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2 tickets for the MP10 please.

Get this little dude. Has a good assortment of smaller bits. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-8-in-1-Precision-Torx-Screwdriver-Set-70381H/302735271

2 tickets for the generator please, plus 11 more. Meant to say $20 for tickets not 20 tickets in the paypal note. 😐

Looks like they have a whole range of antibiotics for fish. No script required.

Cipro is a brand name of ciprofloxacin. You'll need a prescription to get it unless you have some leftover from a previous ailment. Any brand should be the same.

Also it is mold and mildew resistant, thought that was a big no no too.

Iodine dip maybe?

I've seen swings due to temperature of both the refractometer and the calibration solution.

Thanks for the info @ocboat too bad that the Aqualife is too big. The chamber on the IM25 Lagoon is only 2.8"x4", so pretty dang small hole for the skimmer.

Does anyone have any experience with the Bubble Magus QQ2? I currently have the BioSkim DC™ Nano AIO Protein Skimmer in my IM 25L and it is not the best. https://www.aquacave.com/bubble-magus-protein-skimmer-qq2.html

I was going to say, you might actually have to hook it up for it to do anything.

From personal experience, get a bigger generator than you think you need. Not over kill, like one step up. That will give you breathing room and keep from tripping the generator. I have a 3kw generator and wish I would have gone up to a 4.5kw.

How big do you want? How much space do you have to put them? https://www.amazon.com/Hudson-Exchange-Hedpak-Container-Natural/dp/B01MUBNYJF/ref=sr_1_36?dchild=1&keywords=hdpe+jug&qid=1613597145&sr=8-36 Or you can be a cheap a$$ like me and use milk jugs.

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How old are the batteries in the Hanna?

Some sound tips on dealing with low pH: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2007-05/rhf/index.php#15

Salem was hit hard on Friday night and Saturday morning. No snow, but lots of ice. It's 50 degrees now. We also watched the fireworks as trees took out power lines. Had a power bump and that is all. We lost the tops of a couple of trees and the neighbors tree took out our covered storage area. Several houses had trees go through their roof. Saturday morning when we went out to inspect the noise from all of the trees cracking and falling was creepy. I went to get gas for the chainsaw yesterday and all of the gas stations except two were out of gas and the lines at those two stations were crazy.

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Bump. Just the 150 gallon tank left.

I have never seen one climb glass.

https://www.amazon.com/LPV-60-48-1-25A-Supply-Driver-Dust-proof/dp/B00NARFLZ4/ref=sr_1_38?dchild=1&keywords=48v+LED+Driver+Power+Supply&qid=1612031768&sr=8-38

I ordered some live rock from KP Aquatics. I got the starter rock, not as much life on it. 15lbs was $160 shipped over night. There was a brittle star that perished and something else that ended up as a blob on one of the rocks. Survivors included feather dusters, a couple of snails, spaghetti worms, really cool tunicate, and of course some bristle worms. The rock we use is an extremely porous type of limestone called “Miami Oolite”.

What I failed to mention, as @EMeyer suggested, just dose calc to raise it to your desired value (the BRS calculator says no more than 50ppm/day increase) and let AlK drift down to where you want it. Best way to determine how much to dose is to not dose anything and measure the consumption over a 24 hour period. Then with that you can calculate how much you need to dose daily.

Some good articles in here: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/subject/chemistry.php I used BRS ALK/CALC. Dose the same amount of each.