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1000rrstunna
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kinda cool just hate the way they pick everything up some of the sps looks good.... my tank sucks 
anarchy
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Yeah as long as you epoxy everything down then it's not a big deal. Once I get my nitrates up I'll get some good color. Yeah your tank suckskinda cool just hate the way they pick everything up some of the sps looks good.... my tank sucks
test more and you might be able to change that
Sawdonkey
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Yeah as long as you epoxy everything down then it's not a big deal. Once I get my nitrates up I'll get some good color. Yeah your tank suckstest more and you might be able to change that
Are your nitrates undetectable? What about phosphates? I tend to get better color when I run really low on both of those. For example, my Vivids Rainbow was just pinkish/brownish for a long time. I hardly ever test nitrates and when I did, they were between 5-10. I tossed some more pellets in my reactor, cut back on Acro Power, and fed a little less. Now my Vivids is coloring up pretty well. It doesn't work for everyone, but I'm a believer in running a low nutrient tank. I don't think I've ever had a coral die due to starvation or even pale out for that reason.
anarchy
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Both nitrates and phos are undetectable with elos test kits. I know there's some phos because of my gba problem.
Today to help with nitrates and my bubble algae I picked up this guy. Hope he starts eating the bubbles soon
Scribbled rabbitfish
My kole tang was picking on him earlier but I'm hoping that doesn't last
anarchy
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I may actually do a waterchange on monday. Need to harvest my chaeto also. Think Monday is going to be a tank day. Glass needs scraped again. I hate coraline algae. Clean all my pumps and skimmer. Of course that all depends on how bad my hangover is
Fuge is packed with chaeto. Think I'm about to trash half of it
Fuge is packed with chaeto. Think I'm about to trash half of it
anarchy
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Well I cut about 2 gallons worth of chaeto out of the fuge
I didn't do a water change.
The urchin decided to break my algae clip and take it for a ride
The glass seriously needs to be cleaned. I think I'm going to invest in one of the long scrapers
Everything with these 2 guys seem to be going good
I didn't do a water change.
The urchin decided to break my algae clip and take it for a ride
The glass seriously needs to be cleaned. I think I'm going to invest in one of the long scrapers
Everything with these 2 guys seem to be going good
anarchy
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They're best friends. They are always next to each other
enzo1028
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anarchy
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I think your little clown just likes hanging out towards the top of the tank. There's not really any aggression between them but it just likes to hang out up top. They occasionally swim together though
anarchy
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So no waterchanges in over 4 months and pale sps has got me thinking. I think what I want to do is start testing trace elements and dosing the red sea color additives. Also I'm going to start dosing sodium nitrate. Probably going to change my bulbs today to the 20000k bulbs I bought 6 months ago. I didn't like the par values when I tested them out but we will see how it goes
anarchy
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Yeah these bulbs aren't working for me. Looks like they will have to do though until I can order new pheonix
maidia
Team CR
Where you buy the sodium nitrate?
anarchy
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I havnt yet but I'm going to just use the stump remover from home depot
Sawdonkey
Premium member
Just curious, why are you insisting on no water changes? You're not liking the results you're getting, so why not change up your methods and see what happens? A water change or two would replace/replenish those trace elements. I know a few people swear by no water changes, but they are a very small minority and most reefers swear by water changes. You got an RODI system, no? Are you still having GHA issues?