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At 8dKH, I honestly don't see anything wrong. As long as it doesn't dip below 7. baking soda helps bring alkalinity up, but will slightly decrease pH. If your not having any pH issues, baking soda is great for keeping alkalinity up. If your pH is a little low, sodium carbonate works great - sal...

Post pics or a video. Is your return pump return line underneath the water level? Do you have a hole drilled at the water level line in the return locline so the return siphon is broken?

Five days of skimmate.

Lol. I'm having another kid! Dunno yet if it's a boy or a girl.

Looks like TQ hasn't visited since March 3rd.

Hey there Richard, thanks for chiming in. Good to see you on the forum again. I broke down the quarantine because there really isn't time or space to keep it. My LFS quarantines my fish and their hospital tanks have copper in them. They also do it for a minimal charge, so I'm not worried about...

Tells yah how quick they are selling out. Good skimmer. ;) I bought mine from bulk reef supply. How old is your tank? you may put one on a wishlist somewhere and buy it when it becomes available. You might not necessarily need one for three to six months while your tank is maturing.

It's only worth as much to you as you think it is. It might be more skimmer than you absolutely need. If you are attempting to buy a huge skimmer, it may not work efficiently enough for your system. Meaning there may be dissolved organic compounds in your water (DOC's that your skimmer pull out)...

Hi there, I wouldn't set it directly on the tank rim, it might get too hot. You can cut a couple of 2x4s, paint them black and set them on the tank rim and prop up the lights on them. It's not safe, either way - and you should have a GFCI installed just incase. I suggest ATI bulbs. Blue plus...

The Regal has a really nice DC motor. The DC motor is controllable. You can adjust how quickly the motor will spin and draw in water and air. The benefit to this is that you can adjust it lower if you want to dry skim and higher if you want to wet skim and you can control the amount of foam...

Are all hobbies money pits? I'm just getting started back fixing up my tank, considering dropping $500 on new lights, $250 on new powerheads and a frag pack of easy SPS corals for another $200, not to mention all of the salt for the water changes, all of the chemicals we use, all the expensive...

Thanks! Those look pretty neat.

Unless your rock is extremely porous, I wouldn't worry about shattering it. Most frag plugs have a 1/4" stem or slightly larger. You should buy your own frag plugs and know the size before hand. If your buying corals that can be dipped in a pest control solution, you should remove the plug...

Lol. I know bang, I was taking the lazy route. ;)

To answer the original question, I drip kalkwasser on a regular basis. The kalk I bought is from Brightwell aquatics and contains calcium, carbonate, magnesium and strontium. I feed my fish algae sheets and new life spectrum pellets with garlic. That's an additive I guess. My top off is...

Going pretty good, actually. I play about 30minutes a day and try to learn one new song a month. Fixing to subscribe to an online tutor website in the next six months. Just trying to stay busy. I'm probably going to move soon, so I've put my tank on autopilot.

lol. I wonder if they are as good as Cormiers. (Cor-me-a's)

There are multiple ways to achieve the same results, as you can see.

Wow, you have some patience, my friend.

Did someone just say a beaslbob tank?