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Five months ago I started a 75g SPS dormant reef ( Deep Blue tank) and a 30g sump. Radion Gen3 r30s running AB+, 2 Mp40wes, Eshopps S200 gen4 skimmer, Reef Octopus Br1000ss biopellet reactor with 3cups of pellets and 15lbs of LR rubble with 65lbs of LR in the DT and a Sicce 5.0 pump. Two weeks ago I notice my sump had failing seams so I started looking at refugiums with the BRS videos and I found the Triton sump design and I instantly liked it after reading tons of forums. So I ordered a Trigger 39 Sapphire, H380 fugue light.
I installed the sump with LR rubble, light and a ball of cheato last week and I cut the level of pellets in half but what I did is put the skimmer in the refugium section and the Refugium in the skimmer section, took out the socks and built a 15 1/8x 12" acrylic Sheet with teeth to make the requiem section 11.5" deep and it no longer flows through the trigger cut out. I then took the LR rubble and filled the sock compartment. Before any of this was done my Nitrates were 5ppm and Po4 at .05-07.
Its now been a week since the change and my cheato ball is 2x its size, and looking very healthy. I tested my water and my Ph is stable, my nitrates at 1ppm and my po4 is 0.03 using Hanna ultra low. My corals never look so nice with great PE, I had a nasty outbreak of diatoms that drastically went away. My plan is to continuing dosing BRS- Cal, DKH, and Mag with using Aqua-Vitro Fuel for additives with my pump and doing a WC when need. After Im out of additives from BRS I then when I run out off BRS I'm going to order Tritons Core7
Whats your thoughts.
I installed the sump with LR rubble, light and a ball of cheato last week and I cut the level of pellets in half but what I did is put the skimmer in the refugium section and the Refugium in the skimmer section, took out the socks and built a 15 1/8x 12" acrylic Sheet with teeth to make the requiem section 11.5" deep and it no longer flows through the trigger cut out. I then took the LR rubble and filled the sock compartment. Before any of this was done my Nitrates were 5ppm and Po4 at .05-07.
Its now been a week since the change and my cheato ball is 2x its size, and looking very healthy. I tested my water and my Ph is stable, my nitrates at 1ppm and my po4 is 0.03 using Hanna ultra low. My corals never look so nice with great PE, I had a nasty outbreak of diatoms that drastically went away. My plan is to continuing dosing BRS- Cal, DKH, and Mag with using Aqua-Vitro Fuel for additives with my pump and doing a WC when need. After Im out of additives from BRS I then when I run out off BRS I'm going to order Tritons Core7
Whats your thoughts.