Where to buy a bucket of Tropic Marin????
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tp5056
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I have noticed that I am starting to get brown goop on my sand and that my glass is starting to get it faster now (my nitrates are approximately 20) but I have been doing water changes weekly (about 8 gallons on a 55). This only happened though once I increased my SG on my tank from 1.020-21 to 1.025-26. So I find that to be very interesting.
Poppy828
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Not sure if the Instant Ocean caused the same problems as Oceanic tp.
I would do larger water changes if you could. 8g on a 55 is not that much. I would do 1 large water change and then check your trates again and see where you are at. I would say a 50% change would help a lot more than 8g a week. That is not really helping anything in the big scope of this. By the time the next change is due, what ever (if any) nitrates were removed, are present again I am sure.
I would do larger water changes if you could. 8g on a 55 is not that much. I would do 1 large water change and then check your trates again and see where you are at. I would say a 50% change would help a lot more than 8g a week. That is not really helping anything in the big scope of this. By the time the next change is due, what ever (if any) nitrates were removed, are present again I am sure.
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marilynrn711
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8 g weekly on a 55 sounds pretty good to me as that is equal to almost 15% h2o change weekly. Better than I do.
Pufferpunk
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I do at least 10% weekly, nitrates or not. Actually, w/the DSB, they're always at 0. Try adding Purigen to your filtration. Removes a lot of nasties.
Poppy828
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I want to clarify that doing weekly water changes is not a bad thing. Probably a great thing. I am just fortunate enough right now (knock on wood) that I can get away with monthly changes. I also drip Kalk 24/7 so that helps me maintain my alk and calcium. By maintaining the Alk with the Kalk, my PH stays in line. Which means no need for any additional chemicals or supplements. I have minimum flow going through my sump so that my skimmer can do a lot of the filtering for me also.
So far so good for what I have.
So far so good for what I have.
SaraB
Coral Killer
I am using up my last bucket of Reef Crystals as I am switching to Tropic Marin as well due to the better element levels. When testing my fresh water-change water with RO water and Reef Crystals, I had low Magnesium @ 1020, high Alk @ 9.6 dKH and low Calcium @ 380. I also have well water, not city water.
Pufferpunk
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I thought RC causes low Alk? Weird too, cause my Ca is always around 420. Go figure.
No drip system for my tank-- very simple, no sump either.
No drip system for my tank-- very simple, no sump either.
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marilynrn711
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TP 800 w MH on a 55 G. How is that working out.
Pufferpunk
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Aren't your corals all sunburned?
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marilynrn711
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You are going to need a chiller this summer, thats for sure!
Guess we are getting of topic!
Guess we are getting of topic!
tp5056
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It's going good so far but that AC will definately be going full blast during the summer!
My roommate refers to my canopy as the "wind box" because of the 2 huge fans in it. But my tank stays around 82-84 the entire time.
I also have a 72g tank sitting in my loft but that won't get setup until August because I'll be moving again (who knows where!)
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