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1 minute ago, mcarroll said:

Just noticed this....always a curious addition for a reef tank.  How did you decide to add them?

 

I started off with very little rock so had these in the sump. Just never removed then really. Don't suppose there are doing much these days I as I have a lot of rock now. But it's a place for the critters to hang out in the sump. Nothing more.👍🏼

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Totally forgot I was tracking my parameters query here 

Same result so far though.. not rising like it was at the end of summer... It's totally level m, rather high or at least on the high end of good, but never drop. LFS testing this weekend.

 

In other news, the LFS guys are coming around on Friday to help me out install better pipe work so both drains go to the large compartment so I have space to add decent sock holders. And then finally have a bubble trap that works...

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ok so pipework will get sorted in the next few days, so the sump will be perfect shortly. 

 

In other news discussing storage and a cabinet for the power, dosers etc. The LFS told me to get the measurements I needed the cabinet to be, and he would get the tank manufacturers to build me a bespoke cabinet in the same finish as the tank stand. 

 

Tomorrow I will draw up some designs and share something to get people's views before submitting to the LFS. 👍🏼

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On 11/22/2021 at 1:50 AM, mcarroll said:

Can you take a bigger sample and use half for testing at home and use the other half to take to the LFS for comparison tests?  Even one set of matching tests wold be reassuring.  Could do that a couple times to be really sure.

 

Like I said it's not inexplicable, but it's an unusual state of balance if all is as it seems in the test numbers.  (Don't jinx it!) 😉👍🤞

So on LFS testing... 

 

LFS:

KH (hanna): 9.4  dKH 

Ca (hanna): 480 ppm

Mg (Salifert): 1500 ppm

 

Mine at home: 

KH (Salifert): 9.6  dKH 

Ca (Salifert): 475 ppm

Mg (Salifert): 1500 ppm

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Actually @mcarroll looking at the raw data for a second here.. all numbers (CA, Mg, dKH) have actually been super slowly creeping down. Winding the view of the data from the standard month view to a year it's pretty clear. In the last week I got a further 3 decent sized LPS which seem to have accelerated the down turn a little bit. Have a look at this alkalinity data view. Both mg and ca are the same. 

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Just checking behind in the weir, I remember how much I appreciate the peppermint in the DT! The volume of aps back there is amazing... There are easy 100 in there, pure white fu.ckers.. Well they have been there for a long time based on the size of them, and they haven't been causing me problems (I don't think) so I'm not rushing for the Aiptasia X just yet. 

Other than Aiptasia there are a massive amount of sponge...

 

It's really great to see the different life forms thoughout the tank.  The sump is brittle star, worm and snail heavy, the DT although stacked with coral, inverts and fish has a bit of cyanobacteria but is almost void of anything small due to the wrasses and snails, now the weir Aiptasia and sponge find.. really cool!👍🏼

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 FEEDING SCHEDULE 

 

Coral 

  • Barrier reef labs phytoplankton grow formula
  • Polyp Lab Reef Roids  
  • NT Labs reef snow 
  • Live copepods 

 

Fish 

  • TMC Fine chopped frozen prawn 
  • BCUK Aquatics Ocean Plankton 
  • TMC Gamma Marine Complete Pellets 
  • NT Labs Ocean Flake with garlic 
  • Ocean Nutrition green marine algae sheets 
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Just had a bit of a clean up of the sandbed and now things look sweet again

 

GSP needs a trim back, it's getting too close to the combs 

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My man Duncan's is big n bold now.. 15 months ago Was a single polyp 

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Mixed zoas on the sandbed 

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Thanks to @seabass these zoas look great (in may there where a few polyps surrounded by armies of GHA)

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These fellas are growing out now 

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Mike the mussel is almost engulfed by zoas now.. 

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Mushroom cove now with added zoas and gorgonian

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Side shots are the best shots eh @ECLS Reefer

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41 minutes ago, Murphych said:

Just had a bit of a clean up of the sandbed and now things look sweet again

 

GSP needs a trim back, it's getting too close to the combs 

PXL_20211219_135421351.thumb.jpg.e491b80a06d9c83bdad608dd1f588a73.jpg

 

My man Duncan's is big n bold now.. 15 months ago Was a single polyp 

PXL_20211219_135223974.thumb.jpg.2d48fea3a6fa3c7de86ef0eec823e9f9.jpg

 

Mixed zoas on the sandbed 

PXL_20211219_135600810.thumb.jpg.b7311d3ab98156b763e5b4072db2e8c2.jpg

 

Thanks to @seabass these zoas look great (in may there where a few polyps surrounded by armies of GHA)

PXL_20211219_135409520.thumb.jpg.04d3f1d87c65f8c49d81bd8f38e4ebb7.jpg

 

These fellas are growing out now 

PXL_20211219_135549438.thumb.jpg.86dc567b671721b10e50d9418856d8bc.jpg

 

Mike the mussel is almost engulfed by zoas now.. 

PXL_20211219_135605927.thumb.jpg.f26ce980bb10c50334edf95bf1dbe0c5.jpg

 

Mushroom cove now with added zoas and gorgonian

PXL_20211219_135240109.jpg

 

Side shots are the best shots eh @ECLS Reefer

PXL_20211219_135510411.jpg

Used to be. Now I strategically don’t take photos of my big tank anymore because it’s fugly

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16 minutes ago, Murphych said:

Disagree.. your tank is hot 🔥

Not so much for the last few weeks. It’s slowly working it’s way back but it’s decidedly nekkid without the pretty corals it once had

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New 3rd prime has been installed and looks great..

 

Bad news, my YCG died after 1year 8 months of having him! No apparent illness, my reckoning is that the competition for food was hard with the 5 chromis, 3 large wrasse, royal gramma and tang.. there was never any bullying.. just fierce competition at feeding times.

 

Need to trim these back from the combs a little @Snow_Phoenix

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Overall the tank looks good 

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1 hour ago, Murphych said:

New 3rd prime has been installed and looks great..

 

Bad news, my YCG died after 1year 8 months of having him! No apparent illness, my reckoning is that the competition for food was hard with the 5 chromis, 3 large wrasse, royal gramma and tang.. there was never any bullying.. just fierce competition at feeding times.

 

Need to trim these back from the combs a little @Snow_Phoenix

PXL_20211230_140545059.thumb.jpg.2aa698cd448d00709373eacc4fd207be.jpg

 

Overall the tank looks good 

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I love the colorful patch of zoas on the bottom right. So nice! :happy:

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  • Murphs_Reef changed the title to murphs_reef 92G - retired, thanks guys

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