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Originally Posted by earlybird By during the day reefreak means during the middle of your lighting schedule. Photosynthesis affects pH. When your lights are off pH will decrease and increase with photosynthetic activity during the day. my MHs came on at 10 this morning

Originally Posted by reefreak29 what time of the day did u take a ph mines usually around 7.9 to 7.9 . 8.0 is fine as long as its not 8.0 then 8.6 during the day i just took it

my ph as of today is @ 8.0 its always been at 8.2-4 but today i tested it and 8.0 now i was told at the LFS to use marine pro buffer but as ive been reading here im told dont use buffers but i dont under stand my alkalinity is 13 dkH and i thought if ph was low then so was alkalinity but can...

i may possibly buy a phosban reactor 150 and was wondering if it would work with a canister type filter cascade 1200 series thanks for any help

Originally Posted by rebelprettyboy get rid of the tang you have a pretty small tank and they need at least 125. And can you get any pics of the algea?? i was going to get me a yellow tang here at the fish site it says you can put them in a 75 gallon

Originally Posted by camanuch ok now what can do to get rid or take control of the cyano and can anyone recomend a cleaner crew. thanks again 30gallon tank blue leged crabs-1 per gallon turbo snails-1 per 2 gallon nassarius for cleaning sand 1 per 2 gallon also Mexican turbo snails are great...

my actinics come on @ 6:00am 0ff @ 10:00pm MHs come on @ 10:00am off @ 6:00pm lunar lights come on @ 10:00pm off @ 6:00am

Originally Posted by Weberian No prob. I wouldn't be doing this if I didn't enjoy it. To be honest, I didn't realize I was on two threads with you - sorry. I think for me, balancing my calcium and alkalinity probably helped somewhat in getting rid of nuisance cyano. So maybe it will help in...

Originally Posted by earlybird I just added my CUC yesterday and like you noted they mostly stick to the rocks. I did buy one tiny blue leg hermit and he was working on the sand when I went to bed and when I woke up. The snails like the glass and rocks and my scarlets barely move but stay on...

Originally Posted by Weberian Is your SG 1.24 or 1.024? I think that was a typo in your first post. How old are your actinic light bulbs? How old are your 150W MH bulbs? yep typo 150s are couple weeks old replaced them 1st actinics like a little over a year still waiting on my salfert test...

i meant Kent Phosphate Sponge

im meant Kent Phosphate Sponge

Originally Posted by Weberian That's Buffer, the opposite of what you need. ok i wont but im ordering my calcium anything else i need please let me know (this is getting really expensive!!)(they should make a face with it crying because money is just floating away from him ) ps. sorry for...

Originally Posted by Weberian Sweet. Glad to hear about your RO purchase. thanks for your help so far but i need to know because im getting me a new type of test kit salfert all the way from now on! anyways im getting a phosphate test and was wanting to know if phosban is a good product even...

ok thanks looks like its back to town i forgot i do have KENT PRO-PUFFER dkH?

Originally Posted by Weberian ZONE 3: Alkalinity too high – and Ca under 400 ppm I would advise correcting this problem by adding a calcium chloride supplement until you have moved [your calcium up to 400 ppm]. Almost any brand of calcium chloride will do (Kent Turbo Calcium, Kent Liquid...

Originally Posted by Kynekke Just to be sure... did you divide the number of drops in half to get your alkalinity? i use the conversion table that salfert has with the kit because my readings are as follows 0.16ml=13.4 kh value in dkH=4.80 meq/L alkalinity im just going by what the direction say

well i finally took peoples advice here and bought some SALIFERT test kits and as soon as i did i realized that my calcium was low 315 im raising it slowly now and my alkalinity was at 13.4 dkh not good i did the test 3 times and every time the same thing but i thought that alkalinity and PH...

Originally Posted by grumpygils IMO, no need for a protein skimmer. Probably should cure with in 2-3 weeks. I would let it sit for a week, do 1/2 water change and test ammonia at the end of week two. If low or 0, then submerse shake/rinse in clean water and put it in the DT. That is how I...

ok i need some advice im going to order (from this site) 50lbs more LR and i know i cant add that to my tank because its already cycled with animals in it so im going to cycle it in a container and so far i have as follows 31 gallon rubber maid container water will be RODIed x2 power heads 250...