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Hey life has caught up and now I must make an adult decision. How would I move my 80g tank to Baltimore? What if it was Dallas? Am I better off selling off everything and starting up later?

I donated. Don't see how a bucket of ice water will help.

Definitely has something to do with your water issues. High phos is stressing it out hence it's dying

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That didn't help me. I switched out over 250%.

Right so if it's coming from the rocks, that's where algae is getting it's source from, leading to no phosphate readings. I've been through the same exact thing last fall.

So your RODI media hasn't been changed? How often do you feed? These all are reasons why you have algae problems.

Dan's New 150RR I answered this in post 1976. - Phosphorus exists in two primary forms in seawater: as inorganic phosphates, especially orthophosphate, and as organophosphate forms. Orthophosphate is readily taken up by algae and is active in inhibiting calcification. The organic forms may...

- Phosphorus exists in two primary forms in seawater: as inorganic phosphates, especially orthophosphate, and as organophosphate forms. Orthophosphate is readily taken up by algae and is active in inhibiting calcification. The organic forms may or may not be available to organisms such as algae...

It's looking great john

sweet! make sure you run carbon

+1 a must have. Also, vortech owners, you might want to grab a battery backup. If power goes out while you are sleeping, at least you'll have circulation before you turn on a generator.

I believe stickers/decals

Which could be useful for water changes for those without a controller

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540 isn't high? When will it become a precipitate?

I calibrate my refractometer / check to see if it's calibrated a few times a week. If you don't rinse it with RODI, it won't give you adequate readings. It's possible but that would mean your salinity is off. The orange box @ 1.026 gives you ca 490, alk 13dkh, 1440 mag.

Mag is high as well.

I'm still debating on pulling the trigger on a reeflink

Wait your calc is 540??