Paulsz
Member
HI all,
I have a 35 cube + 20 high as a sump (filled halfway). Started it back in December and it's now got one one firefish, a CUC and 4 corals:
- GSP (roughly 1.5"x1.5")
- sympodium (one frag plug)
- 1 orange hair mushroom (1" across)
- purple MontI 2 pieces, about 2" long, 1" outwards)
I'm using Red Sea Coral Pro salt and have the following parameters:
- temp 77F
- pH 7.9 to 8.1
- Cal 430-435
- Mg 1400
- Alk 8.1 dKh at the moment
I do about 12% water change (5 gals) every two weeks. I used to do it weekly but the bioload is fairly small
One thing I've noticed is that when I test every week, I see that my Cal and Mg stay the same (i.e. the water change is enough to supplement what was lost). But my Alk drops about .5-.7 dKh. It was 9.5 two weeks ago, dropped to 8.7 last week, then 8.1 this week. Is this normal considering I only have e a couple small pieces of Monti? The MontI is growing, but growth is fairly slow. And why don't I see the other elements drop?
I have a 35 cube + 20 high as a sump (filled halfway). Started it back in December and it's now got one one firefish, a CUC and 4 corals:
- GSP (roughly 1.5"x1.5")
- sympodium (one frag plug)
- 1 orange hair mushroom (1" across)
- purple MontI 2 pieces, about 2" long, 1" outwards)
I'm using Red Sea Coral Pro salt and have the following parameters:
- temp 77F
- pH 7.9 to 8.1
- Cal 430-435
- Mg 1400
- Alk 8.1 dKh at the moment
I do about 12% water change (5 gals) every two weeks. I used to do it weekly but the bioload is fairly small
One thing I've noticed is that when I test every week, I see that my Cal and Mg stay the same (i.e. the water change is enough to supplement what was lost). But my Alk drops about .5-.7 dKh. It was 9.5 two weeks ago, dropped to 8.7 last week, then 8.1 this week. Is this normal considering I only have e a couple small pieces of Monti? The MontI is growing, but growth is fairly slow. And why don't I see the other elements drop?