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Another little update.
The 2 maxspect Razor R420R 160w 16000k lights have arrived and got them fitted today the pelmet is now back on but got late by time it was done will get some better pictures and had to arrange wiring ect in cupboard again
I'm happy with how it's coming together so far not sure the other half is but she had a new kitchen so fair is fair haha
Another little update.
The 2 maxspect Razor R420R 160w 16000k lights have arrived and got them fitted today the pelmet is now back on but got late by time it was done will get some better pictures and had to arrange wiring ect in cupboard again
I'm happy with how it's coming together so far not sure the other half is but she had a new kitchen so fair is fair haha
A few more pictures taken tonight.
Phone really struggles with pictures due to led lighting but hope you get the idea :)
I'm adding substitute food for the urchin but there is food present for him on rocks and some on the glass.
Water stats still good and all corals seem very happy I'm enjoying this so much more then freshwater :)
I'm not sure of the placement of the coral 5th picture down it seems a bit hunched up on the sand bed all be it's open would I be better of raising it of the sand bed any advice welcome :)
Cheers
Marty
Phone really struggles with pictures due to led lighting but hope you get the idea :)
I'm adding substitute food for the urchin but there is food present for him on rocks and some on the glass.
Water stats still good and all corals seem very happy I'm enjoying this so much more then freshwater :)
I'm not sure of the placement of the coral 5th picture down it seems a bit hunched up on the sand bed all be it's open would I be better of raising it of the sand bed any advice welcome :)
Cheers
Marty
The tank is around a month old and was setup using all the rock ect from a tank that was closing down and had been running for several years and we'll established. It was a case of removing it all from that tank then a 10 minute trip up the road into mine all rocks where kept fully submerged in tank water. My system was then filed partly with cycled tank water and partly new so basically the same as doing a water change.
All parameters have remained stable no spike of Nitrates apart from the average rise.
I tested the water last night and the results where.
SG 1.024
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrates 10 ppm
KH 8.6
CA 420ppm
P04 0.03
PH 8.2
Temp 26.2
Apart from the SG dropped a bit as when setting up my auto top up it pumped in to much plain RO water that was soon sorted with a 50L water change and upped the salt in that mix brought it back to where it was. Also PH dropped a bit I now run buffer in the top up water which now keeps the PH stable.
It's been a bit of a learning curve going from tropical to marine but I'm getting my head round it and I addressed the two issues above strait away and have been stable since so things are looking good so far :)
All parameters have remained stable no spike of Nitrates apart from the average rise.
I tested the water last night and the results where.
SG 1.024
Ammonia 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrates 10 ppm
KH 8.6
CA 420ppm
P04 0.03
PH 8.2
Temp 26.2
Apart from the SG dropped a bit as when setting up my auto top up it pumped in to much plain RO water that was soon sorted with a 50L water change and upped the salt in that mix brought it back to where it was. Also PH dropped a bit I now run buffer in the top up water which now keeps the PH stable.
It's been a bit of a learning curve going from tropical to marine but I'm getting my head round it and I addressed the two issues above strait away and have been stable since so things are looking good so far :)
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