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Ok, cleaned the tank & changed 5 gallons out today. Alk now 7.5 meg/l, calcium appears to have fallen to 430 ppm,nitrites/trates less than 5, ph...
P.S. With the calc test, I started out with a full syrynge, 1.0, and ended up with just .1 left.
Thanks very much Ted, and everyone else who's posted replies here. As it turns out, a guy who works at my LFS posts on this board too, I discovered...
So, if I'm understanding the reading of this alk test correctly, it should only take between 8 & 9 drops to get a desirable reading, if 1 drop =...
Ok, same alk test performed approx 24 hours after the last one, and it only took 17 drops this evening as opposed to 20 last night, meaning my alk is...
It doesn't appear that the coralline on the new live rock is responding very well. with the exception of the alk test, everything else seems to be...
Thanks for the advice, everyone!
Well, here's my theory & plan for going about getting the tank ready for corals: I add about a quart of fresh RO/DI every day to 2 days as...
oopps . sorry It says the amount of drops divided by 2 equals the total alkalinity. As a side note, when should I expect to see coralline...
Meg/l I think The instructions say "Each drop is equal to 5 meg/l. The # of drops to get from blue to yellow is the total alkalinity"
HIya reefman and thanks for the reply :) Yes, I'm almost painfully aware of the SG, ammonia, nities/trates, eect. I'm just new to watching the...
Hi everyone! I've been keeping a fish-only tank for several years now, with fair to decent luck. I'm looking to start getting into corals &...
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