Unfortunately, I can't really. My limiting factor is the size of my RO reservoir, and the fact that I'm out of the house for 14.5h/day. If I had a bigger res, I could probably start pulling bucket water changes, but on top of that, I don't really have time for that right now... assuming that I want to sleep that is. Also, I only have the one $147 bucket of Instant Ocean... I will not be buying another until Monday when a buddy is coming back from Edmonton. It will last me until Monday with 30g/36 hours by my calculations. Things are starting to look a little better... polyp extension is coming back in some, and the death seems to have slowed. That said, I don't have a whole lot left, so maybe that's the only change.

I'd double check your test kit as well, I had a Hagen kit that tested zero and I double checked against an Elos test kit, Elos 25+

I've got an Elos one en route... unfortunately, I have to wait for it.

Just finished reading your saga.
I feeel so terrible for you.

PM'd you for free frags.

Thanks very much for the offer Alang! It's so great to know that we are a community that is willing to help each other out when stuff like this goes down.

On the bright side (knicking on wood, crossing my fingers, and rubbing my dog's foot because I don't have a rabbit's foot) I feel like the worst is over!!! WAHOO!! After having the first water change (with the new salt) circulating for 15 hours, I did a test. Unfortunately, I'm out of Mg testers, so I'll just have to assume that the levels are coming down. My Alk is now at 216ppm/12.07dKh! Wahoo! I'm pretty sure that there are people that purposely keep their alk in this range, so this makes me VERY happy! I will however still be shooting for about 7dKh... hopefully within a week. My Ca... I don't know what to think. On my Elos which I've always trusted, but never verified to anything else, I'm showing somewhere between 100-150 ppm. I don't know if this is even possible. On my Hanna, I'm showing 336ppm. I want to believe this number, but I'm leary. These are the only things that I've tested as nothing in the nitrogen worls has been a problem, Phosphates on las t check were 0.00, and pH is 8.26.

The stuff that I have left is starting to look decent again. Polyps extension!! WHOO!! My candy coral looks like it has flesh again... the brain is coming back! Of the 11 frags that I got from that frag pack, I still have 7, so that's not that bad. That said, many of them are WAY smaller than when they showed up... lol. When I woke up yesterday afternoon, I pulled 3 frags out... I got home this morning and ther is nothhing that looks like it need to be in the garbage. Well, maybe one... a loripes that has STN, but it is fully encrusted on it's rock, so there's not much I can do but to hope that it survives.

At some point soon, I'll post some before and after the crash pics.... although I'm scared to see what the comparison looks like.

If by chance anybody reading this has any Pink Lemonade, Strawberry Shortcake, Shades of Fall, or Red Planet... I'd certainly appreciate a pity fragging!! lol

I expect that things will be back to normal by the weekend, if not early next week. I hope!!

Thanks for the input guys!! And thanks VERY much for the offer Alang.

Nice to see that things are getting better!
Will be glad to see some of your after pics.
Best wishes!
Lenny.

Glad to hear things are turning around!!! :mrgreen: I have a couple of the corals you're looking for but not sure about the shipping, it might be pricey. Maybe someone has something closer to you.

I would believe Elos over Hanna, especially when it comes to calcium. There have been reports of inaccurate numbers with the Hanna calcium kit and people have been using the Elos for a long time with reliable results. 100-150 ppm calcium is hard to believe though...

Here's an idea...we know that bucket of IO salt will have calcium around 380 ppm at 1.025, so mix up some saltwater for 24 hours and test that with both Hanna and Elos. Since there is a 200 ppm difference between the kits you will be able to tell which one is out to lunch.

Don't forget to roll that bucket of salt before using it too!!

Which ones? I'm not horribly opposed to paying for shipping... if you're willing.