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Decided to start my 25 lagoon up again after a year off. I’m using all my old equipment for now but am going to upgrade a few items. Going to get the cobalt flat heater with an inkbird controller. I’m also going to splurge for a dosing pump as well as automating my rodi in conjunction with my ato. If anyone is wanting to see the progression I will be posting day one photos along with water parameters. I will also keep posting as it comes along.

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Looks good! I would be weary of setting up an ro unit for ato. Endless supply of water being controlled by an electric valve and a float valve just sounds like a new floor to me. I suppose setup redundancy and I wish you the best!
 
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Looks good! I would be weary of setting up an ro unit for ato. Endless supply of water being controlled by an electric valve and a float valve just sounds like a new floor to me. I suppose setup redundancy and I wish you the best!
The reservoir will be in the basement on concrete next to a floor drain. The rodi will go into a 55 gal trash can. I’m just trying to figure out what ato to use that would reach from the holding tank to the display…it’s about 50ft . I can’t find an ato that has a long enough cord.
 
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I think I’m just going to buy a power extender to run to the pump in the basement tank. Hope it works my pump has a max head of 10ft
 

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Day 1

Salinity 1.025
Ph 8.0
Ammonia .50ppm
Nitrite 1.0ppm
Nitrate 20ppm

Attached is Day 1 photo of the tank and the light schedule I will be using.
 

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Ok so here are my water parameters as of 1/22/24

1/22/24

Temp 79

Salinity 1.025

Cal 450

Alk 10.5

Mag 1380

Phos .5

I need to get my phos down any ideas how? I’m running some gfo in a bag. I do t have any fish and only 2 coral until the 25 then I’ll have 2 more.
 

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Ok so here are my water parameters as of 1/22/24

1/22/24

Temp 79

Salinity 1.025

Cal 450

Alk 10.5

Mag 1380

Phos .5

I need to get my phos down any ideas how? I’m running some gfo in a bag. I do t have any fish and only 2 coral until the 25 then I’ll have 2 0
Is it .5 or .05, with no fish and heavy feeding I wouldn’t think it would be at .5?
 
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Is it .5 or .05, with no fish and heavy feeding I wouldn’t think it would be at .5?
I’m using salifert test kit and when I match to the card it’s definitely .5…idk i don’t have an algae outbreak just some minor brown. I can test again tomorrow and take pics.
 
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Are you feeding the tank? If so what?
Nope not at all…all I did was set the tank up got premixed water from the lfs and away we went…just added 2 coral..a zoa frag and gsp both have grown…zoas have doubled in heads and gsp has also doubled.. idk maybe I should just not worry too much about it and see what happens.
 
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If everything is happy wait and see but I would check the water you are purchasing and see if it is high in phosphate.
I only bought it once and have been using rodi water from my system… just changed all the filters a month ago. I guess I could check the water i have left over and my rodi. Maybe I should get a Hanna for my phosphate
 

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I only bought it once and have been using rodi water from my system… just changed all the filters a month ago. I guess I could check the water i have left over and my rodi. Maybe I should get a Hanna for my phosphate
You never know, it’s worth checking. High phosphate in your system just isn’t making sense.
 

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So the saltwater from lfs is 0 rodi water is 0 and looks like I’m down to .25 with 24hrs of gfo
Maybe get a second opinion, take it to a good lfs and have them test it to compare. There can be a lot of human error, I’ve been guilty myself.
 

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