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    Increasing O2

    8.0 to 10.0 pH in the calcium reactor? You see CO2 bubbles in the bubble counter? You sure your CO2 tank has CO2? Yes high and low temps that your tank reaches. Perhaps there is a language barrier here. How cold does your tank actually get and how hot does it get? Not what do you tell it...
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    Increasing O2

    Water parameters and testing them are important however there is a couple things no one asked about(may I missed it and maybe everyone here knows from another thread), but they are critically important. Having a power head near the surface does not mean you have enough flow and will get...
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    K Potassium test kits? What is dangerous (use with NeoZeo Zeovit)

    Frankie here are some notes from a marine chemist: "NeoZeo is a zeolitic material that is specifically selected for adsorption of ammonium in solution." "Zeolites are naturally-occuring minerals that have specific ion-exchange properties; they essentially exchange ions of like-charge with their...
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    K Potassium test kits? What is dangerous (use with NeoZeo Zeovit)

    Thanks Don. I'll keep the K supplements on the shelf until I get some good test kits in and verify the K is in fact dropping below 399. Appreciate the input.
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    K Potassium test kits? What is dangerous (use with NeoZeo Zeovit)

    If you using a salt that does not have elevated levels of K in it, but has it present in NSW ratio then I can see it reducing the need for dosing K, but not eliminating it. If for instance the level of K drops from 400ppm to 380 and you do a 50% water change with a salt mix containing 400ppm...
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    K Potassium test kits? What is dangerous (use with NeoZeo Zeovit)

    Don you may want to read up on Zeolit media and NeoZeo media. One of the biggest reasons people started testing for K and dosing it is these medias not only absorb Ammonium out of the water, but K as well. It is the down side to using this media. From Chris Brightwell, "The media also...
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    K Potassium test kits? What is dangerous (use with NeoZeo Zeovit)

    People may have maintained reef tanks for main years with out ever caring about K, but there was also never anything pulling it out of the water column. I wasn't even aware KZ made a K test kit. The only kits I could find were Elos, Salifert, and SeaChem. I'll look into KZ's. Thanks very...
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    K Potassium test kits? What is dangerous (use with NeoZeo Zeovit)

    So I started using NeoZeo and before letting it touch the water I used a "high resolution" kit from Elos. It appeared to be about 400, so I thought all was good. However now that I have the media running I am concerned I won't be able to tell the potassium is dropping until it reaches ~250, so...
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    Marine Ich - Myths and Facts

    Reread the life cycle again. There is no doubt that crypto won't be able to reproduce with out a fish host. After 8 weeks of a fish less system there will be no ich. After 11 months in a system with fish and with no new crypo introduced the tank will be clear. Pretty much I would ignore...
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    "Lab" grade test kits.

    Completely understand just wanted to hear what he was all excited about. I have reason to be upset, or at least disappointed, in two of the vendors we recently discussed and just wanted to hear what he had to say, but just in a private message. Completely understand where you are coming from...
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    "Lab" grade test kits.

    vitalik4eva I am interested in hearing "the truth", please send me a PM. Please don't make another post about it here though as the mods have asked you not to. I too am very annoyed by some companies, but haven't spent much time talking about them online or gone out of my way to voice my...
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    "Lab" grade test kits.

    Both me and another local hobbyist purchased Salifert MG kits from a local fish store that were totally horrible. 300-400ppm off and well over a year before their expiration date. Wonder if the company will take care of all their bad batches that were put out while the company was invisible...
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    "Lab" grade test kits.

    NICE! Over three years later my questions weren't answered. lol Talk about a blast from the past earing this post.
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    IO Reef Crystals now with more Ca and ?

    Actually after posting this thread I stopped using IOs Reef Crystals completely. Reason being is I found exactly what Boomer mentioned. One batch of Reef Crystlas with ~420 Ca and the next with 350! Not only did the one batch have 350, but after doing a water change EVERYthing in my mixed...
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    IO Reef Crystals now with more Ca and ?

    Did anyone else notice that with the new packaging there is also now more calcium? I was wondering if other people using it had tested everything to see how it compaires with more expensive salts?
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    De-Worming Marine Fishes - Be A Super Pooper Snooper

    Lee, I could use a little help and clarification if you have a moment. I have some clown fish that I occasionally see poop a long white string about 8 times their body length. I was thinking they may possibly have worms, but I have several questions. You said in your article, "1. If...
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    Growth picture updates

    Tri-color acro looks awesome now! Got more pics? My stupid external hard drive locked me out and I have just about 0 pictures now. Sucks!
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    Gobi Spawning

    Interesting. Another food source I thought wasn't healthy for SW animals. I've heard of giving black worms to fresh water fish, but heard they were not good in SW. Of course I've heard a lot of stuff in the past that I used to believe which I later found out to be wrong. I wonder if the...
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    Gobi Spawning

    "feed it live worms for a couple of weeks. Not blood worms which are not really worms." Feather dusters then? Earth worms? Spaghetti worms?
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    Gobi Spawning

    What do you feed the adults?
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