LOL - I'll take that as a positive! : )

Thanks TRR! If only everything STAYED that clean in a fish room. *sigh* LOL. Thanks for watching!

WOW, that is high praise man - I appreciate it! I'll try to live up to that high bar : )

Thanks Robert! Appreciate the watch. I'll have to look into your question - I haven't heard that Sodium Hydroxide has more potential to react to form carbonic acid than any other ALK additive (this is the opposite reaction of why we add it to the tank) - as when pH drops using any ALK additive the reason it does so is partly the formation of carbonic acid from C02 in the water. Your caution is warranted though in general , as sodium hydroxide is a stronger base that other ALK additives. But, because of that it is also easier to reach a higher pH (mine stays between 8.1-8.25). Looks like I have some reading to do, as I'm not a chemist either! : )

Thanks Jamills - Grateful that you stopped by!

Thanks LL - yes, found out the hard way as well on the bearing scuffing the acrylic! I know exactly what you mean... As for the scoring, yup - I usually go half as deep as the sheet, then about 2/3 as wide as the sheet thickness, so when you bend it the edges of the score don't run into each other. I'm addicted to the bend acrylic look - totally slick! Thanks for watching!

Thanks! Glad to have you along for the ride.

Thanks Han - funny, a couple people have requested them - we'll see, stay tuned!

Hey Jesse - thanks for the watch! I get my acrylic at either Professional Plastics or Interstate Plastics, both out of Sacramento, CA.

Thanks so much Diego! You are the third person to request a dosing container, LOL! I actually have a CNC coming next week, so might take some requests in the future - stay tuned. The CNC will make things alot more professional!

@@ReefEco that sound great, I’ll definitely stay tuned and I also Notice he was having a strong flow of OR/DI water into the reservoir, was that was that you have collected already?

@@elnarutouchiha Awesome. Yes, I have a mixing station I haven't done a video on yet - which is just on the other side of the wall from the fishroom. Two 110gallon containers.

Hey Tom - thanks for watching! I think they are 25 gauge, but not sure - something in the middle works well, not too small and not too large...

@@ReefEco Gotcha. I was thinking 25 gauge. Thanks.

Thanks Bald8bil - I'll add it to my potential video list! Is your dosing regime between the old 55 and the new 94 any different?

@@ReefEco I have never done dosing before 94 gallon my LFS told me to start adding 3 tbsp of Kent superbuffer-dKH to my ro-di container it's 7 gallon and it lasts me 12 to 14 days before I have to refill it and I started adding Kent superbuffer-dKH about 3 months ago

@@BALD8BIL That is your problem - stop using superbuffer! It adds extra borate, which can get things out of whack. And by adding it to your top off, you are dosing ALK according to your evaporation rate, not your coral consumption. What corals do you have? Are you adding any calcium supplement? If you have some stony corals, I would look into starting to dose Kalkwasser, which is much better than dosing superbuffer (and far cheaper!), as it adds calcium and alkalinity in a balanced way, and also boosts pH. You will need to test for Alk and Calcium, if you aren't already. Check out the Hanna Alk checker (Dkh) and I use the Red Sea Pro calcium test. Before you start dosing kalk, I'd do a string of at least two 25% water changes to correct the imbalance the superbuffer has created, then you'll have a nice foundation for dosing kalk. If you do have significant LPS or SPS corals, you could also look into dosing two-part ALK and Calcium. Kalk may be enough though, depending on your ALK/CA demand.

@@ReefEco sorry it took so long to get back to you in my old aquarium I had a bad green hair algae and aiptasia very bad so my new aquarium I started with all new equipment in 3 months I moved over 2 clownfish 1 green chromis,cleaner shrimp and my butterfly fish but it died so my wife got 1 coral beauty, sand sifting sea star,1 yellow watchman goby, and 1 bristletooth tomini tang in October 2021 we add 1 green montipora, 1 red montipora, 1 trumpet coral,rainbow acan echinata, red bowerbanki coral, in November we got hammer coral,purple jade bonsai acorpora coral,and this one is not doing good red goniopora coral but it looks pink now I test my water every Saturday around 2pm but ph and salinity my apex so I check it every day 2 to 6 times. Kh is 10.5,CA 430 to 450,MG 1290 to 1230,ammonia is 0 from June 18 2021 to now,no2 is 0 from June 23 2021 to now, n03 is 0 from August 21 2021 to now, phosphate is 0 from July 23 2021 to now, salinity jump from 34.9 to 35.7, ph 7.95 in August to 8.21 in February, every 10 to 14 days I top off 7 gallon ro-di, every 2 to 3 weeks I do a 30 gallon water changes I have upload videos of my aquarium setup to Facebook saltwater groups under BILLY Baldwin

@@BALD8BIL No worries - you definitely have some stony corals in there, you might look into dosing kalkwasser - it might be all you need since you don't have too many corals. It also looks like your phosphate and nitrate are 0? Getting those up to around 0.03 to 0.05 for phosphate and nitrate to 5-10ppm will likely make your corals a little happier...

You know it!

@@ReefEco lol