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Happy Wednesday!
Wanted to share this live view of the tank
Wanted to share this live view of the tank
crusso1993
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Happy Wednesday!
Wanted to share this live view of the tank
Just tried the live feed but no video loaded. Perhaps you turned it off by now.
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Nope I haven’t turned it off, still running live
RacinJason
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very nice system, sorry if I missed where you already posted this, but what camera are you using for the live feed?
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It’s a Mevo Plus livestream camera, I got it on amazon. Super easy to set up, I recommend it.
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Here are some shots from yesterday..
I mounted few more corals here and there
Please excuse my poor photographer skills
I mounted few more corals here and there
Please excuse my poor photographer skills
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I have been dosing 2 table spoons per day of spectracide for the last week or so. Trying to raise my nitrates between 5-10. Also I have completed turned off skimmer last week.
Nitrates are around 5 at the moment
I have been feeding very heavy on dry wood and nori about 3 time per day. Hoping to get nitrates up.
Also been dosing acro power 280ml per day for a week.
My alkalinity been going up and down daily ever seen I put corals in. I’m monitoring it few time a day. Not having Neptune trident I’m forced to do it manually.
I have a strong consideration to buy reefbot, makes all this testing easier. Still trying to figure it out.
Alk is between 7.5 to 8.3 daily
Cal should be on point. I’ll be testing it tomorrow
Mag should be up there in 14-1500 still maybe even 1600 but my snails still alive so all is great
. No algae issues most importantly I’m running calcium reactor daily based on alkalinity tests
Here are couple shots of my temp and alk graph history
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So my goldflake angel got a taste for holiberries zoas and are them all within two days. Interestingly other zoas and palys aren’t being eaten yet. I’m crossing my fingers...
This guy..
Some other updates, I’m planning to plumb 100 and 60 gal system into main one and use it for lps coral and anemones tanks.
I’ll be doing that sometime this week.
This guy..
Some other updates, I’m planning to plumb 100 and 60 gal system into main one and use it for lps coral and anemones tanks.
I’ll be doing that sometime this week.
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I have added hammer and torch corals to the right side of the tank. Good flow in that area for euphyllias. Here is a quick 1 minute video
Tanks is 4 months old
Tanks is 4 months old
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Thanks so much, I’m really enjoying how it’s starting to look.
Today I’m planning to do some more trim work around the basement and maybe add 100 and 60 gallon tank to the main system. (More plumbing work)
One thing I’m still doing multiple time per day is alkalinity testing. I have always thought that with so much water alkalinity will be more stable. Man was I wrong...
Testing it 2-4 times per it still jumping up and down, after tunning calcium reactor.
It ranges from 7.2 to 8
Calcium reactor is dropping at about 3 gallons per hour speed. Wild stuff, I’m guessing all the coraline algue growth is consuming all that calcium and alkalinity, along with other bacteria growth. Tank is growing and eating massively !
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That is pretty crazy considering the CaRx is tuned in but would agree with your guess of the coraline using it.
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I’m very excited, I’ve place on order for Reefbot (a birthday gift to myself)
I wonder how quickly I’ll get it.
Also I had to catch filefish and place it in refugium. Turns out it was eating my zoas and started picking at LPS corals too. Originally I thought it may have been angelfish but I was him going at my hammer and zoas today.
Took me good 3-4 hours to catch him...
I wonder how quickly I’ll get it.
Also I had to catch filefish and place it in refugium. Turns out it was eating my zoas and started picking at LPS corals too. Originally I thought it may have been angelfish but I was him going at my hammer and zoas today.
Took me good 3-4 hours to catch him...
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So over the weekend I did some more plumbing work and now 100 gallons tank and 60 gallons cube both connected to one main system. Total water volume at about 1500 gallons.
Plan is to have all my softies and anemones in the cube. Here is a picture in blue lights
It’s a bit overstocked ...
I put a little bit of a sand in the cube just in case I accidentally get a wrasse or two
Here is a picture of cube with all lights on
My plan for 100 gallons to be mainly LPS and zoa tank. It’s kinda empty at the moment, I’ll upload few more pictures of plumbing work and the tank it self.
As far as display goes, everything looking good. I have a few more sps frag to mount
Plan is to have all my softies and anemones in the cube. Here is a picture in blue lights
It’s a bit overstocked ...
I put a little bit of a sand in the cube just in case I accidentally get a wrasse or two
Here is a picture of cube with all lights on
My plan for 100 gallons to be mainly LPS and zoa tank. It’s kinda empty at the moment, I’ll upload few more pictures of plumbing work and the tank it self.
As far as display goes, everything looking good. I have a few more sps frag to mount
crusso1993
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So over the weekend I did some more plumbing work and now 100 gallons tank and 60 gallons cube both connected to one main system. Total water volume at about 1500 gallons.
Plan is to have all my softies and anemones in the cube. Here is a picture in blue lights
It’s a bit overstocked ...
I put a little bit of a sand in the cube just in case I accidentally get a wrasse or two
Here is a picture of cube with all lights on
My plan for 100 gallons to be mainly LPS and zoa tank. It’s kinda empty at the moment, I’ll upload few more pictures of plumbing work and the tank it self.
As far as display goes, everything looking good. I have a few more sps frag to mount
That cube is looking sweet and everyone should have an "oops" with a wrasse!
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So I’ve been having phosphates issues lately, lots of hair algae popping out in frag tank. So measurement had to be taken.
I’ve tested water and nitrates were around 12, which is not bad, a bit higher than what I’m aiming for. I want it to be around 10 mark.
It’s a pain in the but to do accurate phosphates test with ultra low Hanna checker, simply because the reagent powder is hard to empty out completely without spilling some of it out. But practice makes it perfect.
As I was doing multiple daily tests throughout the week, results became more accurate
Anyways I am dosing lanthanum chloride solution to lower phosphates
I gotta tell you, I have done a bit of a research before committing to test this product and see how effective this will be for my system. I will advise others to be very careful and do your research before trying lanthanum chloride.
Things to keep in mind, DO NOT lower phosphate level more than .5ppm in short period of time (24 hours period) (High risk of coral bleaching)
Solutions that worked for me is 250ml of RO water to 1ml of lanthanum chloride
Here is how I dosed and my results in the last 7 days
Day1. (2 tests)
Phos- 0.03ppm
Pho’s-0.08ppm
Dosing 5ml of diluted solution into 1500gallons of water volume
Day2
Phos-0.23ppm
(I’m guessing my first two tests were not accurate)
Dosing 10ml of diluted lanthanum chloride
Day3
Phos-0.04ppm
Dosing 10ml
Day4
Phos-0.08ppm
Dosing 12ml
Day5
Phos-0.08ppm
Dosing 10ml
Day6
Phos-0.14ppm
Dosing 15ml
Day7 (today)
Phos-0.06ppm
Dosing 5ml solution
I will test 2nd time later this evening and see where we at.
Thing to note:
I have kept up with heavy feeding of fish. But I did adjust skimmer from dry skimming to wet skimming.
I’ve tested water and nitrates were around 12, which is not bad, a bit higher than what I’m aiming for. I want it to be around 10 mark.
It’s a pain in the but to do accurate phosphates test with ultra low Hanna checker, simply because the reagent powder is hard to empty out completely without spilling some of it out. But practice makes it perfect.
As I was doing multiple daily tests throughout the week, results became more accurate
Anyways I am dosing lanthanum chloride solution to lower phosphates
I gotta tell you, I have done a bit of a research before committing to test this product and see how effective this will be for my system. I will advise others to be very careful and do your research before trying lanthanum chloride.
Things to keep in mind, DO NOT lower phosphate level more than .5ppm in short period of time (24 hours period) (High risk of coral bleaching)
Solutions that worked for me is 250ml of RO water to 1ml of lanthanum chloride
Here is how I dosed and my results in the last 7 days
Day1. (2 tests)
Phos- 0.03ppm
Pho’s-0.08ppm
Dosing 5ml of diluted solution into 1500gallons of water volume
Day2
Phos-0.23ppm
(I’m guessing my first two tests were not accurate)
Dosing 10ml of diluted lanthanum chloride
Day3
Phos-0.04ppm
Dosing 10ml
Day4
Phos-0.08ppm
Dosing 12ml
Day5
Phos-0.08ppm
Dosing 10ml
Day6
Phos-0.14ppm
Dosing 15ml
Day7 (today)
Phos-0.06ppm
Dosing 5ml solution
I will test 2nd time later this evening and see where we at.
Thing to note:
I have kept up with heavy feeding of fish. But I did adjust skimmer from dry skimming to wet skimming.
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