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I can do that. The tissue loss on the BN could just be from flow/light and I just havent noticed it in a while. I will do some WC and see if anything improves.
Some people do those major 100% water changes and have all claimed to see zero problems from it. I myself can't make that much water at once, so if you're in my position I'd say to do a series 25% water changes until you've changed out 125 - 150% of the water. That's wasteful in a way... But I think doing BIG water changes every 6 months to a year is like a big reset button for your reef, and seems to keep things happy, as well as keeping out w/e things have been accumulating in your water.
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I did a couple 10 gallon wc. Got my Hanna checker and at least figured out where my levels are. Have started a small dose of the diy nopox and will see what happens. May run a tiny bit of Gfo to bring phopshpates down very slowly. Have also cut back on my feeding.
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Here are some pics. Doesn't look too bad but my caps and rainbow monti are browning and a couple acros don't like like they should.
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Here are some pics. Doesn't look too bad but my caps and rainbow monti are browning and a couple acros don't like like they should.
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Hooked up GFO reactor, added a bigger pump to my ATS since it was too loud on the GFO reactor so now my scrubber has wayyy more flow. Also positioned my light a bit better for my scrubber. I am hoping this will all make a good dent in the phosphates.
I also made a new batch of reef food over the weekend.
I also made a new batch of reef food over the weekend.
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Nutrient battles aside, took some pics this afternoon.
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Looking good!
Nutrients in and of themselves aren't necessarily a bad thing. Honestly, your nutrients can come down, sure, but your corals look happy with them as they are.
Nutrients in and of themselves aren't necessarily a bad thing. Honestly, your nutrients can come down, sure, but your corals look happy with them as they are.
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I agree for the most part. I do have some browning going on of mostly montis and a couple acros that i would like to fix. I at least want to come down some.
Browning, to me, seems to not necessarily be just about the nutrients -- it's the nutrients in relation to their lighting. So many times, I've seen tanks with great colors, high nutrients, and high lighting. Other times I see brown acros, lower nutrient tanks, and lower level lighting or lighting that's just toned down a lot.
The more food you have in the water, the better the corals can utilize high light.
I'm not suggesting you run this experiment, but there's a chance bumping up your light alone could fix your browning.
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I wouldnt have it any other way. Can have high flow and it easy to clean when doing a water change. My Kole eats basically all detritus and then poops out a fine mist that never resettles so its always pretty clean. Coralline ends up covering the bottom after a while too which is nice. You can grow various encrusters on the bottom as well.
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Looking good! Very nice collection you have going!!
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Well I got my Phosphates down without bottoming them out altogether and have not lost anything so far. I did have my WWC Madman Austera STN over a couple weeks so I broke it up last night and mounted 2 frags to plugs and one to the back wall to see if any will survive. Also dipped it to make sure nothing was on it and it was clean.
I have added a few tiny frags. Some zoas, a chalice and a favia. My LFS has a "death row" like section with frags in horrible shape for 4.95 and I cannot help but buying them if I see any potential. Its a good way to scratch my itch when the reef budget is thin. I think one of the 4.95 zoas are LA Lakers. Only 3 polyps but still.
I have added a few tiny frags. Some zoas, a chalice and a favia. My LFS has a "death row" like section with frags in horrible shape for 4.95 and I cannot help but buying them if I see any potential. Its a good way to scratch my itch when the reef budget is thin. I think one of the 4.95 zoas are LA Lakers. Only 3 polyps but still.
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Weekly fts check in.
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Since bringing my nutrients down P04 = .03 and Nitrates are still between 10-25, my Sniper's Blue acros has gotten super vibrant, my red planet is for sure getting some green mixed back in and growth is picking up across the board. I will try and take some good photos soon.
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