metrokat Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 MR CORAL NEEDS TO ANSWER HIS PHONE! :rage: if he does, tell Sonny Kat said hi and was asking about his nonna and if he was going to respond to my email or not. Link to comment
colormyheart Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 if he does, tell Sonny Kat said hi and was asking about his nonna and if he was going to respond to my email or not. Alright, but so far no one has answered. I've emailed him as well! Ugh ugh ugh. Link to comment
gena Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Freddie is still set up... I think Freddie? I was at petco yesterday and saw the freshwater puffers. They are pretty darn cool! Are you going to try again? Link to comment
iball1804 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Freshie! Stupid iPod Yeah probably, I just need to focus my time and money elsewhere Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 ughh so far I'm not impressed with his communication skills! Lol, why are you mad he didn't answer when he was closed. What do you need to talk to him on the phone about? Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 Water test before water change: Ca: 440 Mg: 1500 (wtf?) Dkh: 10 Sg: 1.022 No idea on the mg, the kalk doesn't have enough mg to boost it 100ppm since Wednesday and I've not dosed anything since Monday. As for salinity, I siphoned 3 gallons and put in 4 and will add hyper saline top off water throughout the week to raise it back to 1.026. Found the small 3 stripe dead, and I think the facts are pretty simple: My tank is an ancient god. It demands sacrifice. It demands 2 out of every three fish of one species. The good news is that the god seems to look favorably upon the chosen. Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Now that youve found your balance joel...it will go out of balance alot easier if you don't maintain the balance high calc will cause alk to fallhigh mag will cause alk to fall <---this can be caused by first high alk will cause calc to fall low mag will cause alk to skyrocket low calc will cause alk to rise low alk will cause mag to rise <---this first... six way seesaw of ####ed up fun Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 I was just surprised at the 100ppm jump. I am going to test again tomorrow to see where they lie after a water change. I'm also completely free of any mechanical filtration. No more foam. Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 what do you mean foam? Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 I had a prefilter on my overflow and a bubble trap on my skimmer. With the durso and repositioning the skimmer I removed them. I cleaned them 2x a week so they were never nitrate factories but I feel better with them out. Link to comment
Deckoz2302 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 ah....I just have my filter sock now...which i love so much lol...filter socks are the ####.. Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted February 25, 2012 Author Share Posted February 25, 2012 I'm probably going to add a sock to the sump and let it catch both the overflow and the protein skimmer output to further reduce micro bubbles. Link to comment
Felicia Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Your poor fishies! The Mayan god that lives in your tank is not very nice. This is what you get for building a horn with a perfect sacrifice platform out on the end. And maybe its not 2 out of 3 fish, maybe its just that it sacrifices all the virgin fish Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Your poor fishies! The Mayan god that lives in your tank is not very nice. This is what you get for building a horn with a perfect sacrifice platform out on the end. And maybe its not 2 out of 3 fish, maybe its just that it sacrifices all the virgin fish fitting for a pirate tank I guess. Buncha slut fish. Link to comment
Felicia Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 slut fish? They're the wenches! Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 are you changing the name of this thread to twilight zone? Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Tank is good, quite possibly looking the best it ever has. I'll swing by your thread. Yaayyy! PARTY!! Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Just tested my water Ca 500ppm dKH 7.7-8 I'm using coral pro salt which is supposed to give me high alk and 430-450 ca Link to comment
metrokat Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Peoples of the cape, the night is young... Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 Parameters 24 hours after water change, Ca: 460 Mg: 1500 Dkh: 11 Now hopefully I can keep it there. In other fitness related news, I'm taking the next step in eating better. I've decided to give up coke. For a while now I've been only drinking 1-2 a week but I wanted to take the next step. I'm also going to try to schedule an appointment with my doctor about weight loss and ask him about a few supplements I've found to help me loss fat faster. Link to comment
siwelk Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 I've decided to give up coke. Link to comment
Felicia Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 See, I knew there was something up when you snorted magnesium powder. Link to comment
JoelRHale Posted February 26, 2012 Author Share Posted February 26, 2012 See, I knew there was something up when you snorted magnesium powder. It was a cry for help. Link to comment
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