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Copperbands are difficult to keep. Have you done much reading on them. They are an experienced reef keepers fish only.

I raise my KH by 5 every week in one hit and have no issues. I wouldnt go any higher than this though.

3 months to me is heaps in reefing.. I can do heaps to my tank in 3 months.

Its about what you need really. You could get away with 250 watt 14k if you are 600 deep. Anthing over 600 and you should go 400watt. If you want well priced systems, give me a holla dude.

Very nice Westy.. I wouldnt mind having a looksy!

If you have lots of bubbles in your skimmer and lots of surface water movement, (either by falling, or churning), and the correct KH, the PH levels will always generally be stable at around 8.2. I never check my PH as I dont need to. If my KH is up, I know its all good. Just keep the skimmers bubbling.

Im with Layton on this one.

ok.

Why do you use your fingers?

Maybe they missed out on cooking classes at school!!

Hey chim, dont bake it then. Tanks dont need carnbonates. Bicarbonates are fine.

Im confused, My baking soda never goes hard. I just put a few tablespoons in a one litre jug, fill it up and stir it, then chuck it in! It has never gone hard for me!

Nice.....ok.....no probs....I thought you were doing a WC. Hi Steve!!!!

Maybe not for you joe, but I know other people get slack! They have admitted it. If I had a reactor I think I may too a little bit.

I can see the benefit of a reactor, however I can also see tht one would become a little lazy and, let go of the helm and not check their readings on a weekly basis. It would be very easy to say, "She'll be right, the reactor is there". Thats why I manually dose to the correct parameters weekly. COZ I HAVE TO OR MY TANK SUFFERS WITH LOW KH. (I chew 5KH per week, so after a week and a half I'm in the danger zone). THATS WHY YOU GUYS ALWAYS GO ON ABOUT HAVING SLIGHTLY LOW MG AND CA ETC).

6500k make your rocks look very dirty. check out other tanks before you decide. there are plenty of tanks on here that people will let you have a looksy, I'm sure!

you have to do two things instead of one thing. You just said it!

Sorry Bill... :-? Mod Note: It's the site and the users that are effected.. not me. I'm just one of the ones trying to keep the site a nice place to be for everyone.

This should start a few fires!!

I have to say as an arogant Swearing Removed.. Mod Bill., that Kalkwasser is the biggest load of garbage ever to be invented for a reef tank. I cant think of anything more awkward and fiddly. Kalkwasser is like a 1973 holden kingswood. GET WITH THE PLAY!! Its time for the 2006, 6 litre injected chevvy.

same thing!! ELECTRICAL TOO EH...YOU GUYS HAVE DIFFERENT BRAINS THAN THE REST OF US. mY EX BROTHER IN LAW WAS AN ELEC ENG. TOO BRAINY MAN!

Layton, You are a scientist really arent you!! :lol: Meant in a good way!

By the way... baked baking soda gives you sodium carbonate which can raise ph to over 9. This can be dangerous. Un-baked baking soda gives you sodium bicaronate which only raises ph to about 8.3 I dont bake mine!

Just chlorides and baking soda, plus prodibio, amino acids, vodka, coral trace, peanut butter and vegemite!!

Some interesting info on Zoos. A member of the phylum Cnidaria, zoanthid coral is a colonial anemone closely related to single anemones. Zoanthid coral, including members from the species Palythoa and Zoanthus, have some characteristics we associate with plants and some with animals. They grow in the ocean as a group, permanently attach to reefs, feed like anemones, and propagate like coral. Cnidarians are radially symmetric, which means they are shaped like a series of cylinders that could be rotated without being able to determine which side is the "front." Zoanthid coral grows in a colony, which means a bottom mat connects many tubules. Each tubule, called a stolon, resembles a single anemone. A top section has a ring of short tentacles surrounding its central mouth. This top is held up by an elongated column of tissue like the stalk of a mushroom, and this in turn connects to the collective mat. Colonies can be made up of dozens of such stolons, each 1 - 1.5 inches (2.5 - 3.8 cm), to form carpets on or around reefs. Zoanthid coral prefer to grown on pieces of broken off coral that collect in valleys on tidepools or the ocean floor, but they can also survive on sand and rocks. Zoanthid coral grows in seemingly disparate ways. Some stolons are male and female, and release sperm and eggs to get fertilized and grow into a whole new colony. However, an existing colony can also propagate by branching off new polyps, like coral, that start from the carpet and grow upwards. Zoanthid coral, since it can't perambulate (move around), feeds off nutrients that drift through the current, called detritus. Detritus are miniature pieces of food other creatures don't even notice, like bits of algae, plankton, or waste. Other nutrients are extracted from photosynthetic algae that live on zoanthid coral, called zooxanthellae. However, zoanthid coral are also equipped with poisonous toxins that can sting other creatures from the tips of their tentacles. This is solely for protection, not to paralyze animals for food. Medical researchers are interested in zoanthid coral because it has symbiotic relationships with animals and plants, like algae and crabs, yet maintain production of toxic chemicals. Although the toxins are poisonous to the nervous system, they might be able to benefit humans against disease.