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I thought he was indicated that I was claiming it has a lasting effect. My experience with buffers is exactly that. It can effect other parameters but only within the range it was designed and may not have a permanent effect.

TylerHaworth: Guess I should qualify all my statements. Nothing is absolute and water chemistry is a complex topic. I myself do not have a scientific background. Boomer is right to say nothing is a steady state in an aquarium. Early on in the building of one of my tanks I took the advice...

Boomer: I was not implying that the steady state of baking soda will be steady in a reef system. I understand its temporary effect when added to an aquarium, nor was I suggesting using a dKh buffer to affect PH. If you look at my reply I indicated that it should not affect PH in any...

BlakeJohn: I believe you are incorrect. "Buffer" by definition is specific to the PH and KH range for which it was designed. Like baking soda has a natural steady state of PH.

1027 seems high to me. What are your other parameters? PH and KH specifically. I wouldn't care as much with Mag and Cal with fish...

Most buffers won't affect PH unless it is out of whack.

It seems to be within the lower range.....have you considered adding KH buffer? Have you checked your Mg?

Use a mix. I have live rock with dry rock that has begun turning into live rock. I also use plastic pieces to fill in areas that I fear are too dangerous for lots of heavy rocks or just want to add texture or color to. Do what you want! The beauty of plastic is that it is light and doesn't...

Mysis and brine have different nutrient qualities. From what I've heard Mysis is a more complete feed, but more of my fish prefer brine. I always start with brine with new fish and slowly introduce a more diverse diet from there.

QTs are for plebeians. I use SHEAR mind power to control Ich! And all other diseases! :poke:

I think you've got it covered. You may want to add live brine or frozen into the mix though. Amost forgot. All my clowns, in all my tanks like New Life Spectrum - Marine Fish Formula. The best part is any tiny sinking pellet that makes it to the bottom, crabs, nassarius or shrimp devour. A...

Skimmers take quite a while to break-in. Days sometimes. Just make sure you are not over skimming to compensate just to produce something.

Flip the circuit breaker before you remove the powerstrip. No need to electrocute yourself. Run extension cords from all the nearest outlets and prioritize the crucial systems. Filtration, then temp.....light and powerheads can be off for a time until you can buy another powerstrip.

I have an Orchid Dottyback in a 46 bow with a Neon Goby and a Firefish.....no aggression, but I added the Dottyback last. My 210 gal has an Orchid Dottyback with a Citrinus Clown Goby and two Blue Gudgeon Gobies.....no issues there either. But again, I added the Dottyback last. Although I...

Clean-up Crew: No hermit crabs. Crabs, especially hermit crabs, are not conducive to an aquarium life unless that is all you'd like to keep. I don't agree with this. Absolutes are for those persons that are too assumptious for their own good. Rubbish all around!

Mine are pretty close. They are slow glowing in my system.

Add them at once to avoid aggression issues. All of those are not semi-aggressive like Yellow Tangs.....so I think you should be ok. One tang is not always correct. It is the manner of addition and their base nature that need to be taken into consideration (like Hippos and Yellows).

Alien species from MARS!

I have used them on three occassions. Everytime they came through. This time I took out the big aiptasia with Aiptasia X. The Peppermint took out the little ones and the ones on the underside of rocks, etc. Places I couldn't get at easily.

All are alive.....and Mr. Yellowtail Blue seems to be very passive ATM. Guess maybe he didn't bank on me getting all BIG on his schnizzle!