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salazar · 03-14-2006, 10:44 PM

Hello everybody, As you all know i have had a string of bad luck with new purchases,fortunately i didn,t loss to much. All my coral and fish looks really healthy(i did a 20% anyway).The Kenyan Tree Coral started to wilt so i inspected and it looks like something damaged it so I did all water tests Nitrates were sky high at 60-80 i think that much would causes serious situations in the tank.I did another 25% change and retested you guessed it .... the nitrates were still 60-80.The test is faultly is my guess( that was one of the firsts things i bought with the tank 2Yrs ago) i think it is expired.The calcium test is about 520 before and after both water changes.

03-14-2006, 10:44 PM	#8
salazar Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 82	Hello everybody, As you all know i have had a string of bad luck with new purchases,fortunately i didn,t loss to much. All my coral and fish looks really healthy(i did a 20% anyway).The Kenyan Tree Coral started to wilt so i inspected and it looks like something damaged it so I did all water tests Nitrates were sky high at 60-80 i think that much would causes serious situations in the tank.I did another 25% change and retested you guessed it .... the nitrates were still 60-80.The test is faultly is my guess( that was one of the firsts things i bought with the tank 2Yrs ago) i think it is expired.The calcium test is about 520 before and after both water changes. Last edited by salazar : 03-14-2006 at 10:53 PM.