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  1. Clark

    Great water q? No, just a bad test kit. New kit says I'm at 20-30 NO3-. Going with weekly water changes for awhile. Really don't want to skim.

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    2. Timfish

      Timfish

      Considering there are refractory and other compounds we can not test for, periodic water changes with new saltwater are recommended by all the scientists I've read. But I have seen nitrate issues corrected with water from an existing healthy tank that did not have nitrates. The one extreme example was just a few months ago with a friends holding tank which read >160 ppm. Twelve days after doing a ~15% water change with water from a reef system that had very little nitrate the readi...

    3. Timfish

      Timfish

      Considering there are refractory and other compounds we can not test for, periodic water changes with new saltwater are recommended by all the scientists I've read. But I have seen nitrate issues corrected with water from an existing healthy tank that did not have nitrates. The one extreme example was just a few months ago with a friends holding tank which read >160 ppm. Twelve days after doing a ~15% water change with water from a reef system that had very little nitrate the readi...

    4. Timfish

      Timfish

      Sorry about the screwup :-(

      . . . readings dropped to 0.0 ppm. I wouldn't expect this to work with every high nitrate problem but it's worth a try.

  2. Clark

    For the first time in months, everything in my tank looks happy!

    1. KimP

      KimP

      Awesome!

    2. Jimbo662

      Jimbo662

      That's always a great feeling!

  3. Clark

    Coral, why do you hate me? Latest: trumpet polyps bailed.

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    2. Clark

      Clark

      Will check. Thanks.

    3. JamesL

      JamesL

      Also some corals just don't do well in certain tanks. Acans don't like my 75g, yet trumpets and other LPS do.

    4. Clark

      Clark

      I understand women better than corals. And I don't understand women.

  4. Clark

    Darn blenny wont get into his trap for me!

    1. Richard L

      Richard L

      Sometimes you have to drain the tank make the trap more effective ;)

    2. mcallahan

      mcallahan

      Patience young grasshopper...http://www.mrsaltwatertank.com/catching-my-6-line-wrasse/

    3. Clark

      Clark

      ha! ha! It took 2 days but my soda bottle trap finally got him. :)

  5. Clark

    DIY controller: heat works, waves work, display wants a shorter cable..

    1. Grog

      Grog

      Pics? Build thread?

    2. Clark

      Clark

      Coming soon :)

  6. Clark

    Really excited! My DIY controller starts up this weekend!

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