ReefGoat Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 SWEEEET! I don't know how I missed the post! Looking good 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 So Reefapalooza was pretty cool yesterday...i managed not to spend too much money....i only spent 40 bucks on a Jason fox rainbow stylo...pics to come 3 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted June 24, 2018 Author Share Posted June 24, 2018 Ive dramatically moved things around and added a new sps rock....things are still pretty pissed off. Quote Link to comment
ReefGoat Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 Can't wait to see the pic's. I just did a water change along with siphoning back chambers out and cleaning skimmer. Mine are pissed right now as well. One Acan was worrying me but it seems to be slowly looking normal again LOL. 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 What was your favorite part of Reef-a-Palooza? Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted June 26, 2018 Author Share Posted June 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Christopher Marks said: What was your favorite part of Reef-a-Palooza? I would say.... the diversity of corals available in one spot was just crazy...i was mesmerised....my wife not so much....she gets bored when I get too nerdy lol 2 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 Everything is still super pissed off....but here's a sneak peek 4 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 3, 2018 Author Share Posted July 3, 2018 So a bad heat wave has been hanging over nj for the past couple of days....so I've been using fans and frozen water bottles to keep the temp of my tank down.....so far it hasn't gotten above 81.....and it only hit 81 for a short period of time. So far everything looks pissed but ok for now.....in other news, about 5 days ago (before this heatwave) my fiji leather died...i think the candy cane killed it but not sure... 1 Quote Link to comment
Shaggy2061 Posted July 3, 2018 Share Posted July 3, 2018 On 7/26/2015 at 11:58 AM, dferrari13 said: I also have a 37 gallon freshwater planted tank....just in case anyone is interested in checking it out. Wow looking way better than mine LOL 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 4, 2018 Author Share Posted July 4, 2018 It's been in the mid to upper 90s in NJ for 6 days in a row and my A.C. apparently sucks and it seems to be on its way out... it's not cooling my house like it should, so its anywhere from 75 to 83 inside....fml Now, as I figure out a way to pay for a replacement AC, I've just been trying to keep my tanks cool with frozen bottles of water and fans....and so far it has worked but what a pain in the ass lol looks like the temp should come down by friday finally, but only into the mid 80s 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 That sucks, hold strong to your routine! 💪 Quote Link to comment
Laurenscube Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 Hows the Sps going ? Any tips for flow for them ? I have been following your tank and seem to have the same problem with sps. Seems to be the only corals which dont seem to thrive but see your montis have been with you for awhile now😀 Also when you keep moving your corals how do you get them off your rock scape? Are you using bone cutters ? 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 10 hours ago, laurenscube said: Hows the Sps going ? Any tips for flow for them ? I have been following your tank and seem to have the same problem with sps. Seems to be the only corals which dont seem to thrive but see your montis have been with you for awhile now😀 Also when you keep moving your corals how do you get them off your rock scape? Are you using bone cutters ? It's weird some of them thrive but others just seem to take forever....ive been getting alot more growth since dosing kalk in my ATO...and to answer your question, i usually just glued them there in the first place so i use a sharp tool to pry them back off. Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Temp finally came down and I did a pretty decent water change tonight....its been a while so i figured i would...just to replenish trace elements and such.....nitrates werent even high...things are looking like they are a bit more happy and the new AC unit comes monday...so thats good news lol........pics to come 2 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Wow...getting very close to 30,000 views....thanks for checking out my tank guys!! 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 LFS is moving and they had 10 frag sale, so i picked up a green stylo, frogspawn, neon green cyphastrea, nameless aussie acro, and a random zoa. Pretty good haul for 10 each. Pics to come. 2 Quote Link to comment
Laurenscube Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 Would you post a video ? Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 So things are looking way better now that the temp dropped and everything is settling in to their new locations. 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 7 hours ago, Laurenscube said: Would you post a video ? Sure...ill give it a try Quote Link to comment
Laurenscube Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 Montis looking great ! What are you cal and alk levels ? 1 Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 My calcium is at 420 which im happy with but actually now that you mention it....i just tested twice today and my alk is high...at around 12...i like to hover around 9 or 10dkh...but ive heard of people running sps tanks at high levels like 12..... I think I attribute this spike to very high temperatures causing my ATO to work more often because of evaporation causing more kalkwasser to be added to the tank than usual Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 Even though my alk is high....I will probably continue to add my normal 1 teaspoon of "kalk 2" per gallon of distilled water.... cause now since the temps in jersey have been cooler lately....my ATO wont dose as much "kalk 2"....which will cause the alkalinity to slowly lower......dont wanna do anything too fast in this hobby......oh and also im getting an awesome AC unit on monday, so no more worring about the outside temp effecting my tank. Quote Link to comment
Laurenscube Posted July 8, 2018 Share Posted July 8, 2018 9 minutes ago, dferrari13 said: Even though my alk is high....I will probably continue to add my normal 1 teaspoon of "kalk 2" per gallon of distilled water.... cause now since the temps in jersey have been cooler lately....my ATO wont dose as much "kalk 2"....which will cause the alkalinity to slowly lower......dont wanna do anything too fast in this hobby......oh and also im getting an awesome AC unit on monday, so no more worring about the outside temp effecting my tank. Good idea with the kalk Been having problems with the heat wave too been doing the frozen water bottles and fan....very stressful but managing to control it. What salt mix do you use ? Excellent news on the AC Quote Link to comment
dferrari13 Posted July 8, 2018 Author Share Posted July 8, 2018 8 minutes ago, Laurenscube said: Good idea with the kalk Been having problems with the heat wave too been doing the frozen water bottles and fan....very stressful but managing to control it. What salt mix do you use ? Excellent news on the AC Im super lazy lol so i use premixed (expensive) Caribsea Sea-pure Sea Water 4.4 Gal containers....i just dont wanna screw around with mixing up saltwater all the time Quote Link to comment
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