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jml1149
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Back again, any more ideas, or should I just tap out?
I had similar lights and ran 15% white and 30% blue with moderate success. Things really took off when I switched to Kessil lights and Kalk, but that's down the line. 5 ml Randy's two part with baked baking soda every day lights where you have them and let's see how it goes.
I had similar lights and ran 15% white and 30% blue with moderate success. Things really took off when I switched to Kessil lights and Kalk, but that's down the line. 5 ml Randy's two part with baked baking soda every day lights where you have them and let's see how it goes.
jml1149
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Back again, any more ideas, or should I just tap out?
In the picture you see how the bottom right head is kinda sorta a little puffy, and the rest are kinda sorta flat? That probably means the heads directly under the light are getting tasered and that one is avoiding it a bit. I really think lowering the lights will help.
In the picture you see how the bottom right head is kinda sorta a little puffy, and the rest are kinda sorta flat? That probably means the heads directly under the light are getting tasered and that one is avoiding it a bit. I really think lowering the lights will help.
champion6sigma
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Hey CNC
tried reading through your thread. Sounds like quite the battle.
I too am dealing with a pH issue...but high alk.
Buffer solution ignorance on my part.
You should read this if you haven't :
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/index.htm
a sticky on pH.
Not a guaranteed solution to your issue, but does give some great information on chemical balance...pH ....causes...solutions...etc....
tried reading through your thread. Sounds like quite the battle.
I too am dealing with a pH issue...but high alk.
Buffer solution ignorance on my part.
You should read this if you haven't :
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/index.htm
a sticky on pH.
Not a guaranteed solution to your issue, but does give some great information on chemical balance...pH ....causes...solutions...etc....
homer1475
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Why would you suggest to him to add 5ml ALK every day blindly?
I would add what a calculator tells me, then test the next day, and add according. I would never just blindly dump anything into my tank without testing for it.
If you don't have this calculator bookmarked, you should.
http://reef.diesyst.com/flashcalc/flashcalc.html
According to that calc, to raise your ALK 1.4 DKH(from 7.6 to 9) you need 70ML of randys 2 part #1(you said 90G system, I was assuming with displacement of rock and sand roughly 70G). I would not add this all at once, split it up between a couple doses, check the next day, and add accordingly. Typically once you have it at a level your comfortable with, KALK will keep it stable(assuming nothing in your tank is consuming it).
I would add what a calculator tells me, then test the next day, and add according. I would never just blindly dump anything into my tank without testing for it.
If you don't have this calculator bookmarked, you should.
http://reef.diesyst.com/flashcalc/flashcalc.html
According to that calc, to raise your ALK 1.4 DKH(from 7.6 to 9) you need 70ML of randys 2 part #1(you said 90G system, I was assuming with displacement of rock and sand roughly 70G). I would not add this all at once, split it up between a couple doses, check the next day, and add accordingly. Typically once you have it at a level your comfortable with, KALK will keep it stable(assuming nothing in your tank is consuming it).
homer1475
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Thats for calcium not Alkalinity.
Alkalinity is either baked baking soda, or just plain baking soda. Depending on which recipe you use. One raises PH, the other has little effect on PH or a slight lowering. Since most of us struggle with low PH(as you are), I would go with the baked baking soda. Just throw some on a cookie sheet and put it in the oven for a couple hours while stirring frequently.
Alkalinity is either baked baking soda, or just plain baking soda. Depending on which recipe you use. One raises PH, the other has little effect on PH or a slight lowering. Since most of us struggle with low PH(as you are), I would go with the baked baking soda. Just throw some on a cookie sheet and put it in the oven for a couple hours while stirring frequently.
jml1149
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Back again, any more ideas, or should I just tap out?
It's not blind, it's a 12g nano tank and his dKh is 7.6.. There's been no stability as things are probably all over the place. So things need to be addressed one at a time. Step 1. Lower lights and see what happens. Step 2. Maintain dKh. I know what the recommended doses are but the tank is hurting. Slow. Easy.
It's not blind, it's a 12g nano tank and his dKh is 7.6.. There's been no stability as things are probably all over the place. So things need to be addressed one at a time. Step 1. Lower lights and see what happens. Step 2. Maintain dKh. I know what the recommended doses are but the tank is hurting. Slow. Easy.
homer1475
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Maybe I misread, but the numbers I saw posted were for the 90. So 5ml isn't going to do squat. Heck in my 29G biocube I add 20ml a day every day to maintain 9DKH. if it is the 12G nano, just do a water change. In 12gallons of water there really should be no need to add any supplements. Just regular weekly water changes should take care of any low supplements, especially if nothing is growing.
Slow and steady is fine and totally understood, but adding not enough will have 0 effect on anything.
Slow and steady is fine and totally understood, but adding not enough will have 0 effect on anything.
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