00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[00W]

@00W where is Sandpoint?

All the way up in the little part, 60 miles from Canada.

 

[tbrown]

@tbrown my alk is 9.6 and phosphate 0.06

Maybe bring the phosphate up a little.

Are you using Hanna or Salifert?

 

[00W]

I was born and raised in the bay area.
I'll always be a west coast dude. ;)

 

[tbrown]

I was born and raised in the bay area.
I'll always be a west coast dude. ;)

I was not born but raised in Arizona. I'll always be a no-timezone dude.

 

[ESABOE]

I slept, ate dreamed baseball.
Never went to dodger stadium but went to pac bell park 10 times a year and the Oakland collesium too.
Bash brothers.

Wait a minute- you a Bay Area boy? I lived there for 30 yrs; just came back down to SoCal during Covid! I hate the Giants, but love their new, old-school style stadium. Big fan of Oakland A’s, spent a lot of time with my brothers in the cheap seats, drinking and eating too much - when prices would allow you to do so!!

 

[tbrown]

I was born in Chicago...

 

[fishguy242]

I was born in Chicago...

Same !!

 

[tbrown]

Same !!

Elmhurst.

 

[00W]

Wait a minute- you a Bay Area boy? I lived there for 30 yrs; just came back down to SoCal during Covid! I hate the Giants, but love their new, old-school style stadium. Big fan of Oakland A’s, spent a lot of time with my brothers in the cheap seats, drinking and eating too much - when prices would allow you to do so!!

Big beer was 2 bucks.
They used to let us walk around and pick our seats.
Never the giants, Jennifer.
Padres!!!

 

[fishguy242]

Elmhurst.

Chicago proper until 80,then moved to nw burbs ,near WI border till 5 yrs ago... ;)

 

[Reef Devils]

Maybe bring the phosphate up a little.

Are you using Hanna or Salifert?

Hanna and trident
What should I bring it up to?

 

[tbrown]

Hanna and trident
What should I bring it up to?

I'd shoot for 0.1. SPS likes phosphates and alkalinity. Too much alkalinity, not enough phosphates causes tips to burn and to turn white.

 

[tbrown]

You can bring alkalinity down to 8.5 over the next couple of days as well. Alkalinity over 9 is where the tip burn starts taking place without proper phosphates.

 

[ESABOE]

All the way up in the little part, 60 miles from Canada.

Wow, you moved to a destination spot! Mountains and Lakes! Bit envious

 

[tbrown]

Bed time! Goodnight!

 

[Reef Devils]

I'd shoot for 0.1. SPS likes phosphates and alkalinity. Too much alkalinity, not enough phosphates causes tips to burn and to turn white.

Sounds good.
I will get that phosphate up.

Also will increasing the phosphate make my hair algae problem worse? It is bad right now. Do you think the urchin I got will eat this algae?

 

[ESABOE]

Bed time! Goodnight!

Night

 

[tbrown]

Sounds good.
I will get that phosphate up.
Can I keep that alk around 9?

Also will increasing the phosphate make my hair algae problem worse? It is bad right now. Do you think the urchin I got will eat this algae?

What's causing the hair algae? If your nitrates and phosphates are "in check" hair algae usually stays manageable.

I run 8.6 alkalinity, 0.14 phosphates, and 75+ nitrates. I haven't had hair algae in a long time in this tank. Excess iron can cause hair algae, too low of one nutrient and too high of another can cause algae, etc.

 

[tbrown]

Urchins will eat hair algae if that's truly what it is.

 

[00W]

Wow, you moved to a destination spot! Mountains and Lakes! Bit envious

Don't be.
I miss the ocean every day.
Here it's quiet, free and relatively peaceful.
The economy is great but the weather sucks.