In my reef I'm dosing a pittance - barely 12ml of calcium and magnesium combined. Alkalinity is a different matter - needing anywhere from 100-120ml daily to maintain a dKH of between 8.25-8.35.
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wow, okay that makes me feel better as I'm dosing 52 and barely staying around 8.2 and 8.4. As soon as my brs is done I'm going to try topic marin for ca/mgIn my reef I'm dosing a pittance - barely 12ml of calcium and magnesium combined. Alkalinity is a different matter - needing anywhere from 100-120ml daily to maintain a dKH of between 8.25-8.35.
Tropic Marin All For Reef is everything - alk, ca and mag.wow, okay that makes me feel better as I'm dosing 52 and barely staying around 8.2 and 8.4. As soon as my brs is done I'm going to try topic marin for ca/mg
that's cool. I'll do some research on it. I can always keep the brs stuff on hand. What do you do if you need 1 element higher than the others? Like alk? Dose something else?Tropic Marin All For Reef is everything - alk, ca and mag.
From what I understand it's all you need to maintain all three levels, though I imagine if you need a touch more of any you could dose those separately. If you do a few searches on R2R there's a few examples where people have documented how it works for them (I personally haven't tried it out myself).that's cool. I'll do some research on it. I can always keep the brs stuff on hand. What do you do if you need 1 element higher than the others? Like alk? Dose something else?
Yes, I use the Nyos powder and pre-mix with water. Alkalinity goes in one DDR reservoir and calcium and magnesium (~60-40 split) in the other.good idea. You just mix ca and mg to dose and alk separate, correct?
a mantis or pistol. I have never heard my pistol...Glad to hear your vacation was uneventful! (at least insofar as the fish were concerned) So as I sit here writing this reply in the dark I here this clicking coming from my tank. I either need to look at maintenance on one of my wavemakers or embark like Ahab on my own quest for the great white whale...
That is a stunning SPS. Wish my guys would look that fluffy. Do you know the key to a fluffy SPS by any chance?Back from being gone 5 days and tank survived without me lol's. Checking numbers now. Turned calcium dosing off as it was staying over 500. Still just over 500. Need to bring it down to stop alk from precipitating. I had recalibrated trident to tank again and now alk is showing better numbers. 8.79. Mg at 1520 and ca at 508. NO3 19.6 and po4 0. Hubby didn't have time to dose neophos this morning so will dose tonight.
Another woo hoo! Spotted my court jester goby tonight. Hadn't seen it since the first day in tank. That was almost 3 weeks ago. So I've seen all 4 new fish now.
Corals all looking good. cleaned glass first thing and used the "reef snow" Tank looking nice and clear.
Hoping I can talk hubby into some tank work. He's so wiped out from taking care of cats, dogs, plants and fish tanks he may balk lol's
I thought this coral was a tenuis but it has pretty long sweeper tentacles so I don't think so as they don't have these. Am thinking a tort? Any ideas? It seems to put these out after I've cleaned the glass. Pic and a video
Thanks lol's. This is like a diary format and I just jabber away haha.I’ve missed this thread!
That is a stunning SPS. Wish my guys would look that fluffy. Do you know the key to a fluffy SPS by any chance?
i will check for that!Look at the dorsal fin on your mandarin for a protruding spike/spine along the edge (sometimes upu have to wait for the fish to move and the fin extended to observe). If you find one that's a male.
Hoping they'd go after more algae than the other fish! Need more tuxedo urchins as well. Prob order more cuc and focus on what I need to deal with algae and sand. More nasarius and maybe a couple mexican snails, though afraid they might be too big and bulldozyDebating adding a mollie or 2 or 3 for algae. Anyone do this?
have not, but what can it hurt ? could see it helping NO3 ,either way...