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my tank has been set up for 3 years. ph=8.3 ammon=0 trates=0 trites=0 salinity=1.023

no he didn't try and sell me anything

if i'm using kalkwasser and strontium and calcium and iodine about how quick do you think coralline will start to show up in my tank being that all parameters are good

it's just that it's wierd there trates were good with the strip but mine was bad....and the other places use salfert test kits

i raised the calcium over the course of 5 days...ph was 7.9 but i brought it up to 8.2 now

right some fish stores and my friends test kit said my trates are zero. then this other fish store that specializes in coral said i have trates over on the test strip he put on my water. I use R/O water. he tested his tanks and they were all zero but yet mine is over 100. all the elements i use...

i did and that's my result...any other advice?

i have a slight problem. my 55 gal tank has been set up for 3 years. my frogspawn and candycane looked like crap. i found out my calcium was 125. i added calcium over a few days and now it's 420 which is great. my frog and candycane are looking loads better. however, i have been testing my...

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i went to a coral store to test my water and one annoying guy took my water to the back room and came back rather fast and said my nitrates are really high they are 80. then i took it to another pet store the same day and it said my nitrates were zero. then i took it to my friends house to test...

for my saltwater reef fish tank it is 55 gallons should i have two emperor 400's on it or one emperor 400 and and prizm skimmer?

so you think i should get rid of the wheel? so i dont get high nitrates and my tank should do better? what happens if i keep the wheel in?

if i turn my lights off for two days will that kill hair algae but will it also kill my corals too?

on a 55 gal would an emperor 400 a prizm protein skimmer and an emperor 280 be good for my corals, my tank and hold back nutrients and hair algae?

i already have a prizm skimmer....so would adding another filter such as the emperor 280 help get the nutrients out? and what will make the corals come out? all parameters are great except for the algae and the corals not coming out? what wwill a third filter help me with?