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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    You may want to make sure its accurate. I read recently somewhere even if the ph in the kalk container is 12.1. The saturation is week. I could be wrong but I think randy Holmes said it and thinking maybe it's the reason you have to dose so much
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Not sure how chris can keep his PH at 14.4 when the max saturation is 12.4 in newly mixed Kalk, I wonder if he is dosing vinegar or something - so what your doing is correct. I want to get some fresh air into the basement or behind the tank. Obviously the humidity would be an issue so thinking...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I feel like the Ugly phase is slowly phasing out. I did add 8 additional turbo snails so total of 14 snails, and 2 large urchin. They are surely helping but I can just tell the algae is not growing back as fast as it was before. I may add Zoas today to the display as I feel they may do better...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Need some suggestion. I just set it for 100ml per 24 hour and it doses continuous 4-5 ML per hour. The Alk droped to 6.9 DKH so yesterday night I increased to 150 ML per day. I'll test my alk tonight and see if it increases or not. I forgot the rule on PH increase per dose but this is the...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Yeah it gives me the option to change up the tank and remove incase I put something in the wrong spot - Or just remove the need to acclimate them on the glass with a frag rack! I prefer the look when all the corals are the same or similar size so soon as something gets too big I can easily...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Removeable frag plugs
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Finally hooked up Kalk to my QT, I have 2 outlets so i can use it for display later. My QT alk came down to 7DKH. At least I know corals are doing something. For starters I am dosing 65ML per 24 hours with the versa pump.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    This will be my kalk container for both QT and display. The have those metal air tight lids which should be ideal for kalk. I have 3 of these containers and have 65 gallon I can use later if needed
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Freehold.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Got 2 good size urchins from petco. Ones 2" and another 3". I was surprised the price was $9 each
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Added more corals to Qt
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I got my PAR meter to work (finally) and tested the PAR in my QT. I was shocked to see my SPS where in very low PAR, maybe 30-45 Range and Zoas and LPS are even lower. I kind of suspected low light with the way the Zoas where opening wide to get light. I bumped the intensity to 80% and SPS...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Here is my ATO system - Barrel and float valve! Only going to add enough water where if it fails it won't cause an issue.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Yesterday I decided to add 30 ML of muratic acid to about 10 gallons of saltwater and PH dropped to 3.6 Today its at 4.0 - I am curious to see how long it takes to get back up and safely do a waterchange to bring the alk to 7-8dkh. I'll run a test with this water and see how many gallons at...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I am going to florida for 8 days. (Pompao Beach, cape coral, and orlando) I am going to live my best life in Florida When I went to Orlando in 2018 I bought this really thick thermal from WWC to smuggle my acros back on the plane. this think kept the temperature of the water spot on the...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    never heard of Loudwolf sodium, do you know if that brings down the PH or can be used immediately after dosing? I have to do the same on big tank as the Alks at 10DKH. Muratic acid is the only thing i can use effectively right now. My game plan is have 2 large 65 gallon barrels and bring down...
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    Finally got my RO Di mounted and made a shelf for the dehumidifier.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    This zoas very nice
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    How long have you been using it? What are you dosing with it? They are actually out of stock, Thankfully that pet place had them and I probably should buy one more before the price goes up t $250, which it surely will.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Hello versa
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