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distilled water does have a better TDS meter rating then straight RO water.

First things first.. i wouldnt add any more live stock to the tank untill you get the algae problem cured... unless you like pissing away money... Get an RO machine ASAP and start doing 10% water changes every other day or so. The algae will start to clear. 2nd What kind of lighting do you have...

God speed to your fish :happyfish You should only add live rock that you know is cured once your tank is set up, because like everyone has said it will make your tank cycle. what all is currently in the tank?

so your saying cut it head/body/tail.. and feed it one peice at a time over a week? or feed it one whole cut up fish 3 times a week?

ph 8.1 ish lol ammonia 0 nitrites .25 nitrates less then 10 little more then 5 calcium is 500 (high) alk is high to around 300ppm iv stopped dripping kalkwasser untill both come back down

The algae thats left is from a total GOOF on my part... iv had my ro machine hooked up wrong for the past 6 month.... I was getting more flow out of my "good" water and less flow out of my "waste" water.... i put the RO cartridge in futher and now its working correctly "less flow out of...

here is a pic of the birds nest now here is another one i dont know what it is though

It never looked like that LOL.. no i took it from a member of a local reef club he gave it to me to help get my tank stocked with some different corals... he gave me the birds nest and about 7other frags... he had it under metal halides and said that my pc lighting would be enough but to put it...

Is it normal for it to turn completely white? It was brownish when i added it to the tank 2 weeks ago, and it has slowly turned completely white ..... I hope its not dead :help:

want to frag that colt :)

How often should i feed my RBTA?? iv been feeding him a chunk of silver side every couple days. (is it ok to feed them the head or tail? normally i cut the center chunk out and dispose of the head and tail).... Should i be feeding it every day? He will eat 2 or more chunks in a row i think.. It...

Did the spike happen after adding the water? If so did you flush the RO filter for 10 gallons?

very cool and nice colors!

kalkwasser is german for lime water... so basically im dripping kalkwasser

i JUST started dripping lime water

i retested it comes out to 300ppm but a dkh reading of 16.8 if my math is good :(

why is it so high? my calcium is at 500ppm

Anyone my dKH reading is 16.8 ?? 12 drops to turn yellow, divded the drops by 2, mulitplied by 2.8 to convert meq/L to dKH and i got 16.8!?

What is a good alk reading? I just tested my alk and it came out at 700, but it could be 650 if i miscounted drops lol. is this good or bad?

the back of it says calibrate with NaCI