My 72 Bowfront Build Revised Thread

[jsker]

Today's numbers
Ca 400
Mg 1340
Alk 7.8
Po4 .07 cleaning the reactor and I will hit the system with a little lanthanum Chloride
PH 7.84 weather is cool outside and the window are open
Conductivity 33.
Temp 78.4

 

[GoVols]

weather is cool outside and the window are open

;Woot ;Woot

 

[jsker]

;Woot ;Woot

It has not been this nice since the beginning of March. ;Joyful It is 67 degree outside;Jawdrop;Jawdrop;Woot;Woot

 

[jsker]

Tank numbers, with very little change
Ca 393
Mg 1340
Alk 7.6 making adjustment to all three
Po4 0
PH 7.73
Temp 78.4
Conductivity 33.3
Water change today or tomorrow.

 

[GoVols]

jsker,

Your bow-front is really looking great.
Have things been going smoothly in your reef?

 

[jsker]

jsker,

Your bow-front is really looking great.
Have things been going smoothly in your reef?

Thank you Freddie

Still messing around to Low PH, I have my theory

 

[GoVols]

Thank you Freddie

Still messing around to Low PH, I have my theory

Let me know what your findings are :)

 

[jsker]

Let me know what your findings are :)

Nothing scientific but my theory is: Since the beginning of May my PH has gone down and stayed down except when we had cooler weather last week. Changes: Hwy construction and new home A/C system. In regards to the hyw construction, the turnpike is about 300 yards from the house. In may all of the trees and brush were removed so that the highway can be expanded.

My thinking is the trees and brush were absorbing much of the Co2 from the cars, and with it not there and the winds from the south and west all the Co2 is blowing towards the house. There are plenty of threes around the house but not enough to take on the extra Co2. In regards to the A/C the house is not sealed up tighter and the A/C is pulling more Co2 from the outside world through leaks and cracks in the house.

I did put in place a Co2 scrubber and that has not do much but helped. In regards to the weather when the wind has been cooler and blowing from the north east my PH values have gone up, meaning that the Co2 from the cars is going the other way.

I am hoping that when the sound barrier wall is finished this will help my PH values over all.

 

[jsker]

Todays numbers

PH 7.59
Temp 78.4
Conductivity 33.2
bumped up dosing and doing a water change today. My alk number seemed low since I have been bumping up the alk over the last two weeks, so I busted out my other go to test kit and the Hanna number are on and both test kits tested very close again.
Decided and I am experimenting again, and letting the algae out compete each othero_O and trying to wait as long as I can before I feel the urge to clean my glass to see if the diano's starve out. No cyano present thankfully. I will vac the sand bed though.

 

[jsker]

Tank up date Tank up date Thank up date Tank up Date Tank up date Tank up date Tank up date
A little lighting installed yesterday with my helper

Led strips controlled with the Apex
Getting the job inspected and passed

Clam up date, all system go

The tank crash of 2016 with cyano

Today

 

[jsker]

Quick check of the numbers
Ca 432
Mg 1470
Alk 7.7
Phosphates .01
Nitrate 2

 

[Anirban]

Look at the growth...the clam look nice. I heard they rat a lot of calcium.

 

[KJ]

Great looking Maxima Jeffrey;)

 

[Fudsey]

Tank is looking GREAT ! ! ! Nice growth on everything in there :-)

 

[jsker]

Great looking Maxima Jeffrey;)

Hope you are having a great holiday. I had to jump the bike today, since the battery tender has a major malfunction. I was wet, drizzling, cool/cold for Florida, but the battery is now charged;) It was nice open up those Vance & Hines pipes:)

 

[jsker]

Look at the growth...the clam look nice. I heard they rat a lot of calcium.

Look at this again, I do not understand rat??:)

 

[jsker]

Tank is looking GREAT ! ! ! Nice growth on everything in there :)

Thank you for the compliment, it been a learning journey. :)

 

[KJ]

Hope you are having a great holiday.

U2 my friend;)

 

[jsker]

This is a really good thread on cyano that I found here today. Some heavy weights in the reefing world weighing in on the discussion;)

What are the root causes of Cyano? Read the whole thread, This is like fried chicken with mashed and gravy!!

 

[jsker]

@CrazyCatGal

I you are getting things together for you tank. Have you figured out the lighting yet?