 Re: help with test levels
I had a 75 gallon set up for about 9 months and then i upgraded to a 125 in the beginning of February, it was running great until about a month ago the first clam died and the coral stopped opening so i took water sample to the lfs and the results were about the same as they are now they said that them results were ok and he gave me about $160 worth the stuff to put in there and the stuff is coralife reef stimulator, kent zooplex, kent microvert, kent phytoplex, kent coral accel, marc weiss reef vital dna and phyto food marine phytoplankton. a week later the corals were still not opening the second clam was still not opening so i went back to the lfs and got the same test results which they said was alright so he gave me a big bag and some carbon and a grounding probe to put in the sump and still the same thing was happening I went to a different lfs and he tested the water and he got the same reading and said the ph was high and gave me sodium carbonate and told me to take a gallon of water and put ten teaspoons in and mix and add to the water so i did this for three days and got it up to 8.0, these are the latest reading nitrate 40ppm, nitrite 0ppm, ammonia 0.50ppm they said that this should be ok but everything is the same they came out to look at my tank yesterday and said everything was running fine just not to feed as much and to leave everything alone and i need to put a bigger pump on the protein skimmer that is why it is not working right. going to add some pictures soon | 
