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Ivan's pico reef!
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Looking good, Ivan!!
Beautiful tank and the pics are simply amazing!
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Iván Olalla
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Tks a lot!!!
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Iván Olalla
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Tks a lot! Still playing with filters for the camera
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Iván Olalla
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Tks a lot Scott! I just went to my LFS and asked for a little bit of everything they had lol..... First i wanted only zoas and other softies, but i´m always trying new stuff and making changes, so if a coral looks good to me and i think the color and growth will compliment the aquaescape i just do a little search for husbandry and check it out, if i can keep it i buy it... lol
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Seems like the LFS in Mexico have some good stuff! And your husbandry must be spot on. To keep a packed pico must be a challenge. Keep posting pics!
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Iván Olalla
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Tks again! Actually the thing with the LFS was kind of a pun...we have a local club in a city near my location, we make frag swaps and bulk buys un order to obtain better prices and corals, it's not cheap, we deal almost with same pricing of US but hace to add taxes (around 20% on equipment) and special permits for coral importa, and due to currency value differences the hobbie in México is far from cheap.
Regarding the stability of water chemistry in the tank i think i'm in a very confortable position now, WC of 10% per week is fast and easy, i mix my salt once per month. The WC replenishes CA, MG and traces....i only dose alk daily, i was using kalk or bicarbonate premixed in my ATO container, but due to not having a fixed number of evaporation i started adding manually my alk, no big deal as i know my consumption. I'm currently waiting for a wifi doser i ordered which will help me with the daily task and keep the Dkh more stable trouhg the day. I clean the glass once a week with the WC and the biological filter i think is well balanced and mature since my nitrate never climbs above 10 ppm and phosphate remains around .03/.05 with just a little bag of GFO i change every 2 months.
So maintenance is quick and easy and leaves more time to watch the tank.
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Iván Olalla
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Tks for your kind words!
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