PurpleMonkey
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This started about 2 weeks ago. I had a torch coral frag decide to up and die on me, causing my tank to get cloudy. I did a 10% wc and got a 20% mixing. Also threw in a bag of carbon to help clear up the water. Tank cleared itself up in about 1.5-2 days. All corals looked happy and open, fish were happy. Only casualty was my skunk cleaner shrimp (his body was removed, tail was eaten, I suspect more to do with my pistol shrimp but you never know).
After the 20% wc, Amm 0, trite 0, trate 5, Ca 400, Alk 9, Mg 1300, ph (as measure by a pinpoint probe) 7.8 (night) - 8.2(day). This is generally where my parameters stay. [All test API except Mg - Elos. Results confirmed by LFS using Elos test kits]
Up until last week, I have been using kalk to maintain Ca + Alk between w/c. I would manually add 10mL of kalk solution (1 tbl spoon per 1/2 gallon) at night into the rear chambers (Tank is a 29g Biocube). This was not maintaining the Ca or Alk levels so I decided to try 2-part -- Brightwells. I tested and added 10mL of Part A, then 5mL of Part B. pH has been 7.7 - 7.95 since. I can't figure out why. Have done a 20% wc yesterday and no effect on pH range.
I have read Randy's articles and thought CO2 levels might be an issue (but they werent the rest of the winter?) so I opened all my windows and opened both access hatches. I even tried bubbling the water.
Any ideas? Pointers? I'm not trying to chase pH but 7.7 is out of acceptable range isn't it?
Tank Info:
29g Biocube
2x36w PC (1x10k, 1xactinic)
mj900 return pump
mp10wes for in tank flow (level 3 on lagoon mode)
100w heater
Tunze ato
RKL with temp and ph probe
filtration: filter rack with media in following order: filter floss, purigen, rox8.0, rowaphos
Chaeto growing in fuge rack (jbj nano-glo on 24hrs)
Feeding schedule:
NLS pellets every 2nd day, mysis (with garlic + selcon) once a week
LPS get target feed mysis once a week
TLF coral snow 2x week [heard good things, thought I'd try it out]
Lifestock:
1x Bicolour blenny
1x A. Percula
2x green chromis
1x Randall's goby
1x tiger pistol shrimp
CUC - cerith snails, 2x tonga nassarius, nerite snails, 2 blue leg hermits, 1 ring cowrie (I think, see it every once in a while)
Corals:
LPS:
- 2 frags Acan
- 2 frags chalice (1 is doing well, other recently decided to not look so good, can see skeleton)
- 1 colony neon green trumpet/candycane
- 1 frag moon coral (favia I believe)
- 2 frags (2 heads each) hammer
- 4 heads frogspawn
- 1 frag blasto merletti
- 1 frag blasto wellsi
Softies:
-3 ricordia florida
-2 ricordia yuma
- zoas + pallys
- don't know its name but blue in color, looks kinda like xenia but no stalk, grows in mat.
If you need any other info, let me know.
After the 20% wc, Amm 0, trite 0, trate 5, Ca 400, Alk 9, Mg 1300, ph (as measure by a pinpoint probe) 7.8 (night) - 8.2(day). This is generally where my parameters stay. [All test API except Mg - Elos. Results confirmed by LFS using Elos test kits]
Up until last week, I have been using kalk to maintain Ca + Alk between w/c. I would manually add 10mL of kalk solution (1 tbl spoon per 1/2 gallon) at night into the rear chambers (Tank is a 29g Biocube). This was not maintaining the Ca or Alk levels so I decided to try 2-part -- Brightwells. I tested and added 10mL of Part A, then 5mL of Part B. pH has been 7.7 - 7.95 since. I can't figure out why. Have done a 20% wc yesterday and no effect on pH range.
I have read Randy's articles and thought CO2 levels might be an issue (but they werent the rest of the winter?) so I opened all my windows and opened both access hatches. I even tried bubbling the water.
Any ideas? Pointers? I'm not trying to chase pH but 7.7 is out of acceptable range isn't it?
Tank Info:
29g Biocube
2x36w PC (1x10k, 1xactinic)
mj900 return pump
mp10wes for in tank flow (level 3 on lagoon mode)
100w heater
Tunze ato
RKL with temp and ph probe
filtration: filter rack with media in following order: filter floss, purigen, rox8.0, rowaphos
Chaeto growing in fuge rack (jbj nano-glo on 24hrs)
Feeding schedule:
NLS pellets every 2nd day, mysis (with garlic + selcon) once a week
LPS get target feed mysis once a week
TLF coral snow 2x week [heard good things, thought I'd try it out]
Lifestock:
1x Bicolour blenny
1x A. Percula
2x green chromis
1x Randall's goby
1x tiger pistol shrimp
CUC - cerith snails, 2x tonga nassarius, nerite snails, 2 blue leg hermits, 1 ring cowrie (I think, see it every once in a while)
Corals:
LPS:
- 2 frags Acan
- 2 frags chalice (1 is doing well, other recently decided to not look so good, can see skeleton)
- 1 colony neon green trumpet/candycane
- 1 frag moon coral (favia I believe)
- 2 frags (2 heads each) hammer
- 4 heads frogspawn
- 1 frag blasto merletti
- 1 frag blasto wellsi
Softies:
-3 ricordia florida
-2 ricordia yuma
- zoas + pallys
- don't know its name but blue in color, looks kinda like xenia but no stalk, grows in mat.
If you need any other info, let me know.
