#parameters

I've been dosing afr for months now and am seeing good results in my parameters however I still cant get my alk above 6.7 and ph above 8.15. Should I just dose more afr or use something else for the alk,just didnt want to raise everything else to much ? Was just hoping afr would take care of...

I thought the culprit was phosphates as they spiked due to a busy life and changing my RODI carts a little later than I normally do. As in they spiked to over 0.90 according to my Hanna. I have it now at 0.19 and still going down. I had a cream angel that picked on these specific corals that are...

So i need assistance. I tested my KH on February 1st. It took 19 drops to turn to the end color. Today, feburary 5th, I'm testing my KH again and it took 9 drops this time and it was the overdose color. The instructions say some math/ number stuff. And it's completely gibberish to me. Can...

Hi everyone, I am fairly new to keeping saltwater aquariums. I have 2, a 120 gal with sump, and a 13.5 gal fluval. I have these tanks in my classroom as I am a teacher. The 120 gal was purchased from someone off Facebook marketplace and has now been established with me for about a year and 3...

Has anyone bought and tried this? Is it worth the money? I’m so tempted but wanna know it’s worth it! If it’s a hard no for you what’s your favorite most easy test kit? HANNA Bluetooth Marine MASTER Multiparameter Checker - Reefstock Denver 2023

Hey reef team, I've got a 25 gallon innovative marine AIO tank. I've been dealing with a bit of hair algae growing on my macro algae, as well as a ton of bubble algae growing on the rocks and frag plugs. I just tested my parameters and currently Alk is 7.5dkh, Ca is 750, Phosphates are 0.0 and...

Hey guys, I have a 28gal Biocube thats been up and running for a year now, I have 2 clowns and 1 skunk cleaner shrimp. I had added some cuc and two frags to start getting into reefing, had them acclimated correctly with allowing 3 hours drip and they were fine for 4 days. My new zoas and candy...

Are my aquarium parameters too high if so how can I bring them down. Salinity 1.025 Temp 76 Tank is about 6 months old

I’m running a Radion XR30 at 70% intensity. Any suggestions or tips on increasing the intensity level more or not? Wondering if this will effect how long the light will last itself. Attached are my light setting I have the Par readings by each coral in my tank Feel free to check me out on...

Hey, my parameters in my 29 gallon tank are a lil high, I started my tank exactly 3 weeks ago and for the last couple of weeks my parameters keep fluctuating back n forth. My Ammonia and Nitrite both keep going from .25ppm then back to .50ppm. My nitrates are high too around 40 ppm. Does that...

Good Morning Reefers ! I am writing this thread in order to help out the brand new reefers within the community . I have combined my knowledge and experience into a step by step guide in setting up your brand new reef tank . The goal we all have while setting up and keeping a tank is...

Do you measure your par during pick hour when the lights are at their most intese or do you measure were the light is most of the day. My lights have this scheduled in the picture i attached, what time would you recommend i test my par?

Now that my tank has been stable on parameters for awhile, I went out yesterday and got a branch of GSP to start my reef tank, nothing too expensive in case it didn't do well. It must be real mad at my tank, because it has not opened yet. Parameters: pH: 7.8 Nitrate: 8 KH: 11.5-12 Ca: 440...

Hey reefers I have a 3 gallon pico packed with euphyllia (it is a temporary tank, we are moving to a large waterbox in the next few months). Now in a tank this small obviously the fluctuations are a struggle, i test nightly and the ato keeps my salinity stable, cal and mag don’t move much...

hey guys, here with a quick question today. I was wondering if there was to come a time where one of your parameters were off, lets say cal alk and or mag, by a good amount how would you approach getting the levels back up. to elaborate, if calcium tests at a low 350 or 340ppm perhaps 330...

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...

Is there any way to lower phosphate without an reactor (gfo) or doing a water change