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Hey, I just finished reading through! Thanks for the thread. Btw, your daughter is adorable! She looks Thai, are you guys from Thailand? I have a 5 month old daughter, kids are great.

Anyway, it’s odd that 356 is right next to 153. As long as your new acros are in the ~3xx range, you should be fine though.
Thanks for taking the time to venture through my build thread! We are Vietnamese and not Thai although my wife looks Thai most of the time from people guessing lol.

The 153 is actually towards the back wall of the tank. A little confusing I know lol
 
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Quick update:

Unfortunately i lost my mother colony and triple head from same colony of a high end torch along with 6 heads of dragon soul...found out 2 weeks ago that I had a EEFW problem...

Long story short, one night while lights were about to go out, I spotted something moving on a big frag plug that my dragon soul colony was mounted on. Yanked it out of the tank and killed the flatworm and scrubbed all of the eggs off the torches skeleton then dipped it. Went back to the tank to inspect other corals and low and behold, all the torches were either infected or had eggs on the skeleton.

Removed all, dipped, scrubbed off all eggs, dipped again then quarantine until 3am...

End result, I was able to save 3 other torch colonies and 1 head of dragon soul. All others and my high end colonies did not make it...im so freakin sad! :(

I bayer dip all of the corals I add to the tank but I guess I should closely inspect and start scrubbing now as well! Blahhhh....

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Finally found a way to have a water container that will fit where I need it to fit as space is super limited.

I ended up purchasing a large cylindrical glass vase thats 7" in diameter and 24" tall which can hold ~4 gallons. Vinyl wrapped it black and cut a slit to check water level. Also 3D printed a lid for it and installed my Tunze 3155 osmolator. Works like a charm!

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Pretty darn slick...

I had a 95 300zx twin turbo back in the day that I built for the twisties btw...nice Integra, they were always fun to drive!

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Pretty darn slick...

I had a 95 300zx twin turbo back in the day that I built for the twisties btw...nice Integra, they were always fun to drive!

Zback.JPG Zfront.JPG

Hell yea! Always love this body style Zs as my cousin had a TT one that was pretty wild lol

My bro in law still has one sitting in his garage that was fairly mint that was handed down by his pops

Love seeing fellow Reefers x Racers
 

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Finally found a way to have a water container that will fit where I need it to fit as space is super limited.

I ended up purchasing a large cylindrical glass vase thats 7" in diameter and 24" tall which can hold ~4 gallons. Vinyl wrapped it black and cut a slit to check water level. Also 3D printed a lid for it and installed my Tunze 3155 osmolator. Works like a charm!

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/fife/AAWUweUyZ8dWlllThdDz0D1517wFcg0W2GGYHNLNGTjnV_ZPwDphcGvs1dfdMJUxpFQP50W6cJOsbrpfEG2jvfAlBFuzK5XReLIG-7bHumd_9rW_8ZT1mID8Z9GJ5xo9DjEKhxtashGxBp-EDj-g_DIFv9RctEfBpeG8Xcs8YpiC1akBPJPkZKya5oS0nRCjsCmkXeTV0OZuACnG5-WOY-rCU1nJw6b1sL9d3x-YSfTaxzfF5QMerwVgc1abOJDaHLANr-8Fvkf8h7LK731TQGegKZyx3U4oNcSI73ET1g7JDYYkhX81j2u-DzwBwPFL1htF8pTav7gZAz6hCmM4uuh580YAE4WSkQZfJfYr4JLVCX9jAQbgSyLo0V7U7AxxTqavNsY0Rygg8mGPIK-usp1rfqTG5Y5cyFdz2NUjxYNz9MfeceR_bqIF-6mrZ2_zBPt84iVEQ-pX9KY_rGMxwrSlFN3pT_kcwQfZIxrlBlFxh6flKqxZbzITrKYR27HdKBujXXWTo-QFsxd_snxLaposoM7irdZGh3B4UwiCQo9W8Wy_lKvcTUWmudaf4DAztyNrNZr8bK9pz0uUI8coWLPJkEkxUWYHzgNg-HL29DgH4LFcWE_q59YcWIReZjaj4ollOF4qHSEolChu8IQx-4_xtECiwJLZv5kue9C3Lzo3CRCQD6qg1GWXCgfWnwsmjgWl-zxUGiYHw_auqVmR8x13sqLsOHwJpL6JwEmN=w3024-h4032?authuser=0
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Do you have a link for that vase? Love you how you repurposed it
 

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Hell yea! Always love this body style Zs as my cousin had a TT one that was pretty wild lol

My bro in law still has one sitting in his garage that was fairly mint that was handed down by his pops

Love seeing fellow Reefers x Racers
It's still sexy as hell imo. The problem with the Z (other than a b to work on) was that it's a dog out of the hole. It's a much better car for road racing than in a straight line. I've been thinking about getting an Evo9 (while I'm not crazy about how they look--they're easy to work on) here recently...guess I'm hitting mid life crisis since I sold the Z in 2012 lol
The new vette is pretty crazy too...been looking at those too, but I ain't rich o_O
 
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It's still sexy as hell imo. The problem with the Z (other than a b to work on) was that it's a dog out of the hole. It's a much better car for road racing than in a straight line. I've been thinking about getting an Evo9 (while I'm not crazy about how they look--they're easy to work on) here recently...guess I'm hitting mid life crisis since I sold the Z in 2012 lol
The new vette is pretty crazy too...been looking at those too, but I ain't rich o_O
Agreed! Still fairly rare to see the Zs from where I live.

EVOs are nice. Contemplated getting one when we had our daughter but I knew I was not going to leave it untouched LOL 2 project cars and reefing woulda been $$$$ hahaha. Current goal now is: if I ever sell my integra drag car, I may think about getting a Skyline R33 GTR... :)
 

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Agreed! Still fairly rare to see the Zs from where I live.

EVOs are nice. Contemplated getting one when we had our daughter but I knew I was not going to leave it untouched LOL 2 project cars and reefing woulda been $$$$ hahaha. Current goal now is: if I ever sell my integra drag car, I may think about getting a Skyline R33 GTR... :)
Oh yeah! There's an R32 around here that is sweet. I looked into them a while back and thought the R33 is where it's at if you're a driver... that R34 has too much fly by wire imo. Not sure I could get over the rhd though...







I'm lying, I'd get over it real quick! Lol
I like your taste sir!
 
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Thinking about adding a gyre to my tank but not sure where. I have 2 MP40s perpendicular from each other on anti-sync mode running at max 45%. Where would you guys suggest to place a small gyre? Or do you think I dont need one?

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Maybe vertical on the over flow? Not sure if youll be able to mount the magnet inside your overflow.
Good idea but are there any gyre manufacturers that have non corrosive magnets that are water proof?

Heres a pic of the other side of the tank.

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Did some testing today and had a few questions:
1. My Nitrate levels are totally off when testing with a Hanna (11.7ppm) versus Nyos (3ppm). Which test kit would be more accurate?

2. My magnesium is always over 1500. Is there a way to lower/regulate this number?

3. My calcium is always over 500 per test kit. Is there a way to lower/regulate this number?

I do 20% water changes biweekly with reef crystals and dose 10ml of redsea foundation A and B per day. Maybe I should stop dosing the redsea calcium to lower it? I have mixed coral with some SPS. Nothing crazy. I know my phosphates are pretty high!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
 

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Did some testing today and had a few questions:
1. My Nitrate levels are totally off when testing with a Hanna (11.7ppm) versus Nyos (3ppm). Which test kit would be more accurate?

2. My magnesium is always over 1500. Is there a way to lower/regulate this number?

3. My calcium is always over 500 per test kit. Is there a way to lower/regulate this number?

I do 20% water changes biweekly with reef crystals and dose 10ml of redsea foundation A and B per day. Maybe I should stop dosing the redsea calcium to lower it? I have mixed coral with some SPS. Nothing crazy. I know my phosphates are pretty high!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Yep don’t dose if it isn’t needed, or dose less if less is needed. As for nitrate testing, not sure on that one. With hobby grade tests we can only get so accurate and honestly for nitrates that difference is small. If both consistently test in that range I’d say that’s more important than the actual number.
 

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Did some testing today and had a few questions:
1. My Nitrate levels are totally off when testing with a Hanna (11.7ppm) versus Nyos (3ppm). Which test kit would be more accurate?

2. My magnesium is always over 1500. Is there a way to lower/regulate this number?

3. My calcium is always over 500 per test kit. Is there a way to lower/regulate this number?

I do 20% water changes biweekly with reef crystals and dose 10ml of redsea foundation A and B per day. Maybe I should stop dosing the redsea calcium to lower it? I have mixed coral with some SPS. Nothing crazy. I know my phosphates are pretty high!

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
With the Hanna are you using the high range I assume and would trust that more than any color chart test. Reason I asked about if you're using the HR is I have the low range, but have to use the dilution steps from time to time and they are quirky to read in manual so found Mr. Saltwater YouTube on dilution who simplifies the steps for LR kit. Calcium is high so just let it come down naturally/slowing some 50-80 or so to 420-450 range. Your water changes are more frequent than what most do including myself I do maybe 10% monthly if that anymore just to replenish some trace elements I don't dose. Magnesium in my tank barely moves and do not have to dose it often so I attribute your water changes to it remaining high. What are your phoshates at? I keep mine .05-.10 ppm and test w/ low range Hanna phosphate tester.
 
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Yep don’t dose if it isn’t needed, or dose less if less is needed. As for nitrate testing, not sure on that one. With hobby grade tests we can only get so accurate and honestly for nitrates that difference is small. If both consistently test in that range I’d say that’s more important than the actual number.
Stopped calcium dosing and will check again in a couple if days to see where it is. Thanks!
 
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With the Hanna are you using the high range I assume and would trust that more than any color chart test. Reason I asked about if you're using the HR is I have the low range, but have to use the dilution steps from time to time and they are quirky to read in manual so found Mr. Saltwater YouTube on dilution who simplifies the steps for LR kit. Calcium is high so just let it come down naturally/slowing some 50-80 or so to 420-450 range. Your water changes are more frequent than what most do including myself I do maybe 10% monthly if that anymore just to replenish some trace elements I don't dose. Magnesium in my tank barely moves and do not have to dose it often so I attribute your water changes to it remaining high. What are your phoshates at? I keep mine .05-.10 ppm and test w/ low range Hanna phosphate tester.
Yes I am using the Nitrate HR tester and it shows 11.7.

Phosphates are high at .56 using a Hanna phosphate ULR tester.
 

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