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The foaming is totally normal and will go away in a day or two.
Burnsie, Multiply the numbers they are giving you by 50 to get ppm.
For anyone still reviewing this thread, I was really happy to see it after having to put up with one of those useless Coaralife light timers. I made...
I have had this tank for a year and keep making small improvements. I dose kalk w/strontium every day to maintain pH at 8.0-8.2 using a continuous...
"You don't want to dispose of bristleworms unless you've got too many. They eat detritus and keep your sandbed stirred. If you have too many, chances...
Actually, you don't need all that in quarantine and you don't want to contaminate rocks or filters with disease, parasites or meds. You can set it up...
I fyou change 20% of your water at one time, you will reduce any bad stuff like nitrates by 20% (as long as they are not present in the new water)....
Qurantine should last one month. Note that since you won't have filtration in the quarantine tank you need to add ammolok every couple of days as...
No worries! Your Nemo is likely fine. Just keep checking for parasites and other visible signs of illness. Don't add chemicals to your tank unless...
You are measuring carbonate hardness (KH). Carbonate is what causes your water to be alkaline and you need alkalinity. The color change occurs when...
I can probably replumb it with the variable discharge valve but prefer not to since it only increases the volume from 295 gph with the MJ to 370 with...
I recently bought a refractometer for $65 and found it to be a great investment. My swing arm measured sg 1.025 and the refractometer said 1.028....
A short term variation on the fridge mod is to just put the coil of tubing in a cooler full of ice. (No skill required). The cooler will help keep...
My Aqua C Remora seems to do ok with the maxijet 1200 but, never willing to leave well-enough alone, after reading some of the old threads, I decided...
Try looking for them at night with a flashlight. Lots of critters come out at night and flashlight makes everything stand out. I though my emerald...
Can anyone suggest a good kit that tests all levels (i.e. cal, ph, alk, nitrates, nitrites, amonia, phosphate, and any thing else that might be...
Do you mean dimensional depth or water depth. Bruce's answer seems to refer to dimensional depth, in which case I would agree. As far as water depth...
Sssnake, We put 4 turbos in our tank just four days ago and they, along with some help from the ceriths and hermits, have scrubbed the LR, walls and...
Oops! Sorry, I guess I did two posts on the same subject. Must be getting old.
Our system recently went through an outbreak of algae, combination of green and brown hair and brown film everywhere. LR and equipment was beginning...
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