<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Come the first of the year I have planned on getting a CA reactor (the next one up from the nano from Sea) but ATM I’m not really adding anything other than weekly WC. I’m using salinity and I can tell a big difference. I had used it before but tried some other stuff and when I went back everything got brighter and opened up more (or same as before). After I have dosed say 3 or 4 times to raise the iodide (see I remembered) it has leveled off and is staying up with wc. </span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I only have a few sps and a couple of lps mostly softies and buttons. I really don’t like the “sticks” that does not have any noticeable movement that can be seen from a distance</span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Mag is holding 1375ish and ca around 400 to 425 but this weekend it was around 375 so I did have to add some and will retest this afternoon. . I added a flower pot a couple of weeks ago. So maybe its (the tank) is starting to use ca. Alk stays right at 4 to 4.5meg. I do have to buffer the wc water. I don’t buffer the ato water. My NA stays around 5 to 7 and phos don’t remember the number but really low. My grape algae has all but stopped growing and there for awhile I was having to trim it weekly. </span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I can’t get the ph up to save my life but I quit worrying about that months ago. I hold right at 8.0 to 8.1. </span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So in short after I got the three main things up to par (mag, alk, ca) about 2 months ago I really have not had to add anything until this week. I will recheck tonight but I guess I’m trying to figure out if I really need one or should I spend that money on something else that is needed more for the tank. </span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have been told that my water is too clean and that I needed to “dirty” it up some. so about 2 weeks ago I started adding Phyto 2 x a week just to add something to the water colum. I only pull about ½” of dark thick stinking skim mate out of the water with the RO NWB150. and it has increased to maybe 5/8" after adding the phyto seams like i'm wasting it but i would assume something is using it or hope they are. has anyone used DT's phyto? i meet someone the other day and he said he knew the owner personnaly. Its on a 120 dt and in a 75g sump about half full. I only do 15g a week wc. I normally mix the salt in the water a min of 6 hrs and sometimes it has been 1 -1/2 days. </span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I only have a few sps and a couple of lps mostly softies and buttons. I really don’t like the “sticks” that does not have any noticeable movement that can be seen from a distance</span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Mag is holding 1375ish and ca around 400 to 425 but this weekend it was around 375 so I did have to add some and will retest this afternoon. . I added a flower pot a couple of weeks ago. So maybe its (the tank) is starting to use ca. Alk stays right at 4 to 4.5meg. I do have to buffer the wc water. I don’t buffer the ato water. My NA stays around 5 to 7 and phos don’t remember the number but really low. My grape algae has all but stopped growing and there for awhile I was having to trim it weekly. </span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I can’t get the ph up to save my life but I quit worrying about that months ago. I hold right at 8.0 to 8.1. </span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">So in short after I got the three main things up to par (mag, alk, ca) about 2 months ago I really have not had to add anything until this week. I will recheck tonight but I guess I’m trying to figure out if I really need one or should I spend that money on something else that is needed more for the tank. </span></span>
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I have been told that my water is too clean and that I needed to “dirty” it up some. so about 2 weeks ago I started adding Phyto 2 x a week just to add something to the water colum. I only pull about ½” of dark thick stinking skim mate out of the water with the RO NWB150. and it has increased to maybe 5/8" after adding the phyto seams like i'm wasting it but i would assume something is using it or hope they are. has anyone used DT's phyto? i meet someone the other day and he said he knew the owner personnaly. Its on a 120 dt and in a 75g sump about half full. I only do 15g a week wc. I normally mix the salt in the water a min of 6 hrs and sometimes it has been 1 -1/2 days. </span></span>
