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I currently have radions and also had hydras as well as kessils. I'd say keep the Hydras as they grown coral quite well. I would spend the money elsewhere like more corals.
hey guys, update..
I'll be "out" of the hobby for awhile. the tank is still going but barebones since I do not want to sell any of my fish and also love the hobby to much to really quit. I started a few things career wise this year that will be taking up a bunch of my time and the tank was...
that sucks, i hate noticing a fish disappearing and not knowing what happened.
how stocked is your tank with clean up crews? snails, shrimps, hermits? in my experience, they can go through a whole fish that past away pretty quickly if they have the numbers in the tank. you'll probably only...
any specific reason you want your alk at 9? I know it is all subjective but I run my alk within 7.5-8.5dkh and always had great growth. IMO as well, lower alk also gives a little room to breathe when nutrients start creeping really low, wont get burnt tips.
for that size of a tank, you'd be better making corrections using 2 part dosing and then using the kalk to keep it stable, you will eventually will need to switch to 2 part once the kalk can't keep up.