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SeaChem for the ammonia test is 1.0 & 0.75, the tests at 15 then 30 minutes which they say is more sensitive. API - I got 0.5 right-away then 2.0 after 10 minutes Past history has been a mix of 0.25 and 0.50 all by API which I used because SeaChem was more bothersome. I used to do 10-20% water...

Pat --- I never had enough coraline algae to consider it a problem. I like the color. Its just part of shouldn't I at least have some type of algae? My lights have been all LED and whatever I could get cheap. They produce light that should produce algae in the water, no? Right now I have 145W...

I started my tank 4 years ago and have never had to clean algae off the glass, rocks, sand, anywhere. I have no coraline algae and when I put rocks in with it, it disappears. I have had unwanted algae like hair and an algae bloom. I can't grow corals either. Xenia and GSP slowly die away...

Thank you very much Dave. So helpful. I haven't done it yet but soon I hope.

The base around my finger leather has been slowly shrinking for months. It hasn't grown any since this ring started. It behaves normally with lights on/off/close/open. I can wipe away the dark outer coating of the ring, exposing a normal looking but thin base, and the dark ring quickly returns...

Is eggcrate a diffuser?

On my 10 gal. I have been trying a 20W LED floodlight type fixture with soft corals growing well. http://www.ebay.com/itm/281591320313?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT He has a variety and you might want a higher wattage for the anemone.

Purple Stripe Dottyback Caught it with a bait trap

You can use a turkey baster to suck/blow it off your rocks and corals.

I tried the Hanna Calcium recently and it was all over the place then got real high even hitting 600 which I think is as high as it goes. The kits seem to be hit or miss according to many reviews I read. I returned it. My API measures calcium the best. I had a near empty tank with Instant...

My pumps were bought at different times and all act the same. They wouldn't make a coral sway and didn't bother sand. When a coral needed high flow I couldn't find an area. Pumps were cleaned bi-monthly because of sediment buildup and algae growing on them. CPR fuge is building a dirt sheet...

I have been adding Kent Tech M magnesium for months. It got rid of hair algae so I add it a few times a week. I also started dosing vinegar after I had got to wits end. I got a new Hanna Checker for the last two weeks of dKH readings. I was using Red Sea for the very high tests. I was doing...

Ammonia and Nitrite bottles are old and new on the way. NO3, Mg, Ca, dKH, are new and pH is a new meter. Some of the live rock grows stuff even with lights out for days. That's the rock in the front of the tank. I'm going to get rid of it. The rest of the rock is from Reef Cleaners. I'm not...

20L running for 1-1/2 years. I thought CO2 had messed things up so I added a scrubber. Test results started to look like they should except for Ammonia and Nitrite. Where does it and nitrate come from? I have 1 fish and don't feed it. I was doing 20% water changes once a week but since...

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php Above link shows chart listing ideal parameters for things we commonly test for. Mg = 1250-1350