Coral help

[Wrassefan78]

Really? I could do that. I was under the impression I had to have someone come install one somewhere in my house and run a new water line to it, going by what the LFS guy said. I’ll have to look into it then. Do you leave it hooked up all the time and have it go to like a reservoir? Or do you just connect it when you need it?

Yes, I leave attached all the time and it goes into a brute can that I connect via a hose to the auto top off reservoir. When it’s not running I have a tarp over it to protect it from the sun.

 

[fixel2002]

Really? I could do that. I was under the impression I had to have someone come install one somewhere in my house and run a new water line to it, going by what the LFS guy said. I’ll have to look into it then. Do you leave it hooked up all the time and have it go to like a reservoir? Or do you just connect it when you need it?

I just connect it when I use it. It just connects to the facet of my utility sink.

Update:

Did a 30%ish water change today, got nitrates down to 20ppm, dosed calcium and magnesium again, phosphate is down to .09. Only issue now is that Alkalinity is high, it was 10.4dKH. I’m reading that the this is normal and instant ocean has a higher alkalinity than some salts? Also reading that the best way to lower alkalinity is to just let it do its own thing and lower on its own.

I still wonder what made my phosphates so high though, tested RODI water before water change and everything was good.