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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    Have quite a few more but it's saying I've reached my quota? Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    So thought I'd do a little photo dump since I've gotten some new things recently.. Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Dosing

    Hey bribo so I've been messing around with the calculator and when I enter desired alk around 8.0 it says balanced calcium is ~420. Does this mean I should be dosing a little calcium as well to raise mine from 400 ppm in order to hit my desired alkalinity of 8.0 dKH? Sent from my SM-G925V using...
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    Dosing

    That's comforting to hear that it took a lot to make a change for someone else as well. I've been using the aquavitro line solely because I was give a free sample of the entire reef line so I figured I would give the eight.four, cacification, and ions a go since I had recently noticed in order...
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    Few pic updates. Along with a new acro I got a couple weeks ago Thought I'd toss one in of the eel hanging out in his cave Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Dosing

    I wasn't using one and was using the initial amount suggestion on the bottle and then hoping to test and see how much it raised and go from there to establish a daily amount needed to keep things close to a set number. Thanks for the link though. I will definitely start using that from now on...
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    Dosing

    In the past I had struggles with a ton of LPS due to my alk going below 7. I guess preferably I would like to get it to hover atleast around 8 dKh or so. More so I guess is I just want to understand what's going on with my dosing regimen and why I am not seeing an increase in alk at all. I want...
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    Dosing

    I checked both and the highest it's ever read was around 7.5.. I'd like to get it up to around 10 dKH gradually but obviously I'm doing something wrong it seems Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Dosing

    Also when I add the 5 mL of alk it turns white when it hits the tank water and then disperses throughout. Would this be precipitation occurring then? If so wouldn't I be seeing a drop in calcium? Any help is greatly appreciated as I've never physically had to dose before. I'm slightly familiar I...
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    Dosing

    So over the past week or 2 I've started dosing alkalinity as my tank is well below where i would like it and water changes just don't seem to keep up. I've been using the aquavitro liquids to do so. Here are my tank params using salifert test kits: 20 long tank Salinity 1.026 using reef crystals...
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    How much gph for my 20 gallon long?

    You could check out the jebao wp10. Very powerful for its size and comes with the wavemaker controller. Runs around $50 I think? I use one in my 20L with a 425 gph koralia on the opposite side pointed behind my rock to take care of any dead spots Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice...
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    Also fixed the alk levels. Just a stupid mistake on my part. I had run out of calibration fluid for my refractometer and put off getting some more until I needed to order some salt again. Found my salinity was actually at 1.020 which is why I just couldn't keep the alk up. anyway, did some...
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    https://youtu.be/AMvr20ZIMoI Finally got a quick video of feeding the eel. Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    So alk is being drained pretty quick it appears. I have a calcium test kit on the way as well so I can see how fast that is being drained as well. Weekly water changes just don't cut it anymore so looks like I need to start dosing. Would a 2 part kit be best like the one from kent? Sent from...
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    Daryls 120 gal tank

    Love the addition. I just got a golden dwarf moray for my reef. Eels in a full on reef I think are so cool since you don't see it too often. Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    Also, recently I grab a few frags of leptastrea and a 'fleshier' chalice as opposed to the stunner and both dwindled away pretty fast if this helps at all Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    So recently some corals haven't been doing to well. My acan is losing flesh, stunner chalice is slightly dying on the edges and the acros don't seem to be extending there polyps all the way. All the monti's tho along with the cyphastrea and euphilias are doing great though. I don't really test...
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    Graham's 5.5g planted tank

    Few questions: So when my tank leaked I put everything in a 2.5 for a few days while I went to visit family in cleveland. Naturally, I left the timer switch on 'always on' and all the micro sword is infested with hair algae as this pic shows. It's not suffocating the plant but is unsightly...
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    Graham's 5.5g planted tank

    Snapped a few pics finally. Not the best but here they are. From what I've read online I went with 1 male and 4 females. Here's a pic with what I believe is a male on the left and 2 of the the females Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Graham's 5.5g planted tank

    Thanks. I had never really seen them before and I love "oddball" fish. Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    Thanks! Ya it's still a work in progress but it also helps to work at the LFS haha Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Graham's 5.5g planted tank

    Plants will be the same as the right. Just micro sword and dwarf sag.. as for the leak sadly no. They were pretty much in all different places so I couldn't really nail down the cause. I do know the warranty on those size tanks is only 90 days so maybe they're just made poorly? Who knows.. I'm...
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    Graham's 5.5g planted tank

    So it's been a while since I gave an update on the tank.. to start I once again had a tank leak which frustrated me to no end. Decided to just scrap the 5.5 and grabbed a 10gal. Planned the scape before hand and things turned out pretty well as its mostly rock with plants I know will do just...
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    So I have been feeding the eel chopped up pieces of squid and the silversides 2-3 times a week.. any other suggestions or things I should make sure to include in his diet? Sent from my SM-G925V using Aquarium Advice mobile app
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    Graham's 20L reef (college budget)

    Ya I'll definitely be snapping a bunch more as he gets more comfortable in the tank. Speaking of a lid, I tossed a glass top I have on the tank with the plastic back trimmed closely to the skimmer and HOB filter but It's just temporary. Any suggestions on material to use? I was thinking some...
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