ef4life Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 Glad you got rid of the Dino’s 2 Quote Link to comment
Wonderboy Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 This little tank is looking great! Did you figure out why the salinity kept dropping? Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 17, 2019 Author Share Posted May 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Wonderboy said: This little tank is looking great! Did you figure out why the salinity kept dropping? The top off water had a SG of 0 1 Quote Link to comment
ef4life Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 55 minutes ago, William said: The top off water had a SG of 0 Maybe try a new bottle of calibration fluid for the Refractometer. My old bottle compared to the new bottle from brs has a 5ppt difference. Both my tanks were about 40ppt salinity or 1.3sg 1 Quote Link to comment
A.m.P Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 I always just calibrate with distilled, it isn't quite as accurate, but it will give you consistency and put you between .024-.027 even on bad equipment. I think the OP probably had a mixing issue or something of the sort. Quote Link to comment
asting Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 30 minutes ago, ef4life said: Maybe try a new bottle of calibration fluid for the Refractometer. My old bottle compared to the new bottle from brs has a 5ppt difference. Both my tanks were about 40ppt salinity or 1.3sg It definitely goes off. I had to replace my 2 year old bottle. Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted May 17, 2019 Share Posted May 17, 2019 8 minutes ago, asting said: It definitely goes off. I had to replace my 2 year old bottle. Definitely. I just went through the same thing. Thought my refractometer was messed, nope. It was my calibration fluid. Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 I got my Nanobox Tide on the tank yesterday (have been on vacation in Mexico City for a week). No new pics of the tank yet as I need to clean it. But here is one of me and a pyramid 7 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Welcome home; sounds like you had a nice trip. 2 Quote Link to comment
Tigahboy Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 Welcome back! Mexico City is definitely on my list of places I need to travel to. All my friends that have been rave about the amazing food, architecture, etc. 1 Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 1 hour ago, Tigahboy said: Welcome back! Mexico City is definitely on my list of places I need to travel to. All my friends that have been rave about the amazing food, architecture, etc. I highly recommend it, it was a wonderful experience. 2 Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 Next week is going to be stressful though, im moving apartments (upper east side to midtown west) in manhattan. I’ll be moving my RSR nano, and both of my picks..... 😱 2 Quote Link to comment
MetaTank Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, William said: Next week is going to be stressful though, im moving apartments (upper east side to midtown west) in manhattan. I’ll be moving my RSR nano, and both of my picks..... 😱 That’s gonna be a long day 1 Quote Link to comment
pricewayne Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 2 minutes ago, William said: Next week is going to be stressful though, im moving apartments (upper east side to midtown west) in manhattan. I’ll be moving my RSR nano, and both of my picks..... 😱 🤞🏻fingers crossed it isn't a walk up lol. Moving to HK? Quote Link to comment
William Posted May 31, 2019 Author Share Posted May 31, 2019 2 hours ago, pricewayne said: 🤞🏻fingers crossed it isn't a walk up lol. Moving to HK? No it’s an elevator building and yes 50/8 1 Quote Link to comment
748S911 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Great pic! I love mexico, I go at least 2 times a year. Pyramids look sweet! Congrats on the nano box tide. Quote Link to comment
pricewayne Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 On 5/31/2019 at 1:01 PM, William said: No it’s an elevator building and yes 50/8 Nice, I miss blockheads 🍹🌯 Quote Link to comment
William Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 On 6/1/2019 at 10:32 PM, pricewayne said: Nice, I miss blockheads 🍹🌯 Are you in NYC ? Quote Link to comment
pricewayne Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 1 hour ago, William said: Are you in NYC ? Moved to LA for work just almost a year ago from there. Two of my good friends live in the building on the northwest corner of 50th//8th 👋🏻 Quote Link to comment
MetaTank Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 21 hours ago, pricewayne said: Moved to LA for work just almost a year ago from there. Two of my good friends live in the building on the northwest corner of 50th//8th 👋🏻 What is blockheads? Is it like a frozen confectionary store? If so, they have one on Sawtelle between Santa Monica and Pico Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 12:40 AM, Clown79 said: Tank is looking great. Did you confirm dino's? I have it in my 2.5g, slowly dying off now. Had them in my 25g...super fun stuff. Dino seems like such the norm these days...an evil norm. I had it in my 2.5g too. On 5/11/2019 at 8:06 PM, William said: Thanks! I will hopefully get my nanobox tide in this week, as I feel my coral (all came from my RSR nano) looked better under the Nanobox spectrum. 💯 percent this! I get good/average looking corals and put them under the nanobox and in a few weeks they explode with color. Good luck with your move! 1 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Tamberav said: Dino seems like such the norm these days...an evil norm. I had it in my 2.5g too. 💯 percent this! I get good/average looking corals and put them under the nanobox and in a few weeks they explode with color. Good luck with your move! I wonder why it's become a common issue? 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Clown79 said: I wonder why it's become a common issue? Global warming. Nah, it's most likely due to using dry (or man made) rock. In the past, almost everyone used live rock. Then (primarily to save money), people started using a mixture of live and dry. Now (to avoid pests and impact to natural reefs), many people use all dry rock in their tanks. So there is much less diversity on the rock. I also speculate that our aggressive coral dips lessen the biodiversity which had been previously introduced with new corals. This reduced diversity (or competition) could be the reason that more people seem to get dino blooms today. 3 Quote Link to comment
Clown79 Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 3 minutes ago, seabass said: Global warming. Nah, it's most likely due to using dry (or man made) rock. In the past we all used live rock, then people started using a mixture of live and dry. Now, many people use all dry rock in their tanks. There is much less biodiversity on the rock itself. I also speculate that our aggressive coral dips lessen the biodiversity introduced with new corals. This lack of diversity (or competition) could be the reason that more people seem to get dino blooms today. Totally makes sense. I actually prefer liverock myself for all those reasons. 1 Quote Link to comment
Tamberav Posted June 7, 2019 Share Posted June 7, 2019 2 hours ago, seabass said: Global warming. Nah, it's most likely due to using dry (or man made) rock. In the past, almost everyone used live rock. Then (primarily to save money), people started using a mixture of live and dry. Now (to avoid pests and impact to natural reefs), many people use all dry rock in their tanks. So there is much less diversity on the rock. I also speculate that our aggressive coral dips lessen the biodiversity which had been previously introduced with new corals. This reduced diversity (or competition) could be the reason that more people seem to get dino blooms today. I see it with live rock fairly often too I feel like. Even aged old tanks on reef2reef. My pico was dry rock so I can forgive that...but my other tanks....the rock has been wet for probably 8 years and I still got it. Its actually completely covered with a light pink coralline and critters but that doesn't show in the pics. I got dino years ago with all gulf live rock too but a different kind of dino. I have gotten really good at killing dino. 4 Quote Link to comment
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