milesmiles902

Death.

I've been the end of both cold temperatures during power outages (62° F) to higher temperatures pushing (90° F). Of course the sweet spot is 72-76° F, but I wouldn't worry about a couple degrees different on the short-term. Would I turn it down? Yes. Higher temps will always grow algae and more advantangeous critters.

...it's ok. Maybe someone else will. I like your pictures.

Jeff, will you buy my aquarium?

Go grab one of these, it'd be fun. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_(optics)

I bet Cuddlefish and Coral, The Premium Aquarium or others might have the goods.

Isn't there other bottles of nitrifying bacteria? Petco and PetSmart usually have them. I'd imagine the same species too, but am not 100%. A heavy load of live rock helps.

Honestly, live rock and sand have never required a test kit (for me), but live sand makes a mess depending on the grade. Some people empty half their aquarium before pouring it in and others use a bendable 1.5" plastic tube that they pour the sand through. Whatever works, but live rock put in before the sand. It will help stabilize the structure.

I'll decide later

I remember looking at the data of someone who did Xray diffraction of ChemiClean. It's about the only way to tell what it is.

Oh, they'll kill them. Cyano is one of the few things that has a toxin:anti-toxin cellular system where they produce a toxin, but also have the anti-toxin within their cells. Google cyano on coral. You'll find a lot of it. I don't even dip them. Just more flow and ChemiClean. It's an anti-biotic for mixed coccus/bacillus (round/rod) bacteria, but they can't market it as such because people will eat it when they are sick.

Got some rock for sale. Although, you'd have to dry it out. Maybe use some smaller pieces that look clear of pests as a start.

Cyano. It usually helps to increase flow on the coral, but won't restrict growth upon inert objects. I'd use a 1/4-1/2 does of ChemiClean, while manually brushing up spots of growth with a water change the next day. Do you see it on the sand?

Pacific Northwest, USA.

Metrix:

I remember wandering around looking for Raspberry Pi places. I came to a Worker-Space in Tacoma, Washington called the FabLab, where you can rent time to build practically anything. CNC's for metal and wood, Industrial 3D-Printers 3.5 ft x 3.5 ft, smaller Makerbots, other tools to build stuff, such as a jigsaw T-Rex. The guy that worked there used to go to Goodwill's to find old TV frames to pull it out and build retro-framed monitors or displays with the Raspberry Pi. At the time, he was the top 10 submitters on Thingiverse. He said, go to the HackerSpace in Seattle called Metrix. I wandered up there and down in a basement of a Capitol Hill building. They designed some of the first 3D printers there and have circuit board etchers. They have vending machines of circuit boards and other random tech-items. It was chill and honestly, great/safe places for children to be. Edit: Changed links

This is what I did before I moved and even after I moved, did it less, which works well. Dose: 1 - Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) : https://www.lesliespool.com/Leslies-Hardness-Plus-Pool-Chemical/Hardness-Plus.htm 2 - Sodium Carbonate (Na2CO3) : Soda Ash made from baking soda in a 450 degree oven until dry Just a certain weight into a 5 gallon container. I made sure the correct concentration was present by testing the old and new solutions. Did this every six months. 20% water change once a week, which after I moved, got cut back to every three weeks. Tried vinegar, ethanol, carbon etc. Felt it was easier to keep it simple. Amino's helped, but were expensive. Chemiclean when I saw cyano.

The Redfield Ratio also has temperature, depth, and irradiance variance. Huge standard deviations, latitude, etc. Vinegar works, but then, you are adding Potassium Nitrate, which makes it more complicated. I think the process could be simpler.

I just ChemiClean the cyano, then go from there.

I needed light blue and a scanner...hm.

Mandarin

...hm. I might have to pull out a drawing pad. This is competition