#chemistry

Ok so I currently have it where at night my ph is a constant 8 but during the day it rides to 8.16 is this bad for sps growth? I’m trying to dial in my oh and am curious if other have similar situations like me where they let it ambiently during the day rise and at night keep it at a constant...

Ok I'll try and keep short and to the point but I'll tend to babble so readers beware lol. About 12 days ago my nitrates were around 14 and phosphates hovering around .021 area.. just about dipping below the .020 range. Started getting small tuffs of GHA growing on the sand bed and was...

So pretty much I love the look of caulerpa and made an external refugium and put some in, it grew 5 new “leafs” in 24 hours. Before adding it in both my nitrate and phosphate where at 4ppm now both have shot down to zero. Should I dose some nitrate and phosphate?

Anyone got any good suggestions?

So pretty much my ph reads at around 7.8 and I’d like to raise those levels, I have a very succeful refugium and my dkh reads at 10, what could be the problem/ solution here?

hey guys just wondering how some of you guys manage to keep a stable ph? my tank is 1 month old (30 gallons) after cycling and i struggle to keep my ph steady. i’ve tried ph buffers but i was adviced not to by BRS because those supplements usually raise alkalinity more than they do ph. i’ve been...

Hello, A device I am using calls for 65g / 1000mL of Sodium Bicarb " the solution raise KH for ml / L ability. This means that whether or not any KH lift solution is used, please provide how much dKH can be increased by 1 L (1000 cc) of seawater per ml (cc) for this lift solution.The default is...

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