Lasses Dream Build

atoll · Mar 15, 2018

Lasse said:
Triton milk cartons - here we come

Today I start with Core 7 (others method) and yesterday I send in a test to Triton. That test will be my starting point and from now I stop all of the other dosing (with exception of NO3 dosing). i will sen in a test in a month or two in order to see what´s happen.

After the introduction of my 740 nm light last week all looks like it should. It has not been any negative change - if it will be any positive changes - time will show.

Sincerely Lasse

How does the colour of the new light look white or a touch yellow maybe? My 6500k daylight is welcomed and enjoyed by my H.magnifica nem.

Lasse · Mar 15, 2018

Its not affect the overall look at all when all light its on. The red is very weak for my eyes.

MVH Lasse

Lasse · Mar 15, 2018

najer said:
Wow, big change, what brought this change?

Greenstreet.1 said:
Great question he has me wondering the same.

To switch over to Core 7 has been in my head for a while but I want to have a stable aquarium with my old method before the change. I use a variant of 3 parts Balling for a long period but want to change to some stronger solution. David - at the Maritime Museum - has run Core 7 (other methods) a while and have had rather good experiences with this additives. My aquarium has been set up with the holistic point of view that is the hallmark of Triton. I have add a reversed flow DSB to the concept.

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Mar 16, 2018

First measurements of alkalinity, Ca and Mg show that I probably did a rather good calculation of my old dosing. I just divided my alkalinity dose with 7, adjust part 2 to the same amount of ml and put 3A and 3B in the same container. The amount of dosed A+B (together) will then be the dubble amount compared with part 1.

Three weeks ago - I took away my GFO reactor because my PO4 was 0 according to Hanna low phosphate. Its still around 0 and the aquarium feels rather stable. I´m looking at my front glass all the time - as long as I will see some algae growth on that - I´m not so worried about the Hanna reading zero. Today I clean my window every second to third day. To use this as an indication works in my aquaria because I have 2 t5 bulbs just above the front window - hence the front window getts enough of light.

I have noted (bad or good) that LED fixtures sometimes does not illuminate the front window very much, hence there will be no algae growth on this window. I once designed the illumination of an aquaria in this way just because of my laziness (I do not like scraping windows

) with this new aquaria - i use the algae growth on my front window as an indicator of nutrients instead.

And the algae I scrape away every second to third day - food for my filtraters

Sincerely Lasse

Brew12 · Mar 16, 2018

Lasse said:
First measurements of alkalinity, Ca and Mg show that I probably did a rather good calculation of my old dosing. I just divided my alkalinity dose with 7, adjust part 2 to the same amount of ml and put 3A and 3B in the same container. The amount of dosed A+B (together) will then be the dubble amount compared with part 1.

Three weeks ago - I took away my GFO reactor because my PO4 was 0 according to Hanna low phosphate. Its still around 0 and the aquarium feels rather stable. I´m looking at my front glass all the time - as long as I will see some algae growth on that - I´m not so worried about the Hanna reading zero. Today I clean my window every second to third day. To use this as an indication works in my aquaria because I have 2 t5 bulbs just above the front window - hence the front window getts enough of light.

I have noted (bad or good) that LED fixtures sometimes does not illuminate the front window very much, hence there will be no algae growth on this window. I once designed the illumination of an aquaria in this way just because of my laziness (I do not like scraping windows ) with this new aquaria - i use the algae growth on my front window as an indicator of nutrients instead.

And the algae I scrape away every second to third day - food for my filtraters

Sincerely Lasse

I let the algae grow on my front glass for a few days at least once a month so I can check the health of my copepod population. It is the most effective test kit I have found for measuring it!

najer · Mar 16, 2018

Brew12 said:
I let the algae grow on my front glass for a few days at least once a month so I can check the health of my copepod population. It is the most effective test kit I have found for measuring it!

I view my tank mostly through the end and always let either the desk end or the front colour up for the pods.
When I clean those areas off the tangs go nuts for it.

Lasse · Mar 17, 2018

For me - it looks like there is a little bit better calcification taking place in my aquarium at the moment. at least I want it that way

But here is my montipora a week ago

today

A hystrix a week ago

Today

I do not really know - but it looks a little bit better - we will se

Sincerely Lasse

gregkn73 · Mar 18, 2018

Lasse said:
First measurements of alkalinity, Ca and Mg show that I probably did a rather good calculation of my old dosing. I just divided my alkalinity dose with 7, adjust part 2 to the same amount of ml and put 3A and 3B in the same container. The amount of dosed A+B (together) will then be the dubble amount compared with part 1.

Three weeks ago - I took away my GFO reactor because my PO4 was 0 according to Hanna low phosphate. Its still around 0 and the aquarium feels rather stable. I´m looking at my front glass all the time - as long as I will see some algae growth on that - I´m not so worried about the Hanna reading zero. Today I clean my window every second to third day. To use this as an indication works in my aquaria because I have 2 t5 bulbs just above the front window - hence the front window getts enough of light.

I have noted (bad or good) that LED fixtures sometimes does not illuminate the front window very much, hence there will be no algae growth on this window. I once designed the illumination of an aquaria in this way just because of my laziness (I do not like scraping windows ) with this new aquaria - i use the algae growth on my front window as an indicator of nutrients instead.

And the algae I scrape away every second to third day - food for my filtraters

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse do you correlate, the algae on the glass, with inorganic po4?

Lasse · Mar 18, 2018

gregkn73 said:
Lasse do you correlate, the algae on the glass, with inorganic po4?

In this case - yes - with Orthophosphate PO4. I know that I have the other limited substances for algae growth and my meter show 0 in PO4. Can´t be true because in that case - no algae on the windows.

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Mar 21, 2018

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Mar 21, 2018

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Mar 21, 2018

Some pictures

Sincerely Lasse

Lasse · Mar 21, 2018

I got my latest triton test a hour ago. My Si values is more normal now - around 400 microgram/l - Befor I took away my Siporax - it was 20 000 microgram/l !.

Sincerely Lasse

Sallstrom · Mar 21, 2018

Lasse said:
I got my latest triton test a hour ago. My Si values is more normal now - around 400 microgram/l - Befor I took away my Siporax - it was 20 000 microgram/l !.

Sincerely Lasse

Hm, not we can't use your water as a Si additive anymore..

Any ideas where the Cu, Sn and Zn comes from?

/ David

Lasse · Mar 22, 2018

No idea at all where the metals coming from. Only change is that i did 7 x 50 l WC 2 month ago. But I use Tritons Pure 2 - it should not be an issue.

Zn was higher last test - we will se in a month or two how it will develop.

Sincerely Lasse

gregkn73 · Mar 22, 2018

Lasse said:
In this case - yes - with Orthophosphate PO4. I know that I have the other limited substances for algae growth and my meter show 0 in PO4. Can´t be true because in that case - no algae on the windows.

Sincerely Lasse

In my case ,I never show a correlation! There were many times with 0ppb, that I had to clean thenglass every other day,and times with >100ppb, that I had to clean every week!
I always dose Fe with fauna marine addititves through Doser, with Cacl2.

Sallstrom · Mar 22, 2018

Lasse said:
Some pictures

Sincerely Lasse

You need something that eats some of them mushroom corals and green star polyps

/ David

Lasse · Mar 22, 2018

gregkn73 said:
In my case ,I never show a correlation! There were many times with 0ppb, that I had to clean thenglass every other day,and times with >100ppb, that I had to clean every week!
I always dose Fe with fauna marine addititves through Doser, with Cacl2.

You missunderstand me - I did not mean that I have seen any correlation between my readings and growth on the windows but i believe that its a correlation between the real PO4 content and algae growth on the illuminated front window. If my meter show 0 and I have growth of algae - the meter is wrong - there is enough of PO4 for growth.