Goodbye August, Hello First of September Sales!

Newsletter Recap:

• We have a REALLY good sale on our Ecotech Radion G3’s since the new Radion G4’s are out.

- Radion G3 XR15W Pro LED Fixture, Reg $399, SALE PRICE $319.99
- Radion G3 XR30W LED Fixture, Reg $649, SALE PRICE $519.00
- Radion G3 XR30W Pro LED Fixture, Reg $749, SALE PRICE $599.00

• 80% off on GEL foods that will expire in 2016! This is WAY below normal cost! Get them before they expire!

- New Life Spectrum Nutri/Gel for Saltwater 200g - expires Dec 2016
Reg $21.99, SALE PRICE $4.99
- New Life Spectrum Algae Enhanced Gel Mix 100g. expires Dec 2016
Reg $11.99, SALE PRICE $1.99
- New Life Spectrum Algae Enhanced Gel Mix 200g. expires Dec 2016
Reg $21.99, SALE PRICE $4.99

• Salifert Ammonia and Iodine test kits are on sale due their short expiration date! Again, grab them before they expire.

- Salifert Ammonia Test Kit, reg $13.99 SALE $7.99 Expires 7/2017
- Salifert Iodine Test Kit, reg $29.30 SALE $16.99 Expires 4/2017

• Boyd’s Chemi-Pure 10 oz. on sale due to overstock, but only while supplies last!

- 10oz size of Chemi-Pure. Reg 9.96, SALE PRICE $6.99.

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Mr. Sandman Came To See Us!

Our new drop tank is coming along!

Remember to keep an eye out for a chance to help decide what is going in it!

Radion G3: Up to $150 off!

Radion G3: Up to $150 off!

Radion G3 LED lights are 20% off while supplies last!

Upgrade ideas and help

Guys and gals I am think of upgrading my 75 gal to a 175. I don't want excitement to get in the way of thinking clearly. My biggest concern is Maintenance requirements differ than those of my 75. Such as how is water changes different? Looking for any wisdom or words to the wise to help me out. The tank will be a reef tank with sand bottom. About 180 pounds of live rock, 100 new, 80 from the old tank.

Low PH need help.

So, I might as well just lay it all out on the table. I battled brown jelly for 4 months and lost the battle. 90% of my corals are dead. I had a couple large leathers die while on vacation and didn't find out until 2 weeks after I got back. My rocks are bound of all sorts of phosphates. I'm sure the die off of my corals and those leathers polluted the tank My family way overfed the tank while I was away too. The fish are still fat and healthy. But corals are not surviving in my display. in the process of cooking my rock.

My tank is a 125G reef tank. Established in its current location for almost 2 years. I moved everything over from an established 90G tank of two years. Very little sand and I clean what little I have. Still do weekly 10% water changes. Does nothing. Upgraded my
Skimmer to one rated for a 400G tank. And pulls out thick dark skimate weekly. I get about 5/8 of a collection cup weekly, and it holds about 10 cups of fluid.


Salt level 1.026 tested with weekly calibrated refractometer. I have two refractometers for redundancy. And buy calibration fluid from two different sources and get the same result. Plus I usually misplace one and the second is a stand by.
My alk is 10.1 Red Sea test kit
Ca 450 Red Sea test kit
Mag 1500 Red Sea test kit
Nitrates @ 40ppm
PH @7.5 API test strips(I was desperate so I picked some up at the store after work)
No ammonia,
No nitrites,
No copper,
No stray voltage
No cleaning solutions are allowed in the basement without me approving t first included air freshener.

I am not dosing anything currently as I do not have enough coral in my display tank to justify it. My rocks have lots of algae on them. Lots of bubbles on the algae. Not dynoflagellets. It's all green. And not stringy like dyno is. Just bubbles of what I am thinking is co2. Building up along the back wall of the tank. I have had dynos before and have seen it a lot in other tanks. I don't think I am wrong. I am hoping that cooking my rocks will solve the issue. My tank is in a basement built into the wall with and open fish room Behind it. I have a large whole house dehumidifier in the basement 15ft away from the tank. It's rated for 2 times the square footage of my home.

Why is my alk high and PH low? I don't run any fans in the basement. Basement stays cool, and feels nice on these hot humid days. Do I need some fresh air? Fans blowing across the tank? And what does everyone reccomend for ph test kits and/or probes. Hopefully under $100 or close to it.

Frag pieces

You know the little stands the frag pieces come on? I'm finding it hard to put mine in the tank because of those stands. Unless I bury the stands in the sand and he frags basically sit on the sand. Am I able to separate the piece from those stands and put them wherever in the tank? If so, what's the recommended way without damaging them?

Thursday

Good morning TRT friends, and.....HAPPY THURSDAY! Up a touch early today, just popped up wide awake.....oh well, more time for coffee! According to our weather guessers only near 80 today, with sun and rain.....so somewhere in there may lay what we're going to have? :rolleyes: Buttermilk waffles hit the spot yesterday, so schlepping some more of them on the table to go with our coffee and pink milk. 'Lil' Hack had another friend over for a sleep over last night, and YES, they actually got to sleep.....well about 3:00 a.m.:rolleyes: Playing today by ear with my boo boo, see what the next building full of medical folks have to say, and when they feel like saying it. :rolleyes: Hope all have good things lined up for their day, and can squeeze all the fun out of it they can, and all the best,
Hack