[EddieJ]

Things are still going real well.. SG is running at 1.008 stable and solid. Able to maintain a PH of 8.02 or so with some ALK dosing. Fish are very active and healthy, eat very well and no signs of the nasty parasite at this time. Ammonia has been a small battle, been changing 25-30 gallons twice a week along with dosing some AmGuard. I have the SeaChem alert along with a seachem multi-test. I also test total ammonia with a Salifert kit, and then from there you can calculate free ammonia (NH3, the nasty stuff) with temp and PH as well. It's been just reading a trace from time to time, around .01 or so. Nothing that will harm the fish, but I don't want to discomfort them as the free ammonia is what burns the gills. The AmGuard locks that free stuff up nice and quickly. My coral banded shrimp is loving life again in the DT as he can grow out his antennae and is not being constantly harassed to be a cleaner shrimp.