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I heard an interesting anecdote on torches and bjd the other day watching YT reefin vids. The reefer in the video stated that he keeps alk above 10 for his torches because jt essentially prevents BJD. I havent done my own research on this but I stopped keeping torches altogether as I kept losing...

Hey everyone, I need help. I have two nano tanks, 14 gallon & 15 gallon innovative marine AIO. I am looking to start dosing All For Reef for alkalinity. I use tropic marin Pro reef salt as well. 14 gallon was 6.7 dkh yesterday & 6.5 dkh today. 15 gallon was 5.8 dkh yesterday & 5.5 dkh...

Hello guys!! I just wanted to inquire about a real problem I just realized I may have. So, to begin, I have a 20 gallon tank, stocked with 2 hammers, a fathead torch, an acan, a variety of mushrooms, and some gsp, not sure if thats considered mixed but thats besides the point. Anyways, I use the...

looking to buy an alkatronic, must be willing to ship to or be local to 18104, if you have one for sale please post pictures here and i will PM you

The past 10 days I’ve been measuring my Alk and evaporation. After a water change my Alk is 7.5 and right before a water change it’s 7.1. My tank evaporates 0.5 gallons to 0.75 gallons a day. My desired Alk is 8.5. I used a kalk dosing calculator but exactly how do I dose it? I’m planning on...

The title like the title says I left my dosing pump on all night. I plugged it into the wrong timer and instead of turning on for one minute every two hours it ran continuously for about five hours. I estimate that a dose between 2 to 300 mL of all for Reef… Into my Evo 13.5 gallon tank Now my...

Hello, my tank came with two bottles of ATI Essentials Pro, which have been used halfway through and have percipitated, even though i did heat them and shaken them it hasnt fixed the issue. My tank has softies and will upgrade to LPS and SPS in a few months at least. Its is around 300L with the...

When dosing sodium carbonate the calculator says to dose slowly, but I’m not sure how slowly. Can this happen over a 1 hour period or a 1 day period? Seems like a small amount and a small move in alk.

Hi all hoping some of you math / chemistry gurus can help me get my head around this. So I currently use the below product as part of an automated 3 part dosing system on the Xepta autobalance. I’m not actually sure what it is made up of since calcium is dosed separately? I mix up 5 litres of...

Hi all, I'm trying to move away from AFR powder-based because I realized some elements get consumed faster than others, and as a result, I notice a higher number of certain components. I'm trying to mix all my components, like alkalinity, magnesium, calcium, and trace elements, to adjust my...

Hello everyone I have a pretty heavily stocked LPS tank Mostly hammers, frog paws, torches, Goni and elegance corals they’re currently not looking super happy. I’m struggling to raise my Alk. I’ve been dosing tropic Marin original balling part B 30-40ML (mixed 16 scoops into a gallon of...

My tank is at the point where I need to dose Alk and I have been doing so manually using the Red Sea part B. Since I started dosing this I check my alk daily using a Hanna checker to make sure I’m getting the dose amount dialed in. My Alk had been pretty steady for 2 weeks around 8.7-8.9dkh...

Hey All, Background, tank has been lights on for 5 months. 80G or so. 2 clowns, 2 wrasse, 1 goby, 1 tomini tang, plus various cleanup crew (incl an urchin). Corals currently are 1 mushroom plus a few LPS (Acan,Goni,Hammer,Favia). Not a huge load on either side by any means (more to come of...

Hey all, I have an like brand new Neptune Trident for sale. I used this for 3 weeks to make sure the parameters were correct. I had a Trident before this one and it was always off. This one is perfect and was very consistent. As you can see in the photos, it's basically new. No salt in the...

Setup is a 40 breeder several corals on the left with mainly monti and gsp on the right. There was more variety on the right but the gsp grew over it. Tip on gsp…don’t put it where you don’t want it !!! Now to the question… My dosing seems to constantly going up and now I’m using a gallon of...

A month ago I was slowing switching from the Aquaforest Sea Salt bucket to the Reef Salt bucket by Aquaforest for my corals. My Alk used to stay around 7.7dkh but since then it keeps raising. The Reef salt bucket ICP batch code give me these results on the website: 35 ppt should have a dkh of...

BUBBLE MAGUS T11 vs JEBAO DP4 Hi guys i am planning to get a dosing pump for stabilizing my ca and alk. Which one do you suggest? I saw some negative reviews about jebao but there wasnt any for bubble magus t11

I bought this set a few years ago and used one time. These are in brand new condition. The reagents have expired. I would like to trade do zoas, mushrooms, torches, hammers or any soft coral that gets my attention.

Selling my rarely used Hanna checkers.. salinity tester. Calibration solution good until 2028 $50 shipped Alkalinity tester with open reagent more than 50% left . Good until March 2025 $40 shipped Take both for $80 shipped

Salifert test result - 8.9 Hanna - 7.8 Which to trust?

What Corals do you have in your tank that are the first to indicate your parameters are getting out of whack. For my it's my mystic sunset monti. As soon as phosphates start to rise or things get off a little it starts to retract polyps and the color starts to fade.

Switched over to Kalk a few months back and have these sitting in my closet. $25 for one set (1 gallon alk/1 gallon cal) Or take them both for $40 Pick up in Woodbridge NJ 07095 Sorry NO SHIPPING

Hanna checkers $35 each shipped 1 Alk with new reagent 1 Alk with open reagent - $30 1 Phosphate with standard 1 Nitrate with new box of reagent 1 Silica See all tank break down equipment sales here: https://www.reef2reef.com/search/5018912/?c%5Busers%5D=poidog&o=date

My tank tested at 7.212dKH (129ppm) and my new saltmix gives me an alk of 8.1 (145ppm). I will be doing a waterchange now but should I be raising my tank alk back up to about 8dkh where my salt mixes? I will be performing another test 24h after my waterchange to see how much it has raise the...

I know this is a question/discussion that’s been had before, probably many times. But years tick by and things update and change. Aside from your controllers (apex, hydros, trident, etc…) And notepad/ whiteboard What is the favorite phone app to log, chart, track all your important parameters...