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I hat those ####### yellow gobies.........I had one at it was polyp nipper on my SPS.......

Mine is a prince... complete angel. And amber would kill me if anything happened to it

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Mine is a prince... complete angel. And amber would kill me if anything happened to it

 

Yeah I was ready to toss mine......

 

Hell I caught my lawnmower munching on my FF Digi the other day..........

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Too many frags I guess... the rack won't stay...

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New frag. The red polyps with with slant green mouth. Yellow polyps. And purple polyps. All seem alright after fragging

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Continuing to ramp up the quad. Nothing but dirty glass. Looking at seperating my Euphyllias as much as they don't "sting" each my awesome little purple hammer that is splitting into 3 heads still looks rough. It used to be huge!

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So much for long term stability... fortunately, yeah there is nothing fortunate about this.

 

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It must have been Wednesday night when I noticed the bare skeleton at the base of the lower right branch against the trunk. Ran my parameter, and mag and cal tanked.

Salinity - 1.025

Temp - 76*F

Mg - 1260

Ca - 340

dKH - 7.2

No3 - undetectable

Po4 - 0.02

 

Looking back at my log it's been falling since 12/18. I was hoping it'd settle I continued my typical 5 gallon water change with the same salt. 2 weeks ago, I switched from my LFS water to my own RODI but kept with the KENT salt.

 

Fresh mixed, 24hours, Kent salt

Salinity - 1.025

Temp - 78*F

Mg - 1400

Ca - 515

dKH - 7.2

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Maybe a FTS 012416

 

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And the wanderer is looking like shit after its last weekend trip into the mp10. It finally moved out of the shadows and has been expelling a lot of waste

 

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012016 - Prewater change

Mg: 1280

Ca: 360

dKH: 6.9

 

So to combat the falling levels. I changed to a 10 gallon water change.

 

012216

Mg: 1360

Ca: 410

dKH: 6.9

 

Dosed Seachem Reef Builder - 8oz tank water and 1/2 tsp, 1 oz.

 

Current dKH: 6.5

 

Fantastic still falling. Dosed 4 oz of the Seachem Reef builder. Will check again tomorrow... hand dosing is becoming key

 

One a better note, some corals are looking better. Week 10 of light intensity increase.

 

Current nanobox quad levels, storm controller

Ch1 - White - 58

Ch2 - Royal - 115

Ch3 - Violet - 115

Ch4 - Cyan - 102

 

2.5% weekly increase.

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Too much beautiful coralline algea on my back wall... just dosed again.

At least you test.....I am just to lazy :lol: Maybe I should pick up a Hannah Meter........

Love my Hannah alk... Thinking about trying salifert or more hannah... for Mg and Ca... the red sea is fine.but it's almost out

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Too much beautiful coralline algea on my back wall... just dosed again.

 

Love my Hannah alk... Thinking about trying salifert or more hannah... for Mg and Ca... the red sea is fine.but it's almost out

Hanna Alk and Po4 are good... Ca has TERRIBLE reviews. I would go salifert for Mg/Ca.

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Too much beautiful coralline algea on my back wall... just dosed again.

 

Love my Hannah alk... Thinking about trying salifert or more hannah... for Mg and Ca... the red sea is fine.but it's almost out

 

Yep I have the Red Sea it works but kind of funky with all the crap you have to do......

 

Maybe order one next time I need to hit that magic number for free shipping :lol: spend an extra 40 to save 10 :blink:

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