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Maybe that's my problem. I have them at 95%. So I guess I will lower the % and see what happens. With your lights at 65%, how long are your lights on for?

I have put three new sps pieces in my 90 gal reef tank. They keep dying or bleaching out. I have radion led lights. So that's why I think they are bleaching out, then dying. Water is great! Cal 480 Alk 10 Phos .04 Nitrates 0 Nitrites 0 Ph 8-8.3 Temp 78 All of my other sps corals are doing...

I am in the market for a new protein skimmer. I have a bubble magnus and not too happy with it. What is some of the best ones for around $300?

want to use a brass needle valve for the air intake for my protein skimmer. Since it wont be in the water will it be ok to use it? I am worried about killing my corals. I know brass has copper in it and copper is horrible for corals. what do yall think?

What is y'all option on Hanna checkers? Are they worth the money, and are the accurate?

No I'm not rinsing my food. May be that is the problem. I am using ro/di water. I hope that fixes the problem. I am about to get a reactor from brs, and run gfo and carbon. If I do that do I still need to dose vodka?

Cool thanks. That's the article I read that made me want to do it. I am just having problems with phos. I do pwc weekly and keep up with clean up. I must over feed? Maybe I'll cut back.

Has anyone used vodka for carbon dosing? If so did it work, and would you recommend it?

Point one up to the surface so you create oxygen in the water.

Thanks! I like them also. Ok so I'll keep my salinity at 1.026. Thanks for the help!

I am bringing down slowly. It is now at 1.027. I am running radion led lighting.

Anyone?

On two of my sps corals the polyps are not coming out. 0 ammonia 0 nitrates 0 nitrites 8.2 ph salinity was at 1.030. I do regular water changes of 5 gal a week on a 100 gal tank. Do you think the high salinity would cause the polyps not to come out? I have never had a problem before. It started...

Have a little bubble algae on some rocks. What is the best way to get rid of it?

Sounds good. Thanks for the help!

Ok. That is the ratio that I am using on the mixture. When I am on the reef calculator on brs they say it will take 368 ml to bring it up to 420.

Magnesium is at 1300. Little low but not bad... I'm wondering if I am dosing the right amount, because the cal is staying at 380 an not going down. I am going to bring it up to 420 then see if the dosing pumps will keep it there. What do y'all think?

I am using brs recipe 1 two part solution. The tank is 90 gals. I am dosing about 110ml of cal aday, and 93ml of alk.

Anyone?

I started dosing two part. Before that I was using kalk in my ato. Cal was staying at 460 and alk stayed at 8. After I started using two part, and brought up alk to 10 my cal is staying very low. At around 368-380. I have bumped up the timers on the cal by 10 min each time, but cal will not come...

Seems like you went too fast on the acclamation. Maybe try raising the lights and giving it more time. When I went to leds that was a big deal. If you go too fast you will bleach your corals.

The lights might be too strong. Did you acclimate the corals to the LEDs?

Cool thanks.

Will a sponge in the bubble trap cause phos to rise over time?

When my tank just got done cycling I added a couple of corals and fish. After that bubble came out of the rock, sand but not out of the coral. I don't think it is anything to worry about right now. If it does not go away in a couple of weeks then try something else. I was told it was gases...