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    To bioball or not to bioball??

    I Have a 29BC that has been running for about 3 years. In the chamber in the back I have an Intank media basket with filter floss and Chem pure I have another media basket that I thought of putting in the chamber and filling with bioballs. Good idea or not? Back in the day it was a good to have...
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    Will adding Coralific Delite add to my bioload???

    I target feed some of my corals with Coralific delite will this add to my bioload? I would assume so but just did not know for sure. Feed back would be awesome. I feed 2 twice a week my corals and i feed my 1 fish a clown every other day mysis shrimp and I target feed him as well. I have a 29...
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    TDS reading 3 why???

    it is a inline tds meter i have looked on line but looks like everything i found are hand held meters do you still calibrate a inline tds meter.
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    TDS reading 3 why???

    how do you calibrate it???
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    TDS reading 3 why???

    I have a 5 stage BRS ro di system 75 GPD. I piggy backed two 90 GPD membrane from Spectrum and my TDS is reading 3 form product water. All other filter cartridges are only a month old along with my DI filter. Why is my TDS not reading 0 It reed 0 before i added the two RO membranes heed...
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    HELP

    alk is about at 9 that is ok as well
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    HELP

    ok will do
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    HELP

    Recently changed from kent salt to instant ocean reef crystals second water change using new salt so I did a WC on sunday and Monday afternoon my sea urchin lost almost all his spikes my toad stool is closed and my frogspawn as well the only thing that is wrong is my PH is like 7.6 7.5 maybe...
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    Frogspawn getting smaller

    Hey guys, my frogspawn is getting smaller and smaller my toad stool is doing fine I bought a cleaner shrimp he disappeared in a day. my two clowns died and my goby died had them for about 6 months Levels Nitrate 0-5 Alk 8.25 Cal 560 salt 1.026 mag 1200-1250 po4...
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    No algae good or bad?

    I have no to little algae in my tank. I had diatoms for about 6 weeks but that cleared up and the algae i had is gone now as well. my starfish is getting smaller and smaller I try to feed him frozen food but it just floats away i tried putting him on a algae wafer and he just moved off it...
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    What do you think of my parameters?

    ok did a 5gal WC this afternoon tested for KH ( i did not know that KH and alkalinity are the same) I used two test kits, Elos says alkalinity on it and API says KH test kit on it. They were the same 9.5 - 10 also tested my CA that is high 580-600 and my salt was a little high 1.027 I will add...
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    What do you think of my parameters?

    No im not dosing anything, I use Kent reef salt, and i will get back to you on the alkalinity thing My tank is doing really well I have almost no algae but i don't know if that is good for my cuc This site really helps me thank you to everyone of you
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    What do you think of my parameters?

    Alkalinity 8.5 Calcium 580-600 KH 179 No-2 0 NO-3 5 ammonia 0 PH 7.8-7.9 Salinity 1.026-1.027 I have a BC 29 I normally do a 5gl WC once a...
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    MIA Carpet Nem

    I had two nems for about 6-8 months one day one was just gone 1 month later the other was gone. Looked all over never found them. Enjoy them while you have them.
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    Why is my sand bed getting reddish brown algae?

    Hey guys, My phosphate coming out of my 5 stage ro/di filter is somewhere between .04 and .08 could that be contributing to my reddish sand bed? Also what is a good way to clean it? I took out the reddish sand from the top rinsed it with tap water I was going to let it dry the rinse it with...
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    Why is my sand bed getting reddish brown algae?

    I have a TDS meter on my filter and it says 25 going in and 0 coming out I also changed the filters about 2 months ago so there good. I don't know what diatoms are so I will have to research that. What is GFH/GFO? pkc Thanks for the help guys
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    Why is my sand bed getting reddish brown algae?

    i use Ro/DI water.
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    Why is my sand bed getting reddish brown algae?

    Never had this problem before and its only my sand bed not my LR. I sifted my sand with my fish net and my sand was back to its normal color but, a couple hours later reddish algae started showing up again on top os the sand Kessil 350a Blue light 90% white light 30-40% ammonia & nitrites 0...
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    Anyone have a good way to clean this Jug

    good for me tossing right now
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    Anyone have a good way to clean this Jug

    I have had some salt water in it for a while it has a little black slim or algae in it. Should I toss it to be safe or would it be ok to put in tank? Should I buy a new one or clean it some how?
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