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arowanadream
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Great info
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:rollface: Hello Everyone, I just found your forum and it seem to be very informative. This is just what i need. Thank you so much ! My first question is if your Alkalinity is low, and your PH is low, but cal. is 500, did 25% water change (weekly)... Tried PH buffer... still low...HELP!!!!
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:rollface: Hello Everyone, I just found your forum and it seem to be very informative. This is just what i need. Thank you so much ! My first question is if your Alkalinity is low, and your PH is low, but cal. is 500, did 25% water change (weekly)... Tried PH buffer... still low...HELP!!!!
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:rollface: Hello Everyone, I just found your forum and it seem to be very informative. This is just what i need. Thank you so much ! My first question is if your Alkalinity is low, and your PH is low, but cal. is 500, did 25% water change (weekly)... Tried PH buffer... still low...HELP!!!!
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:rollface: Hello Everyone, I just found your forum and it seem to be very informative. This is just what i need. Thank you so much ! My first question is if your Alkalinity is low, and your PH is low, but cal. is 500, did 25% water change (weekly)... Tried PH buffer... still low...HELP!!!!
melev
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Hi Drako,
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This thread specifically is about IDing many popular critters, as well as their needs.
I would suggest you start a new thread in this same forum with your question, mainly because it is a different topic entirely.
To raise alkalinity and pH at the same time, you can use baked baking soda (spread out evenly on a cookie sheet and placed in your oven at 300F for 45-60 minutes, then allowed to cool). Take the baked baking soda, and store it in a clean airtight container. When you need to use a little, take a teaspoon or two, add it to a cup of RO water and stir until completely dissolved. Add to your tank gradually a little at a time, watch (or testing) for pH to make sure you don't overdose and spike the parameters.
[welcome]
This thread specifically is about IDing many popular critters, as well as their needs.
I would suggest you start a new thread in this same forum with your question, mainly because it is a different topic entirely.
To raise alkalinity and pH at the same time, you can use baked baking soda (spread out evenly on a cookie sheet and placed in your oven at 300F for 45-60 minutes, then allowed to cool). Take the baked baking soda, and store it in a clean airtight container. When you need to use a little, take a teaspoon or two, add it to a cup of RO water and stir until completely dissolved. Add to your tank gradually a little at a time, watch (or testing) for pH to make sure you don't overdose and spike the parameters.
astrogazer
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mark, very nice job
melev
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=8202128#post8202128 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by paku
Just set up my 10g yesterday. Found this on some live rock. Rock came from the Caribbean. It's mushy and when I first pushed on it a bit, it squirted me.
What is this?
That would be a sea squirt. They are harmless filter feeders that tend to live in benthic zones with lesser flow. Steve Tyree did a full presentation on these little guys at MACNA a number of years ago. They are kinda neat. I have a few hitchhikers of them myself, but occasionally you'll even find them for sale at the LFS. (Local Fish Store)
david walker
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:rollface: good info thanks...........
natomasreefer
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Hey there.... I have the strangest thing happening in my new aquarium- I only have live rock right now, and it's been cycling for a a little over a week now:
Once in a while (seems to happen when I turn the lights on) tiny particles (peanut shaped light colored) start shooting out of a little hole in one of the live rocks.... almost like a gopher cleaning it's hole.... but the particles are way to uniform... they look like eggs... they are about the density of the water.... though they slowly fall to the floor after a while. any ideas??
Once in a while (seems to happen when I turn the lights on) tiny particles (peanut shaped light colored) start shooting out of a little hole in one of the live rocks.... almost like a gopher cleaning it's hole.... but the particles are way to uniform... they look like eggs... they are about the density of the water.... though they slowly fall to the floor after a while. any ideas??
natomasreefer
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Seems creepy to me.... I've looked up some of the pix on your site, and others to see which worm it could be and I keep getting a bit too grossed out! I'm not much of a worm guy.
I probably won't know whether it's a bad worm or good worm until they're much bigger eh? I HAVE seen some tiny worms, about 1/4 inch long but I don't see any characteristics that'd help ID them. if those are eggs for worms.... that's alot of worms!!!
I probably won't know whether it's a bad worm or good worm until they're much bigger eh? I HAVE seen some tiny worms, about 1/4 inch long but I don't see any characteristics that'd help ID them. if those are eggs for worms.... that's alot of worms!!!
