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Thanks Kip--I really appreciate your time. Sparky

Kip last time I check the kalk stirred up to where the water enters about 9-10 from the bottom.I will look tonight. I placed my water entrance up from the bottom because I though it might get cloggged from the kalk paste. Should I move it to the bottm? Sparky

Kip The reactor is 30" high with the fresh water entering in at 9" about the kalk sediment and exits at the top. I have a pump that stirs the kalk up every 6 hours for five minutes. The Liter Meter pump was set for 2.5L per day which is about 16.6ml every 9.6 minutes. I have not change the kalk...

Kip I had to move the drip tube into the main tank just over the returns becasue I did not have enough flow in its original spot and was getting a film on top ofthe water. Maybe the return was forcing the the kalk mixing over the effective corals? Sparky

Thanks Kip Thats what I though, but what I don't understand is why am I seeing problems with the xenia and gsp. I also noticed last night the my gorgonian's are not opening up either. Sparky

I was speaking with the lfs about the use of a K-reactor and advise me not to use one, that I sould be using a dual chamber C-reactor. He point out that there would be extra calcium hydroxide and would start to melt the corals, that I should be using CO2 with the Kalk. I have read a lot of...

Thanks I guess I will try and hold these numbers, I have seen your tank, it's awesome, and that speaks for itself. Sparky

From reading other members tank stats I thought my alk and ca were a little low for the acro's that I was adding. I was also concerned about rise in PH to 8.55, and I notice a area of zenia's that were total recessed and some of my gsp was totally closed, very unusual for my tank at night. So...

I started the raector on 5/11/04 with 3TBS of kalk, and then add 3TBS twice since then. Here are the last 4 weeks. 5/11 5/17 5/26 6/3 PH 8.28 8.34 8.36 8.33 Temp 81.1 79.7 80.8 79.7 Sg 1.025 1.025...

Thanks, right after I posted I called American Marine because I was calibrating for about a 1/2 hour and still having problems. Wouldn't you know Lou answered the phone and was very helpfull, he said that I was being a little to critical with the numbers, that a .02 swing while calibrating was...

I have had the monitor for about a month so I figured it was time to calibrate and clean. I spent over 45 minutes trying to adjust and stabilize the readings. The question here is. Should it take this long or am I going about it the wrong way? As instructed I cleaned the probe with fresh water...

Waterfaller1 I also have flat worms on my alverapora, this seems to be the only place I can see them, would you recommend a fresh water dip for this coral. I have the flat worm exit but I am a little nervous about using it. Thanks Sparky

Thanks Buzz

JBone I had two atlantic anenome's and they would deflate to the size of a half dollar. With in a few hours they would open up all the way, doing this several times a week. I think this is normal behavior and no cause for worry. Sparky

Niger12 - no it is not a rbt it is a magnificent anenome Clarkiiboi-- it's not comimg from the mouth, its seems to be coming from the tenticles, it looks like spit or the same slime that comes off a sps when it is first introduce to the tank. Sparky

I have a Magnificent Anemones that has been doing very well in my tank, had been in the same spot for about 4 months and then decide to find a new place. Over the past 4 weeks it has made its way over to the other end of the tank (up close to the top) where it has been for about two weeks. In...

Thanks rbmount and daddyoe7th, I will try the spot feeding method.

What is the best way to use this and how much would be appropiate. I have been mixing 1/4 tsp (freezed dried) in a small cup of water then pouring it into the tank several times a week. I have been turning off the pumps because it just seems to float on the water surface and would get suck...

Yellowtail I have two green tourch, one is in a 100 gal that original had 192w pc and growth was good. I add 2 x 250mh and it has been doing great. Recently I set up a 37 gal with 110w pc and added a green tourch and it has been doing great also. Also as Beth stated they will sting any coral...

Thanks footbag