I have a 44 pound box of large reborn and I have all the other stuff that I have normally mixed in it for years, and I’ve had wonderful success. It’s a blend of others and size. It’s all in the pictures and it’s probably $300 -350 worth of media.
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I'm still fairly new to the hobby, I've only been running my tank a few months. We installed a Trident about a week ago and it showed our Calcium was too high, way up at about 576. I think we'd been misreading our Red Sea test kits and over-dosing as a result. Since then Calcium has slowly...
Hey everyone, I’m trying to wrap my head around why has my Alk risen and whats depleting calcium and magnesium. And what’s the solution.
I recently added a hammer garden (9 heads) and a yumma mushroom and soon after I noticed my Alk jumped to 10 and resulting in depletion of my calcium and...
I am getting out of the hobby and have a few Hanna Testers that need to go. I am open to offers but please be reasonable. If shipping is needed you will need to cover the shipping costs.
Salinity Tester $45
PH $40
Temperature $30
Alkalinity $45
Phosphates $45
Calcium $45
Neptune Trident up for grabs. Just recently service for maintenance at neptune (have receipt for proof of maintenance). Used for approximately just over a year.
Both logically and scientifically I realize that that calcium levels in my tank should not be rising unless I'm physically adding calcium to my tank.
According to my Trident (recently calibrated), a hanna checker, an aquaforest test kit, and my LFS.... my calcium levels are continuing to rise...
Hello My friends, i have a 105gallon Reef tank just lps, zoas and softies. I’ve been dosing 22ml of all for reef daily for about 9 months, alkalinity has always been stable my issue is calcium, it’s always been high im thinking of ditching all for reef and going to a regular 2-part any thoughts...
Everyone knows one of the keys to successful coral growth is stable Alk/Ca. My question is, what is the real definition of stable? Are we talking about a rock solid unwavering alk of 9.5? or is bouncing around from 9 to 9.5 back to 9.2 , etc. ok?
Here's my trident results from the last few...
Hanna Instruments 7 in 1 Marine Checker/Photometer
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Has anyone had any experience with one of these? I know they are new to the market; I don't even know if they are released yet...
Something strange is happening with my Red Sea Calcium Test kit. When I drop in the powder, some of it turns to little stones. And I’m guessing it is messing up the result since some of the powder is not dissolving. I bought the kit new less than one year ago. I follow the directions precisely...
I never got a chance to set this up and I am now out of the hobby. Everything is new except the PH Controller which I used for a few years. This set up is over $900 if bought new. $600 for everything.
AquaMaxx T3 Calcium Reactor (This thing is massive)
Kamoer Pro Stepper Pump
Milwaukee...
Hi all - trying to figure out what's happening with my water chemistry. I am fairly new at reefing and upgraded from a 40 DT nano to a 110 DT (525 Red Sea) about a month ago.
Question I have is what would cause a significant decline in calcium from 410 ppm on 11/28 to 320 ppm on 12/12?
Here...
So for a few weeks now my calcium has tested at 280-310 which I obviously would like to get up to closer to the 400-450 range. The only thing is my alkalinity has been fine at a steady 8.2. Is there a good way I can raise my calcium without it affecting my alkalinity?
Geo CR510 reactor
Milwaukee MC122 pH controller (and old probe)
ZRDR regulator
This is all you need to get started except a co2 bottle, media and small feed pump. $300
ReefBreeders Photon V2+ 24". Includes remote and hanging accessories. $275
Bubble Magus Curve A5 protein skimmer. $120
All...
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I have a Fluval evo 52L (13 gallon)
1 kenya tree frag
1 plating monti
1 gsp frag
2 small clownfish
So nothing heavy at the moment, looking to get some more corals in the future
I had issues with phosphate/nitrate causing huge amounts of green algae that I now have under control by using...
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I've recently increased my tank pH and kH by using Soda Ash.
I've noticed a significant drop in Calcium (from 500ppm to 155ppm). I understand that it's due to precipitation, but I don't fully understand why Strontium has dropped too... Despite being dosed, it went down to 2ppm while...
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I just checked my parameters and my alk and calcium are both very low:
Alk ~5 dKH
Calc ~350
I measured both with Hanna Checker. I ordered some all-for-reef to get into dosing but can I also just add a bit more the first several days to get around 8 dKH en 450 calc? After I get to that...
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I would like to keep my macros on levels similar to Red Sea Coral Pro Salt (Ca 465, Mg 1390, kH 12) + raising pH to levels between 8.2-8.5 depending on the timeframe.
Of course such levels significantly increase precipitation of minerals such as calcium. What can be done to prevent it...