ESHOPPS Mariner 70 Build

Steve does love his cat.
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Non furry wet pet showed up after pulling a disappearing act when put in tank. My Lubbock now hanging out on the right half of the tank. Leopard after its initial attacks showing no interest now.

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Looking into ordering from Reef Beauties as well. How are things going? I'm also in Massachusetts.
Who are you asking? Steve? I'm in AZ and never ordered from them...
 
I'm looking into ordering from Reef Beauties, how did it go?
Quick and well packed. Nice healthy fish. I’d definitely order again.
 
Tested today:

Magnesium - low
Calcium - low
Alkalinity - low
Phosphates - low
 
Added magnesium
Installed doser - dosing 5 ml spread out into 5 1ml doses of phosphates
Added baking soda
Need to add more magnesium and more Alkalinity
Need to add calcium
 
Alk is now 8.9
Phosphates are 0.07. want them slightly higher but that is up from 0.04 yesterday.

Magnesium... I hope I didn't overdo it yesterday. I doubt I did. I'll test later but I shouldn't have gone up a ton... Maybe up 50ish. We'll see.
 
I think I went up fairly quickly on the Alk from 7.6 yesterday morning to 8.9 tonight. I thought I was conservative on the calculations of water volume but apparently overestimated by about 10 gallons. That's over 3 spaced out doses though and nothing looks affected.
 
No wait... From 6.8 yesterday morning to 8.9 tonight.
 

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

  • Auto top-off

    Votes: 36 57.1%
  • Automated dosing

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • Mechanical filtration / roller filter

    Votes: 4 6.3%
  • Automated water testing

    Votes: 3 4.8%
  • Automatic feeding

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Lighting schedule

    Votes: 9 14.3%
  • Controller and remote monitoring

    Votes: 3 4.8%
  • Leak detection and emergency shutoff

    Votes: 1 1.6%
  • Automatic water changes

    Votes: 2 3.2%
  • None. I prefer to operate everything manually

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

    Votes: 1 1.6%
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