Hi March, Simple solution to seeing the dosing pipe being raised inside the retaining pipe...wrap a ring of insulation tape around it where it's at the bottom/correct level...then, if it gets pulled up/out, you can see it's "high" after re-filling and can push it back down... Cheers, Rich.
Hey March, whenever you run into an emergency like yours where parameters drop quickly, is it more harmful to slowly raise your alk (which keeps it low for a while) or is it more stressful to make the jump back to regular parameters?
7.5 - 8.5 dKH for Alkalinity is perfect range for all coral. I do not think Alkalinity is your problem. Test your Magnesium if the reading is 1200 PPM or lower you should raise it. Euphyllia coral Torches, Hammers, Frogspawn corals do better with elevated Magnesium levels. 1450 PPM is where I try to keep my Magnesium. You can go through Marches video archives. He has a couple of videos, where he talks about elevated Magnesium levels. Unfortunately I lost my Torch coral before I found Marches videos. I have elevated my Magnesium and my Euphyllia coral has been great ever since.
In my experience disclaimer I’m no expert or anything like that just someone that loves torches and been having them for about 5-6 years in both nanos and big tanks it’s not really the number it’s more the stability of that number if it’s anywhere from 8-12 and you stick with that number and it’s stays consistent you should be good usually my problems with torches is low mag or salinity issues hope this can help!
Thanks y'all.. yeah mag is 1400 and everything else has been pretty stable for the most part.. I have a mix reef but it's mostly my torches and one frogspawn.. sending in an icp soon
Hi March,
Simple solution to seeing the dosing pipe being raised inside the retaining pipe...wrap a ring of insulation tape around it where it's at the bottom/correct level...then, if it gets pulled up/out, you can see it's "high" after re-filling and can push it back down...
Cheers,
Rich.
I love how the italian accent was the indicator for you to wrap up the video 😂
Alpha light very interesting! Simple, no hassle, no playing around, I like it !
back to basics !
Looking for a light like that. Let me know
Very excited to get a reef casa alpha light
You'll be sorry to lose the T5s
Cheers,
Chris
U should try RODI hose , those won’t fail that easy
I’m loving how much videos are coming out 🎉
Im in the MOOD !
Hey March make sure you put a “Caution Hot Coffee” sign up incase someone Burns them selves and try’s to sue!!
It's Canada, no one sues here :D
Are you a plumber by trade or extremely experienced at creating tank setups? Never knew the name of those fittings 😂
Hey March, whenever you run into an emergency like yours where parameters drop quickly, is it more harmful to slowly raise your alk (which keeps it low for a while) or is it more stressful to make the jump back to regular parameters?
I would let the corals adjust for a day or so and then slowly rise
slow return to normal
Are you going to Niagara Coral Expo again this year?
not this year unfortunately
$799 cad for a 28gal tank without a sump tho?…
Stand included
I payed $500 for a reefer 250 with a trigger sump and skimmer
@@DavidDu0ng 😂 the stand costs a lot?
@@MACNTOSFAM real plywood
Question.. do you feel like dkh around 8 is better for torches.. having a time with them only 🤔
7.5 - 8.5 dKH for Alkalinity is perfect range for all coral. I do not think Alkalinity is your problem. Test your Magnesium if the reading is 1200 PPM or lower you should raise it. Euphyllia coral Torches, Hammers, Frogspawn corals do better with elevated Magnesium levels. 1450 PPM is where I try to keep my Magnesium. You can go through Marches video archives. He has a couple of videos, where he talks about elevated Magnesium levels. Unfortunately I lost my Torch coral before I found Marches videos. I have elevated my Magnesium and my Euphyllia coral has been great ever since.
In my experience disclaimer I’m no expert or anything like that just someone that loves torches and been having them for about 5-6 years in both nanos and big tanks it’s not really the number it’s more the stability of that number if it’s anywhere from 8-12 and you stick with that number and it’s stays consistent you should be good usually my problems with torches is low mag or salinity issues hope this can help!
Thanks y'all.. yeah mag is 1400 and everything else has been pretty stable for the most part.. I have a mix reef but it's mostly my torches and one frogspawn.. sending in an icp soon
I lost every piece of sps I had in my reef tank from a alk swing 😢
there are plenty of on/off lights in the market without controllability. maybe make them adjustable at least
no.....
What happened to the intro i liked it
it comes and goes
Hahaha. BACK IN THE BOXXXXX
La Sicilia!!!!
Wow! Those glass dosing containers look in horrible condition!!! Get new ones or clean them and reseal them.
It works for him. Sometimes it’s better to not over clean specially if everything’s doing well
they work great, kind of...