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  1. UsamaCh.

    I HATE USPS!

    Its the same with every carrier. With everything that as been going on and with holidays they are pretty backed up. We can do all we can but at the end of the day are at the mercy of the carriers. I ship livestock and supplies myself using USPS so I know the frustration lol.
  2. UsamaCh.

    University Coral Farm Needs Your Support!!

    https://www.stockton.edu/marine/coral-farm.html
  3. UsamaCh.

    Best Kalkwasser??

    What is the best brand of kalkwasser you recommend?? pH is low in our frag tank plus want to start maintaining alk and calc through slow doses.
  4. UsamaCh.

    RAP NY

    I’m going Saturday afternoon
  5. UsamaCh.

    RAP NY

    Who’s going to RAP NY this June 26th - 27th??? I’m going on Saturday!
  6. UsamaCh.

    Equipment for Trade - Lakewood

    Is the skimmer still available?? What pump fits it?
  7. UsamaCh.

    University Coral Farm Needs Your Support!!

    We have recently launched a new donation page through the Stockton University Foundation for the coral farm. There is no deadlines or anything just click the link and a page will pop up where you can make a one time donation or securing donation. This will help with the ongoing operations of our...
  8. UsamaCh.

    High aluminum?

    We have two leather specimens in our frag system rn that we acquired on Tuesday. The green finger leather actually somehow cam off its rock rubble. Don't know if this has anything to do with that but all other corals till now are doing great. Definitely will share!
  9. UsamaCh.

    High aluminum?

    We use MarinePure at our aquaria lab in our coral tanks and never seen any issues. We do plan on doing a ICP test so never know lol.
  10. UsamaCh.

    Coral ID

    Polyps are not open enough to really tell. The blue light isn't helping either lol.
  11. UsamaCh.

    University Coral Farm Needs Your Support!!

    Yesterday we purchased a few more specimens to add to our farm! Birdsnest sp. Pink Kenya Tree Leather Green Leather Goniapora sp. Gorgonia sp. We are also working on the two smaller tanks. One will be a grow out system while the other will be housing local species once our fish protocol has...
  12. UsamaCh.

    Affordable ATO Options

    We are currently looking for affordable (not so expensive) ATO options for two of our smaller tanks at the lab. We are already using the Duetto ATO on the large frag tank but wanted to see if there are more affordable options with good reviews. Also looking for affordable skimmer options (open...
  13. UsamaCh.

    Apex pH alerts

    So our apex is set up to alert us if the pH goes below 8.00 and above 8.50. The pH right now is 8.44 so the alarm should not be going off. However we keep getting alerts that the pH is above 8.40 (8.44). I feel like it is following the recommended values of 7.80-8.40. We are using the advanced...
  14. UsamaCh.

    Jebao Return Pump and Wave Maker

    I have heard mixed reviews about both jebao products. We are already using the Cor 20 on the main frag tank but wanted to get a cheaper solution for two smaller tanks we are setting up. Part of this has to do with available funds lol.
  15. UsamaCh.

    Jebao Return Pump and Wave Maker

    Hey guys! So I am looking for affordable return pumps and wave makers where you have control over the flow and I came across the Jebao return pump and wave maker. I wanted to ask if anyone has any experience with these and what are your thought? Worth it or are there better options? Return...
  16. UsamaCh.

    University Coral Farm Needs Your Support!!

    Happy to hear! As of right now we are working on a safety protocol for handling zoanthids and palythoas. Until then we cannot keep any from those groups. However, We are happy to accept any frags or colonies of easy to maintain corals such as mushrooms, euphyllias (hammers/frogspawn), leathers...
  17. UsamaCh.

    University Coral Farm Needs Your Support!!

    Hey guys! A long over due update on the project. After much trial and error and the pandemic hitting we finally have coral frags in our system. We are still looking into acquiring more specimens that are easy to maintain such as mushrooms, leathers and euphyllias. We are now working on setting...
  18. UsamaCh.

    Aquatic Expo @ the Meadowlands

    I have and it was as a trip with my student organization at college of which I am the president of. They loved it so much we going again this year but this time my organization has a booth there so pretty excited to see how it goes!
  19. UsamaCh.

    AI Hydra 26/T5 Setup and Schedule

    I would love to see the schedule and spectrums you have your AI's on. I am trying to get some references for our setup.
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