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Is there any saltwater fish/invert ingredients that should be avoided? Or can you make this fish food out of just about anything that comes from the sea? I'm thinking meat, not vegs here.

Dumb question: This is done RAW, right? Also, does it matter, raw or cooked?

Yea, its amazing where conversations lead. ANYWAY, back to the subject of this thread.... I love your first pic of the jugs of water. Laughed my butt off. and I also love your drawing. I can tell you & gf have a good sense of humor.

MAGNESIUM WOES I am testing water this morning. The magnesium has gone down, even though I've been dosing. I have 2 test kits. One is Red Sea but the one I used is Seachem. The Seachem only goes up to 1250ppm. How am I to test to 1350-1400??? At my current level of 1150 I would need 128...

Geeze, I also have a 90 gal and have temp from 78-82 and sometimes higher (84) in the summer. I'm only running 4x65! The temp issue scared me away from mh lighting. Running one fan over the water surface and opening the cabinet doors to the sump helps when its getting too hot but it requires...

Finally my total alk is up to 4.0. Tomorrow is water change day so I'll test probably the following day. I also managed to find some Mrs. Wage's pickling lime at one of those country stores that has everything. Meanwhile here's another question. The new batch of salt water that I have ready...

O.K. I have 2 1/2 gal jugs. So I will add 4 tsp or so of straight kalkwasser or straight Mrs wages to the jugs. Then I should drip (already have that stuff for drip acclimating), BUT without a float valve or something it would/could run over. I don't know where the jug would go that would be...

Originally Posted by jackri All my topoff water (using an auto-top off) is a pickling lime/water combo. I add a few tablespoons per 5 gallons of water once or twice a week. I don't really overdue it as I add 2 part as well but helps keep the calcium up. I'd rather underdose than overdose as a...

Originally Posted by GeoJ When we use the term pH we are talking about the amount of hydrogen ions, or whether it is acidic, neutral, or basic from 0-14 acidic less than 7 basic more than 7. Older book will say alkalinity instead of basic and this is how things confusing. The term...

I have decided that my indicator must be no good. It only just barely turns the water the teeniest hint of blue and then it gets sort of clear with the teeniest hint of yellow. I will now have to search out replacements chems, including those little cotton balls that come with one of the other...

I like the idea of dealing with one chem at a time, alk. Maybe I can handle the testing better with just one. I am easily overwhelmed with chemistry & following complicated directions is very difficult for me. So, tonight I will add some baking soda, and then test tomorrow. The alkalinity...

Thanks for answering. I have a 90 gal & it evaporates about a gallon a day. The past week or so I've been adding the calc turbo boost, magnesium & alk stuff into the fresh water so it would be added back to the tank pre-dissolved. I'm adding aprox a tsp per 2 gal fresh water so I don't think...

Maybe my tests are outdated? How long do they stay accurate?

This is sort of a continuation of my previous thread about not being able to keep the chemicals balanced. I am trying desperately to do the chem tests. I just spent over an hour trying to do the magnesium & alkalinity. the alk is at 2.5 I think The calc is at 310 I think. The magnesium test...

instant ocean is the alkalinity test. Seachem is the magnesium. The Seachem alkalinity test that came with the magnesium didn't work at all for me. An hour a day??? If all I had in my life were a fish tank then maybe, but definitely cannot do that much, especially because it is torture. The...