I sent a water sample from my 300G to Aquarium Water Testing to check against my testing kits/methods with the following results:
AQUARIUM WATER TESTING results
Ammonia (NH3-4) Good 0 0.000 - 0.050 mg/L
Nitrite (NO2) Good 0.005 0.000 - 0.100 mg/L
Phosphate (PO4) Good 0.01 0.000 - 0.250 mg/L...
I ordered a leopard wrasse along with live brine and the brine is not going to be shipped. Need a local source until I can get a culture going. Help! [smilie=wink.gif]
Found this doing a web search for par meters. Thought it might be of interest.
http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/diy/120109-diy-par-meter-yeah-you-heard-13.html
My mp10 is making a racket. I have cleaned the wet side and it is moving fine but the dry side is very noisey. Does this indicate a failure of the dry side? [smilie=sadsmile.gif]
Well my 6 line wrasse committed carpetcide three weeks ago and I went on a week vacation and noticed that my crocea clam had clamped up this morning. Went home at lunch and pulled it out and found it covered with pyramid snails. Cleaned it off and put it back in the tank. Anyoone want any...
I have made a set-up to re-generate the DI resin and was wondering if anyone is willing to save their spent resin for me to pick up at the next meeting? LMK
Is anyone monitoring their tank salinity? I have an Apex but the cost to get the salinity monitoring is over $200 vs. a Pinpoint Marine monitor for $120 or so. With my dosing the salinity rises(magnesium salts) so I will need to watch it somehow.
Well Murphy's Law struck me today. I finished putting together a carbon column for the ozone outfall and hooked everything up, turned on the maxjet feed pump and before I could say Cr#p the carbon in the column came out the top of the tube, into the sump and the pumps picked up about a half cup...