GC treatment is complete and water change is done. Just dosed Copper Power to what I thought would be 1ppm but came out to .89. Better under than over. What that does tell me is I dosed pretty much exactly half of my target at 8.85ml of Copper Power. So, 2.2ml of Copper Power am and pm for the next two days should put it right around 1.75ppm. The Hanna checker is a Godsend. I couldn't read the API kit to save my life, or the fishes for that matter. If all goes according to plan he should be ready to move over to the 60 cube on the evening of the 20th .
Forgot to add, nitrates at least registered this morning. To my eye, it was between 0 and 5ppm. Phosphate read .05 so my heavier feeding isn't affecting that too much, or is helping it stay relatively steady as I dose nitrates. I'll dose another 3.6ppm equivalent tonight and check again in the morning. Hard to say if the registered nitrates have had any impact, it's only been one day. It appears that the Dino's on the balk wall subsided a little bit, but the rocks are getting covered with what appears to be a type of yellow cyan again too.
Thankfully, I don't have many corals at this time so I'm not risking much beyond my pride playing with the tank right now. That being said, I do hope to improve the environment for the corals by doing this.
Forgot to add, nitrates at least registered this morning. To my eye, it was between 0 and 5ppm. Phosphate read .05 so my heavier feeding isn't affecting that too much, or is helping it stay relatively steady as I dose nitrates. I'll dose another 3.6ppm equivalent tonight and check again in the morning. Hard to say if the registered nitrates have had any impact, it's only been one day. It appears that the Dino's on the balk wall subsided a little bit, but the rocks are getting covered with what appears to be a type of yellow cyan again too.
Thankfully, I don't have many corals at this time so I'm not risking much beyond my pride playing with the tank right now. That being said, I do hope to improve the environment for the corals by doing this.
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