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If all goes well with order will be getting 3 icecap 4k gyres in and install after work tomorrow to replace the 3 maxspec gyres that have stopped working on me just after a year and half which doesn't seem very reliable for what they do. This will get my flow back up for se zoas, favia and acro frags im getting. Will post some pictures once i get them all into tank

 

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Got my coral frags today from vivid aquariums, got a tricolor acapora, dragon eye zoas, alien maze brain and a dragon soul favia the zoas and acapora have bot opened yet but give them a day or so heres the alien and dragon

 

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Bought a icecap wifi controller with 2 4k gyres to add to my tank wavemakers. Total of 6 now 1 350 and 5 4k gyres. Been running a schedule since friday and it has cleared up the cyano i had on the short ends where i wasn't getting enough flow. It has also made all my fish more active and corals are coming out and looking better. Planning on going to lear on the 28th and around that time getting some more hydros equipment. Going to pickup a blenny, waveengine v2, an x3 with ph probe and an xp8 for a future beverage fridge to keep photo, food slury of frozen, and other reef foods to dose into return pumps to spary out into DT.

 

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Got a orange hammer and a hellfire torch this evening only been in tank about 2hr and starting to come out took pics with filter on

 

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Wow nice tank... seems like you have been though your share of problems so far

 

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Wow nice tank... seems like you have been though your share of problems so far

Always something in this addiction wait i mean hobby lol. Still recovering from a few things but moving forward.

 

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Moonlight pics tjey have opened more cant wait to see them in morning

 

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As of today waiting on shippment of
Hydros control 4 with XP8
Hydros blenny
Hydros Wave engine v2
Hydros ato kit
Commandbus cables
4 simplicity 2L dosing containers

Christmas in march getting everything hooked up and added to collective and then setting schedules will be nice to be monitoring my PH on the go so i can see if i need to wotk on a outside air intake if PH is low. And will have some extra controls for projects coming down the line for the tank.

 

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Its been a very busy weekend with lear feat on Saturday and receiving my hydros order on friday. Got a ton of very nice coarls of all kinds at learand tjey are all acclimating to the tank nicely. Ran my bus cables and mounted all new controllers and got everything added to collective and setup. Added the temp and PH (calibrated) probe. So much more functionality now with the diffrent controllers all in a collective. Still need to run dosing lines for blenny and calibrate it to setup doesing and need to run the ato kit and set that up on the control x4. All in all been a good weekend and tank is moving forward in right direction. Will need to address my PH as its sitting steady at 7.86 not to low but need to bump it up to be above 8 so once i get my 2part calcium alk and mag from brs i can bump alk some with soda ash which will also rais my ph

 

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Here are some pics of corals i got

 

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Started some cord management have to print more cord winders but i have started getting some cords organized along with yhe 3 colored ones that match the doesing head it is a float in container for to keep it easy for troubleshooting. Still need to run dosing tubes and calibrate the dosers which will be done over this next week and then doesing to start the following Wednesday after a do testing of calc alk and mag for a week daily to find my daily usage and then start with half dosing redgiment from that to make sure it doesn't jump or swing drastically.

 

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Will begin calcium, dkh, and mag testing on Wednesday march 11th and test every day for 7 days on cal and alk and at end of 7th day for mag to get my weekly decrese for dosing as Wednesday is the day after my WC and it will give me what is used weekly to figure out how much to dose and then will start with half the dose need per day and incress weekly till im holding steady. I will then test thos parameters everyother week to make sure as corals start growin and using more elements and need to incress doesing. And mag will go to once a month as i will does mag once a month to make that up as i know mag depletes much slower and monthly doeses are usually all that is needed. If anyone sees any problem with this pleas let me know.

 

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Been dosing cal and alk now for a week have had to asjust alk a little but its dialed in now and got my mag red sea pro test kit. After testing mag at i00 been slowly jumping it up was at 1200 yesterday and will test again on sunday after a half does to bring it up another 50 so i should be to 1300 by monday if all goes right on sundays tests. Just this week with cal and alk doesing coarls have been looking fuller and better then they jave and my clam has opened its mantel more with yhe dosing. Just keep moving forward on my tank coming up on 2nd birthday april 5th