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I tend to prefer to show you pictures of the reef when it is gorgeous, naturally. Not often do I post pictures like these.

Fear not, nothing is amiss. It was more cloudy before I took these pictures, and at this point post photo edit and typing up the blog, it's already a little more clear.

The calcium reactor burned through a lot of media over the past six weeks, pretty much liquefying ...

Now that I have all my new parts in, I took the time this evening to break down and clean the calcium reactor. The old pump was retired, which looked cooked for a lack of a better description. The plastic had discolored and looked like heat damage from within, and it rattled around the clock. The replacement Mag 7 was easily installed. The acrylic body was cleaned out, new Caribsea ARM was poured in, and all flexible tubing was cleaned or replaced. The pH probe got a vinegar bath.
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