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Looks like your rock was loaded with organics. Was this dry rock previously used in an old tank? With phosphate of 4ppm I would start dripping lanthanum into a 5 micron sock. An iv bag from Amazon and a few ml of tropic Marin’s lanthanum product (or another product) would be good. Lanthanum is...
I hate antibiotic slime removers. IME they reset the biome of your reef and you’ll just get the slime again. A lot of people that I known swear by the topic Marin cyo control. Supposedly it adds the bacteria that out competes the cyano.
Besides this, if your nitrates are running near 0, raising...
Perfectly healthy and growing colony. 8” or larger. Hard to measure. Pickup or I can meet at north Jersey coral show on Sunday. Just keep in mind if I transport in a bucket it could be a little dinged up. Must pay in advance to reserve it.
Looks good to me. PH will climb the highest during the photoperiod. You don’t have anything to be concerned about. You should buy a bunch of packs of ph solution and calibrate your probe regularly (float in tank water to match temp). Probes usually fail after a year or 2 IME. Once in a while...
First thing I would do is calibrate the ph probe. If your PH is actually going to 8.5 that’s great. Means you have low co2 in your home and great buffering. I dose primarily Kalkwasser on my systems and I routinely hit 8.5 with no issues. I have the shutoff at 8.65 which I’ve hit with no...