Water Chemistry

Hey I am putting this list together for Xmas and I am looking at to different calcium reactors and need some input:

http://www.aquariumplants.com/product_p/pr4026.htm

and also this one

http://www.avastmarine.com/ssc/do/pr...um-Reactor-Kit

I have never had a calcium reactor before, so I can't begin to say which is more worth their value.

Hello all! It's been a while since I updated, I've been very excited with my tank this week so here are some tidbits!

• My first helfrichi died after three days. How sad and discouraging It was replaced under warranty and the new one has been going strong for two weeks! The new one isnt as buddy buddy with the other fish as the last one, but this one is a lot more active and eats a broader variety of foods.
• Visited PHISHY BUSINESS in columbus and snagged a beautiful purple/green/blue

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I have been running the Ecoback Biopellets for about two months now. It has been able to keep my phosphates about where they were when I ran GFO, but now dropped it down any less. With the GFO, I was at .03-.04, and that is where I am at now on the Hanna meter. The directions on the biopellets say for a tank my size, I need 750ml or more. I have about 180g total water volume, and it states 250ml per 50g. I started with 500ml as not to overdo it, but have realized if I want to drop my phophates even ...

So, I have been battling this ugly purple/brown and green slime junk problem in my tank for a few months now. My tank is still fairly young about 8months old. I have a total of three fish and three corals and a Green bta. I feed only once a day, My nitrates and and phosphates are undetectable but the slime may be using it up. My chaeto is not growing that fast. So I have decided to try the EcoBak pellets in the Nextreef SMR1 reactor. I ordered the reactor through Marine Depot and the media ...

I thought I would share these tips, some of you may have seen these before. A friend of mine emailed them to me a couple days ago. He said they were emailed to him from one of his friends that claimed to have copied them from a forum post from another website. I don't know who the original author is: Lord knows I don't have time to sit and copy all this stuff.

I can't post them all at once, max characters per post is 10,000 so I'll have to break this up... (this is going to be a pain)

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