parameters

My parameters are always on the low end values and even I'm using kalkwasser, it's always depleting. My salt is af reef salt. Now I'm transitioning on using all for reef. I just want to ask if can I use both or the daily afr is already enough to maintain my parameters? Thanks! Alk - 6.85 Ca...

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How much does your pH fluctuate over the course of a day? A week? A month? I'm curious to hear from folks who track it regularly - especially those using pH probes with graphs (like Apex, Hydros, ReefPi, etc.), but all are welcome. I’ve noticed some patterns in my own tank and wanted to see...

So I have this 20 gallon tank for about tree months and has been good for the two first months, but in the last month Dinos start to appear, first just little amounts and now a considerable amount, they are in the rock, sand and some pieces in corals, ( these I try to take them out blowing them...

Hey Guys, should start by saying i have recently upgraded my tank to a Cade Reefer 1200 This is my first time having a full sump system aquarium previously running my tanks off canister filters Having a few issues with the new tank i was hoping to get advise on, with the return pump i was...

So I started my reefing journey back in maybe August of last year. I’ve been pretty good about testing my nutrients and dosing what was needed etc and of course had a couple of mishaps where Alk or other nutrients were lower than what they should’ve been. However, despite my levels being pretty...

Hi reefers, I'm a fairly new reefer. Been in the hobby for almost a year. A couple of weeks ago I did a 10 gallon water change in my 69 gallon AIO tank and it went all downhill from there. 1 chalice coral and 3 torch coral have died and I'm trying to prevent anymore from following. I did a...

Hello everyone! I keep an immensely simple nano Invertebrate tank and hope to add a coral frag in a few weeks. I have the standardized API Saltwater Master Test Kit (pH, ammonia, nitrite, and nitrate), but I have read people testing magnesium and all sorts of elements. What should aquarium...

Hello reefers! I have had my Red Sea Reefer 425xl setup for about 4 years now and have been reefing since for about 15 years now. To be completely honest though, I don't have much experience when it comes to managing different levels in the tank. I have always stuck with biweekly water...

Looking to set up an SPS frag tank and looking for advice on how to go about it. I have mixed reef tanks but sps never do well. I’ve been able to keep alive green slimer, red digi and bubble gum digi. Whenever I’ve tried keeping anything else they just die on me. Any help is appreciated

Hi everyone, I recently purchased a balling method to improve the stability of my aquarium's parameters, but the recommendations suggest balancing the parameters before starting with balling through water changes or other products. I'd like to know what products or methods I could use to...

What’s up guys, so I had a bad algae bloom in the past that killed off a lot of coral, tank had been good. Just a lot of the red cyanobacteria on the sand and rock work that I have to blow off every couple of days . Par near the Acans is about 85-90. My Acans and GSP have not been open in a...

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.

Hey guys, so I’ve had a torch for a few weeks, it has opened up way bigger than it is now but for some reason it stays retracted. My Acans seem to be fine. I also have a GSP that isn’t opening up any more either and it used to look like a nice patch of grass blowing in the wind. I believe my...

Hi All, I am currently using red sea blue bucket to reach 35 ppt salinity. I dose the 3 part aquaforest components now for my display tank. After mixing, the desired range of calcium, magnesium and alkalinity are not where I want them to be. Is it common to adjust parameters after mixing...

Below is my chart of my parameters I have been documenting for the past month. I am struggling with nitrate levels. I am feeding twice a day with Brine/Mysis shrimp and doing lower percentage water changes. Also I believe I am having a Cyano outbreak right now? See video below. Should I be...

These are my current parameters as of today, I mainly plan to only put softies and some sps in my tank, do my parameters seem good besides my Nitrates? What would be the ideal nitrate level for what I want?

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...

Hello everyone this is my 20 gal AIO, its been set up for approximately 8 months. I am just now really trying to dial in my nutrients and just wanted to document the process. Equipment on the tank is an AI nero 3, AI hydra 32 at about 55% mounted 12 inches off the water. parameters are as...

Hi all, I'm currently struggling with some parameter issues. I've attached at the bottom what my levels are as of this past Saturday and a video of my tank. Right now I'm slowly trying to raise my salinity by topping off with 1.026. My pH has be stable at 8 for about two months. My nitrate...

I've had this hammer since mid September, and its never opened up more than It has in its first week. It looks nowhere like it did at the swap when I bought it (it was bicolor, blue and green) The first photo is day one in the tank, and the second is today. The last month or two has been...

Good afternoon everyone! I have decided to take things seriously and as my LFS says, "Become a huge nerd". I made the decision to buy a Salifert bundle and have test kits for Phos, NO3, ALK, Mag, Cal, and pH. I have created a gameplan to test my tank's levels every day for two weeks straight...

Hey all, it's been a few years since I kept a saltwater tank - my expertise is definitely in freshwater and turtles. In the past I had 2 thriving reef tanks with fish & LPS but once my ex and I broke up I kept the freshwater and he took the salt tanks (he was definitely the salt expert!) So...

Hi, I have a Fluval Evo 5. The tank has been running for about 6-7 months now, absolutely no issues until now. I had a pike blenny and a elongate dottyback (too small of a tank and overstocked, I know, was planning on moving them to a 16 gallon) until both vanished one day. I pulled apart the...

Hi guys! I've struggling with high levels of magnesium in my tank, I check parameters every week, and for the past 3 weeks, magnesium has been going up. Also my nitrates are kind of high, but those are going gradually down, so I'm not too worried about it. So I would really really appreciate...