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Show us whatcha got.
Pink and red lord i just picked up. Had to make my birthday present right by getting what i wanted in the first place.

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Nice, I like those green ones i see that you have in the corner next to all te frags.
I am liking those.
Do ya have a closer pic?
 
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Those are real nice jen!!!!
I'll have to take some new pics.
I had an alk drop a few weeks ago and i didnt realize it till i lost a few. I noticed they like alk readings between 10 and 12 dkh. Well mine anyways. I use seachem reef salt so alk readings are more like 9-11 dkh It will be more steady when my ca/rx is online.

Jen if you dont mind would you elaborate on what perameters you try to shoot for? temp,ph,alk,ca,mg
Also feedings and what you feed?
TIA
I feed coral frenzy, and golden pearls along with rotifyiers. Fish get mysis and enriched brine.
I use ammino acids as well.
 
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This one is alot more green it's morphed quite a bit. Here it is when i first got it. I'll get a pic when lights go on.
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Heres a red and blueish one.
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Heres a red one i like.
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All red double trouble.
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All maroon baffoon.:D
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These ones farted out on me, But making a comeback. Bad pic.
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creetin said:
Jen if you dont mind would you elaborate on what perameters you try to shoot for? temp,ph,alk,ca,mg
Also feedings and what you feed?

Temp- 78-81 (I keep it loose cause I don't have a lot of sps and I don't use a chiller)

PH- 7.8-8.0

ALK- 3.0-3.3

CA- 480 (I like to keep it pretty high)

Mag- 1400+ (this one is very important when it comes to micros and lords).

Feeding I use to do a "slaw" of seafood. A good variety of different meaty foods and aminos. I recently switched over to using arctic pods, phyto-fest, and roti-fest from reef nutrition. They gave me some samples about 3 months ago and I have been using it ever since. I am getting a good response out of my corals. I still use cyclop-eez, krill, and mysis but that is mostly for my fish.

creetin if you had a drop in your ph, make sure you keep an eye on the others, especially the mag and cal. I noticed when those two things go out of wack micros and lords will start to peel off the skelton and/or receed.
 

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creetin if you had a drop in your ph, make sure you keep an eye on the others, especially the mag and cal. I noticed when those two things go out of wack micros and lords will start to peel off the skelton and/or receed.
Yah, particularly the Mg. I've had a similar reaction from blastos when the Mg went too low.
 
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Thanks a ton! MY mg and ca has been higher than i like it, But it is what you keep it at, so it looks like i should keep it there. Mg 1450, and Ca at 480.
My acans and micros look very good though.
Cool thanks for the info! I thought they were the same as sps in needs trace element wise.
Thanks again!
Mr Ugly i have my first blasto, and it has been dooing great so far with my perams.
 
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Epidemic, All i have is frags of micros. I would if i had any to frag.:(
Thanks laurie, I am selling off half of it.
 

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jendub said:
creetin said:
Jen if you dont mind would you elaborate on what perameters you try to shoot for? temp,ph,alk,ca,mg
Also feedings and what you feed?

Temp- 78-81 (I keep it loose cause I don't have a lot of sps and I don't use a chiller)

PH- 7.8-8.0

ALK- 3.0-3.3

CA- 480 (I like to keep it pretty high)

Mag- 1400+ (this one is very important when it comes to micros and lords).

Feeding I use to do a "slaw" of seafood. A good variety of different meaty foods and aminos. I recently switched over to using arctic pods, phyto-fest, and roti-fest from reef nutrition. They gave me some samples about 3 months ago and I have been using it ever since. I am getting a good response out of my corals. I still use cyclop-eez, krill, and mysis but that is mostly for my fish.

creetin if you had a drop in your ph, make sure you keep an eye on the others, especially the mag and cal. I noticed when those two things go out of wack micros and lords will start to peel off the skelton and/or receed.
Jen are you adding any additives to your tank to keep your ALK, CA and MAG in check? Do you have a calcium reactor?
 

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I do use a cal. reactor and add strontium and mag. I try to test about once a week and test after water changes. It's important to make small adjustments here and there, it's when you make large adjustments that lords and micros start to stress.
 

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I use to but ran into a problem with my reactor so I stopped using it. I just need to get a new one or fix the old one but I have no time.
 
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