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[Mr.OK]

Good morning reefer family!!!!

i wish i could get just one to grow, hopefully the doser will help me stay on top when i forgot here and there.

 

[waterboys]

Good morning reefer family!!!!

I’ve tried about three different sticks so far. None have made it. So I’m going to have to stay away from these. Even if they do look amazing. I wish I could get that yellow one. But I don’t trust my tank yet.

 

[J2010701]

What are some more forgiving sps?

 

[tbrown]

i wish i could get just one to grow, hopefully the doser will help me stay on top when i forgot here and there.

Phosphates were the key for me.

 

[Mschmidt]

 

[tbrown]

What are some more forgiving sps?

So you've got the standard "beginners" of Monti, Stylophora, Digitata that are all fairly easy. You've got Pocilopora, Birdsnests, and Slimers are easyish. Anacropora are getting towards the more "stick" side of the spectrum. Moving into Acroporas I've always been told the hairier they are, the easier they are as long as your tank is stable and your parameters will support them.

 

[tbrown]

That would be the LRO Banana Patch Kids. Hey Ann, is this one tabling?

 

[Mschmidt]

That would be the LRO Banana Patch Kids. Hey Ann, is this one tabling?

not sure about tabling, but it's calling me.

 

[Mr.OK]

Phosphates were the key for me.

mine are at .03 right now, alk is low, but i forget to dose at time, but got doser coming this week

 

[tbrown]

mine are at .03 right now, alk is low, but i forget to dose at time, but got doser coming this week

High alk and low phosphates were keeping me from being successful at SPS. Now I have good alk and good phosphates. I try to run about 8.6 alk and 0.08 to 0.15 on phosphates just because I've bottomed out and lost SPS and had cyano outbreaks from it. Alk was at 10.8 and phosphates were 0.02 according to Hanna and I lost 4 Acros almost overnight.

 

[J2010701]

High alk and low phosphates were keeping me from being successful at SPS. Now I have good alk and good phosphates. I try to run about 8.6 alk and 0.08 to 0.15 on phosphates just because I've bottomed out and lost SPS and had cyano outbreaks from it. Alk was at 10.8 and phosphates were 0.02 according to Hanna and I lost 4 Acros almost overnight.

What are your nitrate levels?

 

[tbrown]

What are your nitrate levels?

35-50 depending.

 

[J2010701]

35-50 depending.

That’s what I run mine and phosphates at .03-.05. I’m just try to get stable. My alk/calcium/mag is almost dialed down.

 

[Mr.OK]

Yea mine are 15, but i can cant get my other number stable, some days i get busy forget to dose. For the longest time my p03 was high, now i got them lowered i cant not seem get them raised a little.

 

[J2010701]

Yea mine are 15, but i can cant get my other number stable, some days i get busy forget to dose. For the longest time my p03 was high, now i got them lowered i cant not seem get them raised a little.

I had to dose phosphates and it’s working out well

 

[tbrown]

I use NeoPhos and dose between 5 ml and 10 ml a day into a 125.

 

[tbrown]

It took almost 6 months and heavy feeding and dosing phosphates (20 ml per day) to get my phosphates up where they are. I was at 0.25, let it sit for 4 days and was at 0.05. I started dosing 5 ml (0.05 in my tank) daily with an extra 5-10 ml each week for good measure. I haven't seen a test over 0.1 in two months because I added more sticks and hard corals that seem to be eating it up!

 

[J2010701]

Where is should your protein skimmer water line be? Im trying to get a good skim but it keeps fluctuating quite a bit.

 

[tbrown]

Where is should your protein skimmer water line be? Im trying to get a good skim but it keeps fluctuating quite a bit.

What skimmer? Each manufacturer is a little different. Also, the amount of air you run and how much water flow you have can adjust that.

 

[J2010701]

What skimmer? Each manufacturer is a little different. Also, the amount of air you run and how much water flow you have can adjust that.

I have the Reef octo 110 AC skimmer