aqujoe247
Member
Walking in from work I noticed my xenia or colony polyps hadn't opened yet. The actinic lights come on about 1.5 hours and Daylights about .5 hour before I come home and they're usually wide awake when I walk in. The temp. seemed to be the highest since I set the tank up 81.2.
I just spent the last hour doing test to find out what's going on.
CALCIUM:525
ALKALINITY: 250
PH:7.8-8.0
AMMONIA: 0-0.25
NITRITE: 0
NITRATE: 0-0.5
SALINITY: 1.027
The only thing I dose with is Purple Up, and haven't done it in about 3wks, trying to get the Cal. down. I only 2 xenias, fist-sized rock of starburst polyp, and a golfball-sized rock of colony polyps. The macro in the fuge died within a week of putting it in (a month ago) so there's not much to suck up the Cal., but doesn't the LR(80lbs) use alot of Cal.? I'm thinking this could be the reason i'm starting to get a diatom bloom on the sand at the front of the tank( other than lack of flow).
I just spent the last hour doing test to find out what's going on.
CALCIUM:525
ALKALINITY: 250
PH:7.8-8.0
AMMONIA: 0-0.25
NITRITE: 0
NITRATE: 0-0.5
SALINITY: 1.027
The only thing I dose with is Purple Up, and haven't done it in about 3wks, trying to get the Cal. down. I only 2 xenias, fist-sized rock of starburst polyp, and a golfball-sized rock of colony polyps. The macro in the fuge died within a week of putting it in (a month ago) so there's not much to suck up the Cal., but doesn't the LR(80lbs) use alot of Cal.? I'm thinking this could be the reason i'm starting to get a diatom bloom on the sand at the front of the tank( other than lack of flow).