talking about your system am talking strictly about the new salt water batch that we will prepare for a water change

Yes, understood

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

Yes leta do that. Just be careful not to flood your sump. Best way to donit is add while things are running slowly. Let's increase the water I'm the sump till its half full..this is operation condition, meaning do not do anything and do not turn off the pump. Just add slowly to the sumo while system running and bring water in the sump to half.
Make sense?

Yes

 

[road_runner]

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