Bored? How about Mentoring a Newbie?

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[road_runner]

Btw, how is the main system?
Are you still running rowaphos? How long its been?

 

[Scott Christenson]

Btw, how is the main system?
Are you still running rowaphos? How long its been?

Very good, running Rowaphos in a bag, carbon in the reactor. Fish and corals look good. Another water change Wednesday. Working on the alkalinity testing now.

 

[Scott Christenson]

Ok, I pulled out the salt that came with the tank and tested it in 1 gallon of distilled water at 35ppt and the alk was 9.3, SO, the Coralife salt is my problem, not the testing. Tomorrow I will open another bucket of Coralife and test that. I'm really upset, a reefer should be able to test salt of all things!!

 

[Scott Christenson]

Latest Plan:
New RODI system will be installed Wednesday
Wednesday I will do the week 2 20% water change
I'm dosing 10ml of Reef Complete daily
Running Rowaphos and Carbon
Questions:
Will lights work long term?
Need to eventually figure out dosing?

 

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[Scott Christenson]

Why are you deviating from our plan?
What's the reason for 40% water change on one day. And if you want to do it why not doing 40% right away instead of 2 20% during one day?

I apologize, I thought you said 20% weekly for 5 weeks?

 

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[Scott Christenson]

no need for apologies my man I was asking to understand.
The plan was to do 20% water change weekly. Meaning once a week one 20% water change.
Wait..were you doing daily 20% water changes? No harm btw so do not panic

11 minutes ago I said, "Wednesday I will do the week 2 20% water change"
So that means that in week 1 I did a 20% water change, and in week 3 I will do a 20% water change.
Is that not what you wanted?
It's probably my poor grammar, sorry :(
I'm working really hard to follow your instructions as best I can.

 

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[Scott Christenson]

My pincushion urchin is crazy!!

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[Scott Christenson]

What are your thoughts on my lights?

 

[Scott Christenson]

Lesson for newbies watching this thread:
Never trust your salt. I purchased 3 large buckets of CoraLife and after extensive testing have confirmed that all of it is bad. And never buy salt in a bucket. Apparently buckets have a tendency to settle and cannot be easily mixed. Buy in bags.

 

[Scott Christenson]

Which do you recommend:
Classic: Ca: 370-390 ppm, Mg: 1250-1300 ppm, Alk: 9-10 dKH
Pro-REEF: Ca: 430-450 ppm, Mg: 1300-1350 ppm, Alk: 7-8 dKH
Bio-ACTIF: Ca: 430-450 ppm, Mg: 1300-1350 ppm, Alk: 8-9 dKH, plus carbon dosing compounds.
Syn-Biotic: Ca: 430-450 ppm, Mg: 1300-1350 ppm, Alk: 8-9 dKH, plus carbon dosing compounds, pro-biotic bacteria and de-nitrifying bacteria. (only available from Tropic Preferred Dealers).

 

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[Scott Christenson]

i would go with the pro cause it has lower levels, since we are trying to bring down your alk anyway.
the pro have very nice ratios.
avoid any biotic salts.

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[Scott Christenson]

i would go with the pro cause it has lower levels, since we are trying to bring down your alk anyway.
the pro have very nice ratios.
avoid any biotic salts.

Do you buy yours in a bag or bucket?

 

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