Bored? How about Mentoring a Newbie?

[Scott Christenson]

I also have it. If you told me I would have gave you mind cause I got diffrent one now ha ha ha

Did it work ok for you?

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

Not sure if you saw this earlier:

- Lights are about 2 inches above the water. The only led's I am using are blue and white but I believe I can add more colors.
- Affirming the new mixed water paramaters: Alk - 7.4, Cal - 450, Mag - 1300
- Your current system parameters: Alk - 11.3(was 11.5), Cal - 385(was 355), Mag - 1095(was 1050)
- Did you get your new no3 po4 kits: Not yet, no3 - 10(was .5), po4 - 0
- Did you change the rowaphos location: Yes, it's now in the sock
- You still running carbon right: Yes, in the reactor

 

[fuelman]

this is a great thread. great mentoring job, following the progress.

 

[Scott Christenson]

this is a great thread. great mentoring job, following the progress.

Thanks Fuelman

 

[Scott Christenson]

Just tested po4 with the new Hannah ULR and it is coming in at 47 ppb or .14 ppm.

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

Ta daa.
Very good. Leta keep the rowaphos bit more then. Once po4 drops below 0.1 we will remove it.

Btw am assuming your followed the direction exactly and the measurments are correct.
Whenever you finish test rinse the twat containers well with rodi or distilled water not tap water..

Yes i did. I will retest in a few days. Week 3 water change is tomorrow.

 

[road_runner]

Yes i did. I will retest in a few days. Week 3 water change is tomorrow.

Great keep me posted.

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

The more you spend time in the hobby the more you will appreciate the importance of test accuracy. Without good measurments it's hard to attempt to debug and issue..
You will see openions out there trying to rationalize inconsistency or assign less importance to accuracy for the sake of defending a tester or from feeling fatigued chasing the right answer.
I try my best to avoid that, with enough deep understanding there is always a path.
Some issues are still not understood, but do not give such judgment unless you seek scientific data that concludes the issue is not understood. If you reach such point you follow experince and seek guidance from people who run successful reefs.

Amen Brother

 

[road_runner]

let me know how did your water change go today.

 

[Scott Christenson]

Good:
alk went from 11.3 to 11
cal dropped from 385 to 375
mag dropped from 1095 to 1035

 

[Scott Christenson]

Display Tank looks happy
Skimmer is doing well

 

[road_runner]

Very good. How long did you waited after the wc to check paramaters?

 

[Scott Christenson]

Very good. How long did you waited after the wc to check paramaters?

About 2 hours

 

[road_runner]

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[Scott Christenson]

Very good. Let's test mag and alk tomorrow.
At the moment your coral load is low so we cannot expect big alk consumption. The decrease in the alk is happening from the rowaphos and the water change mainly.
If mag stays low we will dose bit mag.

Will do, thank you

 

[road_runner]

Just saw this study on another thread.
Good read, you can also relate to why no3 po4 levels are important in our reef aquaria.

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-...unique-reveal-coral-reefs.html

 

[Scott Christenson]

Just saw this study on another thread.
Good read, you can also relate to why no3 po4 levels are important in our reef aquaria.

https://phys.org/news/2019-07-...unique-reveal-coral-reefs.html

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