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shoot for a calcium level 380 – 450 ppm and alkalinity 2.5 - 4 meq/L or 7 - 11 dKH! magnesium 1250 -1350 ppm get test kits for all 3 your test kit is crap... Your tank would be snowing from precipitation. I use Salifert kits very accurate and you can buy them from this site .. Good luck!

I'll bet your mag is low.. FOr two part I use Randy's "two part solution", It is very cheap and very effective.. google twopartsolution.

As long as you keep up with your water change's you will prevent the sulfate from ever building up to the point that it will harm your inhabitants.

I have a DIY kalk gravity drip that I use. Very simple.. I'll throw some pics if interested. Involves a 1 gallon milk jug some rigid tubing,airline tubing,gang valve

If your tank runs at a lower ph Don't use a reactor the c02 will just lower the PH further...Unless you drip kalk(raises PH) to compensate! If it runs higher, then run a Ca reactor!

I use a reef fanatics level controller.

adding some new rock will cause a small cycle! I'm guessing a couple of days! Test you water and add when levels are good.

Your test kit is junk! If it were at 860 your tank would be snowing, precipitating! ALk at 3.31 is fine! Retest your calcium with a different test kit and then take action. Salifert makes awesome test kits but even they can ship out bad kits!

6th it!

I just bought one and they are amazing!

I have an AGA 150 and use a mag-drive 1800GPH and i have to dial back on the return! try the mag-1200.

Research your animals and find out where they do best in the wild then mimic the environment there. There is no single best environment if you have animals from all over the globe so in most cases pick the most delicate organism. Check these.. I resized so the temp (celcius) from left to right...

If possible, Keep your temp at 78 or 79! That is the Ideal temp IMO.

I keep mine at 79 Degrees, <fact> Large swings will stress corals.

with shipping.. it was supposed to cost 358.00 shipped! but they double billed me :mad: Gotta call em tomorrow. This thing is very expensive, but worth it if you don't want to go the closed loop route.

they need more light than the stock biocube provides.

Just got my vortech pump and thought I would share some pics! This puppy pushes 3,000 gph and got my flow in tank up to 32x turnover!

The ecosystem works fantastic, but does have drawbacks IMO.. The high iron Content of the mud helps the chaeto grow and remove nutrients like nobody's business! and the coral extension is fantastic! the drawback is that it does not buffer the system like sand does! so....I drip limewater and...

I'll show you more corals as soon as I resize the pics:)

use a capful but only once or twice per week. I moved to a new house and obviously had to redo the tank.. here are some Lousy pics..lol