mitten_reef Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 That mp40 is gonna, literally, blow the water out of the tank 😂. How low do you have to set it? 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted August 28, 2021 Author Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 hour ago, mitten_reef said: That mp40 is gonna, literally, blow the water out of the tank 😂. How low do you have to set it? It's on constant mode on dot 3 hah.. out of 12 or however many. The max flow for this one is only rated at ~3200gph as opposed to the newer ones which push ~4500. But yes it moves some water and I'm super pleased! Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted August 30, 2021 Author Share Posted August 30, 2021 Cleared up a bit after water change and gluing new frags down. Also I've hit a bit of an issue with my montipora, can't see to get any improvement out of my blue digi, ff digi, or starburst cap. Alk -8.4 No3 -25 Po4 -.25 Working on getting my nutrients down but would love to hear any opinions from y'all, thanks! Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 6, 2021 Author Share Posted September 6, 2021 New phone has a wide angle lens and makes for easy full tank shots.. Also on a good note, got my nitrates and phosphates down to ~15 and .10 from last week. Making progress 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 If any of you guys like mangroves, I'm growing some in my sump! They've been doing so well under a little cfl 6500k bulb and I'm thinking of transferring them to their own t5-lit tank soon Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 4 minutes ago, Jaren45 said: If any of you guys like mangroves, I'm growing some in my sump! They've been doing so well under a little cfl 6500k bulb and I'm thinking of transferring them to their own t5-lit tank soon check out @brad908; he posted a recent journal update on his mangrove display Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 8, 2021 Author Share Posted September 8, 2021 41 minutes ago, mitten_reef said: check out @brad908; he posted a recent journal update on his mangrove display Beat you to it haha, there's not much to read about mangroves on the web so i've definitely loved that thread 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 New frags! And a new auto top off because mine died 😬. trying the duetto this time - "Cinnamon" Palythoa grandis - Wwc yellow tips - No name teal acro - No name green acro 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 20, 2021 Author Share Posted September 20, 2021 Not much to update on this week, new frags seem to be alright and they haven't skipped a beat yet. Alk consumption is noticeably increasing which is always a good sign. Red planet acro continues to recede which pains me, as it's one of my favorite across. 3 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 This week alk consumption continues to rise, up to 17ml/day spread out every hour the lights are on. Going to try to pick up some more hardy acros this week and see if I can't get something to grow for once! 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 28, 2021 Author Share Posted September 28, 2021 My little kitchen im10 is doing really well as well! 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 Super excited for these 2 new guys! 2 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted October 2, 2021 Author Share Posted October 2, 2021 Not sure how my zoas grew so quickly.. looking from the top down for once shows 20+ heads on a few colonies that were all 3-4p at the start. Most acros look better from the top as well, as I've learned. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 Tank is looking just OK. Easy sps seem to grow well but most of my acros continue to do poorly. Going to hold off on any new acropora and just let whatever is going on work itself out. Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Share Posted October 19, 2021 Today I spent about 45 minutes picking and sucking out bubble algae from my rocks. Over the past month it's gotten really bad, and is probably the reason nothing is doing well. Even though I said I was holding off on coral, I picked up a montipora spongodes and another red planet to try. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted October 26, 2021 Author Share Posted October 26, 2021 Started dosing kalkwasser this week at 1 tsp/ gallon, just 10ml throughout the day. Call me crazy but polyp extension looks great! Also doubles as a way to help maintain alk/calc in between 2 part dosing. My starry unfortunately became too aggressive towards my tang as well as any other fish near it. He has been replaced by a midas (pictured) 2 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 Had a great weekend working at aquashella dallas! Only found a couple acans for my nuvo 20 but I figured i'd share how its doing, to be honest i'm enjoying it a lot more than my sps tank at the moment. 2 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Super nice setups! Jealous of Aquashella! Did you work at a booth or what? 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 49 minutes ago, Justind823 said: Super nice setups! Jealous of Aquashella! Did you work at a booth or what? Yep! I work at a fish store in the colony tx, you can easily find us if you're curious. Got to meet a lot of people I look up to in the hobby and of course saw lots of cool pieces Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 Grabbed 3 new acros today as well, more no names with cool colors. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 1 new acro this week. I also got rid of a couple boulder shaped rocks that were bugging me aesthetically, not to mention the CRAZY amount of bubble algae accumulating behind them. I'm really loving how well this branch rock allows flow to get around the reef 2 Quote Link to comment
W1ll Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 That back wall is going to be completely purple soon! 2 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 3 hours ago, W1ll said: That back wall is going to be completely purple soon! I would almost say it is! It seems to have stopped at that level though, since my water drops about 3" when I turn the system off for water changes that section is exposed to air often. 2 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 Found myself a new budget refugium light. This bad boy ran me $9 at walmart, and is rated at 10w 5500k. I've got feather caulerpa growing down here in case anyone wants to know. 3 Quote Link to comment
Jaren45 Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 Pink lemonade! Also I have a bit of dinos running around. My water has been pretty clean this whole time so I'm thinking it's gotten too clean now. Just going to push through it 3 Quote Link to comment
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