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I'm pretty cautious, but am getting more comfortable with the Kalkwasser. I've been giving it a few hours to settle. It does seem to clear quickly....
The star moved shortly after the pic. All the polyps opened up and there appears to be no damage :). Looks like the star gets a pass for now. I'll...
Hopefully it was only cleaning up a bit :). The way it was sitting on the polyp looked ominous. [IMG]
I just walked in and saw an Asterina star on a Zoa polyp. Do they eat Zoa? Should it be removed?
I see them for sale still. Ecotech mp20 edit: When they get discontinued? I was just looking at these not long ago.
I agree with you on the purple up. It's twice the price of Kent liquid calcium and clouds the tank.
Ah, that's good to know. I was worried about raising the Calcium too much. I've been careful about 1 and 2. I set the drip line an inch or so from...
I was thinking the same thing. Since this is new to me I wanted to be slow and safe. Also give myself a good bit of room to work with the dosing...
I've been dripping at about 5 sec intervals. I'll keep the same strength kalkwasser, but increase drop rate to 2-3 sec intervals. Day 6: Calc 460 dkh...
I'm wondering if I should increase the kalkwasser dose in order to maintain alkalinity and a higher ph. Will a small increase in kalkwasser drip...
I think I may have an explanation for why the alkalinity drops but the calcium remains high. Here is a paragraph that describes why alkalinity seems...
The 750 is a hog! I have a 750 and a 425 in a 40 breeder and it creates a ton of flow. It must be ridiculous in a biocube :).
Nice piece of rock! It looks like it has a couple colors of coralline and some other cool stuff. Should be easy enough to nab all the bad hitchhikers...
You get 4 times as much waste water as RO water.
Keep an eye out for other nocturnal creatures that need to be removed. How many pounds of LR are in the tank?
Red coralline algae grows slow and is hard like a crust. Red slime algae grows fast and can be blasted off surfaces easily.
I've had the best luck nudging them out with a thin piece of wire.
FTS from today: [IMG]
The alkalinity seems to have been dropping. From what I've been reading buffer is sometimes needed to maintain alkalinity when dripping Kalk. I added...
Boston rd. Petco was having a dollar per gallon sale on tanks.
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