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tank is 8 years old, now am using reef crystals, it is a reef tank,tank size 65, with small amount of corals (mostly frags) the reason i was asking about changing was the guy that takes care of my wifes tank at work ( lobster tank supermarket) told her to switch to coral pro red sea he recomends...

i am thinking about changing my brand of salt, what is the the best way to make a change from one to another.

gemmy how much ro di water do you need each week. maybe we can work something out. Quote: Originally Posted by Gemmy You must think I am a moron. Thanks for that. I do check and request water quality reports for the water I use. I do not have the luxury of having the ability to install a RO/DI...

today as I was doing a water change a small problem happened i was moving a piece of eggcrate that had a frag on it and landed on my L T A. it is sticking out of the mouth as we speak. is there any thing that can be done.

That is why i changed the valve this way i can knock off one thing at a time, I am running a poly filter the fish store gave me, right now has been 24 hours. after I get some water made will do a change, also I have some old water left over am going to have both tested .will let you know whats...

no we never tested for copper, this is a stab in the dark all i had to do was change out to a pvc drain no big deal. now after a couple of water changes we will be able to tell. Quote: Originally Posted by AquaKnight Have you/the LFS used a copper test (Seachem, Sailfert, Elos)? And actually...

I think I found why my tank is struggling, I have been testing lfs has been testing, everyboby comes back with good #'s. fish all seem fine, the only thing someone noticed was the rodi holding tank has a brass valve on it, so yesterday took it off and replaced it with pvc. now I wait for the...

would copper affect the growth of corals

thanks for the info will go back to the store and check out what they have .

I am looking to get some new test kits,when i went to one store & asked where the dates where they said there are none.

the alk test that I have reads like this 1.7 to 2.8 as normal i fall right in the middle when i test, the mag reading was done at the fish store dont remember what they said it was. they said it came back fine. Quote: Originally Posted by BTLDreef Quote: Originally Posted by u mike...

the baby mushroom is about 1 month old the larger mushroom is about 1 year old, the shriveled up pic is the most recent pics of my problem. Quote: Originally Posted by Flower The last picture shows a baby mushroom..how old is that picture? I do see the shriveled up one, is that the same one as...

added a new fish but that was after QT Quote: Originally Posted by fish are good Have you got any new live within the last six months??? or used sand???

no this is my tank of 3 years Quote: Originally Posted by Flower Was this a new tank? If not the previous owners may have used copper. I'm just tossing ideas out here.

according to the test kit i have for alk it is right in the fine side. Quote: Originally Posted by IBEW41 if your cal is 400 and ph is 8.5 (on the high side) then alc is off and not fine as they said or are you dosing

I am having some trouble with my tank. here are some of the latest things happening my mushroom corals are shrinking , a frag I bought a month a ago will no open ( it was open for 2 weeks now nothing} I also got a star polyp will not open I have had some test done at the store, ( I feel very...

the sump for the basement is on the other side about 40 feet away. was hoping not to use the sump( last year the float got stuck flooded whole basement) what I am doing right now is running the unit during the day. lately the temps have been above freezing.i also have been pulling the waste cord...

it is not inside i am worried about the outside of the tubing is what is freezing. once it gets past the cinder block. Quote: Originally Posted by Flower Back when I owned a mobile home we used a heat tape...you actually wrap it and plug it in. However in your basement a plain insulated wrap...

I need some help with my ro unit, Iam looking for a way to winterize the tubing. Right now we are going through a very cold spell. my unit is in the basement, the waste line run out the wall into the side garden( great in the summer) , what I was thinking was to get some electric metal run the...