Yes, we did just pick up the system recently. The tank has remained stable since the move - no spikes in any of the levels that we have been watching (all the ones above). That said, we may have jumped the gun a bit in introducing corals - the LFS didn't seem to think it was a big problem though, so we took the plunge.
As I am typing I am preparing some extra salty water - I will introduce a few gallons tonight and some more tomorrow to try to raise the salinity a notch or two. I am also going to move the torch up higher, get him closer to the lights.
I didn't realize the blue T5's don't really count towards total wattage..? Can someone expand on the reasoning for that a bit further?
We've been using the cheap Hagen kits for Nitrates and Ammonia (came with the tank). The same kit for pH (a new one) didn't even give us a valid reading - it was way off the charts. Instead I borrowed a digital pH meter from my Dad and that's what gave us the 7.9 figure.
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