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what about a calc reactor? Will the reactor keep all levels stable as well without adding any additives?

if you have a lot of live sand and live rock your tank will cycle real real fast. maybe in a week or so. Honeslty i added all live sand and live rock before i started to cycle my tank. I put in a damsel and the next day got a diatom bloom. Checked all levels and ammonia and nitrite were 0...

just stack them anyway you want. Just try to not stack up against the back wall that way your fish will have room to swim back there and hide if they feel threatened. :happyfish

One more question. Does it matter when you dose the B- ionic. Mornings are always hectic for me. Do you have to dose it when the lights are out?

gotcha... So if I were to remove the glass tops any idea on how much water per day i would lose? Or is that more on a tank by tank basis? I like the idea of dripping kalk so much better. the less hands on stuff that needs to be done the better the tank will be. I am assuming that different...

the people at tropiquarium are real nice. They sold me a fish that broke out with ich and offered to replace anything that died if treatment failed. They also gave me 3 cleaner shrimp for free as well. I live right on the centeral shore line so trop is prob about 10 miutes away.

Kip, Are there any corals that don't seem to mind much of calcium levels that much? Also what about iodine?

WOW. :confused: I figured I would add my buffer and calcium to the tank once a week. I already have salifert test kits. Calcium was at 410 and dkh was at 9. Wouldn't adding additives everyday cause some serious problems.

so basically i am better off learning how to dose the b- ionic or the esv prosuct we talked about before weekly?

The cat is my moms and i always throw the thing outside and he always seems to come back. The thing loves just sitting on top of my fish tank. I have no sump or fuge. Just a 55 gallon, 70 lbs of live rock. 55 pounds of live sand. emperor 400 filter for mechanical filtration, aquac remora...

I wouldn't mind taking off the glass tops but they are there for preventive measures. As in my cat who likes to go swimming for fish. he has done it before and the tank is in a open room. :scared:

tropiquaruim in ocean twp. is very good. They have a real nice selection. There is also a place in woodbridge but I cant quite remember the name. I will look into it for you.

e damsel started off nice. Then my tang was missing half his tail. Then came some of perc's fins. My brittle star started to have shorter legs. Then there was the blue damsel who looked perfectly untouched, puffing up at anything that went near him. :notsure:

its prob nothing but my blue damsel was psycho. He defnitly went after my brittle star on numerous occasions. Just a thought.

Why would you use vinegar instead of using double the dose of kalk? This seems very complicated :notsure:

carefully....

starfish are very hard to keep. Have you checked your water? If that is not the problem maybe something is feeding on him. What else is in the tank?

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Thanks Thomas..... My tank does not evaporate very fast. I have glass tops on the top of my tank. I would say i have to add a half a gallon every 3 days. Dripping Kalk would seem like the best thing to do to keep all levels constant. I read in a thread by kip you should find alternate...