Originally Posted by
wax32
That's great. Mine didn't care for my firefish before either. Blennies don't really swim up in the water column a lot, they sort've dash around to various perches and peck at the rocks and glass from time to time, so yours is normal.
Nope, no need to add anything for the coral. You could try feeding it some of that homemade food you made though. Take a small amount and put it right on the coral. You might need to keep your fish busy while the coral eats... best time is at night once the fish have gone to bed. Just keep your Ca 420 to 480ppm and your KH 8-10dKH and the bubble will be fine. Remember that bubbles don't like to move in the current, so keep it in a pretty low flow area for the best polyp extension. What brand of salt are you using? If your calcium doesn't come down into exceptable range you might want to think about changing... BUT if the coral seems to be doing ok, no rush, finish off that box/bucket of salt.
Hey Wax! I been looking for you on another thread. I am having what I think could be a water problem
I am using Oceanic salt and before I did a water change I tested my fresh made water and it tested as such
Phosphates 0ppm
Calcium 500
PH 8.0
dKH 10.2
Alk 366 meq/L
Then I did a 10% water change (3 gallons) and tested my water yesterday and it tested as such
PH 8.0
trites, trates, ammonia 0
Calcium 640
.50 ppm phosphates
dKH 9.6
Alk 3.43 meq/L
So I see that the phosphates are HIGH and so is the calcium - what do I do?