SRC Member ytpmzy Posted January 18, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 18, 2015 I lack a lot of test kits (getting them soon.) dKH 8 Ammonia <0.02 pH 8 My candy cane coral seems to be getting smaller and smaller every day ... Have been putting food on their mouth now, one starting to swell up o.o , is that a sign of recovery? Thanks in advance ^.^ Please don't flame me if I am making a big mistake. P.s The zoa you see in the 2nd picture is the one I want to trade been with me for awhile quite healthy (cross promo haha) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ytpmzy Posted January 21, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 21, 2015 Got my test kit ... Calcium-500ppm dkH-8 Phosphate-0.5ppm pH-7.8 nitrate-20ppm ammonia- <0.02ppm Hope this shed some light on my situation .... p.s Target feeding the corals with clam meet every other day now .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member mechgobi Posted January 21, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 21, 2015 Could be light n placement... Am not an expert but placement of my lobo made a great difference.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member mechgobi Posted January 21, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 21, 2015 How did u epoxyed ur coral? Underwater or out of water..always wonder..like to know how to do it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member sgtayc Posted January 22, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 Read from many source that phosphate should not exceed 0.03 otherwise coral will not grow. O.5 is way too high i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ytpmzy Posted January 22, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 How did u epoxyed ur coral? Underwater or out of water..always wonder..like to know how to do it thanks i will move it around out of water, here's a video "vivid aquarium"- Read from many source that phosphate should not exceed 0.03 otherwise coral will not grow. O.5 is way too high i think icic i will do some water change. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member sgtayc Posted January 22, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 U can buy the tlf reactor new at $80 + or 2nd hand at around $40 to run phosphate media. It works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted January 22, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 dont permanently glue your coral on day 1, move it around till it is happy then glue it. Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ytpmzy Posted January 22, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 U can buy the tlf reactor new at $80 + or 2nd hand at around $40 to run phosphate media. It works for me I use phosguard (seachem) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ytpmzy Posted January 22, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 Did a change in phosguard ... Phosphate dropped to 0ppm... But ... nitrate somehow climbed overnight o.o to 80ppm .... Going to do a water change now ~Sigh~ Is there going to be any drastic side effect of this high nitrate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted January 22, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 80ppm is really really high liao.... better do more WC else coral and fish will gone soon... Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member sgtayc Posted January 22, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 I started a post few days back abt my nitrate. Tested using salifert and api at the same time. Salifert 25 api 80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted January 22, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 I started a post few days back abt my nitrate. Tested using salifert and api at the same time. Salifert 25 api 80 Do you try the double sensitive method for salifert? Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ytpmzy Posted January 22, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 I started a post few days back abt my nitrate. Tested using salifert and api at the same time. Salifert 25 api 80 That could explain ... I might want to go get salifert nitrate test kit soon ... haha using api now p.s Dosed vodka and water change ... tested again ... results show 0ppm... Api test kit range very big ... so approx 0ppm bah haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member sgtayc Posted January 22, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 Do you try the double sensitive method for salifert? Not sure what is double sensitive method. Can explain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted January 22, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 Not sure what is double sensitive method. Can explain? maybe i shall say high sensitive method, using same amount of water but double the regent, then divide the reading by half. This method is also mentioned in the test kit manual. Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ytpmzy Posted January 22, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 maybe i shall say high sensitive method, using same amount of water but double the regent, then divide the reading by half. This method is also mentioned in the test kit manual. Does it work with api test kits? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member asg Posted January 22, 2015 SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 Does it work with api test kits? you can try... but if smoke starts coming off the mixture, run fast Quote 子非鱼,焉知鱼之乐... (you are not the fish so you...) Then: my 4FT low tech selling off tank... (2006) Now: (2014) @Sept 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ytpmzy Posted January 22, 2015 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2015 you can try... but if smoke starts coming off the mixture, run fast hahaha, icic. I will try the next time i test haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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