The Mediocreef

Mschmidt · Sep 5, 2023

It came! Thanks @Stang67

Mschmidt · Sep 6, 2023

shadow_k said:
can you try splitting the doses ? Like 10 in the morning 10 at noon and 10 at night ?

i could try it if I could remember it...

shadow_k · Sep 6, 2023

Mschmidt said:
i could try it if I could remember it...

Yeah my iPhone literally reminds me daily to test my alk lol if not I would forget

Mschmidt · Sep 6, 2023

shadow_k said:
Yeah my iPhone literally reminds me daily to test my alk lol if not I would forget

that would get ignored so fast.

rmorris_14 · Sep 6, 2023

Mschmidt said:
that would get ignored so fast.

I have daily alarms that I set and then forget/just dont turn off if I no longer need them. Each day about 3 or 4 alarms go off from previous settings. If my husband hears it, he is like “oh is that arbitrary alarm #206!?!?”

Mschmidt · Sep 6, 2023

rmorris_14 said:
I have daily alarms that I set and then forget/just dont turn off if I no longer need them. Each day about 3 or 4 alarms go off from previous settings. If my husband hears it, he is like “oh is that arbitrary alarm #206!?!?”

I have some of those. unit rounds being front of mind: like I'm going to forget the twice a week meeting I've had for the past 4 years.

Mschmidt · Sep 6, 2023

Alk 112 before dosing. 118 after. Coulda given it more time between tests, but I can also try again tomorrow.

shadow_k · Sep 6, 2023

Mschmidt said:
Alk 112 before dosing. 118 after. Coulda given it more time between tests, but I can also try again tomorrow.

I might be a little higher Tomorrow , I finally got my DKH at 9 , that’s were my salt mixes in at.

Funny as I was dosing 5 ml every day it would increase by .4 but as it got closer to 9 5ml would only increase it by .2

Hopefully this improves my corals growth

Mschmidt · Sep 7, 2023

shadow_k said:
I might be a little higher Tomorrow , I finally got my DKH at 9 , that’s were my salt mixes in at.

Funny as I was dosing 5 ml every day it would increase by .4 but as it got closer to 9 5ml would only increase it by .2

Hopefully this improves my corals growth

good work.

guess what I forgot to do today!

shadow_k · Sep 7, 2023

Mschmidt said:
good work.

guess what I forgot to do today!

There’s always tomorrow lol

rmorris_14 · Sep 7, 2023

I tested my IO reef crystals salt mix once. The charts I have seen says it mixes at 13. Mine tested at 8

Mschmidt · Sep 7, 2023

rmorris_14 said:
I tested my IO reef crystals salt mix once. The charts I have seen says it mixes at 13. Mine tested at 8

i tested it a while back, but that was before I started mixing the bucket before scooping it out.

shadow_k said:
There’s always tomorrow lol

when I start my day earlier... but if my son chooses to sleep I can I dose without measuring, what feels right, while holding him.

Projects with Sam · Sep 7, 2023

Mschmidt said:
i tested it a while back, but that was before I started mixing the bucket before scooping it out.

when I start my day earlier... but if my son chooses to sleep I can I dose without measuring, what feels right, while holding him.

How does one go about mixing the bucket?

OrchidMiss · Sep 7, 2023

Mschmidt said:
It came! Thanks @Stang67

whoa whoa whoa!
Hold on here...

Mschmidt · Sep 7, 2023

Projects with Sam said:
How does one go about mixing the bucket?

I shake to or roll it around for a while. then I don't wait long enough for the cloud of salt particles to fall before opening it up so I get a lung full. maybe I should not do that last part.

I saw a video on here I think where someone used a paint stirrer attached to a drill.

Projects with Sam · Sep 7, 2023

Mschmidt said:
someone used a paint stirrer attached to a drill.

That's what I was hoping you'd say. I have one of those for mortar and paint. the paint one would rip apart but I bet the mortar one could hold-up.

Mschmidt · Sep 7, 2023

Projects with Sam said:
That's what I was hoping you'd say. I have one of those for mortar and paint. the paint one would rip apart but I bet the mortar one could hold-up.

may have been a concrete mixer... he had a pretty full bucket in the video too with no spillage.