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Radiums are great bulbs for both growth and color. You only have to replace the bulbs once a year so it's not a huge wallet grabber. I have used those eBay bulbs and my corals looked horrible after about 6 months an you may have a different experience but remember that lighting is one of the most important things that contribute to color of you corals.

Not a problem man, what you do on your own time is no ones buisness but yours. Let's try to keep the topics a little PG.

Yeah my wife works for the federal government and she would be Looking at me real stupid when she saw a bunch of kids on here talking about smoking weed...

Yes there is no reason for anyone to openly talk about using any kind of substance. That should not be tolerated.

Looks like a tri colored stag. Could be a tyree tricolor stag.

The premium aquarium is where I get all my plumbing.

Wow man that's pretty cool. This is very interesting, I'm excited to see it in action.

This pertains you to Jesse.

The lx line is better then the bh. The pump on the bh is the weak point. You want the bubble blaster it puts the slimmer on an entire different level. The guy on RC is only one person and there are a ton of happy people rocking the lx 1000. If money is an issue i think you'll be fine with lesser of a skimmer but if you got the cash get the big dog and leave yourself some breathing room to over feed and what not.

Look into the xp1000 hob or the lx 1000 hob. Those are the one of the best hob skimmers right now. The bh is a okay but you really want the bubble blaster pump, it changes the whole skimmer.

You can control t5 good also.

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Alkalinity is a measure of negatively charged ions in the water which can buffer ph swings up or down . Ph is a measure of positively charged H protons which lower ph. CO2 has no effect on alkalinity. The process is always moving as CO2 from the surrounding air plays in and creates an equilibrium :as it does , the CO2 adds H + and bicarbonate as it hydrolizes to carbonic acid in water: CO2 +H20= CH2O3 . Then almost all of it disassociates to CHO3( bicarbonate) and H+ in salt water : H2CO3 = HCO3 = H+ . The bicarbonate is one unit of alkalinity, ie one negatively charged ion. The H+ adds one unit of acidity . So, the effect of CO2 on alkalinity is zero. but the effect of CO2 additions on ph is to lower it. So you can have high alk and low ph and vice versa Quoted from johanthon

My ph can be at 7.8 or 8.4 throughout the day, my alk is always 7 no matter what. If my ph is low my alk still the same if my ph is high my alk is still the same. I have read that article many times.

Ph and alkalinity are related but ph does not follow ph. Ph depends on CO2 levels in the water and consequent H+ levels from hydrolized carbonic acid which produces and extra H proton. Alkalinity does not since the carbonic acid also produces one unit of alkalinty .

It doesn't. Alk doesn't follow ph. CO2 in the water determines the ph. The equilibrium noted for the calculator refers to the point at which the water is in equilibration with the CO2 level in the athmosphere surrounding the tank. Temperature and athmospheric pressure play a role too but generally the CO2 in the athmosphere is about 390ppm by volume and so it is in natural seawater where the equilibrium is around ph 8.2 and dkh 7. Athmosphetric CO2 varies some seasonally as plants live and die. In a clsoed room salt mist and relative humidity can play a role too. Overall CO2 is believed by some to be increasing the athmosphere and is at the center of global warming discussions. The ocean's CO2 level is in equilibrium with the athmosphere ;no so in many tanks since these closed systems often don't have enough surface area to interact with the air around them adequately and instantaneously .House air is often higher than fresh air in CO2 too. CO2 is also added to the closed space of a reef tank by organisms respiring. The opposite can also happen . In a tank with high ph the CO2 is lower than the athmospheric CO2. This can happen when oxide is dosed or when heavy photosynthetic activity uses up CO2 faster than it's coming in bringing the level in the tank down and the ph up. All this is documented in the reef keeping society

If your trying to raise your ph you can run a line from your skimmer silencer outside. Dosing kalk also helps and if you have a lot of people around the tank throughout the day that will lower the ph.

As long as your ph dosent drop below 7.65 your fine. As long as your ph doesnt go over 8.5 your fine. That is a pretty broad range so most tank don't go below those numbers.

Just clarify to get lower ph you an enocurage more gas exchange through surface agitation to ensure the water has enough CO2 relative to the air around it. That works in the other direction too. It has nothing to do with your levels or the salt you use

The salt you use isn't gonna change your ph. The salt you use wil effect the cal level though. The higher Cal probably due to the new salt and you should just stop dosing kalk as that can be the problem also. Btw your ph has no affect on your levels. You shouldn't even need to test for ph, it's not an important thing to monitor.

There wasn't a build thread just some pics.