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It is likely then that your mag levels are low and are draggin down your calcium/alk levels.
As steve said - if you can maintain 400ppm calcium and Alk of 8 - you should be fine IMO until you can procure a Mag test as you should not dose for...
Good ole' Steve beat me to it!!! Agreed entirely with Steve - those are good numbers anyway . . ..
Where is your magnesium at?!?! If it's not at least 1000ppm - you will not be able to hold your calcium values and subsequently your alk will also...
Really it seems the only choice is NutriBiotic - it's powder form. No additives - and MOST importantly - it's pH stabilized. This is where I...
Holy ravioli!!! Strike this one up on the record books!!! Judging from the pictures that is a totally healthy nem' that you have 100% turned...
I should also add about RCs that John will do his best to pick the size rocks you specify. This way if you are building a larger or smaller scape...
I would say reefocto is one of those better "bang for your buck" brands. I personally own two within the NWB-Series (I believe their entry-level...
I went with Reefcleaners for my 30 gallon cube base rock. Would do it again 100X. John of RC's is the man. He will answer any of your questions...
Been a while since I have posted about this tank so I thought I'd provide a quick narrative-form update: After losing the lime green monti to BJD -...
My thoughts exactly!
FWIW - here is a simple sketch of a sump design I did for someone a while back. You can mod the dimensions to fit your needs but the layout will...
if it's the little whitish/grey masses on the bottom of the rock - def. sponges. If it's something else the pic is a bit too blurry for me to see...
Just as a follow up to this post - I am having much success and already seen results in terms of coloration and PE with the corals whilst adjusting...
AZ/Powerman/PUMan - Silly question: Does the output air coming out of the chiller have any appreciably higher humidity than the incoming air? In...
Yeah at this point I might just have a paradigm shift - maybe the FW's I have are not so bad after all. They certainly have not exploded in...
I love the wrasses - only thing is I have an open top system and do not plan on changing that - so Wrasses being known jumpers(with a few noted...
Did some quick google reading . . . Seems like the major threat was correctly identified by corailline - light blockage/gas exchange. I also seem...
Sounds like an ideal specimen as I have a RG - and it LOVES to live in little crevices you would never think it would fit into!
+1 to this - pretty funny how that works out!
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