Yeah, I'd just assumed they MUST be fully-submersible... because that would seem to make sense, but from what I was reading, apparently not, though admittedly the probes I have are from 2017, and the newer models are supposed to be better.
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3 consecutive tries at calibration failed... what a waste of $10 
AOS is definitely up to date.
AOS is definitely up to date.
Also, still no sign of pods, unfortunately... I hope I didn't cause a die-off at some point when adding new water, etc., I thought I was careful, kept it all warm and with flow, but...
On the pH probe, sometimes you have to calibrate using the web version of Fusion rather than the app on your phone 
Not sure if that's the case with this probe or not.
Not sure if that's the case with this probe or not.
I was indeed using the web version for all three passes.On the pH probe, sometimes you have to calibrate using the web version of Fusion rather than the app on your phone
I got the Tropic Marin hydrometer out today.
Boy oh boy was the refractometer I have wrong. It was telling me 1.026 sg.
The hydrometer read 1.0225.
I'm going to take the hydrometer's word for it.
I'm in the middle of whipping up a 10 gallon batch of ~1.027 now.
Boy oh boy was the refractometer I have wrong. It was telling me 1.026 sg.
The hydrometer read 1.0225.
I'm going to take the hydrometer's word for it.
I'm in the middle of whipping up a 10 gallon batch of ~1.027 now.
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Supposedly that hydrometer is the most accurate ways to measure the salinity. But the brand matters as well. TM is good I think.
Yeah, everything I've heard from multiple sources has said theirs is hands down the best one. I ordered the refractometer because it was cheap and would get here quickly (i.e. next day), the TM hydrometer had been in and out of stock and BRS doesn't ship near as fast Amazon.
I was a bit dismayed at how big it was, but glad I pulled it out and used it to check.
Ammonia has been high, tested up to 1.0 yesterday before I hit it again with Prime. It was down to ~0.5ppm at o'dark-thirty today, but I also got my bottle of Fritz Zyme 900 (which I only realized had been delivered to my mailbox after midnight... thankfully it likes the cold), so I dosed with Prime again when it was still at ~0.5ppm at noon. If I can't drive it under that number by this evening, I'm going to do a 10% water change.
I also went to remove a piece of schmutz that had been hanging from a piece of rock that kept getting my attention. In doing so, I disturbed the rock, and dislodged a small puff of "snow". So I shook the rock more... LOTS more snow. I shook all the rocks, and then suddenly my tank was... not quite a snowglobe (snowbox?), but darn near. I've turned all the pumps up and am periodically hitting the rocks with a turkey baster to keep it all from settling.
Guessing it's biofilm mainly, possibly dead/dying algae, and possibly die-off from what was living on the rock as a result of the ammonia spike and possibly the briefly too-low salinity.
Also got my new Apex temp probe yesterday and all hooked up, calibrated properly and is now controlling my heaters, yay!
I also went to remove a piece of schmutz that had been hanging from a piece of rock that kept getting my attention. In doing so, I disturbed the rock, and dislodged a small puff of "snow". So I shook the rock more... LOTS more snow. I shook all the rocks, and then suddenly my tank was... not quite a snowglobe (snowbox?), but darn near. I've turned all the pumps up and am periodically hitting the rocks with a turkey baster to keep it all from settling.
Guessing it's biofilm mainly, possibly dead/dying algae, and possibly die-off from what was living on the rock as a result of the ammonia spike and possibly the briefly too-low salinity.
Also got my new Apex temp probe yesterday and all hooked up, calibrated properly and is now controlling my heaters, yay!
Ammonia still holding around 0.5ppm, I went ahead and dosed half the bottle of Fritz 900 (which was the right amount for my tank anyway) and am reserving the other half for later.
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Get some more rock in that thing lol, they looks so lonely haha.
Working on it... or I was. I got put off my rockwork when I realized I kinda hated the piece I'd put the majority of my effort into and stalled hard. It was too symmetrical, and reminded me of nothing so much as the album cover for Tool's "Undertow".
Need to get back to it, for sure. I just need... to re-evaluate and find some inspiration again.
