Darn Algae, please help...

Post by **snoopdog** » Fri Mar 26, 2004 10:22 pm

No but a white sand sifting starfish would stir sand, they submerse in the sand and come back up often to the top. The do major sand sifting from what i remember from having one.

New_Noob · Post by **New_Noob** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 3:56 pm

But i thought that Sand Sifting Stars, eat micro fauna, and will die after time in a home aquarium?

Does anyone know how i can raise my calcium? I dose with Kent Marine's Liquid Calcium but i wont go up, it stays at 360.

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 4:51 pm

on the sant sifting stars, I have tried two, and haven't had any luck... as a bonus, they disentegrate and are impossible to remove in one piece after they die

On the calcium, just read up here or at reef central, it's a LONG topic, there are plenty of ways to do it... a good start would be to research abotu kalkwasser, you can buy bags of it under the guise of pickling lime, at walmart, and drip it into the tank after you've mixed it with water.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Sat Mar 27, 2004 5:24 pm

I use Kent's Turbo Calcium to raise it to 450 and then use kalk and a calcium reactor to maintain it. The liquid calcium is calcium chloride and there is some debate about how much it can be used.

New_Noob · Post by **New_Noob** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 6:03 pm

I have some pickling lime (Ms Wages) i used it to get rid of my Aiptasia problem,So you want me to drip this stuff i, and it will raise my calcium?

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 6:57 pm

I've got a sand sifting star and It does a good job keeping the sand looking clean. I've had mine for about a year now.

Xster · Post by **Xster** » Sun Mar 28, 2004 11:24 pm

New_Noob wrote:I have some pickling lime (Ms Wages) i used it to get rid of my Aiptasia problem,So you want me to drip this stuff i, and it will raise my calcium?

Yes it will, but very slowly.

New_Noob · Post by **New_Noob** » Mon Mar 29, 2004 2:51 pm

Ok so i look uo drippind andthis is what i found:

Slow drip (1 drop per second)
Mix the Pickling lime with my top off water.
1 tablespoon per gallon of dripping water
I can drip anytime because i have a refugium with a 24/7 light on it
Drip into a high flow area

for all you kalk experts, is there anything else i should do before i start?