Harrys Juwel Rio 125 Marine Tank

[seffieuk]

yer i can now say its doing much better after i did what seffie told me to do. seffie you are a god with soft corals carnt thank you enough. i think its shreding.

glad it is brightening up, will probably shed then be happy as Larry or should I say Harry

Seffie x

 

[liamg1285]

harry how are u finding the v2 skimmer m8

 

[Harry1996]

well at first i hated the thing but after a few months (2) the skimmer seems to be working very well it is making lots of skimmate and it is working well.

i orded some more test kits yesterday. (calcium and alkalinity) because soon i will be adding some more corals and i may get some lps ones i will get magnesium and phosphate soon. but i dont have a lot of money atm. is there any more i should get?
i do have nitrate,nitrite,ammonia,ph and soon calcium and alkalinity.

 

[seffieuk]

you really need that phosphate

Seffie x

 

[Harry1996]

i know but they also didnt have it in stock
i need some help with my cal and alk test kits. i dont get part 6 and bits of 5? on both test kits. so can some one help me understand it a bit more. thanks

 

[seffieuk]

As soon as the colour in the test tube changes from pink to blue stop adding - this tube is now redundant (you dont need it)

Turn your attention to the syringe
turn syringe upside down
Now look inside the syringe, the black bung type thing has a top and a bottom, right? Look at the top of it (the bit nearest where a needle would go)
and then read the reading which is in 0.1 measurements
then look at the table on the the otherside of the instructions - its a blooming pain isn't it

Seffie x

 

[Harry1996]

so do i take the smaller part of the syringe off (plastic tip bit it says to put on)

 

[seffieuk]

To read it Harry? Wouldn't make any difference

Seffie x

 

[Harry1996]

oh ok thanks seffie i will try and get this right

 

[Harry1996]

i have done some tests
cal is 400
alk is 11-12 what dose this mean?

 

[Morri]

i have done some tests
cal is 400
alk is 11-12 what dose this mean?

They are fine nothing to worry about

 

[Harry1996]

oh ok it says in one of my book it should be 7-10? for alk

 

[Morri]

Alk is fine at 11 mine sits at 11

 

[Harry1996]

ok i got some coral

i got some zoanthid corals (i think)
and a tree coral? is dosnt look too good atm but that because the hermits walked on it and it is at the bottem of the tank so i dont shock the coral.

 

[liamg1285]

yeap there zoas m8 and a nice selection of colors aswel