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07/04/2014, 10:58 AM
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FOWLRS test
So the chemicals I need to test for w/a FOWLRS is nitrite, nitrate, salinity, PH, ammonia and what else? Is alkalinity one?
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Trigger ruby 36s sump, 20g QT, BRS rodi, APEX gold, (2) Vortech MP40's, lifereef in-sump skimmer, Eheim 1262 return pump, Tunze ATO, many brute trash cans Current Tank Info: None - taken down for time being |
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07/04/2014, 11:06 AM
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Phosphate, Alkalinity, Calcium.
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36g bowfront Current Tank Info: Pair of Occellaris clowns, Royal gramma, Yellow Watchman Goby/Tiger Pistol Shrimp, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Trochus snails, Cerith snails, Nassarius snails, Ricordea mushroom, Kenya tree, Acan brain & Frogspawn |
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07/04/2014, 07:59 PM
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07/04/2014, 10:19 PM
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I have been running my first FOWLR 90g tank for about 7 months now and all I test for is ph, nitrate, nitrite, ammonia and just recently phosphate due to a cyano outbrake but the phosphate test has been usless since the algae and cyano bacteria uses up all the phosphates before the test can pick them up. I just started running gfo/carbon and gave up on the phosphate test I just use glass algae as a sign of higher then normal phosphates. Don't think calcium is a major factor with fish and inverts from what I have read/experienced.
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07/04/2014, 10:27 PM
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about the only thing the calcium would matter in a fowlr is for coraline algae to grow
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07/05/2014, 08:20 AM
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Crazy Prophet
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Coralline & some inverts use calcium.
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36g bowfront Current Tank Info: Pair of Occellaris clowns, Royal gramma, Yellow Watchman Goby/Tiger Pistol Shrimp, Blue tuxedo urchin, Fire shrimp, Trochus snails, Cerith snails, Nassarius snails, Ricordea mushroom, Kenya tree, Acan brain & Frogspawn |
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