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Old 07-25-2013, 05:34 AM
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I tried doing 15% WCs every 2 weeks, but my sand didn't like it
I've gone back to 10% WCs every week and now my dosing is out of whack, but my sand is clean
I had a good thing going on with my dosers dammit

My Alk is up to 10.5 so I've turned off the pump and await it to drop

Now I'll have to adjust the pump timing again ....

Looks like it's time for me to dump the Seachem additive powders and get on the 2-part bandwagon
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Old 07-25-2013, 06:12 AM
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I tried doing 15% WCs every 2 weeks, but my sand didn't like it
I've gone back to 10% WCs every week and now my dosing is out of whack, but my sand is clean
I had a good thing going on with my dosers dammit

My Alk is up to 10.5 so I've turned off the pump and await it to drop

Now I'll have to adjust the pump timing again ....

Looks like it's time for me to dump the Seachem additive powders and get on the 2-part bandwagon
Enough of this hardware talk, we want to see some photos!
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Just add a few more sps, that will bring the alk down fast....
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Enough of this hardware talk, we want to see some photos!
Nothing worth posting right now as there's been little growth
The only growing has been from our Coris, Junior
He started out the size of our Hector's and now he's twice as big

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Just add a few more sps, that will bring the alk down fast....
I may be doing that come this labor day weekend
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Nothing to look at here ... carry on

Turned off the Alk doser pump for a few days and looks like I'll have to back-off on the amount of powder I'm adding to the container

This coming long-weekend has me busy already, but I hope to post a couple FTSs as I may move some LR, so look back for a 'scape change

I'm also going to cut my GFO in half and am considering why I'm using socks

Stay tuned for some pics
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I tried doing 15% WCs every 2 weeks, but my sand didn't like it
How do water changes affect sand??
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How do water changes affect sand??
Cause I only clean the sand when I do a WC
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Cause I only clean the sand when I do a WC
You clean the sand? Like vacuuming it? Why?
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I'm still getting some 'carpet' algae of some kind and it looks ugly
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I'm still getting some 'carpet' algae of some kind and it looks ugly
I'd guess because you keep disturbing the sand -lol
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