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Not sure if I can find if there is any screw in the back AIO chamber. That said , I do have media bags that have metal zipper(?) . I’ll replace all media bags just in case. Edit ; zipper is plastic .

Sentosa seem to recover but stylo now showing sign of stress. Arg… ICP results attached. We know about high salinity (fix) and low phosphate . Low in some trace ( iron, Fluoride, iodine …) , high in Zinc. I bump up my trace elements dosing. Anything else stand out I should address?

I’ll take an order of pods in Jan. Can I tag on to your order?

I just measure the tank and it’s at 0.06 . I expect it will increase with heavy feeding and no gfo. I’ll let it ride. I’ll get the ICP in a couple of days. Hopefully it will shed some light into the issues.

I still lower the salinity a tad. I read up on high ca (500) and mag (1500) level , and most ppl think it’s not an issue. I’ll leave it and let it come down naturally. I’m going to leave town in a week and hate making more drastic change.

1.0265 is not crazy high. Right?

Bingo! I calibrated the Milwaukee recently. I’m at 1.0265 with the trusted hydrometer and 1.024 with Milwaukee.

Yes. Fresh sw have high ca and mag. I’m using aqua forest salt

Ordered a new salifert calcium and mag test. I knew I have high ca and mag, but didn’t realized it’s really high. My previous test kit is 2+ yrs old and expired. Ca - 490 Mag - 1500 I got really curious where the high mag comes from. I do dose 1-1 ca and all, so my fault really following...

Nice to know. Thanks!

It won’t ship in time.

Nope. Filter with paper coffee filter and it’s still brown. Going to bake arm and hammer baking soda . Seems easy enough.

You’re probably correct. The brown stuff settled and also coat the side of the jug.

What’s the main chemical compound? Sodium carbonate and sodium bicarbonate are the 2 common ingredients. What’s the in the fauna Marin stuff?

What do you dose for alk ?

my Alk is not that high. I can slowly reduce it to 7.5

I have been feeding heavy. Gha is growing but not overtaking the tank yet. Bristle worms are fat and happy. yeah PO4 is low ish side. It’s going to increase . I assume as long as it’s not zero, I’m okay. Is that not the case?

Well, per title I thought I’m saving money buying bulk. Looks like it’s a waste . Supposed to be pure soda ash got from Amazon. Just mixed the first batch . Have not use in the tank, probably will not. Going to stick to BRS or some other reef specific Alk additive. Picture shows Newly...

Random acro. I don’t even know the names. The latest casualty is birdnest. However for the birdnest , it’s been overtaken by stylo, so the death may be just that. A tidy frag like 1-2 inches. There is a slight risk of MEN since I got some frag from someone with MEN. Haven’t seen one

updates Monti sentosa colony continue to have small sign of stress. Turning white at a corner. Nothing major yet. Parameters is ok. Alk 8.3 Phosphate 0.02 ( not running gfo, just carbon) Nitrate 6.5 Alk consumption stabilize so far. Now dosing 65ml soda ash daytime and 1.4l kalk at night...