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![]() You are getting old and nearsighted my friend. She posted pellets not piglets.
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![]() Oh Naesco you never got the joke. I usually argue with her. You know you the saying when pigs fly?
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![]() Well thanks to Denny, I know my Elos Alk test is way out. He had my Alk over 11. Also my nitrates are over 25, but phosphates are good. This would explain why my Ca has been so hard to get inline. I have stopped dosing Alk and water changes are going to be a regular event for the next week.
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![]() That's likely causing your coral issues. Having tests that far out scares me.
And I'm with Kien on the pellet front. I've had them running in my tank since day one, and I wouldn't ever think of removing them. I also run GFO as my phosphates can get as high as 0.09 while nitrates will stay undetectable. Different strokes for different folks though. They caused a cyano bloom the likes of which I had never seen in my last tank, but that was adding them to a high nutrient, year old, tap water tank. |
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![]() How can your nitrates be so high if you are using pellets?
not enough pellets? not enough skimming?
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I don't think the high nitrates are the cause but the very high alk is a big concern for me, on the Hanna it came out to 11 .7 twice and his calcium was under 350ppm we don't know if it fluctuates either. This can cause problems when running pellets or any carbon dosing really.
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![]() It expires June of 2013
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![]() I ran my Hanna kit and my alk is reading 9.8 now. Going in the right direction at least
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