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    Baking Soda in the Aquarium

    Ooops...Sorry,,my mistake. Washing Soda, not Baking Powder. I got crosswired there. Interestingly enough, about 2 years ago I was up at American Soda in Colorado..near Grand Junction. They mine Soda Ash there. It is one of the largest Soda Mines in the world. Only a couple large deposits...
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    Baking Soda in the Aquarium

    A meq stand for milli-equivalent. An equivalent is a chemical term used to relate how much of an acid or base it takes to neutralize the other. This also happens to be a unit that Alk is often quoted in as this is at the heart of the basic definition of Alk. If you consider a strong acid like...
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    Will peppermint shrimp eat zoo's?

    I have had no problem with my zooz. However they did eat the 2 most exposed beautiful yellow fan worms of 3 I had and tore the last one up. My cleaner shrimp helped. Luckily one has deep enough hole, he can survive and is recovering. They don't touch the others but for some reason they loved...
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    PhosEx made Green water?

    Hi Peca, Welcome to RF!, Unfortunately, I am not familiar with the product either. Chances are that the green color is just some dust from the product washing off. If you had washed it more thoroughly, maybe this would not have been as drastic. However, who knows? I would not think that...
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    Copper used 2 years ago

    Good Luck with you new reef! Also, welcome to RF! Sounds like a nice setup. I"ll bet you like your reef better than your FO. regards...C
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    Copper used 2 years ago

    Colin, If it has been years since you added copper, I am about 95% sure that it is all gone, as long as you did water changes over the last couple years. What I believe will happen is below: 1.) Add copper treatment to help fish. 2.) Some copper goes into fish, some chelated by dissolved...
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    I have the ick in my reef tank

    Sorry Steve, I looked at the wrong message to get the name. My philosophy on ich may not be very good so I may not be a good one to give advice. I basically do nothing, let it run its course and re-stock if necessary. Some things I have observed are very strange. When the ich breaks out...
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    I have the ick in my reef tank

    Steve it is very important to get EVERY fish out of your tank. If you can't do that then the ich will not leave your tank. The ich parasite has a life cycle that must have a host to complete. In order to completely rid your tank of ich it must lay follow for at least 6 weeks, 8 better. I...
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    Please Help

    Marta, Hair Algea is typically caused by excess nutrients. Most specifically, Nitrates and Phosphates and Silicates that come from the water used to top off the tank from evaporation. To prevent this from happening it is general practice to use RO/DI water to replenish the tank. If tap water...
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    Shelf life of ASW mix?

    I think the salts are still good. I would suggest mixing the salt well before using. Also, it may be that the alkalinity may need to be adjusted more than usual. However, I doubt this will be a problem. Nikki's point is valid about the carbonates and bi-carbonates though. These things can...
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    Help!! My live rock is dying

    Well, I haven't read up on this for a while so I very well could be mistaken about relative toxicities. However, suffice to say you want them both low! As for NH4+, this is a good point. I"m pulling out my chemistry book...just a sec... Wow...I had to blow the dust off that one. According...
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    Help!! My live rock is dying

    Generally when you cycle a tank, it is suggested keep the lights off or at least on a very short cycle. That helps the rock to cure faster and you don't get a big buildup of algea in the presence of all the nutrients. Usually when you near the end of a cycle you will see some diatoms start to...
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    Help!! My live rock is dying

    I didn't phrase myself well. You have to look at the history of the rock. Not its freshness. Even if a rock is cured and covered with corraline, it still may not have the proper colonies of bacteria on it to prevent a cycle. However, if the rock is cured in the presence of a fish stocked...
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    Help!! My live rock is dying

    I second the advice given below. It is good advice However, I find it strange that you have pink rock in a new tank? Is all your rock pink? If so, this means you are starting your tank with very well established LR. If this is the case, it is possible that your tank may NOT cycle or that...
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    What might happen if ...

    I would think this has the potential to be bad if you have corals in the tank. I'm pretty sure pennies have a lot of copper in them, which will oxidize to Cu++...bad for corals. I would definitely get a copper test kit as was suggested and make sure there aren't any more. I don't think it is...
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    low ph, nitrates a little high

    Yes, in my opinion, 3 times a day is way to much. Especially once your tank starts to get established. Most fish can find at least some stuff to eat off the rocks. My fish stay healthy and I just feed once every other day. Also reduced feeding helps to keep your tank clean as the critters...
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    Any magic in Kalkwasser?

    Thanks. I'll look into it. I think I will connect it via wireless right to the side of my head with electroshock! That will help train me not to forget LOL. regards...C
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    low ph, nitrates a little high

    Nudi's can be hard to keep alive anyway. Not sure if nitrates of 20 are bad for nudi's or not. For sure lower is better in general though. Either more frequent water changes, larger water changes, a combo of both and/or less feeding will help to keep nitrates down without changing your...
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    low ph, nitrates a little high

    Under gravel filters can keep your sandbed from becoming aneorobic at proper depth. These aneorobic bacteria can provide substantial de-nitrating power into your aquarium. Also, crushed coral does not provide as good as a de-nitrating capacity as does the finer aragonite based substrates...
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    Any magic in Kalkwasser?

    I saw your aquarium as a reservoir. This is a great setup. What I use is a 7.5 gallon plastic container. You can get them at walmart in the camping section. I have two of them so I can keep one topped off with my RO/DI as a spare. That way I just switch them out when one is empty. They...
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