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So the corals are still doing well, the skimmer isn't skimming out much. The tank is settling in and I'm kalk dosing just about every morning. It's all shaping up nicely. Looking forward to Saturday, adding more frags.

I'd try to get your parameters in line more with natural sea water. 410-425ppm calcium, 7.4-8dkh alkalinity. At the end of the day, your tanks pH is the highest. When you add soda ash (sodium carbonate) at the end of the day, your pushing pH up, and it won't stabilize alkalinity. Using sodium...

I'm going against the grain and say: buy what you can reasonably afford. If a tank is too big, too much to maintain, too large of water changes, it becomes a hassle to maintain and you might end up neglecting it because of time or money. Larger tanks Have a larger margin of error and when...

Everything is still alive! Feeling good! The tank is really looking great! I'm going to have to figure out how to make up enough kallwasser to drop in the tank on a daily basis.

Thanks. If I continue to buy some frags here and there, given time, I'll have a full blown reef. I think I'm off to a great start.

I cleaned the glass, took the phosban reactor offline and put the lights on timers. 60% actinic and 40% daylight on the LEDs. I'm happy with that mix, it makes the greens really pop. I epoxied the LPS and SPS corals in place. The nepthea is still mad at me and adjusting. It was ticked off when I...

As soon as i can, I'll post some pics. I'm pretty excited.

I bought a few corals today. Candy red montipora capricornis 4x4" Entrusting gorgonian Assorted zoanthids Neon orange plate coral, 1x1" 4" nepthia And only spent under $50. If I can spend under $25/week on corals for the tank, I'll have it filled in no time.

I know that LPS corals move too. Lol! I say soft corals when I mean anything other than SPS.

I am resolved to buy a coral tomorrow. Got to buy new RO unit filters too soon. I think that's a necessity where I stay. Lol

That's what I'm thinking. I know I need to start adding some corals to the tank soon, I'm getting bored with it.

I'm not sure when I stated that, but I'm sure it was before triton. Oh well, to the average home aquarist, its simply unfeisable.

Yeah, it is. Yesterday it was kinda quiet or less annoying. Lol. I was keeping the lights on at 30% for a while and yesterday I turned them up to 50%. I'm gonna keep an eye on the coralline to make sure its not bleaching. Fish are doing fine. I'm down to three now. Gonna try to add two more...

Nothing as of yet. I am taking my time. My new led light has a hitch in the fan. It's getting noisy. Really noisy. I either need to replace the fan somehow, or replace the whole unit. I can't keep listening to it.

That's the plan! ;)

I made up some new saltwater. Going to do a water change tomorrow morning. I plan on adding some soft corals and taking off my phosban reactor. I'll be making it into a soft coral tank because it will simply be easier to take care of. I might,... Might... Add a couple montipora frags or...

I'd rather cut my finger off right after it was bitten then have to pay $225,000 out of pocket.

The hospital here in my town charged me $2400 for a lortab, iodine dip and a bandaid. The only way I'll ever go back to a hospital is if I am dying. Literally. Dying.