Curtis Scott

I'm looking to upgrade my coralife skimmer to a more professional one as I slowly move from a mixed tank (mostly softies) to mostly SPS. I've heard great things about the Avast line of skimmers but I'm confused if I would need to build it out myself from a kit or if I can purchase it fully built? I am also looking at the Super Reef Octopus XP1000 Space Saver (110 Gallon) Internal Cone Protein Skimmer, but I think it is a little pricy, what do you think? http://www.marinedep...IPSISNW-vi.html Can anyone recommend any other great skimmers for a 75g tank with 30g sump and 30g refugium that I should look into? Thanks in advance!

Only thing I can think of is... I did have about 30 frags of SPS that were doing great when levels were within normal for a bout 5 weeks while they encrusted to the plugs, once those were sold I was foolishly not monitoring my Calcium thinking it was inline using the dosing pump. It is a week past do for a WC so I plan to do a 30g one tonight after this it is back to waiting and monitoring. I think it was just a case of over dosing, possibly combined with the removal of those calcium absorbing frags.

Reassuring to hear, thanks Tom. Btw, do we have a thread where we can find out more info on the FragFest on the 26th? I noticed the current link goes to the winter meeting thread.

Thanks guys! I'll move forward with the 30g WC tomorrow, then plan to track all 3 by testing every day at the same time. Very reassuring that these are not at lethal levels yet. Thanks again.

I had my tank running on a dosing system for over a few weeks and thought I had it dialed in. Little did I know the calcium was over dosing. I noticed something was up with a few corals and decided to test the water out about 1.5 weeks ago. Here is what I have today when I tested it again to see if things have improved at all since I stopped dosing: Calcium = 550+ for over a 1 1/2 weeks, still the same level with no dosing since the initial test Alk = 9.1 dkh I have been manually dosing this and checking it every day to make sure it stays right around 9-10 dkh Magnesium = 1650ppm I use reef crystals and just tested my newly made salt water and here is what I have, pretty normal: Calcium = 450ppm Alk = 7.9 dkh Magnesium = 1450ppm The tank is a 75g mixed reef w/ 20g sump and 25g refugium I have water being made right now and plan to do a 30g WC tomorrow night or ASAP. Few Questions: What is the best way to approach this issue? Are water changes really the only thing I can do at this point? If so, how much of a water change is to much? How often, is to often? Could I do a 30 gallon water change tomorrow followed by another one every 3 days until this is corrected and back to normal? Sorry for all the questions but this is really freaking me out. My corals are showing signs of stress, which of course makes me stress. :\ I look forward to any advice you guys can offer. Thanks

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Rods food usually works for most picky eaters. Good Luck!