Folks, if you've recently upgraded or renewed your annual club membership but it's still not active, please reach out to the BOD or a moderator. The PayPal system has a slight bug which it doesn't allow it to activate the account on it's own.
I have only had mine going for a week or so but so far I like them. They are just a touch bluer than the aquablue specials, gives a little more pop but nothing crazy. You are going from 12k to 14k, so not a major difference.
I am not sure with the radions, but I run my AI fixtures at about 45%. Ramping them up to 90% might be a bit much but again I don't know that much about the radions.
Alk at 8-9 is normal and fine and your corals will be fine.
Vodka dosing may have caused it as well but there are really 3...
redfishblue fish posted a great group of articles on reef chemistry by Randy Holmes_Farley (the man when it comes to chemistry), find the link and read a bunch.
I will give you a few basics here but read the articles.
Alk keeps your PH steady, so low alk and your PH can swing more.
Alk and...
We have this in a container right now so when it dries out it will be dead sand which is no problem. The sand has been in this tank for about 6 months and could probably stand a rinse, but it is good sand.
Yeah the owner of swc was the one who got caught smuggling live rock over the border so yes they are in trouble. I have the swc 120 and love it, if you can find one right now, I would say get it. Eshops just came out with a skimmer that is almost a clone and you can find it (AO has it) but I...
SWC 120 and is more than powered for your tank
http://tb-aquatics.amazonwebstore.com/SWC-Xtreme-120-Cone-Protein-Skimmer/M/B0045OPZS4.htm?traffic_src=froogle&utm_medium=CSE&utm_source=froogle
They were 34.99 a piece but they are running a buy one get one fifty percent off so we picked up two. There were not that many left, I would call again. Also, will at AO also has some in as well at the same price.
We lived in an apartment a few years back that was like 200 yards away from a police station. We were worried we were going to get raided because we had the blow glow spilling out of our windows and had people coming and going with bags. Luckily nothing happened but we used to joke about it...
Alk is probably your problem and the lighting. Most chalices are low light low flow type of corals. When you moved it up you might have shocked it a bit. Having high alk is also a problem with chalices as that can cause rescission. When my alk got a little out of control, that is when I saw...