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Well, I am having some struggles right now, which is to be expected. I know it is just "new tank syndrome" but I hate dealing with algae, of any kind. Right now, it is Dino's.
I have raised my nitrates, they are almost 10.
phosphates are .05, I just ordered some stuff to raise that, looking to get it to .25-.4
ALk is 8.71
Cal is 431
Mg is 1344
I feed flake food 2x a day and I am squirting in some frozen at least 2x a day. You would think that would raise my PO4 but it is not enough.
Today I got in there with a tooth brush and hose. Cleaned and siphoned out as much as I could. I had one end with the tooth brush while the other went into a filter sock into a brute where I pumped the filtered water right back to the display.
I think if I do this a couple more times, along with raising PO4 and keeping the nitrates up, I should have some success. We will see.
And if that is not enough, when I woke up this morning I found my Rainbow Nem floating around in the water, I think it either split or went thru a Vortech. Currently have it in a box to see if I can get it to recover.
I have raised my nitrates, they are almost 10.
phosphates are .05, I just ordered some stuff to raise that, looking to get it to .25-.4
ALk is 8.71
Cal is 431
Mg is 1344
I feed flake food 2x a day and I am squirting in some frozen at least 2x a day. You would think that would raise my PO4 but it is not enough.
Today I got in there with a tooth brush and hose. Cleaned and siphoned out as much as I could. I had one end with the tooth brush while the other went into a filter sock into a brute where I pumped the filtered water right back to the display.
I think if I do this a couple more times, along with raising PO4 and keeping the nitrates up, I should have some success. We will see.
And if that is not enough, when I woke up this morning I found my Rainbow Nem floating around in the water, I think it either split or went thru a Vortech. Currently have it in a box to see if I can get it to recover.
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Well here is an update, Algae is currently gone! Stuggling with some levels, but I feel like I am thru the hard part and I should have this thing almost figured out. I have added 3 more Radion g5's so I now have 6 of them for lighting. I have turned the Ecotechs down alot, so I can keep the sand in the tank. I have 22 fish in there currently along with some LPS. Struggling with the SPS currently. But, like mentioned earlier hoping I am around that corner. I have recently added some red and purple caps to see if I can keep those going. Baby steps!!!
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Well, like all reef tanks, some of the equipment I bought in the beginning, I have either upgraded or added more of.. My lights I have changed to the Ecotech gen 5 and for flow I have added some. I now have 3 MP60's and an MP40.
So with that being said, I should be good on lights and flow, for a little bit anyways.
Just need to be patient enough I guess for the bio to develop so I can actually keep SPS alive, which I have had no luck doing so far.
So with that being said, I should be good on lights and flow, for a little bit anyways.
Just need to be patient enough I guess for the bio to develop so I can actually keep SPS alive, which I have had no luck doing so far.
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Here is an update. Currently I am deployed, been gone for exactly 30 days today. So far the APEX has been priceless along with the WYZE cameras that I have set up.
The tank is 2 days away from being 1 year old. Holy smokes, it has been fun thus far. Still a long ways to go. I will try to get the wife to take some pictures for me to post. This time away I feel will be really helpful in the progression of the tank. Nothing will be added during the time I am away. Still not completely certain when I will be returning, but tank wise, the longer the more mature and stable it will be. I will get some pictures and post them, just wanted to chime in
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The tank is 2 days away from being 1 year old. Holy smokes, it has been fun thus far. Still a long ways to go. I will try to get the wife to take some pictures for me to post. This time away I feel will be really helpful in the progression of the tank. Nothing will be added during the time I am away. Still not completely certain when I will be returning, but tank wise, the longer the more mature and stable it will be. I will get some pictures and post them, just wanted to chime in
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Well boys and girls, i only got a month left, then I will be back home resting in my own bed! I can not wait. I must say that if you leave on any kind of trip, the apex is a must have. It has made this deployment so much easier I can not put a value on it.
Got some things to figure out with the tank still, I still can not keep any kind of hard coral. Wifey put a cap in there and with in 2 weeks, it was dead.. I am at a loss as far as that goes. Only thing i can think of now is is either there is something in the rock or maybe the flow is to strong. I just started thinking about the flow here recently.
Got some things to figure out with the tank still, I still can not keep any kind of hard coral. Wifey put a cap in there and with in 2 weeks, it was dead.. I am at a loss as far as that goes. Only thing i can think of now is is either there is something in the rock or maybe the flow is to strong. I just started thinking about the flow here recently.
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Can't wait to see the update pictures!
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