29 gallon Biocube!

lpsreefer · #1 03-12-2012, 04:34 AM

Your salinity is at 1.35?

Aysha · #2 03-12-2012, 04:13 PM

That's what I was told to keep it at to keep my polyps alive, and thats what I got adding half cup of coralife per gallon of water should I lower it?

lpsreefer · #3 03-12-2012, 04:56 PM

Yeah a lot lower.
1.24-1.26 is the range you want.

Aysha · #4 03-12-2012, 05:12 PM

okay I'll start there, will this help with the ph issue?

lpsreefer · #5 03-12-2012, 05:19 PM

The best way I found with reefs is just let them be on routine and dont mess around with them.
I would get your salt level down.

fishytime · #6 03-12-2012, 10:11 PM

hold on before you go lowering the salinity.....two different ways to measure salinity......forget now exactly what they are called

, but one measures out to 1.025ish and the other measures out to 35......

as for the ph.....dont worry about it too much.....a lot of time messing with it creates more issues (because of the swing) than if it is a little low or a little high but stable......

lpsreefer · #7 03-12-2012, 10:19 PM

Good point. I never look at that side of my refractometer.
How are you measuring your salinity?

Aysha · #8 03-13-2012, 01:00 AM

.35 and 1.35 are the same according to my refractometer
I changed it out a bit to 1.25
I won't mess with them anymore Ive done what I can and this hobby is starting to worry me

lpsreefer · #9 03-13-2012, 01:14 AM

Lol. Just remember Keep It Stupid Simple.(kiss)
With my biocube all I do is small weekly water changes. And clean the skimmer once a week.

Aysha · #10 03-13-2012, 01:17 AM

thats all I wanted and than things started going wrong...
my poor fish are now hanging out at the bottom of the tank rocking back and forth...