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anarchy
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Well got a present from rockhead today
Held it over the tank to get a feel for it
Now its time to get another eb8 and another hamilton t5 retro. But for now im going to make my lighting ugly and put 2 different t5 fixtures until i decide to buy another hamilton or the upgraded tank
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Held it over the tank to get a feel for it
Now its time to get another eb8 and another hamilton t5 retro. But for now im going to make my lighting ugly and put 2 different t5 fixtures until i decide to buy another hamilton or the upgraded tank
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anarchy
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Sailfins fins are all healed up
Also noticed a couple acros exploded with growth
alk dropped back down to 7.7 so opened the effluent on the cal reactor and added a little more kalk.
I really need to test phospates and get them where they need to be. I hate cleaning the glass all the time. Ati nitrate test registering 0 like always. Need to get a better test kit
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Also noticed a couple acros exploded with growth
alk dropped back down to 7.7 so opened the effluent on the cal reactor and added a little more kalk.I really need to test phospates and get them where they need to be. I hate cleaning the glass all the time. Ati nitrate test registering 0 like always. Need to get a better test kit
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Sawdonkey
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anarchy
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Once its in the budget i will. Or im just going to start emptying one of my buddies ro storage containers. I may actually start doing that. Time to get me some jugs with lidsOr try using RODI
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anarchy
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Medusa bane
Clints red stag
June ruby
Thanksgiving milli
Red planet
Indigo tip stag
Tubs mystic blue stag
Fosters super blue tenuis
Efflo 2.0
Leprechaun beard
Him hawer
Sunset milli
Blue matrix
Spainbow
Colemans delicate table
Secale
Sky doppel
Pink lemonade
Teen wolf
Crazy bananas milli
Pearly cadaver
Blue on blue tenuis
Trash compactor
Blueberry field
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Clints red stag
June ruby
Thanksgiving milli
Red planet
Indigo tip stag
Tubs mystic blue stag
Fosters super blue tenuis
Efflo 2.0
Leprechaun beard
Him hawer
Sunset milli
Blue matrix
Spainbow
Colemans delicate table
Secale
Sky doppel
Pink lemonade
Teen wolf
Crazy bananas milli
Pearly cadaver
Blue on blue tenuis
Trash compactor
Blueberry field
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anarchy
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Probably a little of both. Getting new lighting brackets built. The conduit ones i use now are bending so the middle and back get all of the light. Front not so much. So once the new brackets are built then the 30 gets 4 t5 bulbs added which should help everything out.
Need better test kits to determine nutrient issue. I turned my skimmer off at night for a couple weeks and it seemed to help some that were struggling
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Sawdonkey
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A lot of them seem darker than they should. For example, the Crazy Bananas should be bright yellow, no? That makes me thing nutrients are too high, not too low? Do you test NO3 and PO4? Could be a light issue, but I'd guess nutrients. Do you have any overly pale acros? I'm guessing your water is too dirty, not too clean.
anarchy
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I need to get better test kits to figure out what my nutrient levels are.
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Paulip
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Am I under the correct impression that you are running these acro dominated tanks on tap water?
How did you compensate?
1) Liberal use of GFO?
2) Willowbrook has excellent water. I suspect that your town has really good water. Have you tested it?
3) Extra large water changes? Your pictures of cheato don't show much of an export capacity.
4) a monster skimmer
I am running a nano without fuge. I am thinking that halimeda (easily pruned) may take away what my test kits don't detect. Cheato in the back chamber seems a little silly to me.
How did you compensate?
1) Liberal use of GFO?
2) Willowbrook has excellent water. I suspect that your town has really good water. Have you tested it?
3) Extra large water changes? Your pictures of cheato don't show much of an export capacity.
4) a monster skimmer
I am running a nano without fuge. I am thinking that halimeda (easily pruned) may take away what my test kits don't detect. Cheato in the back chamber seems a little silly to me.
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anarchy
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1) when i change gfo i fill one side of the brs dual reactor with gfo, but haven't changed gfo or carbon in a vouple months
2) i have no idea ive never tested it
3) i do 10-20 gallons a week on ~160 gallon water volume so not really big waterchanges. Yeah i was using a dual bulb t5 for my fuge before with a 6500k old old bulb and a magenta bulb and it wasnt growing much so i just changed it this week to a led bulb and growth has taken off.
4) my skimmer is a reef octopus classic 225 int so i believe its rated for twice my water volume. Cant remember off the top of my head but i think with light stocking its like 300-320 gallons. So yeah a pretty big skimmer.
Last time i tested nitrates and phosphate with an elos test kit both read 0. But that has been awhile and i cant remember if that was before i started doing water changes again or after. So i really need to test again and get new test kits.
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Paulip
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Carbon is expended in weeks to days. I would definitely be on top of that even for a half dose. I took GFO offline (2 Tbsp) for a little over a day and the algae on my tank had a bad hair day. And, I'm fishless!If you ever have the time, please do a TDS reading of Willowbrook water:
1) Chicago water is 150 TDS
2) Bottled Spring water is 50 TDS
3) RODI, when its working is 0 TDS.
I am skeptical that we are working with such a small margin. I speak for regular mixed reefs. No clue about acro, but your setup gives me hope.
A good skimmer has been an essential piece of reefkeeping for public and private aquariums for many decades as other equipment have come and gone. Unfortunately, I can't take that route for a nano. The water parameters are too easily destabilized. I spend too much time fiddling with test kits of questionable accuracy.
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anarchy
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Everything in this hobby is about stability. Adam at battlecorals used to have phosphates through the roof. Some crazy high number but as long as its stable then over time everything will adjust and grow. This is obviously not what we strive for in this hobby and i definitely dont want anyone following what i do. I just do what i have to for my budget and what the boss allows. I would prefer to have my water at realistic ocean values. I will be moving to rodi by the end of the summer though. I actually already have a 100pgd 5 stage system just needs filters and a few add ons, but thats an upcoming project
If you ever have the time, please do a TDS reading of Willowbrook water:
1) Chicago water is 150 TDS
2) Bottled Spring water is 50 TDS
3) RODI, when its working is 0 TDS.
I am skeptical that we are working with such a small margin. I speak for regular mixed reefs. No clue about acro, but your setup gives me hope.
A good skimmer has been an essential piece of reefkeeping for public and private aquariums for many decades as other equipment have come and gone. Unfortunately, I can't take that route for a nano. The water parameters are too easily destabilized. I spend too much time fiddling with test kits of questionable accuracy.
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anarchy
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Yeah its going to happen. My new light mounts are being worked on now. My old ones are bending and im afraid theyre going to fall so that has to be done first, but next up is the rodi then getting rid of bubble algae. May be time for a tiny rabbit in the 30 to help
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anarchy
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Bubble algae is the worst and grows rapidly. Its hard to get rid of
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anarchy
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Him hawer
Clints red stag
Thanksgiving milli
Tubbs mystic blue stag
June ruby
Red planet
Smittys guilded stag
Medusa bane
Fosters super blue
BC efflo 2.0
Leprechaun beard
Sunset milli
Blue matrix
Colemans delicate Table
BC secale
Sky doppel
Spainbow
Pink lemonade
Teen wolf
Crazy bananas milli
Trash compactor 2.0
Blueberry field
Bonsai humi
Blue on blue tenuis
Pearly cadaver
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