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I'm also in BG, am interested in your RODI system. Can you please text me at 360-601-0614 if still available, thank you.

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Thank you for the video, very informative! This tank is in an office building, so I cannot vent the skimmer to the outside or increase airflow. However, I am wondering if part of the problem is inadequate oxygen. I am running a tiny skimmer in the AIO sump on the back of this thing and no air stones other than that. It's an older Oceanic Biocube so it has a closed lid and even though there are fans for the light, they are enclosed in a smaller canopy within the canopy. I have not been running an air stone in my pre-mixed saltwater supply and so I'm wondering if a low oxygen flow might be contributing to this.

Spontaneously lost two Banded Trochus snails over the past 48 hours. They just dropped off the rocks and never got back up. Once the hermits started working on them I realized they had crossed the reef rainbow bridge. Temp is a steady 77 F, Salinity is 1.025, Nitrates are a bit high, trace phosphate, alkalinity is between 80 and 120. My PH is too low at around 7. My guess is that the alkalinity and PH are working with/against each other here, but not sure. I'm doing weekly, small water changes of 1 gallon each week--this is a 14 gallon tank. Zoas and Zenia seem fine, Ricordia aren't so good. Galaxea is doing very well.

Any thoughts from anyone on what I might be doing incorrectly, based on the above? Is there a quick way to stabilize PH (aside from adding bicarb)? Is the best thing a partial water change in this case?

Thanks for the input.

R-3, I see the IM Magnafuge light, do you have lighting for the aquarium in general? Also, can you tell me more about the glass on this--I know that this tank had a bit of a reputation for being easily scratched--I would expect some of that but need to know if there are any larger, noticeable scratches on the tank. The one I'm trying to upgrade has many scratches which is one of the reasons I want to get something different. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

Looking to size up a bit from an old Oceanic Biocube 14 gallon. Considering the new Coralife Biocube 32 LED but thought I'd check here first. Anyone out there looking to get rid of a nano setup? Interested in Waterbox, RedSea Nano Max, etc.  

Really cool view. Walla Walla area goes back a ways for my own family and I have a drone that I'm trying to learn how use (a DJI Spark that was a gift). Thanks for sharing this with us.

Is anyone running Aqamai KPS wavemakers? We recently had brief power outage and I am no longer able to make changes to the programming on the powerhead with my iphone. I have tried to reset it, uninstall/reinstall the app, create a new wave set, etc but nothing works. I can still see the wireless network for the device in my available networks, but it will not upload any changes. Any advice from anyone out there with more experience with this one?

Those are very nice, Vaertox! I'm considering a rainbow tip from another earlier response (waiting on a pic to decide). If that doesn't work out, I'll be in touch with you. Thank you for replying to my post.

Thank you for your reply, are you able to take some pics of it?

I'm looking for a nice medium to large anenome for a pair of Ocellaris Clowns in a new nano set up in the Battle Ground/Vancouver area.