Recent content by Holygral

If you are talking about your all being 9 meq/l it is way too high. It should be 3.5-4 at 470 on the calcium. Many reefers get into trouble dozing anything. Stick with water changes and it will be fine for 95% of reef tanks. My set up is about 5 years old and I rarely ever test and when ever I...

Agree, they never need fed if they have the right environment

Why not just wait till you get the bigger tank, less stress on the fish being chased down, stressed to be moved 2 times in 2 months. Also good plans go astray sometime, it really makes no sense

Warmer weather, fresh air now getting into the house. Yes calibrate and see from there.

The lighting, the materiality of the tank and the the size of the tank are not a suitable environment for a nem. With a 20 gallon parameter swings will be too much to keep a nem. They must have a mature stable tank with good lighting. How do you know when your talk is stable, when you no longer...

your tank will take 6-8 weeks to cycle, there are no short cuts

I would suggest just buying one of the known auto top off units, they ant that expensive, tested and safe, make sure you get one with 2 sensors, a high and a low

I have used instant ocean for 6-7 years with a 125 mixed reef. I do weekly wc (around 10%)and let it mix 24 hours or more and it is always crystal clear. Will have to admit I test almost never, and when I do they are close but not perfect, but they don't have to be perfect, we spend too much...

If you have never had a problem, why would you risk changing just to change?

I have them covering whole rock pieces

I would drain it down to remove some of the stress, you can use 3/16 or 1/4 plexi and Weld on and sandwich it. I always keep some on hand for repairs of sumps, braces ect.

just curious, how common or uncommon are they, I have had them for years and are slowly spreading

OH changes in the oceans all the time, it some fresh air in your house when possible and don't worry about it. You get into trouble trying to keep a perfect number by buffering, you buffer your ph and you all will be way off, buffer your all and your mag will be way off and on and on.

must agree not to try and buff your ph, you will end up with a chemical mess trying to balance one thing after another. 7 seems awful low, Ill bet on a bad reading or test. Stable ph is far more important then chasing a number

no, not necessary