I was heading back home (Cleveland) on Black Friday from a family gathering in Toledo. Of course I had to stop by the Salty Critter (Vermilion, OH) as they were having a very nice sale. I spotted this gold chalice and I had to pull the trigger. It really pops under the blue/royal blue LED's. Now the pressure is on to keep it alive and colorful!
I decided to upgrade my nano to one step up. I had a few requirements: 1. Not too big. 42 x 24 X 20 2. Had to blend into existing house and furniture. Where possible use existing items vs buy new and have it accepted by wife 3. Have the system set up to be as low maintenance and automated as possible! Wife will not deal with tank related issues when I'm out of town on business! So this is my story of the tank build up in San Francisco, Bay Area! ...
My Diy Stirrer Plate (lots of videos) I dose alkalinity and calcium to my tank via a bubble magus dosing pump. However, despite the fact that it’s said that after mixing soda ash and calcium carbonate powder with distilled water into their respective container they are supposed to stay mixed, I have had quite the opposite experience. Although there isn’t sediment resting at the bottom of the containers, the liquid is more concentrated throughout different areas, making constant tank ...
Today I did a bit of work, cleaned the GHA up from the bad RO water I got from a lfs (got my RO/DI unit ordered now), cleaned out my reactor and replaced my chemi-pure elite and purigen. Also grabbed a few frags from Tony (Grimreefer on DFWMAS)... of course they were more like mini-colonies. Tony always exceeds expectations... always. Really loving the tank... and I'm starting to truly run out of room. I keep saying I'm out of space, but I never truly am. I'm guessing I could fit a few more ...
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