NUVO EXT 40 Gallon - Trigger Systems Triton20C v2 Cube Sump - 20 inch

[REEFer86]

Th

very nice! i love the dendro especially

give that galaxea a wide berth, it has some pretty nutty tentacles

Thinking of where to put Sonic!

 

[REEFer86]

Pretty cool! Cannot wait to see them!

You and me both!

 

[NY_Caveman]

Thinking of where to put Sonic!

LOL!

 

[Leadfooted]

Acclimation Mode!

Wow, nice corals! Some corals acclimate better at lower light levels so consider moving the rack lower or placing some in the sand bed if they don't open or seem unhappy in a day to so. Good luck with these!

 

[REEFer86]

Wow, nice corals! Some corals acclimate better at lower light levels so consider moving the rack lower or placing some in the sand bed if they don't open or seem unhappy in a day to so. Good luck with these!

Ty!

 

[REEFer86]

Long live King Emerald.

 

[juanrmattos]

Looking good Maritza, keep it up!!!

Remember, is a game of patience!!!

 

[REEFer86]

~**Tomato Clowns**~

Just uploaded some vids to my Reef Video folder check them out.

I noticed the clown has a hole in the tail fin. Check her out. If you see anything that is weird please let me know!

Cast-A-Reefer - Google Drive

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Ty!

 

[Blutspitze]

Hooray for adding stuff! Glad to see you getting some livestock in, both the fish and corals. Looking great.

 

[REEFer86]

**~UPDATE~**
8/24/19 - 8/26/19

5 Gallon Water Change
Refugium clean up -

• Removed half of the chaeto
• Cleaned up all I could of the Cyano build up in the refugium and the over flow into the Sump
• Scrubbed the rock with a pipe cleaner
• Wiped the heaters
• Changed filter socks
• Replaced Carbon
• Cleaned/scraped the top of the sand bed

Next weeks wifeandry - haha

• 5 - 7 gal water change
• More Cyano clean up
• Clean the Return pump
• Rinse the sponge
• Clean up the sand
• Buy more snails - Trochus - Turbo and Cerith
• Figure out precipitation issues
• Probably more to dos will come up along the way haha

 

[mattzang]

dang that's a disciplined list.

here's an example of mine

-do 5 gallon water change
-look at equipment, note that i need to clean most of it
-don't clean anything, go to lfs and buy corals

repeat next week

 

[juanrmattos]

Keys to success @REEFer86

 

[REEFer86]

dang that's a disciplined list.

here's an example of mine

-do 5 gallon water change
-look at equipment, note that i need to clean most of it
-don't clean anything, go to lfs and buy corals

repeat next week

lol

 

[REEFer86]

Keys to success @REEFer86

Yas!

 

[NY_Caveman]

I noticed the clown has a hole in the tail fin. Check her out. If you see anything that is weird please let me know!

Is this what you are referring to? In the tail? It looks like he got nipped. Should be fine. Beautiful Tomato clowns.

 

[Blutspitze]

**~UPDATE~**
8/24/19 - 8/26/19

5 Gallon Water Change
Refugium clean up -

• Removed half of the chaeto
• Cleaned up all I could of the Cyano build up in the refugium and the over flow into the Sump
• Scrubbed the rock with a pipe cleaner
• Wiped the heaters
• Changed filter socks
• Replaced Carbon
• Cleaned/scraped the top of the sand bed

Next weeks wifeandry - haha

• 5 - 7 gal water change
• More Cyano clean up
• Clean the Return pump
• Rinse the sponge
• Clean up the sand
• Buy more snails - Trochus - Turbo and Cerith
• Figure out precipitation issues
• Probably more to dos will come up along the way haha

I always tend to dread the fuge cleanings, but have been good about keeping up with them. Still very not fun. At least you'll get to head to the LFS, though! Hooray for new stuff!

 

[REEFer86]

I always tend to dread the fuge cleanings, but have been good about keeping up with them. Still very not fun. At least you'll get to head to the LFS, though! Hooray for new stuff!

Yas always fun!

 

[REEFer86]

Is this what you are referring to? In the tail? It looks like he got nipped. Should be fine. Beautiful Tomato clowns.

Ty That’s what I thought!

 

[REEFer86]

***~Update~***
8/29/19

Cleaned top layer of sand bed.
Cleaned up more of the Cyano in refugium
Changed Filter socks
Cleaned skimmer Cup *Dry*

Seems like the salt I use is low in alkalinity. Is that bad?

When it comes to precipitation issues what have you done to improve it? Not sure if that is what I am encountering. Have read a bunch of articles but can’t seem to figure it out. @Randy Holmes-Farley

Alkalinity stays between 6.2 - 6.8
PH 7.98 - 8.14
Nitrate - 5
Ammonia 0
Phos- .03 - .1
Mag- 1425
Cal- 455
Alk- 6.2 - 6.4

Yesterday Alk was at 6.6 and today it’s at 6.2. Calcium was at 465 and today’s its at 455.

I am dosing 9ml of Alkalinity - 12 doses .8ml per dose. And 6ml of Calcium - 12 doses .5ml per dose. Red Sea.

It seems as if there is air in the lines though so it might not be dosing appropriately although I had primed and calibrated.

Should I reduce the quantity of doses And increase the amount of ml per dose? Does that make a difference. From my understanding the one effects the other ( precipitation ) vice versa.

I have Alk dosing half hour before the calcium doses.

 

[Why-Me]

Sounds like you're on the right track, dosing more per dose instead of more doses per day is a good place to start.
I don't know how much though.
Maybe reef squad can help?
#reefsquad