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thanks wolfman for the link. the 20's don't look that bad. maybe i'll give them a try. :wink:

Thanks wolfman. When u say shield you are talking about the uv shield that the DE normally come with? Just asking. That is all that i saw at Hamilton Tech. was the 10k. Was hoping that they made another light that was inbetween the 10-20k range for the DE that is all. I didn't want to go all...

Sorry for the prolonged time between post, been away for awhile. I was talking about the double ended bulb. I have seen the 14k mogul base but was wondering is there a double ended one.

Have u seen one or know where i can find one. Checked hamilton and all i saw were the regular halide bulbs.

i had a hagen test kit (upgraded to salifert) and i am almost 100% sure that hagen recommends that the alk be in a range of 105-125. at 170 your alk is too high. alk and ca are like a balance beam when one is high the other is low, so your trying to get them both balanced. (there are always...

had a hagen until last week salifert rules

i have this brown fuzzy algea at least that is what i think it is, growing on the rock like coraline. sorry i have no picture to post. can someone direct me to a picture or article about this so i can learn more? i don't think it is diatoms.

i'll try both of those thing tomorrow being that i'm stuck at work all day today. sample it as soon as i mix it, and test the pH on it. probably will just go and get a new can to be on the safe side. just haven't had time. i just did a water change to bring the Ca up plus it was about due...

i use ro/di water, and a 2.5 gallon poland springs water jug. since my Ca. was low i mixed in 2 teaspons but i usually only use 1 for the 2.5 gallon jug. the kalkwasser i use is the kent marine and it is pretty old (about 2 years). it was given to me buy a friend who upgraded to the Ca Reactor...

well i finally got the Ca salifert test kit in today. (way better then that piece of **** hagen that i had.) i tested the water and got 290 with alk at 2.3. i got bored and tested my batch of kalk water that i made up tonight and found something interesting. the make up water tested at 180. i...

just an update. finally after dosing the dkh superbuffer for over a week now my alk levels are finally in the 2.5-2.8 range. Calcium however that is another story. still waiting on the test kit from big al's. took the water to the lfs and calcium levels were below 200 ppm. my question now is the...

i have to agree with spc on this one. i had a mandrian about a year ago in my 72 gallon bow front. before i got him i had pods all over the glass, rock and sand. after about 4 months he totally depleted all the supply of pods. i tried blood worms and live brine but sadly to say he starved to...

knuckledragger? that is a low blow :lol: thx for the reply and the laymans terms. it has been about a week now and still is an ongoing battle. i tried dosing just the alk buffer even after the water change and and it seems that the alk has just platued at around 90. i think that the ph swings...

well i tested my water today when i got home for work and mixed a batch of make up water. my test result were.... alk-90mg/L; Ca-240ppm(i know this is low but will dose tonight); nitrate/nitrite-0; amonia-<.1 and pH-8.3. Hagen say that alk should be around 105-125 for my test kit so hopefully i...

i read both of those articles. even printed them out and read them again. i understand that corals and invertes use calcium and carbonate/bicarbonates to grow there exoskeleton. and that things like phosphates and silicates can affect alk. and that the components of alk. and calcium coexist...