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This thread is 8 pages long and I wasn't trying to pick on you. You're not the first to suggest the purigen and won't be the last. At least that could make sense theoretically. You should scroll through and count how many people have told me that my carbon was sucking out all the nutrients, lol.
I am grown, it's you who made this thread just to prove people wrong. And you insult a whole industry of leaders while at it.
this tread is very entertaining thanks!!
Same thought over here. I call it joke of the week. It is his money, he can do whatever he want. One thing for sure, it is very entertainning .....
It's like a book in that I read the ending, but unlike a book because I want to go back to the beginning and read the whole thing!!!!
And my input from just the ending, listen to all "OPINIONS" but trust your instincts, do your thing! the tough lessons are the best and usually only experienced once so enjoy them too, if not for the bad stuff would there be anything good?
Op, have any fts to share? Good luck, keep powering through the tuff stuff and the comments in time they won't mean anything
Actually, Yes. Here is my Evo which I was running successfully for almost a year on AFR and minimum WCs before I upgraded tanks, moved everything over, and ran into my nutrient problem.
It's like a book in that I read the ending, but unlike a book because I want to go back to the beginning and read the whole thing!!!!
And my input from just the ending, listen to all "OPINIONS" but trust your instincts, do your thing! the tough lessons are the best and usually only experienced once so enjoy them too, if not for the bad stuff would there be anything good?
Op, have any fts to share? Good luck, keep powering through the tuff stuff and the comments in time they won't mean anything
Looks good, I didn't like all for reef, for me it was not as good/easy as 2 part dosing, but that doesn't mean anything.Actually, Yes. Here is my Evo which I was running successfully for almost a year on AFR and minimum WCs before I upgraded tanks, moved everything over, and ran into my nutrient problem.
Where? Other than my initial cycle, Ive been dosing nitrates to 5ppm as they bottom out each week.
This is correct, and again, dosing them weekly.
I referenced this thread myself and he goes on to say that while it is a source of organic carbon, it's a negligible amount and unlikely to drive down nutrients
I have pulled the chaeto as it was too agressive.
Nope.
Again, Ive been dosing Neophos since the beginning and included it in my original post.
Hanna low and high range, respectively.
Well, at least we can agree that you were in fact wrong.
My brother in Christ, if you can find a single chemist who will disagree with that statement that doing a water change with a specific brand of salt mix and acquiring the same brand of salt mix without the salt, mixing it to the proper proportions, and just adding it to the tank in anyway alters your tanks macro and micro elements outside of the original water change, I will eat my entire zoa garden on video and upload it to this forum (obvious changes in salinity, solubility, dilution, water volume, oxygenation, and precipitation of dissolved minerals/elements not included).
Honestly I unwatched this thread but since they quoted me it came up in my notifications again.
I've had plenty of pleasant conversations throughout this thread with quite a few people. The only ones I have taken issue with are the ones spouting "you did something wrong, so my way HAS to be right." My issue was solved by page 3 with the help of a few valuable members. I don't know why people want to continue arguing over reefing fundamentals such as dosing vs WCs or whether it's ok to add Neonitrate when your levels bottom out, but here we are on page 10.
I'm really struggling to keep corals alive, and though I've followed all the steps to success, everything seems to just slowly die. I'll post as much relevant information as I can starting with my reef journal:
The tank is 3 months old Nuvo 30L (30g) and started completely sterile with the exception of Ocean Direct sand and Aqua Forest reef mud. Salinity has been kept consistent at 34.5ppt using 2 different test methods and a Tunze ATO. Temperature is a constant 77.1F. PH is 7.9. The sump consists of filter floss pads, a chaeto fuge on 8 hours at night, Rox 0.8 carbon, and Purigen. Lighting is provided by 2 AI Primes running 11 hours a day (with 4 hours total ramp) at 8" off the water tuned to UV80/V80/RB72/B100/R10/G10/W10 which should be giving around 100 par based on other people's testing.
Dosing:
3ml All for Reef daily
3ml Cheato Gro weekly
2ml AB+ daily
5ml Microbactor 7 & Clean weekly
No3 and PO4 as needed
Feeding is a blend of Reef Frenzy Nano, Reef Roids, AB+, and Frozen Mysis in homemade cubes.
Source water is RODI with tested TDS 0.0 using 2 different meters. Salt is IO Reef Crystals. I do a 10% water change monthly.
Stocking: 2 Clowns, 1 Royal Gramma, 1 Lawnmower Blenny, 1 Yellow Watchman Goby and Tiger PIstol Shrimp, 1 Banngai Cardinal, 1 Peppermint shrimp, 10 Astrea Turbo, 30 Dwarf Ceriths, 4 Red Legs, 10 Blue legs, 1 Trochus, 10 Nassarius.
I'm positive I'm not introducing anything into the tank. I always wear gloves and keep my hands out as much as possible. So far I've had 1 hammer die, 3 others that are very unhappy, acans receding, zoas constantly stressed/changing color/partially open, and 4 dead gonies.
I've convinced myself that I need more flow despite running 900gph through the return with 1/2" RFG's. I've ordered 2 600gph powerheads to combat this and I also made a video of the normal flow here:
That's about all I can think to add at this point. Any Ideas?
You're in no position to be arguing with anyone, let alone posting "my first fish tank" videos in threads where people are discussing actual reef chemistry. You seriously can't make this up. God I love reef2reef.
