Can't exactly get my head in there to do that Lol any other ideas?
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Dan's 150 Rebuild
- Thread starter Sobo's Reef
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Take tube to a turkey baster and do the same?
I just got home from work, it has risen a little bit but nothing near what it was. I'm gonna mess around with it again in a lil bit.
Try some RO/DI down the airline?
I'll mess with it tomorrow. I'm so exhausted from work today lol
Its starting to foam again! Not that much but its better than it was.
Kind of outta the blue question but how long do you guys think I should wait to put a BTA in here? I know they need an established tank and that's why I ask but I wanted to add one of these before putting coral in so it could settle in a certain spot.
Good luck with getting it to settle! Mine is on the move quite a bit and I have no clue why. I have not changed a thing and parameters are the same. Sorry bit of a rant since I am angry at my RBTA.
Are your parameters stable? Did you add live rock to your system or was it all dry?
It was half and half. Live rock from my old 90 and the other half new dry rock from Marco which has been in saltwater since Feb 1st. Not sure of parameters, I haven't been checking bc all I have is fish now, no corals.
If the parameters are stable, I would add it.
Now? Really?
Now, I know some people will disagree with me but I would add it as long as your parameters (ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite) are stable. Anemones do need a "mature" tank. However, it is stability that is going to be the key to success. If those parameters are not fluctuating, then there is not much to worry about. You started with a mix of live and dry rock. The live rock already had much of the beneficial bacteria. Now, my logic is assuming that the live rock came from your previous setup. I have added a h. crispa to my tank 10 days after upgrading. The anemone was shipped and was bleached. I nursed it back to my tank and it is still thriving in my tank.
Well I just tested my tank. My alk, calc and mag are all really low but I don't have any corals in there so they don't matter at the moment. No ammo, no nitrites, 10ppm nitrates. 1.027 salinity.
Calc is not so important at this point and is probably due to salt choice(?), but I would try to get my alk to a good level and mg as well and then make sure they stay stable for a week or two. You don't want to introduce it while you are fiddling with dosing, wait until you get a good handle on the new tank then feel free.
Yeah that what's I was thinking. Do you think by adding kalk to my top off would help out?
I think it could help but I don't dose kalk so I am not the best person to ask. I am looking at it from the process point of view, if you start dosing kalk you are going to move the water parameters(of course hoping in the proper direction) which is going to destabalize your tank temporarily. Once you are set with a routine you should be good.
What are your numbers? Are you sure of your SG? Most salt mixes, even the plain(non-reef) types will have parameters that are within a proper range, i.e. IO is listed as Ca @ 455 and Mg @ 1345 at a SG of 1.026, on their package, and I know the alk is about 10 dKH in a freshly made batch.
Yeah, well I had to drop my salinity for the ICH treatment and I got it back up to 1.027 BUT I also did just calibrate my refractometer. I do have to do a water change on it again so maybe I'll test again after that and see where I am
35ppt calibration fluid