My new 600 gallon reef
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kau_cinta_ku
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IMO that is also the best way. as if you had a QT hooked up to the main system, the diesese that your trying to look for or treat will just go into the main system anyway which is why you want to QT in the first place, to keep the nasties out of the big tank.
rogergolf66
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I will be putting a valve in so I can have the extra water capacity. not that you need it. When I am using the QT tank for fish and such I will turn the valve so the water is not going into the main tank. then I will have the bio wheel for filtration in it. If I have to treat the fish or coral in that water I will change all the water in the QT tank before opening the valve up again.
Lunchbucket
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That aquarium testing company is freaking COOL! Anyone used them before? I'd love to see more accurately what my parameters are sometime. Mainly PO4, Mg, Alk.
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kau_cinta_ku
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wow is that on the 600 gal? I am wondering how your copper levels got so high. that could be a good reason for your corals. and your cal. also very low need to turn up the reactor. but that testing thing is very neat. how close was it to your home testing?
BTW if your intrested i finally got around to starting my own thread
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1223389
BTW if your intrested i finally got around to starting my own thread
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1223389
Goodwin9
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Calcium is the one result that I question. When I tested the same water prior to sending off the sample, my results using Salifert test was 470. This afternoon, I took a water sample over to TangDiver and he used his Salifert test and came up with a similar number. His Salifert test was of a different lot number than mine, but we both had much higher readings than AWT. My copper reading was lower, but just incase I am changing all of the RO filters tonight and reloading carbon running in the tank.
kau_cinta_ku
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I have 3 diff. cal. kits that i could bring over this weekend to test with also.
melev
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I don't agree. My calcium levels average for this year at 480ppm, and I don't have a coralline problem in my tank. Perhaps my nitrate and phosphate keep it beaten down, but I only have it around the perimeter of the tank, near seams and along the substrate, as well as darker areas of the sump.
I'm not even sure how you get so much coralline in your reef, Jonathan. I'd attribute it to the kalkwasser you drip, since I don't use any.
I'm not even sure how you get so much coralline in your reef, Jonathan. I'd attribute it to the kalkwasser you drip, since I don't use any.
kau_cinta_ku
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heck the only place I get coraline is on my overflow and my pumps. seems anything that is plastic in my tank gets it but nothing else. and my cal. is 450ppm, alk, 10dkh, and mag is 1350.
jnarowe
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Hmmmm...my alk averages around 9.0 dKh and my Ca at 420 ppm. Mg is higher than most people keep it and is at 1450+ ppm. At any rate, I had the coraline issue prior to my kalk drip. I can't imagine what problems I would run into if my Ca was at 450 ppm or above.
Maybe it's a special strain that came in from MI?
Maybe it's a special strain that came in from MI?
Goodwin9
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Here is a picture before he started. The two blue cartridges on the right are a carbon & sediment prefilters prior to going into the Merlin RO unit. The 10" canister sitting in front of the RO unit is the resin cartridge that the water passes through after leaving the RO unit before going into the storage tank.
I agree, I have very little coraline growth on my glass or sides, but maintain a relatively high Ca level (approx 500). My sps still grow rapidly so coralline seems to be a poor indicator of tank health. Interestingly I also have a 24 gallon nano which is coated in thick plates of coralline. I'am always scraping it from the glass. I use a two part ionic Ca additive on the nano and a Ca reactor on my 600 gallon. Perhaps the particular proportion of elements in the additive enhances the coralline growth. Or perhaps the extra lighting on the 600 inhibits its growth. I have used a 2 part additive on a previous tank with high MH lighting and still got the enhanced coralline growth, so I'am partial to thinking its the proportions of particular elements in the additive that my CA reactor media cannot provide.
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