Recent content by Sarc

I add pool acid (hydrochloric acid) to my kalk. The vinegar maxed out my skimmer!! I balance the addition of chloride ions with the addition of my home-made buffer which adds loads of sodium ions. These should equal out and in the end it would be like i had just added salt to the tank. Simpler...

HI I had a problem with the person that would take these and then reintroduce them into the wild. THis LFS of mine is a good one and i do *gasp* trust his information. I have no problem if they woudl naturally occur but i have a problem with them messing with the fish. What happens if in the...

OK, here is the story I live in South Africa and have been looking for acropora for 2 years. I recently moved to a new town and found a nice LFS that started looking for it for me. I phoned him today and he said 'O yeah, great news Chris, i found acropra for you.' Me 'Nice, where is it from?'...

If you dose buffer and kalk at the same time, calcium carbonate might form and then the alk might go down as the calcium carbonate might form with the tanks alk. Chris

Hi I have an open topped tank, i had a 400W single-ended MH over a 1.2m (55gal) tank. I then swopped to a 240gal tank but that is another story. The heat was never a problem for me, even in the middle of summer. I didn' use fans and yes the outside temperature did get hotter than 90 degrees. I...