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It's looking better!! You're obviously doing things right so keep it up and hopefully after you get the MHs it will start thriving!!

KH is just another unit of measure. It's a German scale of carbonate hardness.

Are the MHs 250w? Not to much light at all. I'd keep the PCs and use then for dusk/dawn and extra light. If possible I'd remove the tank's glass cover. Doing so will allow the tank to breath, better gas exchange, better evaporation for cooling, etc.

lol, I know what you mean. There's a guy in Casper that's really knowledgeable and a lady in Cheyenne... no one close to me :(. email me at boxjellyfish@msn.com and I'll tell you how to get in touch with them.

How old is the tank? It can take a while for a DSB to really start working effectively.

What is your water source?? Is it tap water??

Looks like a oyster shell or something... which is good sense the crocea clam likes to attach itself to hard surfaces.

I think most people leave the back alone. Before long it should be covered with coralline which IMO is a nice looking back ground for a reef.

Evanston...

Water changes will help your nitrates. What do you currently have to combat the nitrates?? skimmer, refuge, DSB, etc? The phosphates are also high. Between the nitrates and phosphate you may get a algae bloom at any time. Calcium at 400 is fine but low in relation to your alkalinity. Your...

Very Nice!! It's also nice to see a fellow Wyoming reefer!! There are not many of us around.

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The turbo calcium says that you should be using Kalkwasser before you start the turbo. I'm not sure why they say that... the idea is to use a product like turbo calcium and a buffer to get your levels where you want them and then use the kalk water to keep them there.

First thing you need to do is test your calcium to see if it's low. If it is low then you can add some calcium to balance things out. 15.7dkh or 5.60 meq/L (both are units of measure for alkalinity) is on the high side. Somewhere between 8.0dkh and 12.0dkh is acceptable. To directly answer...

Typically nothing... but they will catch debris from the water and accept small meaty foods. I feed mine frozen formula 1 or Cyclop-eeze sometimes for fun.

GH= general hardness, more used in freshwater. Typically in saltwater KH, dkh and meq/L are used as the measurement unit for alkalinity.

The PH8.3 Marine buffer is the cause of the high alkalinity. What is the calcium at??

Originally Posted by silentm Tank lvls Temp 79 Amon.less than .25 mag 1320 cal. 420 nitrite 1.0 <--i know this needs to go down nitrate 20 ppm alk. 3.54 kh. 9.9 ph. 8.2 salinity 1.025 Looks good except the ammonia and nitrites need to be 0.

Very Nice. What about some equipment specs