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What you are going through is normal with any type of sand that is the size and composition of southdown. It took my tank days to clear up enough to see and then several more before it was crystal clear. It will take some time for the bacteria on the sand to grow. Your live rock will help see...

Thanks everyone! To answer a couple of questions: 1) This is meant to be a guideline. The calculations right now cannot determine the side effects of chemical additions at this time; use common sense and the detailed directions of each product. 2) I'll try to think of a way to add time...

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I've been down the line: Mrs. Wages, Two Little Fishies, ESV. ESV for me because it was cheaper than TLF. Still have two packages of Mrs. Wages sitting here. Didn't like the residue with it. mgk

anyone else find this useful? mgk

I've based my calculations on what the vendors have on their packaging or on their web site, if I don't have any. I'd like to nip any problems with the calculations in the bud. If you have any questions regarding the accuracy, additional products or comments, please post it here. thanks! mgk

I decided to create a new Reef Chemistry Calculator for calcium and alkalinity products. It is curently in a beta state, but useful. It allows you to provide current values, desired values, and pick different commercial and household products. It will then calculate how many tsp or ml are...

I use this to keep my dog's coat nice and shiny! :lol: mgk

Well, it's an acropora sp. :lol: It can be very difficult to verify down to the species unless you look through something like Veron's Corals of the World and spot something that looks like it. Then maybe it would be the same. mgk

I was at the Newport Aq about 1.5 years ago. The biggest disappointment there was the reef display that was quite large, I think 20-30 ft long, but nothing much in it. Outside of that, there wasn't anything striking or unique that I can remember. The tunnel was pretty good. The Ripley's...

Here is how I would rate the ones I've seen: 1) The one in New Orleans is very nice 2) the Aquarium of the Smokies in the Tennessee Smoky Mountains was great! 3) Baltimore was pretty good. Newport aquarium near Cincinnati was a joke. Rated poor. mgk

EG2: The suff is actually called Loc-line see www.loc-line.com It can be purchased at most of the aquarium etailers that are reefs.org sponsors, or www.savko.com for all plumbing stuff. mgk

I clean mine out each time I refill; usually around every 2-3 weeks. I'm going to switch from Mrs. Wages Pickling Lime to ESV kalkwasser powder and see how that goes. The Mrs. Wages seems as if it produces a lot of residue; while Two Lil Fishies Kalkasser powder had very little. I bought the...

Like anything else, the more light the better. mgk

The ecotech guys are still in school, so they may be busy. There reactor, however, is top notch. www.Myreefcreations.com has a version as well, as described in this thread. A new company on the block is www.stoneyreef.com George Weber may again be making skimmers and reactors at...

I think your parameters are not too bad. How do your corals look? Are they in distress? What test kits are you using? If you up you Ca and let the dKh drift down, that would work. An easy answer is to do a substantial water change; it will always help ionically imbalaced problems. mgk

Carry on! Also, you should boost your alk using a supplement to the 8-12dkH range depending on your critters. mgk

www.exoticfish.com seems to have relatively inexpensive rock. He's been running specials this summer around $1.65 - 1.99 a pound. A couple of buddies and I got some from there and it was not bad, some colored, some not. It was not cured, so we had it in a curing tank for 6-7 weeks. mgk

Looks good, Mark! mgk

This past winter I was unfortunately able to test my car inverter. We had a 23 hour power outage. The outside temps were in the 30s. The house temp was dropping. I lit a fire in my wood burner and hooked up my "400w" car inverter. What is not clear is that you cannot use 400w of equipment...