Recent content by johnpirnat

On my 120G system I use Kalkwaser (ms wage) by bringing a 5Gallon reservoir to saturation and then dosing with a BRS ATO pump (50ml/min) every hour. Has kept my dKh and CA steady and PH 8.2ish. The 5Gallons last about 10 days. The system itself is truly "Topped Off" by a second line and...

Anyone have thoughts on what might be eating Maxima clams? Everything in tank quite healthy... older system. Parameters stable (just got ATI water test results nothing out of whack) but have lost 3 Maxima clams that seemed to be perfectly healthy up until they show up empty shells the next...

Have a 90 gallon and test weekly. Parameters all fair and stable, half LPS half SPS. Tank up and running for 16 months and most of the live rock was moved from a five year old 38 gallon. Everything growing (slowly i'll admit) but healthy, and added a juvenile Tomini and Blue Tang to otherwise...

Had a bit of problem with phosphates and am addressing with GFO reactor. Have had it running for a few months but levels are still .06+ think it is leaching from rocks. Tank had 3+years for it to build up so that might take some time. Now that the GHA has slowed, I lowered the light...