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12-22-2008, 01:11 AM
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Hopefully nothing too major. I can offer tank space if, heaven forbid, you need it.
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12-22-2008, 01:50 AM
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I think my salt went bad. I think something settled to the bottom of the salt itself. I usually shake buckets up before we use them, and I think maybe this one escaped the salt shake/mix.
I opened a new mixed bucket, did a WC, and have left the MHs on a little longer then usual right now; they were on for 8.5 hours today. Clams seem better.
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12-22-2008, 01:53 AM
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12-22-2008, 02:00 AM
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Hahaha high Alk, would probably show up as normal alk. levels in my tank. I swear its the clams that bring my dKH levels down so low all the time.
The offender was a bucket of IO salt that we've had for a long while, we somehow managed to have three buckets going at once, and have finally gotten to this one. I bet we've had this salt since probably the summer.
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12-22-2008, 03:11 AM
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Summer doesn't seem like that long ago for salt to go bad, but as you said when packed it may have settled different. Like you I like to mix my bucket of salt to make sure everything is well spread.
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12-22-2008, 05:10 AM
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Aw geez, sorry to hear. Hopefully they'll look better in a day or so. Sometimes they just seem to sulk if there's something a little off... hope it's just an off day in this case..
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12-22-2008, 07:37 AM
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I would step back from the 500g+ tank idea for awhile, and get your 180 to where it is more stress free. of course you cannot control bad salt mixes, but maybe try to improve some little things.
for instance why not use an algae clip instead of the PVC pipe thing? Also if you had a few less clams, maybe wouldn't have a big of a problem with dKH? (realizing this is like asking the sun not to shine, but JMO) Too much ambition in this hobby can be a bad thing.
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