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    Denzil, Do you still have the Kessil for sale ?

    Denzil, Do you still have the Kessil for sale ?
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    Do we have a sister site in the L.A area?

    LOL - Their Yelp review is less than stellar :-) Thanks for the info, I'll try calling. http://www.yelp.com/biz/the-fish-doctor-beverly-hills
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    Do we have a sister site in the L.A area?

    Thanks for the info. I was hoping to find a good aqua store who might be interested in the livestock and 'parting it out' a bit. I'll try to do more research in that area for good contacts. If anybody knows of somebody down there, it would be a great help.
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    Do we have a sister site in the L.A area?

    What I'm actually looking for are some friendly folk down there that may be looking to buy a new setup. My girlfriend is in the Estate Sale business and she's doing a house clearance this weekend in Beverly Hills which has one 'very big' salt tank and about a dozen fresh water setups that he...
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    This was a great tip. Cleaned and vacuumed out the back of the tank today where the reactor sits (not impressed with it at all) and found a load of crud and leaked particles. Caused a bit of a storm but cleared through the filters pretty quickly.
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    It looks like I have some reading to do. Phew ! Ok, I've just seen that B-Ionic, among others, make a Magnesium supplement which I foresee in my near future. Will start to bring that level up and get back to monitoring levels. Not chasing numbers, just keeping records.
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    Hmm, OK, so it seems I'm back to school and this is where the fun starts. Mg measures at 1000 ppm with a Red Sea Kit today. Are you suggesting I dose Bi-Onic once a week in between 5G changes ? It seems as though I need to read up on the Mg, Salinity, Alkalinity equation and how it all pulls...
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    Time for an update. So, all seems to be well and I can see positive results. SG is rock steady at 1.026 with the freshwater auto top off. dKH is steady at 7 with an Elos kit pH is either 8.3 or 8.4 with an API kit Sponge filter media gets changed every week with the now, Salinity mix, of 5G...
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    Time for an update. Firstly, thanks to those that have contributed. Secondly, I think things are moving in the right direction. Temps are still high - I took the glass lid off the tank and it eventually dropped the temp down to 80 (from 84) and that's where I am at the moment. Room temp water is...
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    Thanks for the input ! One thing I hadn't been checking was temperature and I just read it at 84 and I'm assuming that's too high. Sorry folks, I'm not purposely trying to kill these things, honest. I've adjusted the heater and will measure regularly. I'm going to try to get this thing...
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    I'm only running the two darkest blue LEDs during the evening and have just turned them down to 3% for a couple of hours after ramp down so that we can see something in the tank while we're at home. I've now turned them off all night after that. I wasn't running the full spread all night long (6...
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    Thanks for the increasing amount of info, it's all helping to paint a good picture. To answer the question about the age of the tank, I've had the tank for about 8 months and I bought it, as is, from a friend who'd had it up and running for about 15 months. We broke it down and transported it...
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    I'm currently using a 1.027 to top off my tank which reads at 1.024 on my hydrometer that reads at least .001 with simple 0 TDS water and is therefore reading high. So my base reading of 1.024 with a high reader puts my tank at at most, 1.023. the idea is to slowly move it to 1.027 whhich is...
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    Seems like very down to earth advice. How do you feel about Salt water from the store ? I actually mean sea water from the Ocean. I realize that salt mix is probably cheaper in the long run although I'm having heartburn withcommitting to an RO/DI unit that wastes so much in the process.
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    Coral bleaching and general lacklustre growth

    From some initial help found in the Welcome page, thanks bluprntguy, I've found that my hydrometer reads .001-2 with TDS water so I'm running at least 1 point lean in specific gravity. I've made some salt at 1.027 (on my hydro) and am using that as top of water for the next few days and will...
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