HTown Reef - 200g Waterbox Reef LX 270.6 (SPS Dominant)
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I can say today, that I am currently GHA FREE!!! After a few months of hard work, I've made it!
Nutrients
Phosphate: .02ppm
Nitrates: 9.2ppm
Next Steps
Coral. Lot's and lots of coral. I have 3 coral in my tank that are surviving, and only after winning against the GHA I'd say thriving. That includes a green slimer, hammer coral, and a mushroom.
I'm going to begin testing my alk/calc/mag and dose as needed to maintain parameters for acropora and pick up a few new test coral to see where we go.
Nutrients
Phosphate: .02ppm
Nitrates: 9.2ppm
Next Steps
Coral. Lot's and lots of coral. I have 3 coral in my tank that are surviving, and only after winning against the GHA I'd say thriving. That includes a green slimer, hammer coral, and a mushroom.
I'm going to begin testing my alk/calc/mag and dose as needed to maintain parameters for acropora and pick up a few new test coral to see where we go.
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Agreed! Two last fish should be here next week or shortly after (Achilies + Dejardini tang), so in the time being I'm going to focus on my alk/calc/mag and start adding more sticks!
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Coral Update!!
A batch of SPS from @Battlecorals arrived today including 2 freebies! This will be my first batch of coral after my test batch. I'll be keeping a close eye on how they progress.
Current Nutrients
No3: 10ppm
p04: .02ppm
They are currently sitting as close to my sandbed as possible. My PAR on that spot should be in the low 300's~. I'll get better pictures later, but below are all the coral I purchased plus 2 freebies on the right.
A batch of SPS from @Battlecorals arrived today including 2 freebies! This will be my first batch of coral after my test batch. I'll be keeping a close eye on how they progress.
Current Nutrients
No3: 10ppm
p04: .02ppm
They are currently sitting as close to my sandbed as possible. My PAR on that spot should be in the low 300's~. I'll get better pictures later, but below are all the coral I purchased plus 2 freebies on the right.
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Coral Update!!
A batch of SPS from @Battlecorals arrived today including 2 freebies! This will be my first batch of coral after my test batch. I'll be keeping a close eye on how they progress.
Current Nutrients
No3: 10ppm
p04: .02ppm
They are currently sitting as close to my sandbed as possible. My PAR on that spot should be in the low 300's~. I'll get better pictures later, but below are all the coral I purchased plus 2 freebies on the right.
Badfish405
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Hyper berry looks insane. I need to place an order with BC. Did you happen to measure par with just the reefbrites on?Coral Update!!
A batch of SPS from @Battlecorals arrived today including 2 freebies! This will be my first batch of coral after my test batch. I'll be keeping a close eye on how they progress.
Current Nutrients
No3: 10ppm
p04: .02ppm
They are currently sitting as close to my sandbed as possible. My PAR on that spot should be in the low 300's~. I'll get better pictures later, but below are all the coral I purchased plus 2 freebies on the right.
Looking good. It’s kinda funny, I just got a Battlebox thinking that the Double Rainbow was my main piece in the pack. Now I see it’s your freebie!Coral Update!!
A batch of SPS from @Battlecorals arrived today including 2 freebies! This will be my first batch of coral after my test batch. I'll be keeping a close eye on how they progress.
Current Nutrients
No3: 10ppm
p04: .02ppm
They are currently sitting as close to my sandbed as possible. My PAR on that spot should be in the low 300's~. I'll get better pictures later, but below are all the coral I purchased plus 2 freebies on the right.
But honestly, it seems that Adam’s freebies are of the same quality/value as his main pieces. Which is awesome.
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I actually haven't! I think I'll do that today and get back to you with the numbers.
LOL that's actually great. And yeah, the freebie I got (doppler) is a >$100 frag, so I'd agree with you fully that they treat customers right. I just had a small back-and-forth with Adam via email asking for mother colony pics of the Double Rainbow, but unfortunately he doesn't have a good shot of it yet. Maybe in the future!
I would have liked to see that too. It has a lot of PE with the yellow at the base of the polyp, which is nice.
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So of the coral that are in the tank, all but one is showing good or great polyp extension through the night.
The far left one I'm pretty sure is going to RTN and has already had some tissue loss. It looked bad out of the bag, so new tank shock I'm sure didn't help. It's always crazy when you get a handful of new coral and one just doesn't do well when the rest do :/
The far left one I'm pretty sure is going to RTN and has already had some tissue loss. It looked bad out of the bag, so new tank shock I'm sure didn't help. It's always crazy when you get a handful of new coral and one just doesn't do well when the rest do :/
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I was hoping they had a little more par. I have one right now and am debating on a second or possibly add a orphek for a bit more violet look at night.Sorry I forgot to respond to you. Reefbrites are at around 50~ par with just them on. They are on for the first hour and last hour of my light cycle (10 hours total)
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With my tank size, they are more supplemental LED's to offer some shimmer effect and a morning/evening ramp up. My tanks average PAR is 350-400 with certain spots being 500+, so generally speaking I'm ok with their lower par since my T5's do the bulk of the work.
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Copper in my DT?
I noticed some odd tissue peeling on my SPS at the base. My PAR/params look solid and there are no pests on the coral. That being said, I've never once tested copper in my display tank because.... why would I need to? I used my high range hanna checker that I've used for QT tanks and sure enough, I'm seeing 0.05ppm copper.
I'm going to be testing my RODI bucket to see if there's copper in there. Outside of that I have no idea how there could be copper in this system.
Next Steps
I've ordered some CupriSorb after seeing some positive reviews on its ability to pull out copper. I currently have carbon in the system so I'm not sure if I should remove the carbon temporarily or leave both in. Either way, I'm hoping this resolves the issue.
RODI
I just tested my RODI water twice and I have no detectable copper. The heck??
I noticed some odd tissue peeling on my SPS at the base. My PAR/params look solid and there are no pests on the coral. That being said, I've never once tested copper in my display tank because.... why would I need to? I used my high range hanna checker that I've used for QT tanks and sure enough, I'm seeing 0.05ppm copper.
I'm going to be testing my RODI bucket to see if there's copper in there. Outside of that I have no idea how there could be copper in this system.
Next Steps
I've ordered some CupriSorb after seeing some positive reviews on its ability to pull out copper. I currently have carbon in the system so I'm not sure if I should remove the carbon temporarily or leave both in. Either way, I'm hoping this resolves the issue.
RODI
I just tested my RODI water twice and I have no detectable copper. The heck??
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Maybe there is other types of metal in there too from a pump, magnet or something. I’d get an ICP test in.
DarkReefer
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Hey mate,
How's the tank looking these days ?
Tossing around the idea of potentially getting one of these, it's a massive step up from my current tank and it's a little daunting with all the cost involved so seeing threads like yours gives people like me valuable information as well as inspiration!
How's the tank looking these days ?
Tossing around the idea of potentially getting one of these, it's a massive step up from my current tank and it's a little daunting with all the cost involved so seeing threads like yours gives people like me valuable information as well as inspiration!
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