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02-18-2006, 03:01 PM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: Dec 2005
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 |  good water parameters
Ok, finally, my water parameter is coming around:
Ammonia and Nitrite = 0
Nitrate < 5 ppm
But my pH is a bit low; 7.8 - 8.0. What can I do to increase it?
Also, I want to get about 70 Carribean Blue Leg hermit crabs in there, is it safe to put them in all at once.
Thanks!
GKW
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Started on Jan 24, cycled on Feb 17
125 gallons (72" x 18" x 22"), 20 gallons sump, 29 gallons fuge. 90 lbs sugar fine sand in MT and 30 in fuge.
Equipments:
Coralife Super Skimmer 220 w/ an air pump to increase micro bubbles, Mag drive 9.5 return pump
2 Maxi 900 and Rio+ 2100 as powerheads, Mag 350 filter
Lighting:
110watts PC, 70watts NO
Resident:
2 Polyps Ricordia
Royal Gramma, Lawnmower Blenny
Sally Light Foot
Pepermint Shrimp
70 Blue Leg Hermits
25 Snails | 
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02-18-2006, 07:27 PM
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| | Sea Dragon
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brooklyn
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Use a marine buffer. Try Seachem it can safely raises & maintains pH to 8.3
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55 gallon. PC lights 12K/Actinic/Moon, Chiller, Powerhead, Prizm Skimmer, Fluval, Eheim Pro2 | |
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02-19-2006, 06:40 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
Join Date: May 2005 Location: Riverside, RI Age: 36
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70 huh? What are they gonna eat?
FWIW: I have 5 in my 125
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100 gal touch tank for propagation;Current Sunpod2 HQI @1400k HQI ,38 gal Korrall sump, ASM G-3 skimmer, Mag 9.5. Stock changes often
125 gal ;Aqualight Pro HQI 2 HQI@1400k / Compact Fluorescent/Lunar Light Fixture, 5 powerheads, 30 gal sump, mag 12(return),Ocean runner 3500(return through chiller), ASM G-3 skimmer, UV sterilizer, Artic chiller Tobacco bass, maroon clowns, Seriatopora guttatus, Seriatopora hystrix, capricornis, Acropora, Spongodes, porites, Turbinaria,Stylophora pistillata, etc
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02-19-2006, 08:21 AM
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| | Peppermint Shrimp
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Reeflover, I was thinking about the maine buffer, but I've heard that only a temporary solution. I remember something about poor oxygen exchange in the water???
kb.bear, I know right...I just decided on that number because most online stores sell that many in a package along with snails, crabs, and shrimp.
Since my tank is not established yet, I might just get a few first.
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02-19-2006, 12:10 PM
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| | Scooter Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2005 Age: 26
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Originally Posted by gkw Since my tank is not established yet, I might just get a few first. | Sounds like a plan gkw.  Quote: |
Originally Posted by gkw But my pH is a bit low; 7.8 - 8.0. What can I do to increase it? | You should look into Kent Marine's Superbuffer dKH. Will stabilize pH and Alk.
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30g reef tank, CPR CY192 filter w/ DIY plumb running Rio 17HF return, Coralife 3x 9w UV Sterilizer, 3 24W T5-Helios 10K Daylights/3 24W T5-Helios Blue lights, 2 Logysis blue meteor light strobes (moonlights/24 Blue LEDs).
Tiger tail cuke, asst. snails/hermits, asst. feathers, rainbow acan,zoos,shrooms,bubble,galaxea, asst. shrimp, 2 ocellaris,mandarin,zebrasoma xanthurum,pink-spot watchman,red-striped pistol. | |
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