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I went through the powder quickly and my ALK dropped from 8.3 to 7 and could not get higher once I switched from liquid to powder. I dosed more and more no luck.
I gave up on it and am using Reef Builders but now. ALK and Calc spiked to high; just can't win......LOL
I posted in a new thread. Doing well but not healed yet. Rabbit fish giving him a hard time but holding its own and swimming out a bit.
HLLE Coral Beauty
I glued some to my back glass took a few years to cover and not all yet. Plus some fell off onto rocks and have a lawn. I pulled what I could and put in my 30g tank.
My understanding is skimmers remove organic waste. I don't think trace elements, calcium, Alk or Mag would be removed. If it does it's not much otherwise we probably wouldn't see them spike every so often.
I was using a syringe to blast lemon juice into vermatid snails and aptasia. The aptasia would shrink then I grabbed the bumble bee snails and put on top if it to consume the rest. The vermatids retreated and I broke the tube off and bumble bees would do the rest. Its an ongoing battle and need...