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I'm looking for some ideas on how to run some outside air to my tank in the basement. I can't seem to get my pH over 8.1. According to my pH probe I'm sitting around 7.7-8.0 each day. I have cheato lit 24/7 and its pulling out CO2 and nitrates. There are absolutely no windows in my fish room in...

I have the following Fish and Invertebrates that eat the mysis/brine: 2 Clowns 2 Cardinals 3 Chromis 2 Firefish 1 Watchmen Goby 1 Six Line Wrasse 2 Cleaner Shrimp Several Crabs. I put the two cubes in in one batch and then are completely eaten withing 2 min.. water is clear with very little...

I have a quick update. First of all, all cyano and hair algae is pretty much non exist. I haven't had to clean my glass in almost a week. Something has definitely changed for what seems to be the better. I'm feeding 2 cubes of food to the fish every other day and feeding corals 2 times a week...

thanks for posting this. I downloaded this for android. Pretty slick! I think it was worth $10 Now I can stop with my spreadsheet. I love the timeline feature to track growth of fish and corals, also the Husbandry/Task reminders are a pretty sweet addition. Tracking expenses is nice too...

Thanks for the info Sweater... I was out of town for the last weekend and came back to the birds nest being knocked off the rock and buried in the sand. It only had a couple polyps open on the top. Figured I'd just remount it and see what happens. Yesterday I went to check on it and now the...

Here is a pic (and yes.. that's aiptasia in the back ground.. wonderful!!!! grrrr):

My recent ORA Green Birds Nest is suffering. I'm trying to figure out what I did to it. The issue is that the base started to go white (like bone) and is working its way up slowly. The top and middle (as of last night were still ok). I had the nest in the middle bottom of my tank. I figured...

Since I added my algae scrubber back into the mix and I changed out my RO/DI filters the cyano has receded rapidly. My sand i almost complete pure white again. I'm still only feeding once cube every other day and feeding reef chili 2 times a week per instructions. (1 scoop for every 20...

Here is my current set up. I do have some good news. The cyano that was slowly creeping back in the form of rust colored sand seems to now be retreating. My sand is almost pure white again! Very promising. It almost looks like the cyano may be growing on the scrubber instead. I'm not sure...

Quote: Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 updates? I'll post some tonight! with pics of the current set up.

I did start a build thread, but didn't really keep up well with it. https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/393850/uas-led-algae-scrubber-build There is some info about my current set up. I'll post some updates. I really want to get this scrubber working! I have Cheato and GFO running, so I think...

Yeah.. I air dry them and then I do a rinse with the source water before I test. I'm going to do another round of tests in a day or so and see how they turn out.

Snake.. have you built a UAS? I'm still tyring to get mine to grow consistently.

I did a test of the effluent from the new filters and my Hanna checker is all over the place. I got a reading of 0.08 and 0.05 when I checked it (I ran it twice). I also checked my tank water. I ran the test 3 times (I use one vial with the base water sample and the other I mix the reagent)...

Quote: Originally Posted by tthemadd1 Nice tank. Dig the rock work. Thanks. I really like it myself. Only one spot I can't quite clean between is the a rock and the front of the glass in the right corner. have to take a piece of thin acrylic sheet and wedge it between.. real pain, but I don't...

I changed out the filters on the RO/DI. I even swtiched out the DI Resin. TDS after RO stage was betwen 9-14 before the change.. now its 4. Still 0 TDS after the DI stage. Hopefully it makes a difference. Here is an updated video of the scrubber and some bonus footage of my aquarium. I'm...

Swapping out my filters tonight and making a fresh batch of RO/DI water after I test the new effluent. I figure its only $30 to replace the RO and DI stages. I'll flush my membrane (which should be good for up to 3 years according to BRS), and then run the test. Last night I picked out as much...

Quote: Originally Posted by tthemadd1 How long has your tank been running? 7 months now. But 40 lbs of the rock came out of my 1 year old tank. The rest was dry rock.

After the 3-1/2 days of blackout the Cyano seems to have receded, but there are still some small rusty spots. The issue still seems to be my phosphates. Even after running GFO the last couple weeks and cutting back on feeding and light and doing some water changes there are some patches of...

I ordered a Fusion 700 air pump. It is one of the #1 pumps recommended for the power and price on the algae scrubber forums. I also picked up 2 power heads for my 2 sump chambers so that I can keep detritus from piling up in dead spots. I have a large power filter that I will add this weekend...