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melev · 04/23/2007, 10:29 PM

Tested the water tonight and all my levels are elevated. I have to imagine this occured because salinity was raised from 1.020 to 1.026, although RHF isn't around to confirm that WAG on my part.

Is it any wonder that some of my SPS look pathetic.

I'm going to turn off the CO2 to the Calcium Reactor for 24 hours to let it the levels drop a tad.

Temp: 81.1
pH: 8.29
sg: 1.025
PO4: .5+ *
Ca: 500
Alk: 13.1
Mg: 1440

* I recently got a bunch of turbos in a group buy, but neglected to pick them up the day that they arrived. I forgot. Two days later I went over to get the 100 I ordered, but when I reached into the reef tank the water was easily in the 90s! I pulled out 60 that looked intact, but on the way home the bag wreaked of death. I rinsed them with good tank water repeatedly and placed them in the sump. 10 survived, the rest died, rotted and obviously added to the PO4 in the tank.

04/23/2007, 10:29 PM	#866
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Tested the water tonight and all my levels are elevated. I have to imagine this occured because salinity was raised from 1.020 to 1.026, although RHF isn't around to confirm that WAG on my part. Is it any wonder that some of my SPS look pathetic. I'm going to turn off the CO2 to the Calcium Reactor for 24 hours to let it the levels drop a tad. Temp: 81.1 pH: 8.29 sg: 1.025 PO4: .5+ * Ca: 500 Alk: 13.1 Mg: 1440 * I recently got a bunch of turbos in a group buy, but neglected to pick them up the day that they arrived. I forgot. Two days later I went over to get the 100 I ordered, but when I reached into the reef tank the water was easily in the 90s! I pulled out 60 that looked intact, but on the way home the bag wreaked of death. I rinsed them with good tank water repeatedly and placed them in the sump. 10 survived, the rest died, rotted and obviously added to the PO4 in the tank.