PharmrJohn's 90g Thread

Testing

dKH: 10
Ca: 430
Temp: 75

Added 2 teaspoonsful RB and will retest tonight both dKH and Ca. Then add try to get a little closer to the elusive 460 mark. I actually turned on my heater. It was off. Finally got cold enough that I need it. 78 will be my goal.

 

Getting close! Hows the rest of your params? Get throught the mini-cycle yet?

 

Don't know. I am wondering about the accuracy of my API test kit. I haven't tested for about a week. I don't think so. But the inhabitants are used to it. I am going to order up a Salfert kit this Friday (Payday)

 

Testing

So before I go to bed for the night, the final round of testing for the day is in. I did a Ca drip over two hours (9 tsp. of RAC in 2 qts of RO water). I seem have a half gallon of evaporation daily.

Temp: 80
dKH: 12
Ca: 460
Mg: 1320

Everything looks good. My Mg needs to come up to about 1400 before I will be satisfied and I will attempt to keep everything at these levels.

 

Hay PJ my son looked trough your thread and says your tank is very nice

 

Hey dude, thank him for me. I appreciate it.

 

looking great! nice sea apple, but I liked the lawnmower blenny, great addition to any tank!
cool coon, didn't know you had any...lol I have an owl that hoots in my back yard but I haven't seen it

 

Well, if you go by the respective companies track record, your probably better off with what you have now

 

Testing

Wow. This is turning out to be an everyday thing. So. I added two tsp of RB and did it too fast. My frogspawn looked like it wanted to puke up something. I won't titrate that fast again. If you could call it titration. I did some testing, then started a Mg drip. My goal tonight is to raise it to 1400ppm (from 1320). I also added the rest of the Ca drip water to the tank for good measure.

Temp: 82
pH 8.2
dKH: 11
Ca: Start--460, End--475
Mg: Start--1320, End--1410
PO4: Trace
NH4: < 0.25
NO3: ~20

I added one-half capful Phosphat-E to get rid of the trace.

So I am going to stop the drip for the rest of the night and resume a little in the morning while I get ready for work.

On the calculator portion of this forum it states to only add 1/3 to 1/2 and retest. Good thing I followed directions. I was only one-third the way through my drip and my levels were just where I wanted them. So tomorrow night, I start the fuge. Proper levels are aquired. I just need to maintain now.

 

Why do you say that?