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  1. coralcruze
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    test restults are way off help me understand

    after getting a replacement test kit from red sea and that one also reading very very high results I will not use their products. I tested thier...
    Post by: coralcruze, Feb 16, 2012 in forum: Water Chemistry
  2. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    don't buy red sea products they are off. after red sea replacing a test kit the new one was off as well. way off too. I tested against three other...
    Post by: coralcruze, Feb 16, 2012 in forum: Algae
  3. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    I got my new red sea test kit today and did the gammet of tests again... here is what I found: red dea Mg = 1800 salifert mg = 1450 red sea alk =...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 20, 2011 in forum: Algae
  4. coralcruze
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    test restults are way off help me understand

    hey thanks for taking the time to run the comparitive tests and from what I can see they are very close so I would say that both of your kits are...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 16, 2011 in forum: Water Chemistry
  5. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    I'm sertain of two things... #1 your test kit is better than mine :D #2 this is a fluke thing and rarely happens with this brand as I've heard...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 16, 2011 in forum: Algae
  6. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    I understood you originally about the 35 GPH... as I stated I have a 2100 GPH pump... My tank uses 850 gph. I have a ball valve that I tweek down...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 16, 2011 in forum: Algae
  7. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    not possible... I read the directions and even watched thier you tube video. I'm reading the regent that was used and using thier chart. am I...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Algae
  8. coralcruze
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    test restults are way off help me understand

    the test kit is definatly bad... I agree. there is no way that I'm reading the numbers wrong. I am reading what was used for sure. In fact for the...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Water Chemistry
  9. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    I tested the water flow using a 5 galon bucket and a timer. I have plenty of flow as the pump (2100 gph magflow hydrive) is the main for my tank and...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Algae
  10. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    ok I opened up a ***fresh bucket*** of IO and here are the results: red dea Mg = 1700 better but still reading way to high salifert mg = 1350...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 15, 2011 in forum: Algae
  11. coralcruze
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    test restults are way off help me understand

    can someone please tell me whats going on? I use Instant ocean salt and have been using it for years. recently purchased a red sea ca, mg and alk...
    Thread by: coralcruze, Dec 14, 2011, 9 replies, in forum: Water Chemistry
  12. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    ok here are the results on a freshly mixed Instant Ocean saltwater (***existing bucket***); Tropic marin Alk = 6 dkh Red sea Alk = 9.1 dkh...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 14, 2011 in forum: Algae
  13. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    first thanks for taking the time to inform me of all of this. I've been in the hobby for 15 years and had no idea about the bryopsis... thats why i...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 14, 2011 in forum: Algae
  14. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    woa... thanks for that. I always though that Mg actually helps plants grow. Like Mangroves... they need mg to grow. I guess microalgae is differant...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 13, 2011 in forum: Algae
  15. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    I suppose it could be a form of cyano... it sertainly looks like it but doen not feel like it. as I mentioned I have 2 x 36 watts and flow is at...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 12, 2011 in forum: Algae
  16. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    scraped off my so called algae today and it still looked similar to whats in the pictures...this is my fourth week. I turned off my po4 reactor...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 11, 2011 in forum: Algae
  17. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    in the OP as 8.0 but today its 8.05...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 8, 2011 in forum: Algae
  18. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    Thank you for your comment... I was thinking the same thing about the pink bulbs. Although they are plant bulbs perhaps they are better suited for...
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 8, 2011 in forum: Algae
  19. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    anyone have any other suggestion as to what may be happening here??? what I'm doing wrong???
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 7, 2011 in forum: Algae
  20. coralcruze
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    help with my algae turf scrubber...

    its my understanding through resurch that it is GHA that you want as it is more efficient at removing po4 no3 and other... :-/
    Post by: coralcruze, Dec 6, 2011 in forum: Algae
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