Am I all GROWN UP / REEF READY?!

Discussion in 'General Reef Topics' started by ryanwolf, Jul 12, 2008.

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  1. mandarin11

    mandarin11 Peppermint Shrimp

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    He's got T5s 'gras. It's one of those late nights for us blondes isn't it?;):biggrinbo
     
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  2. ryanwolf

    ryanwolf Skunk Shrimp

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    Good news for me then...
    already running good t5 lighting ... wattage at 216...
    but if you look at pics posted in the forum... my rocks are stacked high with tunnels and caves so corals can be close to top...
    I do like the oceanic salt...
    and based on my calcium at 6 weeks old... I don't need any more calcium that's for sure... actually worried about it being too high...
    As for the mag... I have to buy a test kit before I supplement it...
    I'm just upset it wasn't included in the API 'reef master' kit... some master kit that turned out to be... MASTER = COMPLETE = EVERYTHING NEEDED IN MY OPINION.

    ryan
     
    ryanwolf, Jul 13, 2008
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  3. cuttingras

    cuttingras Starving Artist :)

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    whoops ......yep 3am sitting here pretty drunk LOL wondering how I'm even typing so good......tgfsc (thank god for spell check) LOL I guess I didn't read that part LOL sorry my bad.....

    Dude...good going on the T5's! ;D
     
    cuttingras, Jul 13, 2008
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  4. schackmel

    schackmel Giant Squid

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    dont worry about the calcium right now. It will come down. I changed calcium supplements one day, and I dosed it and it went from 350 to 880 and my Kh was 2! I did not believe my results, so I took a sample up to the LFS and they rechecked it and it was like 840 or something. One of the guys at the store did not believe me that it jumped that high even though one of their employees tested it. I did not overdose or anything; Needless to say I have a whole bottle of that junk in my drawer.

    But after about 6 or 7 weeks it finally went back down to 400 and nothing suffered for it. I did increase my water changes a little, but everything was fine. When I first started my Ca was always high. I was buying premixed SW from store and then I started mixing my own salt and used Oceanic salt. It remained high. I now use Instant Ocean and it is fine (I cant remember what everybody says to use in previous post...3:30 am!);D
     
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  5. ryanwolf

    ryanwolf Skunk Shrimp

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    Any other suggestions this morning on what corals are a great starting point with age tank and water parameters?
    Also, m LFS doesn't really have that great of a selection...
    any online stores anybody really likes!? and thinks is reputable?
     
    ryanwolf, Jul 13, 2008
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