Sometimes I just sit and stare! Lol no coral yet but just looking at the Rock work and the fish .... love it!
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Sometimes I just sit and stare! Lol no coral yet but just looking at the Rock work and the fish .... love it!
surprised I haven't seem this before .
!!! Awesome build !!! Following>>>
Mike when your tank requires alk are you going to just dose alk in your tank? I want to run AF but not sure how it works since i only have low alk at this time.
makes sense.. I have ordered alk and AF component 123... I am doing 15% water changes and alk at at 7. to get alk to 7.7-7.8 i have to do a 35%-40% water change. lol so I will keep doing water changes and manually dose as needed.When it comes to dosing generally people first notice their Alkalinity lower. This has to do with the relationship between Alkalinity, Calcium and magnesium. It’s always best to ensure that your Calcium and magnesium are in balance with the alkalinity your keeping your system at. It is ok to dose just Alkalinity if needed, but be aware that this will in effect have an effect on the other 2.
Early on hand dosing or even just weekly water changes maybe enough to keep up with the demand. As demand grows so does the need to dose and the appropriate way to dose.
For example you maybe able to do water changes at first , then you may have to hand dose. As your corals grow or you add more coral you might try kalkwasser in your ATO.
As you continue to progress you’ll want to add a doser to your system or even a calcium Reactor.
I’ve seen large SPS systems that use multiple levels of dosing IE... a Calcium Reactor and a series of dosing pumps. This was necessary due to the very high demand of such a large system.
All of these dosing options depend on many variables.
System volume, types , sizes and amounts of corals kept and most importantly the demand of the tank. [emoji4]
I hope this answers some of your questions .
Late to the party but following eagerly. Firstly sterling work, inspiring! I’m also using AF salt and 123, I’m keen to see what other AF products you will be using and the advantages it gives to your livestock. Finally, I currently run Rowaphos through a reactor but am considering a switch to the AF reactor with its mixed media...any stand out results/advantages you can list?
Apologies for the million questions! Good luck with the rest of the project
Now in further news.... today I was alerted by my Neptune Apex that my Aquaforest/ Waterbox tank had lost communication with the server... hmmm strange.
I quickly logged in to my other tanks and everything is online and ok. I thought well that’s strange....
I was about to get off work so I knew the system hadn’t been down very long and I have a battery backup so I wasn’t super concerned.
I get home and see the system totally down. Everything is off except the battery backup . Upon further investigation I find that I actually tripped a breaker on my circuit breaker panel.
So I decided to reset it and investigate further. I noticed one of my 2 heaters was not coming on. The tank temperature had dipped to 77 degrees Fahrenheit so both heaters should be functioning.
I attempted to unplug and plug the heater back in.... nothing .... dead. This heater is only about 3 months old mind you.
So I pull the heater out of the sump and look what I found.
I have left a message with the manufacturer of the heater and hope to hear back from them soon.
So I decided to add a poly filter to the tank along with fresh carbon. I’ve also taken my heater from my saltwater mixing station and put it online into they system and no ..... it’s not the same brand . [emoji6]
Well, that is no fun. In general, it seems heaters of any manufacturer are one of the least expensive items we put in our tanks and yet consistently cause the biggest headaches.
are you worried at all that it could have leached something into the system?That looks very familiar to me. I had a heater that looked very similar to that one do the exact same thing.
Mind PMing me the brand to confirm?
are you worried at all that it could have leached something into the system?