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I guess I have one of the good damsel stories. I have to little pink ones in my tank and they never bother a thing. I have introduced a scribbled...
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That should be plenty big enough. Is it going to be a reef also? Be carefull with your rock placement it can scratch your sharks up leeding to...
Just do a small water change. When you syphon some of the water into a bucket use the bucket and water from your tank to lightly scrub and rinse your...
Nitrates are now undetectable and ph is still a little high. About 8.8
Ok I added a small dose of buffer did the alkalinity test about 5 times to be sure I was getting a consistent reading and it is now at about 8 DKH
Another typo. It was the nitrates that were high.
Ok Im gonna go have my water tested and compare the results.
Ok heres my conclusion and plan of action. Tell me what you think. I dont use buffer so my alkalinity has probably been dropping. Im going to start...
From what Iv just read online looks like I need some buffer to get my PH back down and alkalinity up.
So alkility is low, calc is high and ph is a bit high. what do you all recommend?
Ok Ph 8.8 alkilinity .8
Oops temp 79 phosfate 2.0 ppm
Heres the results of the tests I do have. The reason Im testing is because my sweet lips isnt doing very well today. calc 600 carbonate hardness 10...
Dont have a alk test. Guess I better run to the store.
My calcium level is at 600. Water change to get it down?
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They are a really interesting anenome to watch. Love how they fold themselves over to fully ingulfe clowns.
I just started to run mine 24 hours and have noticed a huge difference. But like robman said you can offset the ph difference by running them offset...
All at once. That way you only have to recure the rock once. If you add more rock later there will be some things that die while getting it to your...
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