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Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 12/18/2007, 11:05 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 298
Posted By jdr8271
I have never had a problem with ammonia...

I have never had a problem with ammonia personally. The bacteria takes care of it. What are the other parameters of the water. There are many possibilities of what may have killed your fish.
Forum: Reef Discussion 12/09/2007, 11:58 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 869
Posted By jdr8271
I have a red sea Berlin protein skimmer, the...

I have a red sea Berlin protein skimmer, the water is ro water. The tank is 90 gallons + 25 gallons in the sump. There is also a uv steralizer in the sump.

The problem began before I added...
Forum: Reef Discussion 12/09/2007, 11:35 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 869
Posted By jdr8271
green hair algea

I have green hair algae that has taken over my tank. I brush it off of the live rock with a tooth brush, and pull out what I can. It goes away for a couple of days, but then comes back a week later...
Forum: Soft Coral Keepers 12/09/2007, 10:03 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 983
Posted By jdr8271
How is the water flow, lighting, and temperature...

How is the water flow, lighting, and temperature of the water? Those could be the cause of the problem. Too hot temperature, too much light or too little light, and not enough water flow can cause...
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 11/27/2007, 02:12 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 554
Posted By jdr8271
well water

I use well water. As long as you have a good filtration system installed in your house, its much better than tap actually, since there are far fewer chemicals in it. I always use an RO unit for any...
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 11/22/2007, 07:14 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 765
Posted By jdr8271
raising calcium levels / purple up

My problem is that I cant seem to get the calcium levels in my tank up. I have been adding purple up every day to the tank, but it hasn't raised the calcium reading at all. Could someone please...
Forum: The Reef Chemistry Forum 08/05/2007, 04:41 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 177
Posted By jdr8271
FOWLR levels

I am starting my tank as FOWLR. When everything is going good I will start to add corals.

I know it is important to measure ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, phosphate, alkalinity, ph, salinity, and...
Forum: New to the Hobby 08/05/2007, 11:29 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 609
Posted By jdr8271
The tank has a protein skimmer. I try to...

The tank has a protein skimmer.

I try to remove algae by brushing it off live rock with a tooth brush as much as possible and then cleaning the gravel and sucking out the algae. I'm not sure what...
Forum: New to the Hobby 08/04/2007, 09:20 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 609
Posted By jdr8271
Thank you so much for your help This...

Thank you so much for your help

This actually makes a lot of sense, since there is way too much algae growing in the tank..

So is dosing seltzer water the way to go?

Or should I be trying to...
Forum: New to the Hobby 08/04/2007, 11:42 AM
Replies: 10
Views: 609
Posted By jdr8271
Today my other clown fish died, so I believe it...

Today my other clown fish died, so I believe it must have been that the ph level is too high..

I used another test kit that reported the ph at 8.6, so Im not sure the exact measurement...I just...
Forum: New to the Hobby 08/03/2007, 10:43 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 609
Posted By jdr8271
Thanks for the responses. I'm using dry tab test...

Thanks for the responses. I'm using dry tab test kits that are maybe two years old. There is no expiration date on them. Is that too old?

The live rock has been wet the whole time, so I think...
Forum: New to the Hobby 08/03/2007, 09:42 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 609
Posted By jdr8271
Help please

I just restarted my reef tank after moving to a new house. So I restarted the tank with two clown fish. I was thinking that there would be enough bacteria in there on the liverock from the old tank...
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