pdxmonkeyboy

And BTW.. house plants give off co2 at night....  so go write your highschool biology teacher an apology letter. 

Evapotransporation during the day -co2

Respiration at night + co2

I would be most worried about your phos numbers.  I would not be carbon dosing as that will drop nitrates as well and yours are low enough. 

New rocks leach phosphate. There is a conctratiin gradient between the water and rocks and the rocks will leach into the water until they are exhausted.  I have about 400lbs of rock in my system and have gone through 4 bottles of lanthium chloride in 5 months. 

Given how quick, easy and effective lanthium is i really have no idea why people run gfo.  Its a PIA.  Its messy, there is no way to tell when its exhausted, it clogs, and if you use too much it can kill everything. 

Awesome!! 

Try unpluggin it, waiting 30 seconds, then plugging it back in. 

Your welcome.

Good luck with that list.  We are going to start an sps master list on R2R for who has what high end locally.  Im probably a year out from fragging buy currently have 57 named pieces. 

I will take take it for $450.

If you throw in your gem tang...

Cut and mounted a single head for you last night.   

I have one, with the rigid mount.  $150?  I am in north vancouver

I have dragon soul torches.. not holy grail.   If anyone is interested I could cut some. 

$200/ head is a fair price these days for P2P. 

But that would mean I would have to interact with people....  LOL

what did you pay if you don't mind me asking?  I have like 10 heads of that. 

Dibs on fish shaped serving plate!!

Ooh.  Poor guy, he definately just looks beat up.  Which is a bad situation but it could be much worse.

I came to the conclusion its garbage.  Just access via the world wide web of interent things

I use it, well mine doesn't look like that but it works well for me.  If it is low I would add directly then let your reactor keep it stable. 

I don't think I would say the initial coral care was a bust.  BRS did a video on it and it had very impressive stats in terms of spectrum and coverage.    Who knows, it really seems like whoever has better marketing rules the LED game at this point. 

Ask most reefers.. what is the best LED light for corals and I think most would say radion.  I would like to see one of these in person though. 

what you are describing can be due to a host of things.  Is there anything visible on the fish? 

I would google marine velvet, euronema, and Brooklynella. 

I recently saw that coral vue finally got a shipment of the new phillps led lights in.  While i am not a huge fan of LED lights these seem to me to be one of the best lights on the market.  They have addressed many of the downsides that most LEDs have.  

1. No fans!!  I never ever understood that.  Fans mean dirt, dirt means heat, heat kills.

2. Nice diffuser plate that prevents disco affects.. and there is supposedly an opening in the diffuser for the white lights to get some amount of shimmer. 

3. Built in power supply.. no mounting yet another brick

4. color that actually looks like sunlight! 

5. The are actually sized for real tanks!  They are 18x24 i think.  Watched a video and they said the used half as many compared to radions. 

I have one that kept asking to be thrown out.  I will have to check if i granted that wish or not.

When you build a 600 gallon aquarium for a house you have not moved into yet and then cut a 10' wide hole in the living room wall of your new house within the first month of living there,  I will GLADLY hand over the tittle of king of overboard. 

Ummm.  One point of contention... I am the undisputed king of overboard.

No, I get it.   The general consensus has been anything over 300 gallon.. go acrylic.  There was a thread on r2r where this guy was "asking" should he go glass or acrylic on a 12' long tank and 95% of the people were like.. dude, acrylic.. but this guy would just not listen.  Someone even said.. they don't make starphire glass in the size he wanted. Undeterred he just marched on.  Ultimately the thread petered out and I don't that he will actually go through with it.  

It is important to remember that monster tanks are not just little tanks scaled up. There are some popular conventions that need to be set aside when dealing with the big'uns.  Anyways.  My best advice... Go BIG, ONCE.  

OMG, that is soo funny.   I was like.. where does this guy live and clicked on your view profile... WAIT... [language filter] is this dude wearing?   

It is 2020, and according to Rudy Giuliani, "the truth is not the truth" so therefore you will be forever branded as the diaper guy.  I think that photo is photoshopped. 

I hope you work on expensive cars for a living as I will say that setting up an aquarium of that size is a considerable investment.  Like, for real.  You can recoup some of that money through frag generation but this does involve a fair amount of risk and even more upfront investment.  

There are pictures on my build thread... https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/monkeyboys-diy-600-dt-in-wall-build.676211/

Personally, I think you might have a hole in your head if your looking for a glass tank in that size.  Not only will it be sooo freaking heavy, if you scratch it..or shall I say, WHEN you scratch it, that's it, it is scratched for life.  You can be careful but there is always that ONE time.  A 30" tank is kind of a pain to get down on the sand bed, but honestly, I try to keep my hands (or my whole freaking arm) out of the tank. My tank is 8x4x30" and I really like the extra height because it is soo long.  

You are fortunate as one of THE best acrylic tank makers lives west of Salem.  His name is James and his business is Envision acrylics.  Super nice guy and his tanks are flawless.  You are going to get a tank that will literally last 50 years.  Something no glass tank glues together with silicone can match.  

The stand is a no brainer. @spectra can weld you any stand and have it powder coated for you.  Solid metal craftsmanship and he isn't out to gouge hobbyists. 

If you are interested in seeing what an 8'x30" tank and spectra stand look like you are welcome to come out and talk shop. I live in Hockinson, WA which is NE of Vantucky. 

Wait... your profile photo shows you wearing flame pants and a diaper.... I will just post pics. 

I would have actually followed through with med school plans.

 But, the years of unanchored travel and adventure following college was worth it. 

My advice, decide on a size and double it. 

uh ooh, someone is getting rid of gear.

I should buy it as my hannah salinity pen seems to be on the fritz lately.  And my apex probe is currently telling me I have a freshwater reef tank.