Greetings -- ComPLAINTS for the New Year
First time posting on MASA -- been crazy at work (only place I have access to internet) and I guess my not posting makes me a diligent worker.
My wife tells everyone she hould have married a stamp collector -- she would have more space in teh lounge
My 4 year old daughter and 6month old boxer's fascination with the tank means my wife is outnumbered
While I live near NSW it has not made its way into my tank
Almost all my travel arrangements are dictated to by driving pass Northlands Pets -- I find it reassuring that almost everything I want to buy I am told NOT TO by Chris -- with the reassurance that when my tank and I are ready he will let me know
Have 420litre mainly softy corner tank running for approx 2 years -- upgraded (carried over all rock/fish/gravel) from a previous smaller tank that was running for 2 years
9020 Tunze Skimmer
Aquamedic Kalk Stirrer
2 Tunze Nano Streams and 2 maxijet 100's for internal circ
Eheim 1262 return from Sump
Eheim 1250 supplying Resun 650 chiller
TLF Phosphate reactor -- runs 24/7
Carbon in sock replaced every 2 weeks -- runs 24/7
150 Aquamedic halide
2 white and 2 blue ATi 3foot T5s
Just got a handle on stabilising alkalinity -- at 11dkh
pH sits betweeb 8.2 and 8.4
water temp max 26 -- min 24.8
Calcium just under 300ppm
magnesium 1100ppm
phosphates undetectable -- but I'm sure a larny kit will pick something up
HAVE PROB IN THE LAST MONTH WITH RED MAT OF SLIMY CYNO ON MONTI (mostly from patch on rock that monti touches) AS WELL ON ANOTHER PORTION OF ROCK
could this be beacuse I have slackened off on my weekly 10llitre water changes (after hearing that 2 often is disruptive???)
Or could my daily additions of supplements in their correct dosage be the prob -- Aquamedic iodine/Tropic Marin Pro Coral (powder)/ Tropic marin Strontium (powder)/ Tropic marin Magnesium (powder)/Tropic Marin pro-coral K elements (liquid)/Tropic Marin Calcium (A,B and C liquid) as well as 4 teaspoons fo kalk in kalk stirrer every week ????
Please advise
First time posting on MASA -- been crazy at work (only place I have access to internet) and I guess my not posting makes me a diligent worker.
My wife tells everyone she hould have married a stamp collector -- she would have more space in teh lounge
My 4 year old daughter and 6month old boxer's fascination with the tank means my wife is outnumbered
While I live near NSW it has not made its way into my tank
Almost all my travel arrangements are dictated to by driving pass Northlands Pets -- I find it reassuring that almost everything I want to buy I am told NOT TO by Chris -- with the reassurance that when my tank and I are ready he will let me know
Have 420litre mainly softy corner tank running for approx 2 years -- upgraded (carried over all rock/fish/gravel) from a previous smaller tank that was running for 2 years
9020 Tunze Skimmer
Aquamedic Kalk Stirrer
2 Tunze Nano Streams and 2 maxijet 100's for internal circ
Eheim 1262 return from Sump
Eheim 1250 supplying Resun 650 chiller
TLF Phosphate reactor -- runs 24/7
Carbon in sock replaced every 2 weeks -- runs 24/7
150 Aquamedic halide
2 white and 2 blue ATi 3foot T5s
Just got a handle on stabilising alkalinity -- at 11dkh
pH sits betweeb 8.2 and 8.4
water temp max 26 -- min 24.8
Calcium just under 300ppm
magnesium 1100ppm
phosphates undetectable -- but I'm sure a larny kit will pick something up
HAVE PROB IN THE LAST MONTH WITH RED MAT OF SLIMY CYNO ON MONTI (mostly from patch on rock that monti touches) AS WELL ON ANOTHER PORTION OF ROCK
could this be beacuse I have slackened off on my weekly 10llitre water changes (after hearing that 2 often is disruptive???)
Or could my daily additions of supplements in their correct dosage be the prob -- Aquamedic iodine/Tropic Marin Pro Coral (powder)/ Tropic marin Strontium (powder)/ Tropic marin Magnesium (powder)/Tropic Marin pro-coral K elements (liquid)/Tropic Marin Calcium (A,B and C liquid) as well as 4 teaspoons fo kalk in kalk stirrer every week ????
Please advise