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Is anyone using the Nicrew Hyperreef Lights? Curious what the experience is. 

I've got a 20G long mixed reef. Still searching for lighting to replace my black box.

1 hour ago, cjmdh said:

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

@shaywood if it's a star bit come borrow my kit has all sizes small to large, I'm sure one of them is the fit. 

1 hour ago, shaywood said:

Anyone know what size star screwdriver is needed and where to buy?

I want to say I read somewhere on FB to email them and they'll send you a new lens, worth a shot. It's a known issue, lots of people post about it in the AI group. I believe they issued a SW update that lowers the max power of those LEDs so it doesn't burn the lens.

5 hours ago, Emerald525 said:

Wow that’s a really creative idea and so clean looking 😍. I would have never thought to do anything like that. The tank light companies have such a huge markup for the mounts ! Now I have a good idea for my Frag tank Mount the Duo if the RMS mount doesn’t work out .

Saw it in person today, great new setup. And the biocube is a steal, wish I had the room for it.

@dunpeal rocks! Got a phosphate and alk checker + some frags, thanks! 

I don't find my Red Sea Phosphate kit to be very accurate... Going to buy a Hanna checker but which one?

736?

774?

And if anyone has one for sale I'm all ears  

I'll take it! 

Edit - shoot looked at the wrong dimensions. I'll bow out, won't fit where I need it to.

8 hours ago, Emerald525 said:

Exactly I run it through the sediment filters carbon filters and zero TDS for year and can the RO membrane.

I had this lying around.  Notice the little bag of DI resin . That wouldn’t leave a dent in that monster 😂 

If you don't need it anymore PM me 😊

I had this with my hammer when I first placed it in the tank. Read that it is expelling zooanthelle, not sure of that's true. Either way happened a couple times in the first couple days and haven't seen it since.

Sometimes McDonald's sounds good, no shame in that. 

Picked up some Mag deicer at the Wilco nearby.

The guy asked "You still have ice where you're at?"

Me "Nope, it's for my fish tank"

The guy looks at me confused then walks away to grab the bag. 

😂😂

@dunpeal Thanks again for the coral today! Was great meeting you! 

Whoa, I don't understand what just happened lol. What is that?

7 minutes ago, SuncrestReef said:

The video started out at 80x magnification, then I switched to 200x around the 30 second mark, and finally 800x around 1:30 into the video.

Nice setup! Here's what I like to use, I think it's 1x 😂

Update: Wasn't a disease after all! Too much flow in the tank for the Molly. I turned it down and the spots disappeared! 

@MReef20 are you waiting a little bit for the sample to equalize with the temp of the refractometer?

I've found distilled water to be a good way to calibrate.

Posting here because it says you can't receive messages?

Definitely interested in buying some of your coral!! For sure the birds nest and some of the other sps. When are you available?

4 minutes ago, Micah said:

Also, I'd like to correct myself with my timings.  14 days Prazi, 30 days copper/metro/kana/furan-2.  Not sure why I said 7 days...  Derp moment.

 

I linked you to the humble.fish site, I highly encourage everybody to read it and become acquainted with the lifecycle of these pathogens/parasites.  

 

Also, change the batteries in your hanna copper checker OFTEN.  It will give you incorrect readings when lowish.  Ask me how I know.... 🤦‍♂️

You and Humble have been really helpful! Humble is also taking a look at a video of the Molly in the DT to let me know if it indeed is a parasite or something else going on. Either I have to go fallow and the main fish hang out longer in QT or false alarm. We'll see.

Thanks for the offer @Higher Thinking but with a couple young kids I'm a bit limited on how many "fish trips" are tolerated lol. 

Just an update - QT is doing great 3wks in.

However my DT has ich before adding any SW fish, argh!!

How do I know? I acclimated a FW Molly last week to eat algae and be the canary in the coal mine. Well, it has ich.

So, I'm basically fallow before even getting a chance to add my "real" fish, kinda disheartening.

Question for everyone - my plan isn't to quarantine coral and inverts, given they can obviously bring disease into the tank, do I need to plan for an invert quarantine? Or this is all too overboard and need to stop stressing about it? TBH - I probably don't have space for an additional QT so I'm hoping there's other mitigating steps for inverts.

7 hours ago, dunpeal said:

Check 'randys mix' on the Google machine.

It'll list the de-icers to get

I saw that, can't seem to find any of the deicer.

13 hours ago, Higher Thinking said:

Any particular reason you want magnesium chloride and not the BRS magnesium mix (which uses chloride and sulfate in correct proportions)? I can sell you this for $15. It's unopened and you can, depending on where you live, have it faster than a Bezos drone drop-off. 😁

I'd totally buy it off you but looks like you're in scappoose? A bit of a drive from Tualatin 🙁

That is reasonably priced. BRS has it for 7lbs for $24 but hoping I can just buy it locally somewhere.

On 2/18/2021 at 10:13 AM, Manny Tavan said:

I think the barren ugly tanks should get more likes lol

I agree! hahaha

25 minutes ago, shaywood said:

Anyone looking for a dependable generator to run your tank during an outage, give this a look. I've used it for a few years. Works great and can't beat the price.  

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00SMNLF4M/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_fabc_T4963K16ZW02Q67E8GY4

I was looking at this too. Do you run more than just your tank at the same time? Trying to gauge how big of a generator I should get.