Recent content by Eggpaul

No, I'm upgrading from a 29 gallon tank to a 120 (4ft) or a 150 (5 ft).

It would be nice to have a reef safe trigger fish. Blue tang also.

Hello, I've had a great biocube 29 for 5 years. Added so much to it. Recently my pump failed (I know, I Should've replaced it years ago) and I lost everything. Thinking of upgrading. A lot of my equipment would transfer. Should I go 120 (48x24x24) or a 150 (60x24x24). Would the 12...

I just thought it's more common to dose equally. I'll follow your advice, get alk to 9.5 and dose accordingly. seems the calcium dose needs to be lowered so ALK can rise.

My Mg is at 1400. Is that ok or should I let it fall to 1350?

Recently my alk was at 5 before I started dosing. Lost a hammer and frogspawn. I noticed I lose about .5 KH each day if I don't dose. That is why I started dosing in the first place. Don't reef tanks lose calcium also while losing kH? That is why I thought we have to dose equal parts...

I'm dosing Calcium also because if I don't it will drop. the tank is heavily stocked with coral. Should I stop dosing it until Alk is up to where I want it and then start dosing both again?

Magnesium 1400 PH- 8.2 lights off, 8.4 lights on SG- 1.025 Calcium 445 KH- 8.0 Biocube 29- chaeto and carbon in chamber 2. I've been trying to keep KH at around 9.5, but it kept dropping so I kept increasing the dosing schedule on my reefkeeper. at one time it was 9.3, but then it crept...

But like I said, the hammer is doing fine the last few weeks. Polyps are extending and it's happy. I don't see any decaying polyps. So why would the hermit be eating healthy polyps?

Okay, a few weeks ago my new green walled hammer had brown jelly disease so I dipped it and other than the new empty spot it was fine. It has been opening up and looks awesome under my LED's. But lately I've noticed daily it get smaller and smaller. Seems polyps are disappearing daily from...

Ok, I'll see how the corals respond. Right now seems some are stretching for more. When I have things stable I'd like to get some sps hopefully, maybe place them high up. I have a 78 watt led system, diy.

Not going to add anything for a while. The BRS dosing kit is coming in so I can stabilize KH/CA. I have been slowly raising the LED power, maybe I should've raised it faster. So if I turn the power all the way up would it be bad for the frogspawn and hammer at the top of the tank...

Remember, my alk was 5 for a while abd then I immediately raised it to 11, which wasn't good, but that was a few weeks ago. Nitrates are 0-5. Salinity yesterday was at 1.024. Alk was at 7 or 8. Calcium 400-420. Phosphates were below the lowest number, forgot what that was. Are the leds...

Plate dying?

Yes,, thanks for your help. I think you're right, the fluid is in the tip, so the calculation should be right. I will wait a few days and test. It shouldn't be at 1485. Coral pro salt is 1340. Something is off