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05-05-2004, 12:17 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
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 |  Re: anyone have problems with Crushed Coral substr
i didnt mean to open such a can of worms Naut.
BTW. done with some CC removal. things looking good so far. ill PM you with water test results.
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05-05-2004, 12:54 PM
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| | Guest | Re: anyone have problems with Crushed Coral substr
OK and also post them here as other people if caught up with all that reading may help us out.
John knows what he is talking about but needs all the info so he can come up with some ideas.
Also like posted on other thread ammonia can come from freshly mixed salts... it's when it stay in the tank that it becomes an issue. | |
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05-05-2004, 01:15 PM
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| Re: anyone have problems with Crushed Coral substr
[quote author=new2salt2 link=board=General;num=1083728275;start=0#10 date=05/05/04 at 15:17:19]i didnt mean to open such a can of worms Naut.
BTW. *done with some CC removal. *things looking good so far. *ill PM you with water test results.[/quote]
Are you still dripping Kalk and using vinegar?
John
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05-05-2004, 01:22 PM
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| | Guest | Re: anyone have problems with Crushed Coral substr
Have not added anything for over a month. cal stayed over 550 alk 4.5 to 5 during this time.
last week or so did 3 x 17 gallon water changes every 3rd day.
viniger was used to drop pH but seems it was temp as it is back at 8.6. | |
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05-05-2004, 01:41 PM
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| | 3reef Moderator
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| Re: anyone have problems with Crushed Coral substr
OK, *Just a few things.
Stop adding vinegar.
Take a sample of the tank water ( one pint approx ), put it in a suitable ( very clean ) container and put in an air stone. *Let that run for 24 hours and then post the PH reading of the sample.
Clean the Alk and Calc test kit components thoroughly with white vinegar, flush with clean water and do tests again, post results.
Take all the supplements and lock them in a cage and throw away the key :-)
Stop doing water changes for now and do not remove any more substrate.
John :-) | |
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05-05-2004, 02:07 PM
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| | Fire Shrimp
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| Re: anyone have problems with Crushed Coral substr
ok.. i will let you know. as far as supplements they already been banished to the isle of bad advice! you know, the one founded by LFS.
i still want to go glass bottom becasue eventually this year i hope to have everything moved into my 75 gal bowfront with a DSB. is there a reason to keep the substrate?
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05-05-2004, 02:38 PM
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| Re: anyone have problems with Crushed Coral substr
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ok.. i will let you know. as far as supplements they already been banished to the isle of bad advice! you know, the one founded by LFS.
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is there a reason to keep the substrate?
| Purely selfish on my behalf :-)
John :-) | |
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05-05-2004, 02:55 PM
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Stop doing water changes for now and do not remove any more substrate.
To late I think he removed all the shells so called crushed coral.
If it is out of the tank then trash it. | |
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05-05-2004, 03:05 PM
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| Re: anyone have problems with Crushed Coral substr
Oh well, if the substrate has been removed then definately chuck it ! Either way just let us know.
If you have removed the substrate however I would still be interested in Alk and Calc reading before and after you clean the test kits with white vinegar :-)
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05-06-2004, 06:27 AM
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| | Fire Shrimp
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| Re: anyone have problems with Crushed Coral substr
cleaned test kits and still same reading.
calc 550PPM
alk 5
amonia .25
trate and trite at 0
ph 8.6
have removed half substrate prior to this thread now sits just enough to cover my tank bottom.
SG iss at 1.024 | |
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