I am adding a 30-gallon Refugium to my tank to help improve water quality and keep algae in check. I was thinking :thinking: of starting with a 6 inch deep sand bed using 1 - 20lb bag of live sand, and the rest Southdown sand. Is this good? Or instead of 6 inches of sand should I use 4 inches...
I keep a orange sun coral and I feed frozen brine shrimp every day to it. I have my water flow and the placement of the coral setup so that I only need hold the cube in front of the powerhead and the coral gets feed. They truely are beautiful coral.
I just did some reading on the Sea Pens and I found out some neat stuff.
1. they usually don't live past 1 year if that.
2. they light up if you pet them:thinking:
3. they are usually the ones to lose the fight to other corals for chemicals and food.
I dont think that my Sea Pen could have...
Originally posted by Kip4130
i would be interested in your pH swings too
you started dripping kalk... is the drip line exiting the container above the precipitation level
The container sits on the canopy, it is a 2.25 gallon rubbermaid jug.
have you noticed any precipitation on rocks or...
Originally posted by dburr
When do you check PH and when do you drip?
Drip at night, and check PH before lights come on and check again before lights turn off. Lets see how much swing you get.
As a result of the events I have stopped dripping Kalk. I am now using liquid Calcium from SeaChem.
I would love to find out what has caused this to happen. One because I don't want it to happen again, and two because it looks like it is only affecting certian coarls
If you mean do I add any trace elements the answer is no. I do regular water changes and that has been working fine.
I am going to get some pic and post them, of the corals with issues that is.
well every day I use 2 cubes of brine shrimp in the tank for the fish and I see the corals getting some too so I guess I am feeding everyone daily. I also do plankton twice a week.