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Sk8r · 06/04/2016, 07:37 AM

True. They are living filters, and the stonies consume calcium hand over fist, so they need that input constantly as they grow. The softies can affect water quality---they spit when annoyed, and need carbon to cleanse the water from that spit, but they also are filtering the water for food. Both live on light, as well, photosynthesizing.

06/04/2016, 07:37 AM	#3
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	True. They are living filters, and the stonies consume calcium hand over fist, so they need that input constantly as they grow. The softies can affect water quality---they spit when annoyed, and need carbon to cleanse the water from that spit, but they also are filtering the water for food. Both live on light, as well, photosynthesizing. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.