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  1. And it looks a lot cheaper to buy form F.A.F. (verses Amazon) Winner Winner, Chicken Dinner!
  2. I feel better! Thank you for adding, "... a few thousand gallons..."
  3. That's funny. I went through my amazon search history, and found the last generic sodium nitrate I bought. Picture attached. (it's the same as yours) You've got me curious. What size system are you keeping, that's chewing through 1/3 lb of NaNO3 every week.
  4. What a fantastic meeting. Interesting tour, great host(s), and a beautiful day. In case anyone wondered what it looked like as we started the hatchery tour... And our hostess investigating oyster larvae.
  5. Sorry to hear the whole family is knocked down! Hope you feel better soon.
  6. Story of this weeks equipment adventure, that ended with a clogged 1/4" RO water line that fed my calcium reactor. My target Alk is 9.0. Turn on CaReactor if below 9, turn off CO2 gas if above 9. Two days ago, I notice Alk going down Maybe ATO sensor is fouled, and nightly not ATO happening. 100% of ATO is through Kalk, and to help Alk & pH. NOPE Maybe I'm out of CO2 gas. Check the pH inside calcium reactor, it's not perfect, but clearly acid (~6.55). NOPE Check CO2 on/off control, maybe Apex outlet is busted, CO2 Asked to be on, but not flowing. NOPE Look in fishroom, see that there is no water coming OUT of the CaReactor, back into the sump. My CaReactor is fed by 1/4" RO tubing, pushed ~20feet into reactor, and returned ~20feet back to reactor BINGO! Water line must be clogged. Air Compressor fixes that. Set it all back up again. Give it overnight... Alk is coming back up. My corals are consuming an impressive amount of Alk each day. My ATO is about 5 gallons of straigh disolved KalkWater. (not paste). Calcium Reactor is a large 8" diameter chamber model, and usually isn't enough to fully keep up. Looks like this week I proved I really need BOTH methods to keep the tank going!
  7. EVENT SUMMARY: 11:30 - Shellfish Hatchery Tour Whiskey Creek Shellfish Hatchery 2975 Netarts Bay Rd Tillamook, OR 97141 12:45 - Meeting at Brittany's House 4025 Westwood Drive Tillamook OR 97141 Brittany 503-801-1777 Weather should be fantastic, and you can get to and from this meeting in full daylight. 11:30-12:30 Hatchery tour starts. 12:45-3pm-ish: Club meeting, Tank Tour, and Lunch at Brittany's. Drive time from PDX and Vancouver metro areas is generally 1.5-2hrs Drive time from Hatchery to Brittany's is generally 20minutes Tillamook Cheese Factory/Creamery is an easy stop on the way home if you're interested, they close at 6pm NOTE: The most direct route from PDX is to take Hwy 6, direct into Tillamook. Hatchery is slightly south, Brittany's house is slightly north of Tillamook - close to the Creamery and Hwy to get you back home.
  8. That's very generous of you. (And an awesome cup. I know, I own one.) I'll bring raffle and petty cash supplies. So we're all set in the mechanics department.
  9. Saturday's meeting at the coast is going to be Beautiful!
  10. Harvest #46 complete (Mar 11th) Easy Summary, no change to procedures, same good results, including 100% Poseidon Reef Fertilizer. Had this harvest planned at +2wks, and Life Happens.. Looks like it was another 4wk harvest. All is fine, dark and thick.
  11. I found the link to Nitrate Destroyer. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/poor-mans-nutrients-control-donovans-nitrate-destroyer.302685/ Is this the "Zeovit Forum"? https://forum.zeovit.com/ As a complete side note. I just bought a bag of zeolit. I'm constantly low on Barium (like 3-5 range), and found a discussion that it may leach from Zeovit. Next time I open my calcium reactor, I'm going to put a layer of zeolit on top. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/high-barium-and-zeovit-media.1012652/ Another side note, I'm using the KZ "Coral 1, 3, 4" (in addition to moonshiner system/MS). This is NOT the zeovit system. It's additives on the side. Overall, their product lines and offerings are confusing. My thought behind using KZ Coral started before moving to MS system. Do weekly additions, keep them up. I've just kept them up. May drop now that I'm feeling on top of things.
  12. The red goni in the lower left corner make an impressive statement.
  13. Sweet colors and great variety. What month will you be in town - Any chance you'll be in town March 16, to attend the club meeting at Brittany's (in Tillamook) and a tour of Whiskey Creek Hatchery?
  14. Took a couple of months to get in that state. I've been running it lowest flow for over a year, not clear what changed. But as @Eatfrenchfries pointed out, it's the biome - and I assume that means something just started to Grow. Goni is there specifically because I'd heard they like slightly swampy, back water lagoon settings too. So, I tried it. @SuncrestReef - this is your original Goni. It's been doing great! One detail, when I feed the tank, I specifically pour one cube of frozen brine shrimp into the tank right over the goni. as food settles... you can tell where it lands.
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