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8/1/2023
Alk 6.7
8/4/2023
Alk 6.9
Calcium 450
So I did something I've been meaning to do for a long time, just to try it. I doubled the flow rate through my kalk pump and set it to dose 8pm-8am instead of 24/7. Immediate increase in alkalinity consumption. I was on the fence about it but...
7/8/203
Alk 6.5
Calcium 425
Mag 1260
Nitrate 3
Phosphate .25
I've been having some issues. Some things have been getting away from me. Been house shopping and working a lot. I have an ICP test I've been meaning to send out. I changed the lenses on all my hydras. Kalk stirer leaking, dosers...
I think it would be a cool idea to have a running thread of everyone's water parameters. Every time you test something, post it in here along with a picture of something in your tank
6/29/2023
Salinity 1.025
Alk 7.3
Calcium 425
Mag 1275
Nitrate 5
Phosphate .1
I have a melanaurus wrasse and 3 engineer gobies with similar sand. It sucks.
once they get settled, the engineers aren't the problem. It's the melanaurus. Tank is a 24/7 sand storm.
Obvious I know we're talking about 2 different fish, but their behavior is similar enough that I thought I'd...
This really is the best answer. I wouldn't mess around with some janky thing on a tank that nice. Going forward maybe for the house, put a brick or a paint can in the middle of it the screen before you do the spline. Perfect every time
I have no way of proving that this does anything. I'm not sure what micron size of the stuff is in the air vs the micron size of yours or my Floss, but it makes me feel better and that's what 50% of reefing is.