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Actually, now that I think more about it, there is a good reason to remove the Set OFF. If it goes On when pH > 6.65, as soon as pH drops to 6.65 or lower it will turn Off right away rather than waiting until it gets down to 6.45.

It's worth a try. Logically it doesn't seem that it would matter, but I've read enough anecdotal reports of it causing problems. Fallback OFF If pHCO2 > 6.65 Then ON If pHCO2 < 6.45 Then OFF Min Time 001:00 Then OFF

When controlling an output between two values, it's best to not have an initial Set ON or Set OFF, since the conditions cover both states. I've heard that can somehow cause issues.

If you don’t find anyone here with tanks for sale, check out Green Concepts in Gresham. They have a huge selection. See their ads on Craigslist: https://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/bfd/d/portland-tank-super-store-full-line-of/7049805634.html

Wow, this one caught my eye: https://cdaquarium.com/collections/frontpage/products/72x26x20-monster-sump

I hear you! Last week I was doing some skimmer maintenance and that was messing with my sump water level, so I temporarily disabled my ATO. Well, I finished the skimmer work and completely forgot about the ATO. 2 hours later I got an alert from my Apex because a year ago I set up an alert that if the ATO hadn't run for 2 hours it warns me. I totally forgot I even set that up, but that's the beauty of having Apex alerts. I quickly enabled the ATO and all was good again. I covered this technique in my Apex Virtual Output tutorial: Let me know if you want to compare Apex safeguards.

The “more vile” site? Are you referring to some of @pdxmonkeyboy’s comments? 🤣 (I assume you meant the mobile site)

That’s the same brand I bought. It worked fine.

My new goniopora isn’t extending much during the day, but seems pretty happy at night: @CuttleFishandCoral Jeff, any idea what PAR these guys like?

Someone needs to use this technology to produce better magnets for use in aquariums, whether for powerheads, feeding clips, glass cleaners, or anything else that adheres with magnets. Watch this video:

I dose BRS 2-part, which is actually 3 different components: soda ash for alkalinity, calcium chloride, and magnesium chloride. These come in powder form you mix with RO/DI water. To raise the alkalinity you just add additional soda ash to the tank. Use the BRS calculator to enter your current parameters, tank volume, and desired parameters. It will tell you how much to add: https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/reef-calculator/

They are both new, from my @CuttleFishandCoral Mystery Box last month. Though I already have a larger colony of the reddish one with green tips.

I haven't posted any macro photos in quite a while. Here are some new shots taken today:

My small refugium is overgrown with chaeto and lots of live pods. I could probably get rid of several softball-sized clumps of chaeto. I'm in southwest Beaverton. PM if interested.

I finally picked up a 10lb bag of citric acid, but there are no directions on the bag. @pdxmonkeyboy what ratio of citric acid to water do you use to mix it?

@Willapa I'm seeing the same result you described. If the BRS controller is in charge of maintaining the temp, even at the lowest range possible, the temperature swing is way bigger than I had with the Apex controlling the heaters directly. Here's the temp graph from my mixing station after putting the BRS controller in place yesterday: I think I'll reconfigure it to be a safeguard but rely on the Apex for primary control.

My BRS controller finally arrived. I’m testing it out on my mixing station before moving it to my sump. I just want to experiment a little with how it behaves and interacts with my Apex programming without any risk of harming my tank.

They definitely grow quickly! See my before and after shots here:

There are several threads on XML in the Neptune Forums. I tinkered with it a year ago, but got frustrated and gave up on it. See: https://forum.neptunesystems.com/showthread.php?22148-Accessing-XML-datalog-amp-output-log-using-Microsoft-Office-365-Excel-on-a-Mac https://forum.neptunesystems.com/showthread.php?258-XML https://forum.neptunesystems.com/showthread.php?223-Quick-Apex-Graphs-using-Google-Chart&p=961

In the past I would go out of my way to find an automated solution. But now that I'm retired, I need to find things to occupy my time, so data entry into Excel fills that need. 🤣

Me too. Other threads still show photos, so it doesn't seem to be a problem with out Amazon payment. Try uploading it again.

You'll be disappointed to know that my "system" for graphing this data is just manual entry into Excel. I haven't found any easy way to automate it. I know there's some method to pull XML data from the Apex, but I've never managed to figure it out.

I've been tracking my ORP for over a year. (why? because I'm a data nerd. 🤓) Mine fluctuates by about 20-30 daily, and over time I see upwards trends when my tank is cleaner and downward trends when things are dirtier or when something dies. When I do larger water changes, it spikes up dramatically. In this graph, the blue line is the daily high and low readings. The purple line is the daily average, and the black line is an overall trendline. The low point in Dec 2018 was when my tank suffered from brown jelly syndrome and there was a lot of dead tissue. The big spike on Dec 6, 2019 was when I traded my "seasoned" Marine Pure block with @obrien.david.j's new block and did a water change.

Photos don’t do it justice. You need to see it in person.

Congrats @Nicknjo! Great way to start out the year.