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Originally Posted by ReefNut What salt are you using?? Bringing the SG upto 1.025 will help some. I would use some calcium chloride... something like Kent Turbo Calcium. If you still have problems check your magnesium. Otherwise keep a close eye on the alkalinity while you are bringing the...

Originally Posted by airforceb2 I'm sure you will be happy with whatever you get. If you ever upgrade to MH, you will be shocked at how much better the softies look. Maybe santa will bring me something good this year.

Originally Posted by airforceb2 Zoos and shrooms should be fine. You just have a lot of water the light has to travel through to get to the sand bed. If you can place the corals on a rock it would be great. I actually planned on placing them around the middle of the tank. Hopefully that will...

Originally Posted by airforceb2 You are barely scraping by with those lights. I would get a single MH 150W pendant to be safe. You should be able to add the brain but the candy cane might struggle a little. How about the polyps and mushrooms? These are my first corals and unfortunately i have...

46 gallon bow. i believe the dimensions are L 36.5" W 16.5" H 21"

Originally Posted by pbienkiewi I love Kalkwaser. It adds calcium and will keep the Ph up. It needs to be dripped slowly because it has a high ph. I believe the Ph is 14. With the low calcium try doing a 15% to 20% water change. See if that will fix your calcium. How big is your tank ? most...

Im currently starting to stock my tank with some corals and my calcium has been 340-360 for a while. What is the best way to increase to about 420? Right now its a FOWLR with 2 perc clowns and a yellow tang and 70lbs of LR. The LR has very minimal coralline growth.

Nothing you can do. It will grow back after a few molts. Good luck. They are pigs and are great to watch.

About to start adding coral to my tank. I have a dual satellite setup( 1-96watt daylight, 1-96watt actinic). Is this lighting good for a brain coral, candy cane and a plate? or should i stick with button polyps, yellow polyps and mushrooms? Tank has been set up for 7 months. I currently have...

Originally Posted by Brycewood Like the title says, I am hoping to add cleaner crew+ a peppermint to take care of an aiptasia problem. I want to make sure I don't kill the little buggers. Right now I am down to 25, so I am hoping that by early next week I will get down to about 10. Is 25 low...

Originally Posted by JacknJill what? Thats what i said

Everything looks ok to me. No need to do water changes during cycle. It will just make it longer. After your ammonia and nitrite are at 0 and your nitrate has spiked, then do a water change to bring down the nitrates to at least 20.

Originally Posted by SoO High and when do i use the hydrometer when it clear or right away Either way is ok.

Yes turn on your wet/dry filter. Its ok if it sucks it in. It will help it clear. Give it a few days. You should be good with 1 shrimp.

Shouldnt he run his wet/dry filter while cycling? How would the bacteria convert?

If your ammonia, nitrite are 0 and your nitrate is 20 or lower then its ok to add a crew. Have you done a water change after your cycle finished?

Originally Posted by ReefNut Sounds fine to me. What are you using to test the PH?? Saltwater master test kit. Its been stable at 8.2-8.4 for months.

Is it normal to have a pH of 8.2 during the day and 8.4 at night? Is it safe for my fish?

Originally Posted by Harial I was just wondering the actual reason for water changes. I am not being sarcastic or anything. But is it to keep certain chemical levels down or something like that? :notsure: Harial Doing water changes is a must. It helps control nitrates and it replenishes...

After you added all those fish in 2 days, did you test your water? Its really not healthy to add that much at one time. Your ammonia probably spiked. Hopefully everyone turns out ok. Good luck!