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04-12-2008, 02:47 PM
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| | Spanish Shawl Nudibranch
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: North Wales PA Age: 36
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I have a 46 gallon reef looking beautiful. Only question is when I make up new saltwater I was told to put an air pump along with my maxi-jet and hopefully get the ph from mixing at 8 to mixing at 8.2. I use Red Sea coral pro. My ph fluctuates from 7.85 before lighting to 8.0 after 12 hours of lighting. I have a Sunpod with 2 150 watt MH Phoenix 14,000K DE bulbs. I am thing of switching to Seachem Reef salt. They claim that their salt is the only salt that has buffers added that are not bicarbonate. What do others have to say?
Adam
Last edited by adamfajge : 06-27-2008 at 06:59 PM.
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04-12-2008, 02:51 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Canton, ga Age: 37
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One thing that you could use is s good buffer to keep you PH stable. I use Seachem and my PH stays at 8.30. Also running the lights for 12 hours sounds like a little much to me. I run mine for 8 hours at max a day. Running them for twelve hours will cause unwanted algae growth down the roda for you. Just my opinion....Bill....
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04-12-2008, 03:13 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami Age: 39
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Welcome to 3reef, great looking tank BTW, When I used to do wc, I never used salt mixes, my water came from the ocean. _________ 9YR OLD 90G 30G w/d Mag18 150G skimmer 692w MH,yel&kole tang,foxface,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Goniopora(2), Acropora(2),Brain, Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, R&G open brain, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, enias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew  | |
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04-12-2008, 03:14 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Meriden, Connecticut Age: 43
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Hi Adam,
Welcome to 3reef!
Best of luck to you and your tank...
Pretty much all the synthetic salt mixes on the market are fairly comparable to each other, in fact many of them are manufactered in the same facility and just packaged under different labels and companies.
You may get a brand of salt that contains a little more calcium than another such as in the case with Oceanic salt. Also, Kent's salt and Instant Ocean's Reef Crystals may contain a higher level of trace elements and vitamins, but at a higher price tag. _________ 125gal.w/Mag9.5 return(dual megaflow)>Mag7 pump Aqua Cev180skimmer.Wave2k Hamilton Reefstar(2)250watthqi(mh)pend.a Yellow, Naso Tang Red Lip Blenny Percula Clown Demoiselles Niger Trigger F. Wrasses Ceriantharia Orn.Shrimp and Stars Hermits Queen Conch asst. snails> Stars Zoos shrooms Montipora Brains Gorgonians Favia Turbinaria(large+small polyp) Acropora Xenia Tridacna (CroceaMaximaSquamosa) Leathers <35+75gal.reef tank as well> 
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04-12-2008, 08:29 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 58
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Glad to see you found way here.
Very nice tank!
Thanks for sharing.
Rgds,
Scott _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
12 Gallon NanoCube - 24w stock PC 50/50 light "...nothing good ever happens fast in a reef tank, only bad things happen fast..."
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04-12-2008, 10:18 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, MI Age: 17
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welcome to 3reef! +2 on lights comment seems like a bit too much | |
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04-13-2008, 08:17 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: ohio Age: 32
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Welcome to 3Reef>>>>>>
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5.5 gal, 72w of pcs, 2 leds, rio nano skimmer, 40 gal hob filter, 50w visi-therm heater, 5pds lr, 1 inch live sand bed, 1 australian black perc clown ,1 porcelain crab, , 1 pep shrimp, 1 lge turbo , 3 cerith, 1 astrea, 1 nassaruis snails, neon grn bali slimer acro, purple acro, millipora's, feather duster, monti's, duncans, grn polyps, shrooms, zoa's, blue clove polyps, purple death pallys and grn star plyps. | |
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04-13-2008, 09:53 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Welcome to 3reef.
The only way I got my pH to maintain a good reading in the winter time is to bring in outside air and plumb it to the tanks hood. With the house closed up in the winter and gas fire place running there is a lot of CO2 in the air and not oxygen. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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04-13-2008, 10:10 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Va/Ct
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Originally Posted by adamfajge  I have a 46 gallon reef looking beautiful. Only question is when I make up new saltwater I was told to put an air pump along with my maxi-jet and hopefully get the ph from mixing at 8 to mixing at 8.2. I use Red Sea coral pro. My ph fluctuates from 7.85 before lighting to 8.0 after 12 hours of lighting. I have a Sunpod with 2 150 watt MH Phoenix 14,000K DE bulbs. I am thing of switching to Seachem Reef salt. They claim that their salt is the only salt that has buffers added that are not bicarbonate. What do others have to say?
Adam | They add Borate also you can use Arm and hammer at a 4 to one mix with Boraxo Laundry booster to make the same thing But Honestly P.H sounds fine to me .. As long as you keep the DKH up to proper levels .. As long as you have carbonates available to do the job then P.H means less then Jack.. And if you are testing marine water P.H with a Liquid test kit then you are still just guessing really these kits may will get close oneday and not the next. To many Variables with CO2 temperature and oxygen exchange . If you ever want a good salt P/M me we are going to start selling our shops custom blend to people here on 3 reef . Its perfect right out of the bag. Ca 450 Carbonates 12 DKH and Mag 1450 . Every time .
As for to much light ??? I ran a 40 gal Flat back hex here for a couple of yrs I had 2 175 M/H and 2 24 in VHOs for actinic tank ran great corals went crazy with growth as did the clams . I think you are fine and good to go with the lighting you have posted ..For what ever thats worth (: _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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