Hi all,
Wonder if you can help.
My tank at the moment is using KH like you wouldn’t believe. Levels I have never seen before.
I am currently dosing Red Sea Foundation B (image below), alongside foundation A and C.
My question, Is there a cheaper alternative available in the UK with the same quality? Or would anyone know a reason as to why the KH is depleting so quickly?
For reference, I like to keep the KH around 10 and dosing around 212ml per week to maintain this level! (via automatic daily dosing of 30ml)
Hi. I have an issue with high calcium in my nano tank. Do you have any suggestions or recommendations on how to reduce it? Or should I just leave it alone?
I have a issue with my BTA seen at the end of the video. All my other corals are doing fantastic and really pushing out polyps. But the anemone has not wanted to get larger than it currently is. It moved there when I put it in the tank almost a month ago. Any tips or ideas what the problem could be?
Who knew reef keeping was so hard. You get one parameter sorted then the rest blow up in you face, Ughhhhh.
Well I got my triton lab results in there were 12 screen shots and it will only let me load 8 but anyway even with weekly water changes my iodine is low guess it’s time to dose that now
I dont think these guys are happy. My alk admittedly swings from 7.7-8.3 every couple of days. I do weekly water changes(5gal in a 18x18) I dose .75ml Seachem Fusion 2 every 2 days. My salinity is 1.025. Nitrate is right around 5 but phosphate gets a little high 0.20. I dont have a bio bioload but I run a skimmer. Ammonia and nitrite 0.
Full transparency reef update 🧪
Some numbers are great, some need work, and that’s reefing.
No panic moves, no chasing numbers. Just adjusting, watching coral response, and letting the system settle.
What would suck your alkalinity down to zero. And what is is the ideal alkalinity for a reef tank?
The atoll grows. Had an eel escape to the sump and stir up the mulm. Been vacuuming the sump over two weeks. Finally caught the eel. The escape took my levels from 20 no3 and .2 po4 to 50 no3 and 1-.5 po4. Mag dropped to 1100. Had to dose 1800 ml mag to bring it back to 1365. Phosguard to reduce po4 from there to .50-.25. Added white vinegar to kalk for bacteria and take no3 to covert it into more of a meal for coral and clams. Somehow the cal dropped from 420 to 390 over night after the phosguard kicked in. Likely coralline growth but clams and sps could also be culprits as po4 inhibition levels are reduced. Making a batch of calcium chloride to dose over 2 days and bring it back up. Only use chemistry and nature here.
After completing a water change the tank had become more cloudy than before, is there anything that might help with the cloudiness (it’s not the glass it had just been cleaned)first photo is after and second is before
My alk dipped to 3.8 but I'm working on bringing it up thank God I caught it early. Mostly softies with a few lps.
I finally got the parameters right. My NO3 was way too high, and PO4 wouldn't get a little bit up. I did several water changes and let everything settle.
The candy blue coral had a hard time. I replaced it, and it looks like it's getting better.
But one of the corals, I think, has given birth, lol. The other ones are looking great too. I hope the candy cane will get the colors back that it had.🤞🏾
Hi all,
Wonder if you can help.
My tank at the moment is using KH like you wouldn’t believe. Levels I have never seen before.
I am currently dosing Red Sea Foundation B (image below), alongside foundation A and C.
My question, Is there a cheaper alternative available in the UK with the same quality? Or would anyone know a reason as to why the KH is depleting so quickly?
For reference, I like to keep the KH around 10 and dosing around 212ml per week to maintain this level! (via automatic daily dosing of 30ml)