Wburrick Posted November 28, 2014 Share Posted November 28, 2014 What site did you get those from? Link to comment
ps2cho Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 So I finally have my own decent camera Sony a5000: Here are some quick shots with it... The SPS is slowly recovering that was almost dead as from post #145 Same with a few others! Link to comment
ps2cho Posted December 2, 2014 Author Share Posted December 2, 2014 Dosing pumps and 2-part set up and ready to go! I will be doing a large water change tonight and get my baseline numbers from that. Then over the next few days I will dial in the consumption properly. I'm glad this will be easier than dealing with kalk... Link to comment
ps2cho Posted December 3, 2014 Author Share Posted December 3, 2014 They are in! Hopefully this time around I will have 100% survival. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted December 4, 2014 Author Share Posted December 4, 2014 Here is my 2-part dosing code for my quantity: Alk: Fallback OFF OSC 000:00/001:00/059:00 Then ON If Time 04:00 to 18:59 Then OFF ---> 6hrs of 1min intervals per hour...so @ 1.1ml/hr = 6.6ml total of alk ---> ran at night to help pH swings Ca: Fallback OFF OSC 000:00/001:00/059:00 Then ON If Time 16:00 to 08:59 Then OFF ---> 6hrs of 1min intervals per hour...so @ 1.1ml/hr = 6.6ml total of ca ---> ran at during the day to prevent alk and ca going together Checked this morning and ca dropped a little. I increased the dosage a little and will see what happens. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 Doing 6.6ml/day of both alk and ca ended up dropping me 0.3dkh per day and 15ppm ca...so I have increased to 10ml/day of each. I think that should be getting really close now to my actual consumption.! Link to comment
plainrt Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 My 34 gal has been holding steady at 10ml a day Link to comment
ps2cho Posted December 6, 2014 Author Share Posted December 6, 2014 One of the SPS on the right side looks like has a little tissue loss, but its difficult to tell because its white anyway. One of the monti's broke...you can see one piece is doing fine and its still red, but the other piece has totally lost all the color..hope it recovers. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 I still think I have too low of a nutrient system. Starting today, I have created a strict regiment of dosing aminos, trace elements and general coral food. I will be using Reef Plus, Reef Trace and Reef Roids. Is there a way that I can automate the Reef Plus and Reef Trace via aqualifters? or is that getting a little dangerous? I can see how some people just never do water changes. My tank just simply doesnt have any waste. I've been doing water changes to replenish elements, but I think its doing more harm than good since its starving my tank of phosphates and nitrates. Hense why I am going to cut back and start feeding my tank. Lost a few of my SPS haul though But at least I am learning something here. Hopefully from here on out I will see drastic improvements. Probably the biggest hint was that I was only cleaning my glass every 2-3 weeks. I think I remember reading many tanks have to do this every few days! Link to comment
ps2cho Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 I am on day 3 of increased feeding and I already see change...I cleaned the glass and my sps look far less dull. Even the coralline algae has become more purple! I got a little xmas cash...I really want a clam but I know I should wait til I am no longer losing sps and I am sure my issues are gone. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Some updates...Things are doing MUCH better since I increased feeding, removed the petco carbon and let the alk drop to 8.0 Link to comment
mitchellc Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Looks like you are progressing through the learning curve nicely. Corals look happy. Love the scape! Link to comment
ps2cho Posted August 16, 2015 Author Share Posted August 16, 2015 Been about 6 months since my last post...I think I have finally nailed the tank. Everything is stable, I have no more losses and everything is growing pretty good. You can see the differences from the prior post up above. What do you guys think about the colors and growth in 6 months? My tank stats as of today: 1.025 79F Nitrates: 10 Phosphates: 0.16 Calcium: 400 Alk: 8.5 Magnesium: 1400 Link to comment
ps2cho Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 BRS Delivered me a shiny new Vortech MP40 QuietDrive today Gotta tell you, its whisper quiet no joke. I am already sold on upgrading my MP10 to the QuietDrive driver for the $50/75 however much it was. I also have a new Eshopps R-200 refugium sump coming too. It will be a hell of a lot better than my 20L DIY. I will have a refug section to grow Chaeto and it will add about 3gal additional water volume as a small addition too. Plus of course it looks better. Won't have that for another 2-4 weeks though as its on backorder. Link to comment
hipower Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Did you get the Gen 3 R-200? I think you will like it a lot. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted August 24, 2015 Author Share Posted August 24, 2015 Did you get the Gen 3 R-200? I think you will like it a lot. Yep gen 3. Hopefully it will ship soon. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted August 25, 2015 Author Share Posted August 25, 2015 Here is my new updated water storage. I purchased a verticle 60g container from a local Norwesco distributor. I had to reinforce the stand using some leftover 2x4's, but overall it doesn't look like its going to collapse on itself. Going from a 25g brute can to a 60g is quite a difference in weight! Link to comment
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