That is part of the reason. The other is just a mistake.

Is 550 really THAT high? I didn't think it was too high. Anyways,
another water change or two and it should be back down around 500. Alk
is hanging right around 3.4.

Thanks for the replies,

Andy

In article ,
"Microbot" wrote:

Alot of LFS have told me that a high Calcium level aides in Coraline Algae
growth.
Maybe that's why his is at such levels, I myself have high Calcium levels..

Cheers
Microbot

"Simon O'Keeffe" wrote in message
...
that calcium level is off the chart.
What is going on there?
do you have an alk level.
If you don;t test this (IMO most important) then that'd be your problem.
Stick to over 9 dKH.
I think that is something like 3.5 meq/l. Not sure, sorry.
More water and an SCWD would be great too.
Can you weir/ overflow handle another pump, maybe even a larger pump
into the SCWDs with teh head and the loss through the SCWD (around 30%)
you'll need a decent pump if you want no power heads. Flow is
everything. I'm finding (even in soft coral tanks) that real nice
currents are very important.

Simon


Andy Black wrote:

No real problems. I think I have more problems with bad algae than I
should and slower coraline growth than I should. I thought maybe
increased flow would help get more detritus out of the main tank and
into the sump. More detritus into sump = more siphoned out when I do
water changes = less bad algae. I also had a pretty large mass snail die
off for no real reason. Like 6-8 died all in the same week. But, that
seems to happen from time to time.

No major upgrades planned, I was going to get a little feedback and see
if I really needed to make a big change. My gut feeling is not major
changes are needed.

Chemistries:

Nitrate, Nitrite, and Ammonia all zero.
Calcium around 550.
Ph 8.3
alkalinity 3.4

All have been this way since cycling.

Thanks,
Andy


In article muglc.34452$NZ4.277@lakeread05,
"Richard Reynolds" wrote:



It's been about a year since I set up my 75 gallon reef tank (some pics
at http://www.spazthecat.com/iblog/B93549880/index.html) and I was now
looking to optimize anything I could. So, I was looking for a little
advice as far as what I should do first.


before I go to far with it

are you having any problems? any major planned upgrades?


and what does



-Tank chemistry has been stable


really mean