Recent content by Max_in_SD

thanks for the hlep Steve that seemed to do it

yeah the lights have a cover on them... my lights come on from mon-fri 5 pm - 12 am sat/sun 12 pm - 12 am what i can probably do is remove the lights to allow the open square holes for more aeration and get another powerhead to stir up the tank so i can add...

PH now at 8.0 Well one night after adding those hole lines and 1:30 of my lights being on when I came home my PH read 8.0. Cant be sure if it was just the lights coming on or the holes that i plugged into the zoo meds. I have the 228 model.

My PH hovers around 7.7-7.9. I read enough on these boards to not use the buffers to raise it up so i have been leaving it as is hoping that once my tank matures more it will go up.. my tank has been up for 3 months now. 125 Gallon Long w/ canopy 2 Fluval 404's 3 Medzoo Powerheads 1 Seaclone...

what i learned was everytime i used prime or something that was to elminate ammonia,nitratesm nitrites my tank would get cloudy. If you just do it the natural way your tank will never go cloudy.. Live Rock Live Sand..etc

my mistake meant to say it does not elevate pass 7.8 despite using the kent 8.3 buffer

I have been using the kent marine buffer to achieve a PH of 8.3 as it states adding every down but for some reason my ph does not elevate and stays at 8.3 any suggestion

My tank is 125 Gallons 80 lbs LS and 15 lbs LR. Its been running for 2 months before i added any fish just had the shrimp and LR,LS. Now that was the amazing part of all this. I do not understand how the damels from the LFS survive when i dumped in the bucket the PH measured from PH Monitor...

Everytime before i added fish i tried all the other methods and within hours or the following day the fish would croak. So I started my drip line after I purchased six damels and left it running for about 2.5 hours since I was no rush and they were in a big container. Well after the drip was...

A friend of mine who is doing a 125 gallon reef tank is considering purchasing for his sump tank. Is this a good price for a system or is this to pricey? Cost of this system is 470 + tax i believe. I started a FOWLR tank without a sump tank. I got a bunch of stuff hanging on the sides and...

8O ...learn something new everyday

DUDE I AM WIH YOU!!! I have had my tank up for almost 7 weeks and finally got the nitrites to show up a couple days ago with just a trace. Tested last night and i am at 5.0 of Nitrites 2.0 Amm and 2.0 Nitrates. So the cycle process is in full effect FINALLY!!.. :lol:

I just bought some uncured live rock and put it in the tank. Never seen cured live rock before I got some tango rock? What does it look like when its cured.. Tank is in the cycle process so uncured rock will do it some good

At what point do the nitrites begin to flourish? my shrimp look like dried fruit right now and the Ammonia is at 2.0 level. Nitrites are at 0. Just looking for ball park nothing specific. Like when the shrimp are half decay just hoping I am doing something right for once

what is the average time before the shrimp starts to decay?