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05-27-2008, 07:19 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
Posts: 680
|  Salifert Oxygen test kit.
Has anybody used the salifert oxygen test kit, is it reliable and accurate and what should it read, i ask this because i am thinking of buying one my fish look like their gasping, but i cant understand why, i have a powerhead pointing to the surface along with the cannister return, and bubble from the skimmer hitting surfce , aswell i added a airline and airstone for over 6/8 hours, still the same, its starting to bug me know, i 'dont want to loose any live stock, please help? _________ Hardware-55G Rena Md,Filstar XP3 Filter, 200w Heater, 1xSeio 2, 1xKoralia 2, Lee's Medium Skimmer, 8x39watt T5 Fish-Yellow Tang, Coral Beauty, Midas Blenny, Clown, Chalk Goby Inverts-Snails, Hermits, Black Long Spine Sea Urchin, Blue Linika StarFish, Cleaner Shrimp, Coral Banded Shrimp, Feather Duster, Green Bubble Tip Anemone, Coral's-Green/Purple/Hairy Mushroom's, Xenia, Button, Green, Yellow Polyps, Toadstool Leather,Finger Leather, Purple tip Frogspawn.  | 
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05-27-2008, 07:23 AM
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| | Montipora Capricornis
Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: CT Age: 28
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If you have all that, and you don't have tight-fitting glass lids, then it's probably not an oxygen issue. _________  | |
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05-27-2008, 07:26 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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no tight fitting lids, what else could it be, i have no idea? no other peculiar acting, or visual signs..... nothing , just rapid opening and closeing of the mouth
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05-27-2008, 07:56 AM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Silverdale, Washington Age: 59
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Agree, not likely a 02 problem...
Got a ground probe?...Maybe need to check for stray current in tank. That is allot of gear you have hanging in it...
Take some water down to local LFS and have them check params for you...you may have something wrong with other test kits...
Good luck...  _________ 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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05-27-2008, 08:13 AM
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| | Bubble Tip Anemone
Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: West Midlands,UK
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Originally Posted by omard  Agree, not likely a 02 problem...
Got a ground probe?...Maybe need to check for stray current in tank. That is allot of gear you have hanging in it... | Only electrical components within tank water are 2 xpowerheads, 10watt total?
Will try water testing at lfs and get back to you, but mine are in date api, but you never know right? | |
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05-27-2008, 09:23 AM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Miami, FL Age: 39
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I have the Salifert O2 test and its pretty easy to use. Luna _________ 9YR OLD 90G/55g custom sump/refug Mag18 Aquac 180skimmer 692w MH AC jr,yel&kole tang,midas&convict blenny,B&G chromies,Blk/yel fin chromie blackcap,nemo,neon goby,6line; Blastomussa Merleti,Acan ,BUBBLE,Torch,LTA, Acropora(2) Moon, assort zoas, yel& G star polyps, P&B ricordia, montiporas, cup&candy corals, xenias,B/G mush,flower ane(2), cherry red mussa, dusters,cleaning crew..  | |
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