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For the past few years, several vendors have offered ICP testing. It's a process of blasting a water sample down to its ions and elements. Here's a quick description quoted

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ICP test results have arrived
melev | 10 March
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The weather today is cold and wet, so I decided to break out the macro lens and take a few pictures today. First off, here's the new frag I picked up a few days ago, a

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We haven't had a picture blog in a while
melev | 10 February
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I discovered a missing line in my Apex code tonight. It's programming is coded to have it notify me via alarm, email and push notification if the tank gets too cold. That would

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Oooh, that's chilly!
melev | 21 January
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For fun, being curious about how many videos I'd uploaded to my youtube channel last year, and after checking analytics as well

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Youtube during 2018
melev | 06 January
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I've never been one to shy away from Lanthanum chloride, a product used in our hobby to bind up and export phosphate from a reef tank. Not only did I feel like I'd found the

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Phosban-L, a new Lanthanum chloride product
melev | 27 November
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I've been running an AquariumPlants Carbon Doser on my calcium reactor since 2010. At the time I thought it was expensive, but I was tired of buying a new regulator annually. 

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Cost of living increase
melev | 22 October
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Small reddish-rust colored creatures may already be in your tank. Or you may buy a coral and they'll appear as hitchhikers later. They may appear on the glass/acrylic, on the

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How to eliminate Flatworms (Red Planaria)
melev | 20 October
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