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cynicechoes · 10-10-2007, 06:17 PM

Umm... not too much new going on right now. I was planning on getting new photos the other day but cody managed to hide the battery charger for the camera from me. I just recently found it and I will be getting some pics soon hopefully. We're also about to order the HOB fuge w/ the protein skimmer & the MHs! YAY! I can't wait!

I am now pretty much completely sure the pep. shrimp, if that's what it really was, since I never got to get another look at it to check and be sure, is dead! I have never seen him after those first 2 days and I have looked at all different angles and times, plus I did have that nitrate spike kind of come outta nowhere! It caused a diatom bloom on the sand again, but hopefully buy the time I get home the CUC will have taken care of it!

I had a question about alkalinity. My LFS gave us this 2 part calcium buffer to use, as I mentioned before, part 1 is an alkalinity buffer and part 2 is calcium buffer. What is the highest safe number for alkalinty? And if I still want to raise the calcium but not the alk anymore can I just add part 2?

Later!

10-10-2007, 06:17 PM	#109 (permalink)
cynicechoes Midas Blenny Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 114 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Cody & KCs Newbie Reef Tank! Umm... not too much new going on right now. I was planning on getting new photos the other day but cody managed to hide the battery charger for the camera from me. I just recently found it and I will be getting some pics soon hopefully. We're also about to order the HOB fuge w/ the protein skimmer & the MHs! YAY! I can't wait! I am now pretty much completely sure the pep. shrimp, if that's what it really was, since I never got to get another look at it to check and be sure, is dead! I have never seen him after those first 2 days and I have looked at all different angles and times, plus I did have that nitrate spike kind of come outta nowhere! It caused a diatom bloom on the sand again, but hopefully buy the time I get home the CUC will have taken care of it! I had a question about alkalinity. My LFS gave us this 2 part calcium buffer to use, as I mentioned before, part 1 is an alkalinity buffer and part 2 is calcium buffer. What is the highest safe number for alkalinty? And if I still want to raise the calcium but not the alk anymore can I just add part 2? Later! __________________ Casey & Cody(probably not) -Thus the task is not to see what nobody yet has seen, but to think what nobody yet has thought about that which everybody sees. - Unknown Our Newbie Reef Tank Journey!