Bernard

Happy Chinese New Year!! I just did a test with Tropic marin seasalt using tap water and using tap water purifier filter. All test using Tropic Marin test kit unless stated. Salt water---------------- Fresh Water (before salt mix) Tap water ------- TWP ----------Tap Water ----------TWP Sg at 1.022 / 27c. Ca: 384 ------------ 384 ---------------- nil -------------- nil Mg: 1260 ---------- 1300 --------------- nil -------------- nil Kh: 8 ---------------- 9 ----------------- nil -------------- nil No2: 0.2 ------------ 0.2 --------------- 0.05 ----------- 0.02 No3: 20 ------------- <1 ---------------- 10 -------------- <1 Po4: 0 ---------------- 0 ---------------- 0.1 -------------- 0 Sio2: 3 -------------- 0.1 ---------------- 3 --------------- 0 (salifert) Ph: 8.1 -------------- 8.2 ---------------- 6.8 --------------nil (Hanna Ph pen)

Try this. so far so good for my tank. http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/Renew.html

Thanks Pegasus1010, But it don't have the info I want. Because for the time being I wanted to use it on my 3x2x2.5 tank, but when I upgrade to a 6x3x2.5 tank can it still support it. Was told by LFS that it can support up to a 6ft tank but can't really trust them. So want to get some help here. Rgds, Bern

No Macro calcium reactor user at all??

Hi Guy's, Need some help here. I'm planning to get a macro calcium reactor but can't find any info about it. like how much gallon of water it can support up to (max) and the size of the reactor. And will like to know if this reactor good or not. Thanks, Bernard

really ulu, didn't know at all if not for passing through this stretch of road.

Nice tanks they have. planning to let them do a 6th tanks for my new house.

Hi guy's, Today pass by Lim Chu Kang Rd and saw this Marine fish sign by the road site. After follow the arrow for some time and saw this shop. Abit ulu.. OZ Marine Aquarium, No.20 Lim Chu Kang Lane 9A. Tel: 6316 6204. mon - sun 1000hrs - 1900hrs. Went in and check out their LS. LPS, SPS, fish and some accessories. Price seem cheap for me. got a cup ($13) Frog ($15) size about a palm. and they provide, marine set up, reef tank maintainence & water quality management, customised fish tanks & cabinets, all types of marine related issue etc, supply of filtered sea water. regards, bern

Me Jalan bt merah, near thai temple.

Don't know how good is it, trying out soon.

Check this out from seachem. http://www.seachem.com/products/product_pages/Renew.html bern

Hi guys, I just did a test on my Tropic Marin sea salt using tap water. sg: 1.023 at 26c Ca: 384 (Tropic Marin test kit) Mg: 1260 (TM test kit) kH: 8 (TM test kit) No2: 0,2 (TM test kit) No3: 20 (TM test kit) Po4: 0 (TM test kit) Sio2: 3 (Salifert Test kit) pH: 8.1 (Hanna ph pen) Think I'll have to change to Corallife too. Bern

but the delivery head for 1260 is 3.7m and the extrema only 2.4m. Folk out the extra, go for ehiem, you'll not regret it.

Sorry for that bwilly. I can't get a pic of my set up as I don't have a DC. My english not very good so write only what I can lor. The link below have the photos of the GAC, the FR in the photo is the Pro series. http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=17612 Sorry AT hijack your photos and review

Can't remember at which post in this forum saw a photo that the GAC have a filter wool at both end of it.

sorry double post

I think that shouldn't be a problem as I was told to replace the carbon monthly.

The Reef Maniacs GAC Add-On Having the opportunity to test the Reef Maniacs GAC add-on on my aquarium, I found that this add-on has helped me in bringing down the amount of organics pollution much faster then before. For the build and design, it looks very professional but lacks of a Reef Maniacs Logo on its product. Hope to see a Reef Maniacs Logo on all its product soon. Thanks, Joe. Hope to see more products coming out soon.

Ok roger that Will monitor and see how again.

Hi Guy's, Finally I had found the PH 7.0 calibration solution. After doing the calibration and found that my ph pen had increase by 0.8. Now my water parameter is. ph 7.9 mg 1280 si02 0.1 po4 0.05 dkh 4 ca 400 no2 0.05 no3 <1 please advice where go wrong and how to rectify it,

I went to a shop (not lFS) with a marine tank... The owner happens to open the sump and pull out a make-shift kitchen tupperware container and premix some calcium (powder form) with water... I think he must be dripping kalkwasser I ask him out of curiousity what he is doing, he say it is his DIY calcium drip... he shows me proudly a nozzle drip tap he affixed near the bottom of the tupperware container.... For this you can get a container fix with a nozzle tap and connect to dripping counter. you know the water dripping counter use by hospital? is less then $2 per pcs.

Before I changed to Tropic Marin was using Sera. Was told that Sera not accurate and was recommend to change to Tropic Marin.

Bernard, sometimes it could be a form of ionic imbalance if you can't seem to bring your cal or alk up. Perhaps a lack of magnesium? Or perhaps in PH? Maybe you can do up to 20 to 30% water change to see if it helps? My Magnesium is 1300ppm (Tropic Marin test kit less then 1 month old) and PH 8.5 using Hanna PH Pen. Try to dose buffers and measure the drop the next day. Are your corals really growing that fast esp if they are SPS type? It's possible for an SPS tank to see huge drops in Cal and Alk due to the uptake by corals. After dosing buffers, the next day it still drop back my tanks have 4 hard coral and 2 soft coral, no sps yet. But first, get good test kits because a faulty set could cause you to overdose/underdose cal and alk supplements and an imbalance can actually cause a drop.... do read up on reefing chemistry... Cal, Alk and PH are all closely tied to one another My test kit just buy less then 1 month lei

Ok By the way I still can't find the pH 7.0 solution, can help?

Now have increase to about 1 dps. before is 1 drop per min.