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I'd stay away from damsels except for chromis and clowns. Even some clowns can be pretty aggressive.

If you want brands...I use mostly H2O Life and Dr G's. I keep some PE frozen mysis around, but I've found that it tends to be crazy high in phosphates and also makes my tank smell bad if I don't rinse the crap out of it. PE mysis also tends to be bigger than the brands that I mentioned and my...

Clowns aren't that picky. Mine eat pretty much what ever I feed. Frozen mysis and nori sheets make up the bulk of my feeding for my tank, but my clowns are just as happy eating new life spectrum sinking pellets. I wouldn't feed nori if it was just clowns though. That is mostly for my tangs...

Quote: Originally Posted by Flower LFS do not sell refractometers, I have only been able to purchase them on-line. I bought my refractometer at my LFS. They actually had a pretty decent selection. I personally will never use a hydrometer again. Bubbles have a nasty habit of sticking...

I just finished setting this up. I currently have it programmed to exchange 4 gallons (15.14L) every day. It accomplishes this by exchanging 100.93 ml (a little less than 1/2 cup) 150 times at day. About every 9.6 minutes pump A turns on and pumps 100.93 ml of fresh sea water into my...

Did my initial fill with tap water. I had some early algae issues. It all worked out in the end, but if I had to do it again I'd buy five or six 5gal jugs from the beginning and make four or five trips to the store for water. Well..I'd make those trips if I didn't own my spectrapure maxcap 5...

Quote: Originally Posted by 2Quills I say go for it. A big part of the fun of this hobby is trying stuff like this. I just ordered the LiterMeter III and a water exchange module. After all of the arguments in this thread I decided to proceed with this plan before adding the controller. My...

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 The skimmer wouldn't necessarily start over skimming due to water level increase....personally I'd shut the continuous water change down till you are home to monitor and see you have the quirks worked out. No 2 pumps are going to pump exactly. Possibly only...

Ok...Let's look at the risk... - The input pump is pumping slightly faster than the output pump or the output pump fails. * The level in my sump starts to rise. My sump can easily handle the four gallons that would be pumped into it over a 24 hour period. Hopefully a float switch would...

I'm glad that I purchased my 5 stage Spectrapure MaxCap 90GPD RO/DI. I think I paid a little over $200 a few years ago for it.

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 instead of Ca, I'd recommend phosphorous next. I think that my Salifert PO4 kit is impossible to read even for my wife. I already ordered the Ca tester. I'll make PO4 the next Hanna checker that I order.

Quote: Originally Posted by ifirefight Here in lies the problem.....Great concept,dont get me wrong...but like I said before..way to many things that can malfunction..keep it simple if possible..I stress out about going out of town for a few weeks...cant imagine having to worry about...

Got the alk checker today. I've only had the chance to do one quick test, but so far I love it. A quick and easy way for me to test alk without having to find someone that's not colorblind. I think I'll order the calcium checker. Haven't had a chance to compare the results to my other test...

Quote: Originally Posted by 2Quills Not knocking the idea at all, Turk just the notion that setting up a small network of sensors and valves tied in to a computer makes it all simpler and no worries. Factoring cost and trustworthyness of the equipment in some situations may not be worth it for...

Quote: Originally Posted by 2Quills Seems like a lot to concern yourself with for something that's suppost to make life easier. Really? I wouldn't really need to concern my self with anything once the Apex controller is programmed. The controller would monitor water levels and salinity. It...

Quote: Originally Posted by acrylic51 I'm not so sure I follow the logic or thinking totally behind the salinity creeping. My concern is the input pump and output pump getting out of balance. The sump would overflow if input is greater than output. Hence the float switch in the sump to shut...

I despise test kits. I'm colorblind. So I have to nag my wife to be my eyes when I test. I've heard good things about some of the Hanna checkers. I ordered the alk checker to test it out. I'll compare it to the Red Sea and API kits that I used in my original post.

I just got a new Red Sea Foundation Pro test kit. It covers Calc, Alk and Mag. The results were way higher than what I was expecting after testing my water. I broke out my fairly new (exp 2018) Salifert Calc test kit. The results were significantly lower. Red Sea Foundation: Ca 500 dKH...

Is anyone doing continuous water changes? I do weekly large water changes on my mixed reef. I don't really mind doing the work, but I feel that it stresses out my livestock when I pump out 30% of the water and pump in fresh NSW. I've been pondering the idea of setting up a continuous exchange...

Quote: Originally Posted by Flower UMM...Friend, I'm very sorry if you felt attacked or we came off as judgmental. I wasn't passing judgment, I was giving you advice. Lots of parents don't think a 3 year old can understand about throwing balls in the house, so they don't try. I was just...