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LG, The SeaChem Reef Advantage Magnesium is only a blend of Magnesium Sulfate (epsom salt) and Sodium Chloride (NaCl, table salt). Pretty package,...
You're lucky to be able to watch it shed. I've never actually witnessed it. I always just find the empty exoskeletons in the morning on the sandbed...
Step it up to 2 Koralia #3s brother!
That really is some ugly nasty stuff you have choking out your zoas. What's your action plan?
Ok, so from even further research, it seems that Lugol's Solution is the most widely practiced iodine/iodide solution for making a coral dip, but I...
HI and WELCOME, Glen.
Is is for saltwater or freshwater? You should just get the 2 big API kits - the saltwater master test kit, and the reefkeeper master test kit (if...
Either, use epsom salt (magnesium sulfate), and if you do regular w.c.'s the sulfates shouldn't build up. There are sulfates naturally in seawater...
I use a 4:1 mix of arm & hammer baking soda and borax 20 mule team laundry booster as my buffer mix. In a 55 gallon such as ours, I've found one...
Test the RO/DI water that you're using for phosphates before putting it in your tank. You may need to change out some filters. If that's not it, the...
I don't see anything wrong with CA at 580 and alk at 10 dKH. I would get your magnesium up a little first to maybe 1350-1400ppm. Then, when you add a...
I use the API Alk/DKH test kit. It's easy. 5 ml of tank water. Count the drops until it turns from blue to yellow, and that's your dKH level!
Curt, This stuff I have does smell pretty strong, but maybe dilluted in water it wouldn't be so bad as using in a dip for corals? I'm not big...
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You'll still need to give the skimmer a few weeks to break in before it starts working consistently. Tangs need very pristine water conditions, so...
A grounding probe is nothing more than a titanium or stainless steel (rod, bolt, or whatever...) attached to a copper wire in a waterproof shrink...
Ok, I found this on WWM. But no MSDS to back it up. "Lugol's Ingredients: Iodine 5% (I2) Potassium Iodide (KI) 10% and Purified Water".
I'm looking to see if I can get some questions nailed down here, because from what I've tried searching everything seems to bring up more questions....
still not looking too good....
looks like reg gha.
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