Cheryl's JBJ.

Ywg happier? I think we need a picture or two lol.

 

I would get a third test honestly before making changes. I had a similar situation with alk tests. Turns out the red sea was right not the older sailfert.

 

White line. No syringe. My test kit did not even come with a syringe. The red sea pro is more complicated but I am more comfortable with syringes since once being a nurse and a lot of biology.

Hey Chris, have not seen him since I put the sand in. He did get used to the BB though, but I am sure he is much happier with sand. I will throw some pics up once it clears from the sand and the new corals should be here in a day or two.

Hmmm Alex,

I do not have a third kit, I dosed tonight, I will check out the level and the appearance of the corals tomorrow. The API not being right explains a lot of things like the disappearance of my coralline, issues with sps, Duncan not fully expanded, a lot of things.
To add to that, I did a water change before I tested so lord knows how low it was to start with. I figured if anything was low it would be the ALK not the Ca, wrong.

 

Just for fun please re-test with API using 5ml in a syringe and post results. The white line on the glass vial is not true 5ml, this will give incorrect test results.

 

Will do tomorrow Chris, just for you and in the interest of science nerds everywhere, myself included.

 

You should see a difference, when I saw the article on 3reef about it a few months back I tried it with some kits laying around there was a pretty large difference in the results.

 

I actually thought about going back and reading that thread, should have. Oh well live and learn, always the hard way for me.

 

It's that NanoCube curse

 

Did you get that one from the diver's den?

Good info here, thanks.

 

Naww I was a little hesitant to get a big colony until I figure out what was going on. Corals are fine, just lost more tissue the brown colony. But I was dosing to maintain the alk, not the Ca based on the API results, therefore driving my Ca down farther. Once I see some coralline growth and no more tissue loss I will go back to get a bigger colony.

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