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  1. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    All I really know about PH is that it's higher at lights out time, and lowest in the morning, I read on this site all the time about buffer being just a bandage, and that folks should not dose for it. I can't explain tech stuff, water changes should reset everything. The only time I had low PH...
  2. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    It's coming up on the High Holidays, and yesterday was my birthday so I haven't been on the site as often as I usually do, where is your stuff that you want me to look at?...What is hmu if I can? Hey flower Happy belated birthday. My PH today is still 7.6 after 2 dose of buffer. Today I am going...
  3. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    Thanks flower.
  4. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    I tested the ph again and its 7.5. Dummy question again, how to remove the cc?
  5. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    Flower Thanks for your patience. And can you tell me it I could just leave the cc there but stir it to find my nassarius snails?
  6. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    Oh no. No coral, I am not going to take any bite more than just a goby and shrimp tank. I am already a major nerve rack dealing with this ph thing. I am going to go see if I can get the test kit at the LFS. I know the 2nd one uses sera brand.
  7. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    Seachem marine basic multi test kit is ok? I hope it's design for dummy to understand lol
  8. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    Yeah ghost feed. That was what the first LFS told me to do, he says something like throw in a little tiny bits of brine shrimp and its exciting to see the nassarius actually getting out of the sand even though I don't think they eat it? Ok removing the cc. It's a very very thin Layer of it on...
  9. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    The first LFS works with the local university for marine biology program and they are also the in charge for mystic aquarium and a few other major aquariums in the city hence I started with them. It was a 20lb bag of arag alive sand with water in it and a little bag of something to add with it...
  10. cl72

    Totally confused with new tank. Help please!

    I have a biocube 14gallon. Started on 8/10 with 10lbs live rock, 20 lbs live sand. I followed all instructions given by the LFS and around the 2nd weeks started the diatoms blooms so LFS adviced me to add 2 mini hermits and 2 nassarius snails on 8/24. I added 2 more ceriths snails and 2 astrea...
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