Higher Thinking

That's it! I want my money back! 😉 Congrats y'all!

Yeah, that's a tough one. There's definitely no guarantee for coral longevity. That being said, most online retailers at least have a live arrival guarantee. However, I only buy corals from local shops. I've actually never purchased livestock online before. I can't go wrong with the relationships and trust I have with the local shop community. Your relationship with the seller will be the determining factor about what the recourse will be. You may need to provide a water sample to verify your parameters, but a local shop owner could conceivably work to make it right.

People do a lot of things just because other people do them. And those other people only do them because they heard of someone else doing it. I think having some healthy skepticism is good. In this case though, I'm not really sure whether there is merit to long term or period recirculating. I recall BRS doing some kind of test about keeping the pump going continuously or just a few hours. You'll have to look it up because I can't remember the conclusion to which is best. Maybe it was a day or two.... 🤷🏼‍♂️ On another note, I've yet to scrub down my mixing barrels. I probably should. I just open the spigot and flush the first half gallon because that inevitably has a lot of sediment. Maybe I'll improve on this process someday.

I wonder how the hotter temps affect the coral. This seems to be good news though. Humble Fish has produced a great deal of info for the hobby the last few years.

I'll be honest... That was a really major pump fake! I just got a notification that I was mentioned in the 12 Days thread. I immediately thought I won! Imagine my disappointment 😬😬. All good, of course. Congrats to the winner!

Like said earlier, it's a pretty cheap process and provides a good deal of piece of mind. Plus, you may even go larger later down the road. I built supports for my 180 and did so in a way that when I upgraded to the 360, I didn't have to do anything else except add a couple more brackets to prevent joist twisting. Can't tell from the photo, but that span looks pretty long. That's a big part of it, span length.

Literally the first place we stopped after leaving the hospital..... Because why not? I think the Apex will almost cost as much as the baby delivery 😆😆.

That's why I've been trying to spend as much as I can with Jeff all year.

Thanks man! Our club's newest reefer! I tend to think newborns always look like aliens, but she seems perfect (obviously I'm biased though, 😉😁🥰😘)

That's brutal, man. Real sorry to hear it. I think I can say with some confidence that every reefer has gone through something similar. Have you been using one salt box during this time? Could it be a bad batch? I'm not convinced nutrient levels being high is to blame. Although stripping them too fast could be. Not saying that you did in fact remove them too fast, but in my reading and collection of hearing anecdotal evidence, stripping nutrients with stuff like gfo too rapidly is always way more damaging than just having elevated levels. Is there a fish addition that's eating coral?

For reefsakes, get in there! 😁😁

Looking good. Keep em coming!

Give it to someone with a larger tank that would give it the room to stretch 😆🙋

Sorry this got lost in the shuffle. Free bump.

No officer, I promise. That stuff's not mine...

Welcome back to the game. Sounds like you had a pretty epic system. Biggest advancements if you haven't been keeping up are lighting (most going to LEDs) and reef controllers. I'd be looking into those if you're interested.

That's the thing about calcium carbonate. It is formed with the exact same ratio of calcium and alkalinity at all times. That's 20 ppm calcium to 2.8 dKH alkalinity. That means for a coral to drop your tank 20ppm of calcium, your alkalinity will drop 2.8. That's why you'll always see alkalinity drop much more than calcium.

Wowsers. You're quite the wordsmith!

Oh I know, I'm just given him a hard time 😁

Hmmm....🤔🤔🤔

Welcome to the club, great looking tank.

I got the clam in January. So right at one year overall.

The Gigas continues its growth. This is definitely my favorite item in the tank. The rock it sits on was once a shallow dish for the clam to sit on. Now it can barely hold it!

It's this. Although the way it comes you can't just flip it and reconnect it. I had to also buy additional quick disconnects from the hardware store and combine those with the meter.