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Just tested for KH and im at 9.0. My calcium is finally where i wanted it to be at 420. Does my kh seem low? Its weird because last week after a water change my kh was 8.6 and calcium 410. I thought higher calcium resulted in lower kh. :notsure:

Originally Posted by newfishguy What did you switch from:? I have Red Sea Salt and would like to switch. Mostly because I don't know too many people that use it. I have Red Sea Salt. I was thinking of switching myself only because all my LFS don't carry it anymore. I have no experience using...

I had mine do that also. I thought it was dead. I gave it a week and all of a sudden there was a new crown.

Originally Posted by BLUE OASIS We bought a 90gal drilled early this week and are new to the saltwater world. We have a chance to buy Marshall and Deep Tonga Rocks but it is Uncurred. We were advised since we have to cycle our tank for several weeks it will cure during that time. Is this a true...

Originally Posted by r22wink what size tank is that?.. YUP! 46 gallon bow. Thanks for the reply devildog.

Originally Posted by shista i bought 3 blueleg hermits. today i found a body of one sitting in the corner of my tank. then i looked and saw all 3 of my hermits moving!! what is this. i dont think its a molt becasue i can see the the skin behind it. Most likely a molt. I get the same thing every...

Originally Posted by usinkit thanks for the reply No prob. You can always siphon out the bubble. Place the siphon right by it and pop it. You'll suck up all the spores. Just be sure its sucking or the spores will spread throughout the tank.

Been thinking about adding a Leather Toadstool. I have dual satelite pc lighting. I believe its 96watt actinic and 96watt daylight. Is this enough lighting? Im placing it mid tank on the right.

I just ordered my refracto 2 days ago. Waiting for it to arrive.

Even better! They will see it and feast on it. I recommend 2 emeralds for your 40 gallon.

Originally Posted by usinkit I have had a break out of the bubble algae. Will emerald crabs help take care of this? Emerald crabs will eat bubble algae. Good luck

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Originally Posted by leftyblite With the live rock turning white, is it dead or will it eventually come back? :help: It will come back. Just give it time. No saying how long. Just gotta be patient.

Originally Posted by leftyblite Actually it has gone through the cycle. It has been running for over 3 weeks now. The amonia went up to .50 for a few days and then dropped to 0. The nitrites went to 5.0 before dropping to 0. The nitrates went to 40 before dropping off to 0. I waited almost a...

Did you see a cycle? The white is probably some die off.

Originally Posted by HybridFish It was 2:30am and I just got home and I had a 5g bucket full of aged saltwater waiting for me to do a waterchange for my 30g. I would have waited till morning but I had to leave the house early and I wouldn't be back for several days. I went ahead and did the...

I use safe non toxic aquarium wipes. They work great.

Originally Posted by chipmaker Why even pay attention to Alk when the dKH is proportional to what the Alk is.......its just one more number to have to deal with that is really the same thing in a different term. Fopr example a dKH or 11.8 is the same thing as an Alk of 4.23, so if you have a...

Originally Posted by Thomas712 Perhaps you could use one of the mj900's now if you feel you need more flow use the second one. Or use them both during the day but turn them off at night so the fish don't feel like they are in a hurricane. Using the nozzle attachments you could just set one on...

Originally Posted by promisetbg Your CA and Alk are low...look into a two part additive{A&B} I use Ocean's Blend. CA should be 430-450 Alk should be 4.00 Purple Up is not enough . Well im not using the Purple Up to specifically to raise Ca. I wanted to try it cuz i heard it works great at...