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No one got any opinions or input? Too busy arguing with Bob???????

To be honest I would concentrate on fish only for a while yet. There is so much to do just mastering the water parameters that it can quickly become disheartening when you spend money and things go wrong. It was a year before I bought my first bit of live Rock (everything costs more in England).

Try and loosen it and syphon it off, doesn't have to be with a toothbrush.

anyone?

I use both pH buffer (pH and alk) and drip kalk cheers

Posted in this forum, only got 1 reply in other (cheers Rob) Any other test kits I should have other than: ammo, trites, trates, PO4, calcium, mag, pH, alk. I have calcium, mag and kalk additives. My tank is 18 months and has polyps, shrooms and xenia at this moment. How important are other...

Yes, if you have plenty of plant life.

Any other test kits I should have other than: ammo, trites, trates, PO4, calcium, mag, pH, alk. I have calcium, mag and kalk additives. My tank is 18 months and has polyps, shrooms and xenia at this moment. How important are other kits and additives (essential or desirable?) Thanks

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Anyone know what the ones with the blue spots are called? Thanks

Tested today at about 2pm. Can't test at night because my digital pH meter broke (next item on buy list) and the test kit is no good in artificial light. IMO you're doing it right with the dosing. Buffering or kalk?

Hi Again Still having pH probs. PH - 7.9 or maybe 8 Alk 9.6 dkh Calcium 480 I was dripping kalk for a month or so but calcium went up to 500, so I've had to stop (correct?). I had not added any calcium seperatley whilst dripping kalk. I'm slowly adding pH buffer (I've noticed corralline turns...

yeah, 6500k is yellow looking. Do you know the lumens on your 6500k bulbs? I mainly want to check that it really is ok for my tank.

This bulb came with retro fit compact T5 unit: 55w daylight deluxe, 6500k, 4650 lumens. 6500k is not my first choice, but no other bulbs available here in UK at the moment. I have 1200k to go with it, but will be replacing the 6500k when others are available. I'm not sure it is aquarium specific...

Test some RO water (if you use it) and it should have zero nitrates. If you get a reading on the RO water from one test kit then it is probably faulty. When your LFS says great, what do they mean?

The lighting issue has been dragging on and on now. There is a complete lack of compact bulbs in the size I want in England. I could get another type but it would be 78w instead of 110w and then i would have about 90w T8 to go with it. Why is nothing ever easy in life???

Thanks for the replies. It's only been in my tank for a few days, I got it free on some Live Rock. My lighting is only 100w NO, but my T5 lighting is on order. The tank it came from was an amazing set up - I've seen nothing like it. How long would it last in my tank with my lighting? Does it...

Is this a particular type of Xenia or is it simply Xenia. Is it hard/easy to keep?

This one is a type of worm with black and white stripes. It quickly disappeared when light was shone on it.

Anyone ID these please?