sinaloa213
In Memoriam
here you go
feel free to comment
amonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-0
pH-8.4
salinity-1.022
calcium-520
Alk-3.09 meq/L
feel free to comment
amonia-0
nitrite-0
nitrate-0
pH-8.4
salinity-1.022
calcium-520
Alk-3.09 meq/L
best parameters ive seen (for my tank)
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sinaloa213
In Memoriam
no i dont have a phosphate test yet will certainly get one 2morow
whats NSW?
whats NSW?
sinaloa213
In Memoriam
im treating my tank for red slime alge right now and i guess my phosphates are high?
sinaloa213
In Memoriam
a little bottle that in in a bag called chemiclean red slime remover
dots
Premium Member
sometimes works....sometimes not......
I think red slime is mainly due to low flow......how much do you have?
I also think its part of the "algae" cycle that all tanks go through.....some may pass through it easy with very little....others seem to get stuck head on with it.......due to the nutrient level and flow. IMO
But this hobby is all about stability and keeping your tank that way, a spike in alk or SG can stunt coral growth and take weeks to recover and start growing again. Be religous about your maintaince, top off routines, and dosings to keep that sucker "dead on".....keep doing that regularly and religously and your corals will pick up more and more speed and max out thier growth rates.
Consitency is the key.......good work.....keep on it!!!
I think red slime is mainly due to low flow......how much do you have?
I also think its part of the "algae" cycle that all tanks go through.....some may pass through it easy with very little....others seem to get stuck head on with it.......due to the nutrient level and flow. IMO
But this hobby is all about stability and keeping your tank that way, a spike in alk or SG can stunt coral growth and take weeks to recover and start growing again. Be religous about your maintaince, top off routines, and dosings to keep that sucker "dead on".....keep doing that regularly and religously and your corals will pick up more and more speed and max out thier growth rates.
Consitency is the key.......good work.....keep on it!!!
Kinetic
Active member
I got some red slime once last year, used about 1/4 of the recommended dose of chemi clean, and it never came back. I also added almost twice as much flow as well in that dead area =/
so I guess chemiclean worked for me, and the high flow kept it from coming back =)
good params though nevertheless!
so I guess chemiclean worked for me, and the high flow kept it from coming back =)
good params though nevertheless!
thereefgeek
New member
I run my salinity at about 1.025-1.026. 1.022 seems a bit low.
Ditto.. although when I was using a swing arm hydrometer I would use a reading of about 1.022 on the swing arm knowing that it was off by about 0.003-0.004 units. I sure do love my new refractometer...no guessing and cheching it with some DI to make sure it's calibrated is cake.
sinaloa213
In Memoriam
i dont have a lot of slime just in one corner of the tank
my uncle had the same problem and used chemi clean and it never came back
it may be part of the cycle too
my uncle had the same problem and used chemi clean and it never came back
it may be part of the cycle too
sinaloa213
In Memoriam
so almost all of the red slime is gone
yessssssssssssssssssssss:rollface: :rollface: :rollface:
yessssssssssssssssssssss:rollface: :rollface: :rollface:
dots
Premium Member
huh?.......no no......I have a water lines for max and min water levels...because during the summer and winter the rates of daily evaporation are different......
I have two marks...one at where the water is "supposed" to be or max.....and an inch down at min, at the minimum point which is the most water I can afford to loose before topping off is set to be at 1.025 sg.....which is about 24hrs of evap......of course I never let it go down that far.....just a bare minimum and for when the girlfriend tank sits so the sg doesn't go through the roof and RTN all of my SPS........
I don't have the room for an autotop off or else it would be at a constant level.....since I have to top off daily from jugs from the water store.....(I live in a apartment so I don't have the luxuries of QT tanks, RODI units in the garage, frag prop tanks....hidden equipment rooms and such), and want to minimize the topoffs to daily....it starts at 1.023....the evaped water increases the sg to 1.025......and the top off brings it back to 1.023..........no...I don't topoff with sw....that would mean every day it would go higher and higher.......
my point was.....if you don't have an auto topoff and you set your sg at 1.025 with a refracometer, by the time you top off it could be higher than 1.026.....which I don't recommend going over.
Yeah its my theory that the tank maturation process which takes up to a year sometimes is a BIG cycle that within it has MANY alqae stages.....sort of like levels.....if your tank isn't up to it.....that level of algae will take off and multiply......if your tank and husbandry are up to snuff it passes through it.......which could explain why some have major outbreaks of redslime or others with hair or bubble........your tank has just the correct params to grow that kind of algae and it thrives........sort of an evolution of algae per se.....I think of valonia a more advanced algae that say....brown which is easier.
level1: brown
level2: hair
level3: red slime
level4: hard radioactive green
level5: corraline
level6: valonia
for instance because my new tank is just over a year old....I have just the slightest...and were talking slight....problem with valonia....I suspect soon it will go away, due to the reactor and going BB now. And of course the beloved corraline algae is in there that can be used as a trump card to inhibit the above...usually comes into play about level 5....but these are my observations and how I like to understand the whole scheme of things algae wise.......
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sinaloa213
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well since my sg is at 1.022
can i top off with salt water once?
just to raise the sg
can i top off with salt water once?
just to raise the sg
yoboyjdizz
Active member
yes you can add salt water to your tank...
