Isaac's CADE 1500s2/ Peninsula Reef Build

[Isaac Alves]

It reached.

I’m going to use these powder packets. Hopefully they work.

 

[Isaac Alves]

just to summarize:

• Soaked probe in Hanna Cleaning Solution for 1 hour
• At the same I prepped the pH calibration fluid by mixing 250ml of RODI and each packet in separate containers
• Calibrated the replacement probe as well as my secondary pH probe that’s already in the sump using APEX calibration process on the digital screen

A few issues I’m seeing now:

1. The probes don’t match reading
2. My system pH is way lower than expected

I calibrated a Hanna handheld I had laying around that registered perfectly in the calibration fluid.

Somehow, I must have damaged my pH2 probe. Ugh.

The readings an hour after calibration apex shows a big disparity:

Worse, at midnight my pH readings even on the new pH1 probe were below 8. Which is odd since I’m on a CO2 scrubber…

Current readings with lights ramping up:

Always something to figure out. I’ll replace CO2 media even though it’s fairly new. But darn that pH2 probe.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Beginning of year T5 replacement. I just realized I didn’t get 2x Blue Plus and 2x Coral Plus this time. I got all four Blue Plus. I really liked the color of the Coral Plus. Darn.

Still love the swing out apparatus…

Time to clean out the reflectors too…

And done…literally 10 minutes.

 

[Isaac Alves]

I think I may have found my pH drop issue .. at least partly. There was a blockage of buildup in the FishOfHex CO2 moisture trap junction…

Tightened the nut and reassembled. I’ll see if this helps…

Because this media is definitely not used up yet…

 

[Isaac Alves]

Well, fishotel.com loaded up a bunch of fish on their website. I nabbed a Starry Blenny to help with algae control.

I have a lot of faith built up over the past few years buying from them.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Really taking an indepth look at the hybrid TM with Randy’s high pH DIY 2 part with balling trace c.

DIY Three Part with Balling Part C Recipe

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[Isaac Alves]

Did an amino and fatty acid high nutrition bath on the AmazeBalls Goni.

I used

• 1 capful Brightwell Restor
• 10 drops PolypLab Polyp Booster
• A pinch of Reef Enhance powder food
• 25 minute soak

I’ll do this again in a couple days if the Goni likes ok tomorrow.

 

[Isaac Alves]

AmazeBalls Goni update pictures. Looks like it’s peaking out more:

I’ll do another amino/nutrient bath today when lights are off their peak.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Took opportunity to capture images of other coral in take for future reference:

And of course there’s an urchin being fabulous with some zoas…

 

[JonoH]

Did an amino and fatty acid high nutrition bath on the AmazeBalls Goni.

I used

• 1 capful Brightwell Restor
• 10 drops PolypLab Polyp Booster
• A pinch of Reef Enhance powder food
• 25 minute soak

I’ll do this again in a couple days if the Goni likes ok tomorrow.

I havent heard of doing this before - is there a reason for this, or just to try an improve overall coral health?

 

[Isaac Alves]

I havent heard of doing this before - is there a reason for this, or just to try an improve overall coral health?

The Goni has been closed up for a month or more with no extension. When I get this on a Goni I’m the past I usually lose them over time.

Devon, from his Reef Dudes channel just published a video a few days ago about this very issue —- he shared his experience doing this tie of bath and is seeing some positive response from the bath.

 

[JonoH]

The Goni has been closed up for a month or more with no extension. When I get this on a Goni I’m the past I usually lose them over time.

Devon, from his Reef Dudes channel just published a video a few days ago about this very issue —- he shared his experience doing this tie of bath and is seeing some positive response from the bath.

I have one Goni that is like that, will have to give it a watch and a go!

 

[Isaac Alves]

Doing another 35 minute nutrient bath for the AmazeBalls Goni.

 

[Isaac Alves]

The blues and oranges of late afternoon….

 

[Isaac Alves]

Strangest thing happened a couple days ago with my RedSea ATO. I got this error:

After clicking RESUME a form loaded up asking for the serial and mdc(?) number for the probe.

Today, I received a replacement probe via fedex!

Anyone else experience this recently?

Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate RedSea providing a new probe for free. But was just surprised.

 

[bice0004]

I did too, but instead of going through with the order from Red Sea, I power cycled, reset the probe and reconnected everything and it worked again. I too was surprised that order popped up as soon as there was a problem. Wish more companies did something like this.

 

[Isaac Alves]

I did too, but instead of going through with the order from Red Sea, I power cycled, reset the probe and reconnected everything and it worked again. I too was surprised that order popped up as soon as there was a problem. Wish more companies did something like this.

I tried that first but the error reoccurred in a few hours. Second time the temperature probe was fully disabled by the system automatically. I power cycled again but the temp probe was still error’ing out and that’s when the replacement option popped up for me.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Time to wash out the Hanna cuvettes. I’ve learned to use cotton gloves to not smudge the glass.

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