Hi From KY

[oceanparadise1]

Hmm that would depend on whcih calcium you where using , people may frown on this BUT heres what i do with 100% success, i buy reef advantage calcium, i add two teaspoons to a glass of ro water, sir it up and let it settle till the water looks normal again. Then i dump into the tank. I do this once a week, and my corals are growing like ive never seen any ones corals grow b4.

 

[coral diver]

I would recomend this site to help you

http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/chemcalc.html

As you add more sps Calcium & Alkalinity as well as the Magnesium (the balancing component for the 2) consumption will increase and as you said your dosing & no CA Reactor i would monitor the consumption every week and add accordingly and from there on you will get what you lifestocks weekly demand

 

[oceanparadise1]

Coral, your link is bad bro!

 

[coral diver]

OK link fixed should work now

 

[oceanparadise1]

Yup, works great! That site is awsome.

 

[ahayes13]

yeah this site is amazing, thanks for the link! love the tank caculator link thats on that page too... really cool!

 

[BluegrassReef]

well I'm back from getting the 75...I am tired. All went smooth and everything is at home...I did get 3 surprises tho..2 good and one not so good but I can live with it...for a short time...LOL

1. skimmer turned out to be a Euro Reef CS8-1 not CS6=good
2. mated pair of clowns that are 4 yrs. old=good
3. Live rock covered in aptasia and hair algea=not good

but in all I am happy hope to have some pics up in the coming days.

mike

 

[oceanparadise1]

I would just "bake" the rock and start over again with it, then just buy some seeded rock to seed the tank back up.

 

[bluegrass]

good luck. I wouldn't put the rock with hair algae in it though. You'll be fighting it from the beginning til the end and that's no fun.

 

[oceanparadise1]

Yea like i said if i where u i would let it dry out under the sun for a week, wash it off let it dry for a couple more days then put it into the tank, just to make sure!

 

[BluegrassReef]

I don't no what I'm gonna do yet. I was looking forward to setting up the tank by this weekend but know I don't know?

 

[oceanparadise1]

Clean the rocks with vinager then and just make sure u wash them well

 

[BluegrassReef]

hey ocean.....do I just put them in straight vinager or mix it 50/50 with ro water? how long do I leave them in for? I have the 20l so seeding is not a problem.

here comes the ?'s.........LOL

 

[oceanparadise1]

LOl good, thats what im here for, you will get mixed answered if its bad i use all vinager if not i use 4 parts vin 1 part water

 

[BluegrassReef]

it's bad...how long do I let it sit?

 

[BluegrassReef]

just ordered my mesh mod kit for the ER CS8...makes me feel a little better.

 

[oceanparadise1]

Well i let it sit over night then scrub the crap out of them the next day then i wash them off and let them sit in regular water and what i do is every 2 hours or so take them out wash them and change the water i do this for 24-48 hours

 

[BluegrassReef]

silly ?...ro water

 

[oceanparadise1]

Could be, doesnt really matter everything is going to be dead any ways so actually no, dont waste the ro water its not needed in this project! o and dont worry bro, theres is no silly questions when it comes to reefing! well maybe this one....can i use table salt? its way cheaper! LOL

 

[BluegrassReef]

funny you mention that...I was reading my box of 100% natural sea salt the other day...And I wondered........No I will not do it but it does make you wonder 100% NATURAL...lol