I’ll NEVER have a reef tank without…..

[Reef Puncher]

InkBird controller , it’s only a matter of time before a heater will fail.

i just ordered one right now, because of your comment. i started digging into what they offer, and i was like, yea as i dont have a trident apex to send me alerts if something is off, ill use this for now, and at least ill know now if my power goes out when im not home, or when my heater fails.

 

[jabberwock]

Good one, people without access can't even imagine the difference between LFS live rock and rock straight from the ocean.

Can you collect from the ocean in Portugal? I am in the US. There are strict collection regulations, but there are a few mariculture farms that pretty much all ship to the contiguous 48 states.

 

[RedReefer]

I never have a Reef tank without a controller.

 

[EastCoastJon]

Hair algae

 

[rtparty]

After the success I’m seeing in my 25, I’ll never start another tank with dry sand and will only use TBS live sand from now on

 

[Gumbies R Us]

After the success I’m seeing in my 25, I’ll never start another tank with dry sand and will only use TBS live sand from now on

We have tbs in our pico tank and love that we went with live sand over dry sand

 

[reeferID]

AWC! It ‘s what brought me back!

 

[anthonymckay]

High frequency Alkalinity auto testing.

One of the best things I've added to my tank in terms of monitoring stability. Tests every 4 hours, and if my Alk starts to trend upwards or downwards. For example, trending upwards is usually a sign that my corals are ticked off and not consuming alk. I can catch the issue before I start seeing any visual signs of stress.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

AWC! It ‘s what brought me back!

What did you use to get an AWC going?

 

[reeferID]

High frequency Alkalinity auto testing.

One of the best things I've added to my tank in terms of monitoring stability. Tests every 4 hours, and if my Alk starts to trend upwards or downwards. For example, trending upwards is usually a sign that my corals are ticked off and not consuming alk. I can catch the issue before I start seeing any visual signs of stress.

I used one of the older generation AutoAqua AWC/ATO set ups. It has worked flawlessly for a little over 18 mos. I currently do (6) small (.40 gal.) per day in my 88 gal. mixed reef.