I swear I typed 4 replies to this thread to have them all disappear. My mind is gone and so I don't even know what I said.
I remember how cute the little yellow guy was this morning. He came out for breakfast, got chased by my yellow tang, went to his own spot that is above the MJ, the tang went away, and then he was out and about again like nothing happened. This is a regular event between these two (must have something to do with the color yellow). I was worried about my wrasses picking on him but big yellow is a meany!
Oh yeah, I have another salt dilemma. Reef crystal mag problem led me to try yet another new salt. Mixing Reef Crystals with Red Sea Pro was giving me the easiest mix (just adjusted the mag a bit to get a 160 alk, 435 calc, and 1350 mag mixture that runs a pH around 8.0 in the tub). Because of a bad batch of RCrystals, I have gone through a gallon of mag in 1 month.
So, I am trying out Seachem's Reef Salt. Stats:
1.025 Salinity
148 alk (lower than I want)
510 calc (higher than I want)
1175 (much lower than I want, already adjusted this to 1350)
8.2 pH (decent)
So, I'm not sure if I should adjust anything else or not. I can already see a white film covering the equipment in the container. It was mixed on Monday. I have tested values twice (once on Monday and again yesterday). I use Salifert and LaMotte tests.
Suggestions?
What you want a pic first?
Really, suggestions?
