mcallahan

Anyone got any calcium reactor media that they want to get rid of?

I can pick it up for you...

Gotta put a plug in here for the red digi. I bought some last week and it looks bright pink in my tank. I mean bright pink, like candy cane glow. but pink. Its awesome and John gave me plenty of it. Of course everything else in his tank will make you drool as well.

currently pending sale. I'll update the thread if they are not sold

that too. Plus it'll make your cleanup crew cleanup more as they won't have the easy meal

It'll just make them more aggressive eaters the next day. They'll be fine.

One block of mysis or brine a day. I personally only feed mysis but there is no problem with feeding both as long as you alternate them. So your schedule might look like this: Mon: block of algae Tues: block of mysis Wed: algae Thurs: brine Fri: algae Sat: mysis, etc You could probably get away with making Sunday a no feeding day.

That's fine. Go with one cube on the alternating schedule and your nitrate issue will get resolved.

that's probably enough for you to feed a whole cube. Just keep an eye on it to see that you aren't over feeding. The easy way to tell how to feed is if the fish are eating all the food before it can hit the sand bed. You've got a good cleanup crew that will take care of any pieces that get away.

Sounds like you're stepping in the same hole all of us have stepped in before - over feeding. When I first started reef keeping, I fed enough that my cleanup crew could come out and have a whole meal themselves which was way too much. Luckily, your issue is easily solved. 1. Cut back your feeding to 1 cube of mysis/day. Then alternate between algae on one day, mysis on the other. You probably could feed less than 1 cube a day, but I'd have to know what your bio load (fish/inverts, etc) are before I could say for sure. 2. Keep up your current water change amount and schedule for now, you'll need to drop your nitrates to an acceptable level. Once you adjust your feeding schedule, and after about a month, you can back off your water change amount to the normal 10% every 2 weeks as you'll be removing the source of your nitrate issue - too much food. Common mistake, easy fix. And certainly having your own RO/DI system will be of benefit to you!

and what's in there in terms of fish? Sounds like a lot of food.

are you running a sump/skimmer? How much are you feeding? And how old is the tank? That seems like a lot.

No further than the average hobbist's canopy. Here's a pic from my video. The black bar on the bottom of the screen is the top of the tank.

I didn't catch that the first time around. You could even do less. I do 10G every 2 weeks with my 90g and I'm fine.

I'd drain your can save for a gallon or two, scrub it down (with your hand or a brand new scrubby pad), then rinse it with some RO/DI and fill it again. Might be something in there you can't see.

Good lord, 70 in your can?! Are you smoking something in your garage? Is your container covered? My container stays at 0 or occansionally 1 TDS. I think your daughter spiked it!

I've never done the I-10 route, but I know the interstate has a higher speed limit out there (85 I think) so you'd make better time - and less traffic. Not much scenery tho! I've driven I-40 tons of time and its a good road with traffic that thins out past OKC.

I'm looking for a clip on 75W Metal Halide lamp for my sump. LMK if you have one you want to get rid of.

I use a 5 stage system and it works great. Here is a good deal on a brand new one from Bulk Reef Supply (ARC sponsor): 75 GPD 5 stage system It comes with everything you need including filters and parts to hook it into your house's water system. You can also buy RO/DI systems used, but unless I know the buyer I tend to avoid it as you won't know how old the filters are a could easily spend the cost of the unit replacing the filters if need be. Most people mount their RO/DI systems in their garage as its easy to keep a 55gallon drum and mix salt in the garage. I put a Y-fitting like you would see on an outside garden faucet with one side going to my washer, the other side going to the RO/DI unit. I ran the output line from the RO/DI out into my yard to water my lawn. All summer long the parts of my grass that the output hose could reach, were green...everything else died! For people who live in an apartment, they tend to mount them in the washer/drier room and put the waste water from the unit either into the washing machine or down the drain line. I can help you hook it up and as I said above, I can show you mine in person as I think you are close to me. (I was confused by RO systems until I saw one in person)

buyer backed out, both still available

Its well worth it. I have the same tank size you do (90G) and my RO/DI gets plenty of use. Brewing it on your own is easy. I mix it in the white handled 5G jugs that you see around. I have a small pump that will fit into the neck of the jug and I let it mix the water for several hours, then check the salinity. You'll want RO/DI for top off water and over the summer, I went through 5 gal every 2.5 days = lots of trips to the LFS. Finally, a hidden benefit of your own RO/DI and salt water is that you won't walk into the fish store just wanting to buy water and walking out buying $50 of stuff you hadn't planned on! (This expense adds up fast!!!) I can help you with RO/DI selection and setup if you need. You are welcome to come checkout my setup as well.

nothing wrong with them, I just had too many and I'm ready for something new!

I'm getting well known in these parts. green coral =

Nope, sorry 1 is pending pickup, the other is still available.

I can hold onto it. I'll just let it sit on my sand bed till you cross the river and come get it!