Instant Ocean Salt Users Have A Look Here

I’ve been using Instant Ocean salt for about 20 years. The last 3 boxes of 25 lb salt that I purchased had stamped on the inside plastic bag, "NOT FOR RESALE." I asked the LFS owner and he was mystified. I was there when he called IO to find out what was going on. He said that a customer...

6 weeks later, an update

We started the 29G biocube 2 weeks before thanksgiving with 30 lbs live rock, 20 lbs live substrate and 10lbs sand. The LR had a couple of hitch-hikers and they are still alive. Added a protein skimmer and a submersible heater. In 2 weeks we did not see any ammonia spike and no corresponding Nitrate,...

Existing live sand bed?

I have an existing 90 gal reef tank, that has a 6" live sand bed with plenum. The sand bed has been in use about 15 years now. I keep wondering if i’m better off with it or should i consider removing it? At the time, everyone was pushing for this method. I’m wondering if after this many...

chalice ID

Hello everyone. This chalice i picked up from a buddy. He told me it was a bubblegum monster chalice. The thing is from what i have seen it doesnt look like one. It has the markings and color of a monster bubblegum but not so much green. Theres more turquoise than anything. Can anyone ID it for me. Thank...

Doing everything right, and everythings going wrong lol

Ok so i’ve been keeping reef for about 5 or 6 years now, not the most experienced out there by any stretch of the imagination, but i’m only 19 so cut me a break lol. I’ve done reef on a low budget spectrum for most of my time and finally got sick of the same old problems. so i decided to...