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I probably could but I dont know about the external magnets and how they would affect the aquarium being inside the water.
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Ahhhhhhhh, Dave's steady on the case.
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Reefing is my middle name
This is the stays of my tank today. Have I lost some corals, yes. Are some struggling, yes. Is it my fault, somewhat. In the past 2 months I lost a main pump, which I mentioned some posts ago, power supply to my WP60s went out and it took over a week to get a new one. Ordered 2 Maxspect Gyre 150s that I couldn't use because my acrylic is to thick for the magnets. Ordered the suction cups only to find out they don't fix my pumps because they were made for the original 150s and the ones I have now are the new noise reducing ones. So I came up with my own fix and this is it,
And this is one of the brackets I made to slide over my brace on the tank,
Now the only problem I'm having is when making my salt water, at 1.024 the alk is suppose measure 7.3-7.7 dKh but coming out at 14.55 dKh using Hanna and Salifert test kits. Other than that I'm good. Just stumped.
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True dat true dat.It keeps you off the streets, though.
Dave.M
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It happened with both Instant Ocean and Regular Red Sea.
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I think my membrane is screwed. It's suppose to read 0 dKh but not happening.
Saltwaterwill
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very well planned, good luck with your whole build
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Reefing is my middle name
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Thank you.
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Well you are right but I'm ashamed at the moment.Wayne I think you're are overdue for an update.
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Well hello everyone. Sorry for the latest but I think I know my problem but then again I don't know my problem. Here is my tank as it looks today.
You're probably or probably not wondering what happened? All I know is everything was going well and randomly I would wake up or come in from outside of town and I will have flesh coming off the skeleton or worse just bleached out. The only parameter that I'm fighting at the moment is potassium as I can't get it over 360ppms to save my life. Maybe I'm not ready for mari cultured corals or my tank is old enough. So far the only corals surviving are aquaculture or corals I got from other hobbyist tanks. I'm not going to quit but maybe take a different approach.
I plan on starting all over and use aquaculture frags and just sit back and watch them grow. I always thought adding frags to a tank my size was like giving a whale a tic tac. I guess patience will have to be the key this time. I'm on the crossroads as to either start the calcium reactor back up or just straight start Part A, B, C dosing.
Sorry guys.
You're probably or probably not wondering what happened? All I know is everything was going well and randomly I would wake up or come in from outside of town and I will have flesh coming off the skeleton or worse just bleached out. The only parameter that I'm fighting at the moment is potassium as I can't get it over 360ppms to save my life. Maybe I'm not ready for mari cultured corals or my tank is old enough. So far the only corals surviving are aquaculture or corals I got from other hobbyist tanks. I'm not going to quit but maybe take a different approach.
I plan on starting all over and use aquaculture frags and just sit back and watch them grow. I always thought adding frags to a tank my size was like giving a whale a tic tac. I guess patience will have to be the key this time. I'm on the crossroads as to either start the calcium reactor back up or just straight start Part A, B, C dosing.
Sorry guys.
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