vayapues
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This is my tank: https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/t/315411/my-aragacrete-pic
Looks like the picture is no longer active... Here, I will repost it:
Keep in mind that this was four years ago. Today it is covered in corals, but you get the idea. There is also a video in the thread I posted above that demonstrates how porous it is.
Yesterday I ran a full array of tests on the water, and this is what I found:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 0
Iron: 0
Copper: 0
Calcium: 1,000 mg/l
PH: 8.2
,,, more if you want the numbers
Question: the calcium level is way higher than I expected. (first time I have tested it on this tank) Usually I just test the basics, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, ph, hardness, etc. But a client of mine knew I had a fix tank, and purchased me a supper deluxe testing kit, and so I tested everything.
Obviously the calcium is this high due to the lime in the concrete. Everything seems to be okay. One thing I have noticed is that my snails are actually reproducing, growing, and replenishing themselves, which is something that does not happen in any of my other tanks.
Still.... I wonder... is that calcium too high?
Nothing seems to be bothered by it. Like I say, I have coraline everywhere, as in other tanks, and the corals all seem healthy.
Thoughts?
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125 gallon
300 lb lr (I have added to it since this picture was taken. I filled the right side with actual live rock, to seed the aragocrete)
Also, in the interest of full disclosure, I have not done a water change in probably 18 months. Not something I am proud of. But it is what it is. Nitrates have stayed at zero, which prompts my water changes in other tanks. So I have been lazy. But I plan to repent soon, and do a series of water changes.
Looks like the picture is no longer active... Here, I will repost it:
Keep in mind that this was four years ago. Today it is covered in corals, but you get the idea. There is also a video in the thread I posted above that demonstrates how porous it is.
Yesterday I ran a full array of tests on the water, and this is what I found:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrites: 0
Nitrates: 0
Iron: 0
Copper: 0
Calcium: 1,000 mg/l
PH: 8.2
,,, more if you want the numbers
Question: the calcium level is way higher than I expected. (first time I have tested it on this tank) Usually I just test the basics, ammonia, nitrites, nitrates, ph, hardness, etc. But a client of mine knew I had a fix tank, and purchased me a supper deluxe testing kit, and so I tested everything.
Obviously the calcium is this high due to the lime in the concrete. Everything seems to be okay. One thing I have noticed is that my snails are actually reproducing, growing, and replenishing themselves, which is something that does not happen in any of my other tanks.
Still.... I wonder... is that calcium too high?
Nothing seems to be bothered by it. Like I say, I have coraline everywhere, as in other tanks, and the corals all seem healthy.
Thoughts?
--
125 gallon
300 lb lr (I have added to it since this picture was taken. I filled the right side with actual live rock, to seed the aragocrete)
Also, in the interest of full disclosure, I have not done a water change in probably 18 months. Not something I am proud of. But it is what it is. Nitrates have stayed at zero, which prompts my water changes in other tanks. So I have been lazy. But I plan to repent soon, and do a series of water changes.
