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Old 04-14-2021, 12:07 AM
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if your planning on keeping sps then having proper test kits and really knowing your water is the place to start. after you get a good feel for that and dosing needed etc then its the time to try hard corals.

Hi dino, thanks for reply. I am not even dreaming of SPS, I would be happy with LPS
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Old 04-14-2021, 12:35 PM
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I guess you should completely explain your system. what you got? sump,lighting,flow,skimmer,water change etc etc
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150 gallon reef mostly softies/lps. 50 gal sump with bubble magnus skimmer/ Led fuge light/refugium/ 1200 return and tunze powerheads. Dual pharoah main tank led.4 pump dosser.
550 gallon stingray tank water drip system
150 bowfront. 75 turtle tank, many others
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Old 04-18-2021, 10:01 PM
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What Dino said. Also, you may want to consider sending an ICP test out to get a full picture.
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Old 04-18-2021, 10:55 PM
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I have 2 Al Hydra 56
Skimmer - Eshopps S-200
Water flow - 2 Gyre
Water changes, 400L once a month
I took water to JL and they couldn
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Old 04-24-2021, 03:23 PM
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Temp is a tad high. Try in the 76-78 range. Could be copper in the water too.
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Old 04-24-2021, 06:14 PM
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Check to make sure no electricity leaking in pump, heater or bad magnet mp 40 anything
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Old 04-24-2021, 07:17 PM
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How high are you placing the mushrooms and LPS? With those Hydras they should be near the bottom of the tank too.
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