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I run a mag 1800 on my 125 and I run two 3/4 in feeds back to tank from sump and 2. 1 in. drains from tank to sump. You do have this tank drilled...
Linda those pipes like you have now will do nothing at all to help in totally skimming the surface water clean and clear But they will make plenty of...
Do you add buffering agents to off set the acids in the water ? as for the magnesium thats needed just as much as Ca and DKH and as for carbon It...
Yes you have to drain the tank as for what to use ? Hell you can get many different acrylic scratch removal polishing kits all are about the same...
I could tell you did not run carbon as well as I could look at the water and see the Ca and carbonates where exhausted . Any idea of the magnesium...
What size tank is it and what do you use to does ? I can tell you really close as to how much to dose to get you back to proper levels , You water is...
really depends on pump and aquarium size . I ran a 90 for many many yrs with a Rio 2500 and a tube up to the coralife U return pipe
Your water is lacking in Carbonates and maybe even calcium from the looks of it ? I'd dare say your DKH is 6 to 8 maybe ? how often do you test it ?...
First off let me say I'm not now or ever had or will beat anybody up with Knowledge two reasons I'm not that smart and I not that wordy . Look water...
Sparky if the sound is the reason then that fine But there is a greater reason why I keep my levels lower to just under the outlet stubs .. The sound...
If by this statment you mean that by maintaining a higher water level with in the sump you keep the pump cooler ? You really don't belive this do...
What you are seeing is the oil waste from the fish and corals and food. Now if you do move the surface water around and get the skim into the water...
I don't think its the chemicals causing this .
What type of hard corals took this hit ? Just the monti's
Noting is safe from a C.C star in a reef tank
None of my business but why do you guys run such high water levels in your sumps ? I saw one else where today about 5 inches from being totaly full ,...
Hell buddy you owe me no apology that I'm aware of. If you said or did something ? I missed it (: last I posted to you was about the algae you said...
If you just get a carbon reactor set up and use a good grade of carbon that will do the trick more then water changes will . Someone mentioned chem...
You have to have NO3 as proof the biological system in working properly then you have to deal with the NO3 on a different level.. fish and corals...
If its natural raw sea water then it will die and go foul , We use water about 50,000 Gal per week from the New haven sound and it is U/V 'ed and...
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