help

[larryhaynes]

[h=2]help please[/h]

hey fellow reefers, just would like to see if i could maybe get some help my polys wont open up all the way?as well as my acans, green star polys, some of the zoes,and blue glove, and blastos and elegance,however my gold torch, frog spawn birdsnest candy cains several zoas shrooms, toadstool are all fine im new to the hobby and im pretty nsure its my water per..i have a 29g biocube 150 phoenix mh, about 12 inches off of the water temp stays between 79-82 or so no3 is 5ppm i2 is .02-.03 mg 1260, ca 490 no2 0 po4 .25 kh 9% am.25 ph 8.0 help please also two clowns, two damsels, and two gobies​

 

[Mike J.]

The calcium is high should be 380-450. Usually when cal. is high alk will be low. Are you saying your alk is 9.0 dKH? Anyway, ammonia should be undetectable. What test kits are you using? If you detect ammonia you should do some water changes.

 

[larryhaynes]

im using salfert and yes 9% dkh i just did a water change yesterday 25% should i do more tomorrow? how often should i have to do water changes?

 

[Mike J.]

If you detect ammonia do another water change. You are trying to dilute it.