Getting out…doors

Ben’r · Nov 28, 2021

Finally got around to making up the louvre covers, still a bit of patch up paint to go on.

Looking quite green at dawn/dusk, uglies stage but the side walls rebounding the light doesn’t help.

Ben’r · Dec 16, 2021

With such low evap rate, saturated kalk cannot keep up, finding I have to drip mostly alk and a bit of ca every second day. Think I’ll have to find a way/space to add a doser. My rocks seem to be cleaner, few speckles of coralline beginning but the sand and side walls are absolutely nasty!
Po4 0.18
No3 was reading 0 so that’s gotta be a false negative in the nutrients.
I’m not going to do any drastic measures here, will check them again after Christmas and decide what I want to do from there. I think my plan will be to hold off and let the system mature, too many times in the past I’ve driven nutrients down too fast and made way for all horrors (Dino’s.) This is a pond after all!

Ben’r · Jan 12, 2022

Became absolutely sick of the dirty sandbed, had to go. Nutrients are so much more manageable now. Of course, had to add a dosing pump, I think I’m done adding montipora now . Added a few acro frags, seem to be doing OK, between messing around with the sand & scape. Time to let it settle and grow in. Have a slight feeling I won’t be able to see the fish once the monti’s stretch ‍

Zarabyte · Jan 13, 2022

Looking great good work

moz71 · Jan 13, 2022

This is awesome! Are my eyes playing tricks on me but did your monti’s grow like over dinner plate sized in a month looking at the pics posted?

Ben’r · Jan 13, 2022

moz71 said:
This is awesome! Are my eyes playing tricks on me but did your monti’s grow like over dinner plate sized in a month looking at the pics posted?

They were growing and encrusting well but I did add that big green one (about 18” diameter) and butchered the rest to try make a nicer spiral. The market in my country for these is so small I’d be worried if I had growth that quick! At least I got all these for a great price!

moz71 · Jan 13, 2022

Ben’r said:
They were growing and encrusting well but I did add that big green one (about 18” diameter) and butchered the rest to try make a nicer spiral. The market in my country for these is so small I’d be worried if I had growth that quick! At least I got all these for a great price!

Thanks for reply, I was wondering what the heck I was doing wrong! Lol