This is a great article that Randy wrote.
I been watching all afternoon. Casting to my TV on autoplay..
Can someone explain the math? My tank does not seem to jive with the formulas.
In the article under Solubility of Calcium Carbonate, my numbers don't seem to fit.
API for everything except Ammonia which is Red Sea. I am sure I have some Phosphates. But I need a low range Phosphate test which I do not have.
I try to be patient but don't want to lose another acro. My other one that did this just slowly kept receding until there no more.Wait patiently!
Seriously, just wait for your tank to use enough alkalinity to lower it to the point you want it. Then dose to keep it there.
I don't think your alkalinity is necessarily the reason for your coral's problem. Strive for stability. There's a broad range of alkalinity that corals can thrive in....if it's stable!
Get a better test kit if you can swing it....especially a ULR phosphate (I like the Hanna checker but there are other good test kits for PO4). You really don't know what your PO4 reading is or even if you for sure have detectable PO4. Zero phosphate is a bad idea on several levels.
I thought I was keeping stability before I ever added coral.Wait patiently!
Seriously, just wait for your tank to use enough alkalinity to lower it to the point you want it. Then dose to keep it there.
I don't think your alkalinity is necessarily the reason for your coral's problem. Strive for stability. There's a broad range of alkalinity that corals can thrive in....if it's stable!
Get a better test kit if you can swing it....especially a ULR phosphate (I like the Hanna checker but there are other good test kits for PO4). You really don't know what your PO4 reading is or even if you for sure have detectable PO4. Zero phosphate is a bad idea on several levels.
Other coral look good.Wait patiently!
Seriously, just wait for your tank to use enough alkalinity to lower it to the point you want it. Then dose to keep it there.
I don't think your alkalinity is necessarily the reason for your coral's problem. Strive for stability. There's a broad range of alkalinity that corals can thrive in....if it's stable!
Get a better test kit if you can swing it....especially a ULR phosphate (I like the Hanna checker but there are other good test kits for PO4). You really don't know what your PO4 reading is or even if you for sure have detectable PO4. Zero phosphate is a bad idea on several levels.
8 months in February
I waited until I had corraline before adding any coral since corraline needs the same building blocks as coral.
I notice your light is WAY above your water. My bulb is only 8" off the water and it's a 400w 20000k MH on 10 hours a day.It’s Gunna freak you out , and I may get banned.
Before I started auto dosing , ....I never tested alk. Ever.
My Red Sea kit came in the same box as my doser.
And my acros and sps grew like weeds.
I looked at the number of stony corals in my tank and knew water changes would not keep up and started testing and dosing.
Look at the first post in this. There is NO doser.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/my-cherry-30-cube-saltyfilmfolks.248152/
Also using real live sweater. Alk 6.5 -7.5.
It’s not the alk.
