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Originally Posted by reefgeezer
How much kalkwasser are you adding to the tank per day?
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I was doing around 1/2 tsp a day. Now I am am going to try 1/3 tsp per day.
I am going to try and get down to at least 8.5. If I get down tot hat level I will try it out for a month or so. It’s weird but my soft corals are doing great but my frogspawn is still alive but it still looks mad. It is not letting any of its tentacles out. I don’t know what else to contribute it to besides high nitrates.
I have checked a lot of things:
Salinity: 35 ( I have a refractometer and I always calibrate it with 35 solution before every use)
Copper: 0
PO4 has been anywhere from 0-.05 with a Hannah checker
Calcium: 440
Mag: 1500
KH: 9.5. I will check today and see where I am at
NO3: it’s been anywhere from 30-50 over the past few months. I will check this today as well. The salifert test kit is hard to get an accurate reading. 25 and 50 are very close in color.
Tank temp is 76.5 at the moment. I was around 78.5 before I upgraded to the 29 gallon. I just wanted to see if that would make a difference.
I do use distilled water but I have never got a reading over 0 and I have tested the water for nitrates and phosphates and I always get 0 as well.