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Blue hippo? I enjoy the yellow belly ones
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Get a yellow belly!A couple blue tangs would be awesome and have always been part of my stocking plan so maybe that is the way I will go... probably give it another week or so before I order them then 4 weeks in QT... tank should be more than ready by then.
They generally only jump when spooked. It's not a bad idea to have a screen. Brs has a simple diy kit that's esteticly pleasingOn the wrasses... should I be sure and have a top before I get one of these?? Seen where they can be jumpers. Is this common?? See a lot of pics of tanks that have wrasse in them with no top on..
Where did you get your sump from? Are you happy so far with it?
I wouldn't use ph buffer or chase a ph number. If possible run a hose from your skimmer to outside to suck fresh air and it will raise your ph. Ph buffer will spike your alkalinity which could kill the corals you want to add. Which salt did you use? 300 seems really low.
7.8 is perfectly fine. You will do yourself a disservice by chasing pH. Just allow your system to do its thing.
@Daniel Strickland just like everyone else I wouldn't chase the ph. Mine always ran that way. One thing you can try temp is getting the inlet of the skimmer outside the stand not outdoors. Also soda ash will increase alk not ph or cal
That's the beauty of it also there is no right or wrong way, I go against a lot of what people say and do and have been successful. Iv learned to watch corals and not chase numbers, only thing I test for in my tank is alk. Best advice i can give is keep your hands out of the water as much as possible and just observeThanks for replying.. yeah I got myself confused on the soda ash. To much info to try and remember to fast.
I will run a hose outside the stand think I can make that happen without to much problem thanks.
Guess it's just gonna be one of the challenges of this hobby but sure seems to be a lot of conflicting information out there about fish, dosing, levels, and just about everything. One thing you read says one thing and it's totally different in the next article or conversation you have. Sure explains the height rate of failure in reef keeping.