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I don't like to mix saltwater. I never have liked it. So I have been buying it from the fish store. Ten gallons a month and a water change on the first or second of every month. My LFS uses instant ocean, and as soon as I buy the next batch, I'll check the calcium and alkalinity levels and add...

Wow. I woke up this morning and the nepthea is in full bloom and feeding. The trumpets stomachs are opened up and my blue ridge corals have grown about a quarter inch,.... Which makes me wonder just how bad it was off.... I am going to add another 8oz to get the CA up today and maybe another...

Oh, by the way, I also see a major difference in the look of the sandbed. I'm not sure if it is the extra critters or the extra flow or the phosphate reactor, but the tank is cleaning up and looking good. I'm glad that I got some accurate test kits even though they are API, I'm glad that I'm...

So after 12oz of Randy's calcium recipe 2, I got my calcium level up to 400mg/L. And after 3.5oz of the alkalinity recipe 2, I got the alkalinity up to 9dKH. So apparently my levels were really low after not dosing for a week. I want to get my calcium level up to about 440mg/L and dKH up to...

I bought new test kits. Reef master test kit from API... CA, all, po4, Nitrate. Will test tonight.

The test kits are about three years old or so. I think it's about time to ditch them. I'm going to buy the cheap API test kits and test this afternoon. I went ahead and dosed 4floz of calcium and .7oz of alkalinity this morning and I'll wait until this evening to test it again. If I can...

I knew what Pegasus meant. I don't understand it. I added calcium, alkalinity and magnesium to my tank yesterday and tested it again this morning and they are at the same exact levels as they were yesterday. I'm wondering if the organisms in the tank just sucked it up that fast or if my test...

Thanks all. I got a serpent star and some bumblebee snails and hermits. It's looking much better.

Just added 8floz of calcium and 1.5floz of alkalinity. I'll test tomorrow to see where its at. The recipe called for three times that amount, but I didn't want to raise it that quickly. All's good so far.

Yeah. We are at the hospital right now getting some labs done. We had a sort of event happen this morning and its taken half the day for the hospital to do anything. Anyways... I checked my calcium and alkalinity levels this morning. Calcium is at 300ppm and alkalinity is at 3mEQ/L. Whoops...

It's been a week since I have dosed anything in the tank. I'm gonna test the levels tomorrow and use the DIY two part mixes to help adjust it back up to proper levels. Then again, I might do that after the monthly water change this weekend.

Unless you know your old password, to my knowledge, no. Many regular members on here also lost their former names/handles and post counts. I hope you stick around and enjoy the new forum.

Lol. Man, I've been busy getting the house ready and the stairs finished at the new house, so much so that I forgot to test my water this weekend. Maybe I can do that this evening. We will just have to see.

Taking it easy today. I gotta get by the store and pick up a few supplies. I might go ahead and pick up my three part solution chemicals as well. Can't wait until the end of next month. Baby boy will be here and I might have enough saved for a coral order. Priorities, . ..

I just need a one gallon water jug. The jug itself.

The tank is reaching the five month mark at the end of this month. yay! Things are going smoothly.. I think the transition of the tank from beginning to now I coming along nicely. Today I am going to measure my calcium and alkalinity. I should have bought a gallon jug of water as well, because...

Yeah, it could be that dropping the phosphate level so quickly could have had a small impact on the montipora. I'm sure, though, that it will bounce back once it gets used to the system again. I really want to get rid of the look of the sandbed right now that has all of that algae stuff in it...

Yesterday I added two bumblebee snails, six blue leg hermit crabs and a tiger brittle star to help with cleaning up the sandbed. I'll add a couple of nassarius snails when my LFS gets them in. After I added the new critters, I replaced the maxijet 1200 modded powerhead with a koralia 2. I...

Can't you store it?

Pegasus has a lot of good suggestions. I'd go find pictures of tanks on the internet that I'd like to emulate. Then go to the fish store and see what you like in person. Some people like colorful stuff that moves and others like myself like colorful corals that grow (SPS). So find out what you...