Recent content by adubson

I've had a few previous threads documenting my struggle with SPS and unfortunately I'm here to update that I'm not seeing any improvement. It's been one year now since the tank dropped into a funk and it's never been the same. Not too long ago it went into another period of false hope where...

I decided to try out an algae turf scrubber on my tank, and I figured it wouldn't be too hard to throw it together myself. Nothing too out of the ordinary as far as waterfall ATS goes. I liked the idea of just screwing it in to my current union fitting from my drain into the sump. The screen...

Quick question while I'm working on my current build. I've dismantled a 6x39W TEK fixture to make a 4 bulb T5 supplemented with DIY LEDs (I'll post a full build thread when finished). As I currently have it setup, I have the power supply (180w 48V 3.75a DC) mounted to the inside of the fixture...

It's been quite some time since I've posted on here. Since my last major update, my tank's status has not changed a whole lot unfortunately. You can refer to the thread I'm talking about here...

I have been encountering a lot of issues with the Jebao (now Jecod) DP-4 dosing pump. Initially, 2 of the 4 pumps were not able to draw any liquid up. I continued to use the product for a little bit since I only needed two heads for 2 part, but then I came home one day to it having emptied my...

I started a thread here a month or so ago on my alkalinity issues, and my tank continues to deteriorate despite all my effort to stop it. My tank is about 9-10 months old now. The first 7 months of that was clean sailing, with all kinds of SPS looking great and coloring up when put into my...

About a month ago, one of my acros had an overnight bought of RTN which came as a heavy surprise. Until then, all SPS was growing like weeds and anything I threw in the tank was coloring up great. I immediately tested my Alk and Ca, and the Alk was down to 6 on an API test kit (normally held...

So I somehow knocked out the ATO airline tubing from my sump, leaving me with (thankfully not too much) water behind my stand. When cleaning up, some water splashed on my T5 retrofit HEP ballast, it sparked, and the GFCI outlet killed the power to everything. I have the end of the ballast that...

Unfortunately, the worst has happened to my tank while being out of town. All my coral look like crap, after only 6 days! I left for about week for the holidays, and a friend house sat for me. My tank, maintenance-wise has been pretty stable for awhile now and I figured there shouldn't be too...

So there must be something in the air right now, but one of my LED channels will not turn on either! I woke up this morning to one of my two Chinese LED fixture's blue channel not being illuminated. The power light is lit and the fun is on, just no light output. Can somebody help walk me...

I'm looking for your suggestions on adding something to my new reef tank in order to control nitrate levels. I don't have the means to setup a refugium in my sump, so for those who do things on top of regular water changes, what do you do? Vodka dosing, cleaner clams, sulfur reactor..?

I originally had this all posted over in the introduction thread, but I need to start my own Member's Reef Tank thread so I can show you guys the progress as I go! If you wanna take a quick peak at the build process, head to the original post at...

Hey everyone, So I've lurked around here for awhile now, gathering information as I start, and eventually picking up jrwoltman's 75 g setup. Luckily, I had some time off from school when this all started so I put a lot of time in right away to customize it all to my liking, and now I'm excited...