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Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 12:28 pm
by AquariKeeper
Updated pic!
The xenia is in the middle, a little to the right...it actually opened this morning, and it's neon green on the end of the fronds!
Posted: Sun Aug 31, 2008 3:00 pm
by Amphiprion
Need a bigger pic
Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:25 pm
by AquariKeeper
Yeah, I need to figure out the stupid camera...that one is from a cellphone...
Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 10:35 pm
by AquariKeeper
Turns out the "xenia" are really star polyps...cool though.
Question: Can i put calcium reactor media in my power filter to up my calcium levels:?:
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 10:22 am
by snoopdog
It would not do anything really if you did. The point of the calcium reactor is to slowly melt the media by injecting CO2 into the calcium reactor. The CO2 lowers the PH so far as to actually melt the media.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:10 pm
by Amphiprion
Right. Calcium carbonate (i.e. reactor media, sand, coral skeleton, etc.) may as well be inert in seawater (it'd have to be, otherwise corals couldn't calcify). It just doesn't dissolve unless the pH is much lower (usually starts ~7.0, depending upon other parameters). It can be reactive at first, however, and cause small amounts of precipitation, actually lowering calcium and alkalinity until it is coated in bacteria.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 6:23 pm
by AquariKeeper
So you put in in water that has a low pH and then add it to the water? Or would it be easier to just get a liquid?
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:17 pm
by Amphiprion
The thing is, you need more than just calcium. You need balanced amounts of calcium and alkalinity (carbonate and bicarbonate is mainly what I'm referring to as "alkalinity"). If anything, alkalinity is a bit more important, since there is a much smaller sink of it in seawater. If you want things to grow and calcify, you'll need both, however (since skeletons are calcium and carbonate, with some varying amounts of magnesium). I recommend a 2 part supplement that a number of companies make. Just pick one, since they all work pretty well.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:17 pm
by snoopdog
If you want to up your calcium then use a two part solution like B-Ionic
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 8:19 pm
by Amphiprion
snoopdog wrote:If you want to up your calcium then use a two part solution like B-Ionic
The two of us timed this well, huh?
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:22 am
by snoopdog
Damn well funny since we typed them at the same minute !
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 6:54 pm
by AquariKeeper
Today I added a citron goby and a crocea tridacna!
Both are beautiful, and I got a two part calcium-alk. addiditive to...
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:26 pm
by snoopdog
Who sold you the crocea tridacna ? That was probably not a good idea.
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 7:47 pm
by AquariKeeper
croceas don't get too big do they? I thought I was good with either croceas or derasas...
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2008 8:26 pm
by snoopdog
Two things off the top of my head, but I am sure there are more.
One - A ten gallon is way to small, I mean way too small.
Two - You do not even have close to enough lighting.
Three - I would personally like to know who sold you this.