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Just got my electronic temp probe, Salifert Ca and Alk test kits, and B-Ionic 2-part supplement system in the mail today.
My tank has looked like crap, so I'm starting the recovery today. Here are my current parameters :
pH - 8.6
Calcium - 370
Alk - 1.14 meq/l
Salinity - 1.029 (!!!)
Temp - 80.5F
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 10ppm
The tank is a 75 gallon reef, set up in January of 2001. Currently using/housing the following :
3" sand bed
120lbs live rock
wet/dry filter with bio-balls removed (currently housing 20 lbs live rock and a 3" picasso trigger)
Seaclone skimmer (temp backup, as the Rio pump on my Aqua-C Remora Pro kicked early last week...no cash for a new pump right now)
pair of percula clowns
pair of firefish
sixline wrasse
banggai cardinal
tiger goby
blood shrimp
peppermint shrimp
2 anemones (LT and bubbletip)
2 sponges (red, orange tree)
4 LPS (hammer, torch, octopus, candy cane)
4 gorgonians (2 purple, yellow, red)
various softies (about 10 or so)
misc (caulerpa, dusters, etc)
Everything is in kind of a state of disarray, except for the fish, who seem healthy. There is detrius/sediment everywhere, some red slime, and air bubbles where the algae has taken hold. The corals are all in varying degrees of 'health'...with the best looking ones being the torch, octopus, candy-cane, and yellow polyps. All the gorgonians look like crap.
I'd love some recommendations on what to do to start recovery here. My tank sucks, IMHO, but I'd like to make the effort to get things to where they should.
I started the B-Ionic today given what was read with the new Salifert test kits.
Any ideas on how to get the SG and pH to where they should be?
Oh, I also have an RO unit, but recently had to add tap water in an emergency, so algae was thick on the glass until I cleaned tonight.
Thanks in advance, and if there's any parameter I left out, please ask for the info.
Peace,
Chip
[ August 28, 2001: Message edited by: marillion ]
My tank has looked like crap, so I'm starting the recovery today. Here are my current parameters :
pH - 8.6
Calcium - 370
Alk - 1.14 meq/l
Salinity - 1.029 (!!!)
Temp - 80.5F
Ammonia - 0ppm
Nitrite - 0ppm
Nitrate - 10ppm
The tank is a 75 gallon reef, set up in January of 2001. Currently using/housing the following :
3" sand bed
120lbs live rock
wet/dry filter with bio-balls removed (currently housing 20 lbs live rock and a 3" picasso trigger)
Seaclone skimmer (temp backup, as the Rio pump on my Aqua-C Remora Pro kicked early last week...no cash for a new pump right now)
pair of percula clowns
pair of firefish
sixline wrasse
banggai cardinal
tiger goby
blood shrimp
peppermint shrimp
2 anemones (LT and bubbletip)
2 sponges (red, orange tree)
4 LPS (hammer, torch, octopus, candy cane)
4 gorgonians (2 purple, yellow, red)
various softies (about 10 or so)
misc (caulerpa, dusters, etc)
Everything is in kind of a state of disarray, except for the fish, who seem healthy. There is detrius/sediment everywhere, some red slime, and air bubbles where the algae has taken hold. The corals are all in varying degrees of 'health'...with the best looking ones being the torch, octopus, candy-cane, and yellow polyps. All the gorgonians look like crap.
I'd love some recommendations on what to do to start recovery here. My tank sucks, IMHO, but I'd like to make the effort to get things to where they should.
I started the B-Ionic today given what was read with the new Salifert test kits.
Any ideas on how to get the SG and pH to where they should be?
Oh, I also have an RO unit, but recently had to add tap water in an emergency, so algae was thick on the glass until I cleaned tonight.
Thanks in advance, and if there's any parameter I left out, please ask for the info.
Peace,
Chip
[ August 28, 2001: Message edited by: marillion ]