parameters

Hello reefers! I have had my Red Sea Reefer 425xl setup for about 4 years now and have been reefing since for about 15 years now. To be completely honest though, I don't have much experience when it comes to managing different levels in the tank. I have always stuck with biweekly water...

Looking to set up an SPS frag tank and looking for advice on how to go about it. I have mixed reef tanks but sps never do well. I’ve been able to keep alive green slimer, red digi and bubble gum digi. Whenever I’ve tried keeping anything else they just die on me. Any help is appreciated

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a balling method to improve the stability of my aquarium's parameters, but the recommendations suggest balancing the parameters before starting with balling through water changes or other products. I'd like to know what products or methods I could use to...

What’s up guys, so I had a bad algae bloom in the past that killed off a lot of coral, tank had been good. Just a lot of the red cyanobacteria on the sand and rock work that I have to blow off every couple of days . Par near the Acans is about 85-90. My Acans and GSP have not been open in a...

What Corals do you have in your tank that are the first to indicate your parameters are getting out of whack. For my it's my mystic sunset monti. As soon as phosphates start to rise or things get off a little it starts to retract polyps and the color starts to fade.

Hey guys, so I’ve had a torch for a few weeks, it has opened up way bigger than it is now but for some reason it stays retracted. My Acans seem to be fine. I also have a GSP that isn’t opening up any more either and it used to look like a nice patch of grass blowing in the wind. I believe my...

Hi All, I am currently using red sea blue bucket to reach 35 ppt salinity. I dose the 3 part aquaforest components now for my display tank. After mixing, the desired range of calcium, magnesium and alkalinity are not where I want them to be. Is it common to adjust parameters after mixing...

Below is my chart of my parameters I have been documenting for the past month. I am struggling with nitrate levels. I am feeding twice a day with Brine/Mysis shrimp and doing lower percentage water changes. Also I believe I am having a Cyano outbreak right now? See video below. Should I be...

These are my current parameters as of today, I mainly plan to only put softies and some sps in my tank, do my parameters seem good besides my Nitrates? What would be the ideal nitrate level for what I want?

I know this is a question/discussion that’s been had before, probably many times. But years tick by and things update and change. Aside from your controllers (apex, hydros, trident, etc…) And notepad/ whiteboard What is the favorite phone app to log, chart, track all your important parameters...

Hello everyone this is my 20 gal AIO, its been set up for approximately 8 months. I am just now really trying to dial in my nutrients and just wanted to document the process. Equipment on the tank is an AI nero 3, AI hydra 32 at about 55% mounted 12 inches off the water. parameters are as...

Hi all, I'm currently struggling with some parameter issues. I've attached at the bottom what my levels are as of this past Saturday and a video of my tank. Right now I'm slowly trying to raise my salinity by topping off with 1.026. My pH has be stable at 8 for about two months. My nitrate...

I've had this hammer since mid September, and its never opened up more than It has in its first week. It looks nowhere like it did at the swap when I bought it (it was bicolor, blue and green) The first photo is day one in the tank, and the second is today. The last month or two has been...

Good afternoon everyone! I have decided to take things seriously and as my LFS says, "Become a huge nerd". I made the decision to buy a Salifert bundle and have test kits for Phos, NO3, ALK, Mag, Cal, and pH. I have created a gameplan to test my tank's levels every day for two weeks straight...

Hey all, it's been a few years since I kept a saltwater tank - my expertise is definitely in freshwater and turtles. In the past I had 2 thriving reef tanks with fish & LPS but once my ex and I broke up I kept the freshwater and he took the salt tanks (he was definitely the salt expert!) So...

Hi, I have a Fluval Evo 5. The tank has been running for about 6-7 months now, absolutely no issues until now. I had a pike blenny and a elongate dottyback (too small of a tank and overstocked, I know, was planning on moving them to a 16 gallon) until both vanished one day. I pulled apart the...

Hi guys! I've struggling with high levels of magnesium in my tank, I check parameters every week, and for the past 3 weeks, magnesium has been going up. Also my nitrates are kind of high, but those are going gradually down, so I'm not too worried about it. So I would really really appreciate...

Looking to buy Apex with 4 probes and Trident. Looking for someone local Socal.

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...

I’ve gathered the following info about my nano. Let me know what you think. lighting: Coralife Marine Aquarium Clip on Light 12 hours per day 8:30-20:30 Parameters: Ammonia 0ppm Nitrite 0ppm Nitrate 10-20ppm Calcium 340 KH 9 Phosphate 0ppm pH 8.2 Temp 82f Tank age >2 years I’ve struggled...

In the grind tonight. Wondering what others thoughts are on these Hanna checkers. Any lovers / haters?

Needing advice on how to get these parameters in check. This is a new lagoon 25 tank with 20 gallons water. Nitrate 18.7 Phosphate .02 Alk 7.3 Calc 537 Mag 1780 PH 7.8 Finished cycle two weeks ago. Currently have the following transferred from my waterbox 220. 6 soft corals and a few snails, 3...

I'm very new to this so this is very far off for me but to me this is the epitome of coral husbandry so everything leads to it. Its the reason I got into the hobby. From what I know, getting coral to spawn/reproduce instead of fragging is few and far between. Ive only personally read about it...

Hi everyone! I’m Corina. I liin London and decided to get into this hobby! I got an red sea max nano peninsula 100L for the moment I have test kits only for Ammonia, NO2 and NO3 what else do I need to check in order to start adding corals and fishes in? have a nice day!

Situation: I have a waterbox 90.3 that I upgraded into from a system that was 2 years old and started 1 month ago today. while I knew that I would come into some chemistry issues, this one kind of stumped me to the point of needing some help and or a plan of action. i set the tank completely...