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natulis thanks i got your PM. and i agree that it should be ok to start coral, but for some reason they just dont like my water i guess. i just did...
well i have been buying the cheap coral right now until i can get it right. i have been doing the water changes as suggested, but it puts calcium...
yea i have done water changes, but calc stays the same becasue the mixed water is at 100PPM anyway.. ill just leave alone and hope that it...
what do i put in to use the calcium? every coral i put in tank dies. I use the LaMotte test and have not tried another, but have tested other water...
well i am sitting at 4MEQ/L. using a Lamotte test kit at 200 on the plunger then divide by 50 to get the MEQ/L. i aclimated the coral for about 40...
yea i have dosed calcium before. when i got them first time i bought seachem. supposed to just add 2 capfulls every other day. but that was about 3...
well after one week i have not even touched my water. my nitrates/amonia and nitrites are all 0 my ph is 8.2 alk 4 and my calc is still 576PPM...
its been a week This topic has been moved to Water Chemistry by Nautilus.
nope.. tested and no trace of copper.. must be something else. i have some stuff called phosphegen i think. you put it in a waterfall filter in a bag...
well i tested copperand didnt even register on my test so i woudl assume it was 0. have not tested calc in a week will do on Friday and post. also...
well i have a few small blue hermits. some turbo snails and one hermit crab (red) that his huge now. bigger than a golf ball smaller than a tennis...
its not getting low at all.. matter fact i just topped off the night before. is at least 2 inches of water bewteen top and skimmer top.
i did have LR in my tank. every water change i clean the CC substrate anyway. cool thanks Nautilus
ok. the deluxe prisim skimmer i have seems to ALWAYS need adjusting so far every other night i have come home from work and found the thing was dry...
where can i read up on the poly filters. my LFS does not carry them?
i have been set up for about a year.. about 8-9 months ago i had an outbreak of ICK. i treated it with a medicine that included copper. at this time...
when using Ro/DI or just DI filters is it ok to put the water into the tannk after mixing salt and it clears? should you wait some time?
yea i mix it then put it in after it clears. i tested before i put it in and it ws over 500. thanks for that article.. my levels must be ok then and...
well i honestly think that my high calcium is due to my salt. I chagned another 5 gallons out and mixed it at 1.023. i have a level of 590PPM now...
thats including your sump/refu too? a nd all the pumps and power heads?
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