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Forum: Buy/Sell/Trade (Aquatics hardware related only) 06-29-2016, 01:02 AM
Replies: 3
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Posted By LeanneP
Precision Marine Cr422 Calcium Reactor

Precision Marine Calcium Reactor with media for sale. I will be in the lower mainland this weekend if anyone is interested at the coast. Price is $225. I am not able to post a picture but I can...
Forum: Reef 04-20-2016, 07:57 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 2,878
Posted By LeanneP
I have a about 3 or 4 bubble tips and the ones...

I have a about 3 or 4 bubble tips and the ones getting the most flow have the biggest bubbles and the ones below are stringy. I have found when I add more flow the bubbles come back.
Forum: Reef 04-05-2016, 09:13 PM
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Views: 3,604
Posted By LeanneP
Hi Greg, when ca is low, you have to stop dosing...

Hi Greg, when ca is low, you have to stop dosing alk in order to get the ca to rise. Just adding more ca won't make it change.
Forum: Reef 04-02-2016, 04:40 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,604
Posted By LeanneP
Yah, I was so sorry to hear about your tank...

Yah, I was so sorry to hear about your tank crash! Really sucks. On the bright side, now you get to redo your tank! There are things I would certainly do different if I had a new tank!
My dosing...
Forum: Reef 04-02-2016, 04:23 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,604
Posted By LeanneP
Yes, I have checked with 2 different brands of...

Yes, I have checked with 2 different brands of test kits that are both new-Salifert and Red Sea. I discovered awhile ago that Salifert is not that accurate for alk. It measures high but the ca kits...
Forum: Reef 04-02-2016, 12:17 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 3,604
Posted By LeanneP
Constantly fighting to keep my Ca up

I have a 90 gallon mixed reef that has been going for over 4 years. In the last few months I have been struggling to keep my Ca above 380. My Mg was low too, but has since become stable again at...
Forum: Reef 03-22-2016, 11:30 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,071
Posted By LeanneP
If you can get your magnesium to a level you...

If you can get your magnesium to a level you want, check your salt mix level of magnesium before doing a water change and top it up to the same as your tank so the level stays the same in your tank. ...
Forum: Reef 03-07-2016, 06:12 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,770
Posted By LeanneP
I do have a ph probe and refractor. Everything...

I do have a ph probe and refractor. Everything has been calibrated recently and all my test kits are new. I had to use chemi clean a few weeks ago and had my tank with air stones for a few days and...
Forum: Reef 03-03-2016, 08:31 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,672
Posted By LeanneP
Thanks for posting that. I have always thought I...

Thanks for posting that. I have always thought I should get something if the power goes out but have never got around to it. I have been lucky and haven't had the power go out in the 4 or so years...
Forum: Reef 03-01-2016, 06:41 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,770
Posted By LeanneP
Yes, you may be right, however, I have been...

Yes, you may be right, however, I have been having issues with my tank being unstable with it's parameters so I am starting to wonder if it is because of the ph swings. I can't get my ca above...
Forum: Reef 03-01-2016, 06:25 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 3,770
Posted By LeanneP
Best way to raise ph? Kalk?

I have a 4 years old mixed reef 90 gallon with 10 gallon sump. My tank is pretty full and I have started to have ph swings now. I am in the process of setting up a calcium reactor but have been...
Forum: Reef 02-24-2016, 09:06 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,978
Posted By LeanneP
Thanks Greg! Very informative.

Thanks Greg! Very informative.
Forum: Reef 02-24-2016, 07:09 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,929
Posted By LeanneP
Thanks for that. I guess that before I was using...

Thanks for that. I guess that before I was using more salt because my hydrometer was so off that my levels of mg and ca were a lot higher when I was doing the mix before. The last time I did a mix...
Forum: Reef 02-24-2016, 06:42 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,929
Posted By LeanneP
PO`d at salt mix

So this is the second time in a row that I made a salt mix from IO salt and my mg and ca have been crazy low. I just started a new box too. When I measured my mix my mg was 1120 and my ca is 360...
Forum: Reef 01-27-2016, 06:00 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,945
Posted By LeanneP
Thanks for the info. Blue spot gobys don't have...

Thanks for the info. Blue spot gobys don't have have a slime coat do they?
Forum: Reef 01-27-2016, 06:47 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,945
Posted By LeanneP
Thanks. Just saw the ick shield today. I will...

Thanks. Just saw the ick shield today. I will have to get some. Didn't realize you could use it for mandarins. Is it effective?
Forum: Reef 01-27-2016, 05:00 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,945
Posted By LeanneP
Yes, I realize about treating all the fish and...

Yes, I realize about treating all the fish and leaving the tank fallow. I didn't think that you could give copper to a mandarin since they only have a slime coat. I have tried to upload photos but...
Forum: Reef 01-27-2016, 04:47 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,945
Posted By LeanneP
Well, I think that my mandarin has ick. There...

Well, I think that my mandarin has ick. There is a spot on top of his back where his back fin starts and some on the bottom of his fins. Is this for sure ick? Was really hard to get good pics. ...
Forum: Reef 01-26-2016, 07:45 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,945
Posted By LeanneP
Ick on a Mandarin?

I have had my tank running for 4 years and have never had anything in my tank. Last year I got a copperband that was in quarentine for 7 weeks and I thought it had lymphocytes and they went away. I...
Forum: Reef 01-15-2016, 03:23 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,639
Posted By LeanneP
Thanks Tim. That was what I was wondering. It...

Thanks Tim. That was what I was wondering. It didn't make sense to me to pump in so much but I was wondering if the feed line would just slow down when the reactor was full and not using so much...
Forum: Reef 01-15-2016, 12:51 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,639
Posted By LeanneP
Yes, there is a check valve. I actually had to...

Yes, there is a check valve. I actually had to replace it because it was leaking but I still think that it may not be working right. I actually have an extra bubble counter because I wasn't sure if...
Forum: Reef 01-15-2016, 12:25 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 2,639
Posted By LeanneP
Flow for Feed line for Ca reactor same as affluent?

I am trying to set up a ca reactor and have had endless issues with it. I have the pump and everything hooked up and had my flow to feed line at about 50ml/min which was suggested by another reefer....
Forum: Reef 01-13-2016, 10:18 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,964
Posted By LeanneP
Yes, Mike those palys you gave me a couple of...

Yes, Mike those palys you gave me a couple of years ago have become a bit of a menace in my tank along with my mushrooms They are certainly very hardy and hard to stop.
Forum: Reef 01-13-2016, 08:43 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,964
Posted By LeanneP
Ok, thanks. Just wouldn't want to lose my nems...

Ok, thanks. Just wouldn't want to lose my nems to mushrooms.
Forum: Reef 01-13-2016, 08:15 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 1,964
Posted By LeanneP
Mushrooms do sting. Lost 6 heads of my hammer...

Mushrooms do sting. Lost 6 heads of my hammer coral, my monti is turning white where it is touching the mushroom and I just had a big piece of birdsnest die because of mushrooms. They are...
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