Water Chemistry

I will be trying Solid Carbon dosing with Vertex Bio Pellets.

UPDATE

Bottom braces silicone last Thursday. I was waiting to get completely dry. .



Time is very near to be WET ... WET...

First water Test... .

WET .... WET ... .


Half Tank fill. With out
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I have a 30g long tank as a quarantine. I had to remove all my fish from my display tank because of ich. All that the QT has done is kill more fish. I've done my research and thought everything was going great until they started to drop off one by one.

I made sure all my levels were good before adding the fish to the QT. Water came from my display and I had plenty of extra stuff for every fish to hide in. I put an air pump on one of the decorations that had an air stone built ...

The title is just a tad misleading, but I thought I'd show you what it looks like to me.

Using a Salifert PO4 test kit, I measure the water from my reef tank for Phosphate. The ideal reading is 0 to .03ppm (yes, it should be super low). Over the years, I've seen numbers as high as 3ppm in my tank to as low as 0. For the past 23 months, I've been dosing vodka daily to maintain lower nitrates, and it helps keep phosphate from rising but doesn't omit them like it does for others. ...

This weekend was crazy with spring league hockey and golf so this is my first chance to post my first experience with my new doser. The three pumps will eventually be used to dose alkalinity, calcium, and magnesium. For now, it'll be just the big two.

Installation - I decided to mount the unit above the reservoirs. This was done using two L brackets used for holding up shelves. I found these for a few dollars at the hardware store. The unit is 9 1/4 inches long and sits well with no ...