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Alright, I will

I know, I just want a nice reef tank...I always feel like I am doing something wrong

I have considered that but I was really looking for consistency you know...the last WC I did was last week, I added the solution to the numbers I wanted and by the time a week was up my calcium was below 400 and alk had dropped to almost 7's I guess I could do just WC's but really wanted a less...

I get my pumps tomorrow so it will be nice to get things automated

I dont want to fry them...I am only running like 40 percent at peak but my ligjt is 10inches off

but seriously look at the pics and tell me what you thing of the zoa colonies and how they are reaching/kind of opening

so I tested today, 3 days after my water change and these were the numbers after WC: CAL 450, ALK 9.6, MAG 1400 Today CAL 450, ALK 8.7, Mag 1340 does it make sense that mag would drop that fast along with alk but my calcium is the same?

the hydra has more color leds, different spectrums instead of white, blue and royal blue

here are some updated pics...some of the zoas are reaching or half and half open/closed, not sure why In the second pic, you can see that small colony of zoas to the left, one polyp fully opens all day and the others are halfway or closed

The sol is nice but not sure if I need more spectrum My zoas are all reaching for light though, I am only running 40, 45, 44 percent for the 3 channels

Your going to need around 20 to 30 times tank turnover in an hour so maybe start with two 600gph koralias or two 800's

good, what are you using for flow? power heads I mean and at what GPH

Decent light fixture and a rodi unit to purify the water The lights are key, rodi is a must to some people but there are tanks who run tap water...just make sure you test your tap water for copper, nitrates and ammonia first

A resctor is something you put carbon and gfo into...its used to clear the water, pull out any chemicals and lower phosphates An ato is a auto top off...this puts fresh water back in a tank when evaporation occurs

it can be done, don't use HOB filters or canisters get a protein skimmer, reactor and ATO...that will get you started

it could have happened, really hard to tell

I can try and keep it in the 8 range then