PC wrote:
Again, with out completely definitive water params and some insight into your feeding, lights, filtration, skimming, tank details, husbandry, we can only provide a good guess and some generalizations.
The reason that I havent taken the water to be tested by the
LFS is because they dont use quality testing eqiupment.
LFS use red sea or sea chem testing equipment which has too high an error probability. I only use salifert or lamotte test kits. I do have a friend though that could probably do a second opinion, so I will check into that. I did feed once a day, but now I will lengthen that. I utilize the berlin method with
DSB (4.5") for filtration. I use an aqua c remora (
HOB) for my skimming, and it is doing well. The lights are 1 - 150 watt Aqualine 10,000 HQI (13000K) and 2 - 65 watt actinic
03 PC. The
MH is at 10 hrs (reducing to 8) and the
PC's are on for 11 (reducing to 9). I use prime reef as the food for my tank, silversides for the anemone, and I rarely use coral/filter invert food ( the prime reef works for everybody). Im going to add a phosban reactor soon and maybe beef up the clean up crew.
Thanks for all the advice, I will keep you posted