WaterBox Marine 70.3; 44g DT, 20 sump, up since early July 2020.
So, I got a SenEye and it's been running about a month, after some initial set up issues that SenEye helped me with.
I've been watching it regularly, and all params have been "OK" for the whole time, with the exception of pH, which has been reading low (7.1-7.5) for the month. I got a CO2 scrubber and hooked it up, saw a small bump up, but still under 8.0. Since I was due to switch cards today, I started a new one soaking 2 days ago, and yesterday did a full suite of all the manual tests I could do (mostly, didn't check Mag, Iron, etc).
Last night before bed, the SenEye alerted for ammonia, reading 0.4+.
This morning, I swapped in the new card, and decided to do a water change. I usually do 2 5gal buckets worth, filled a little under, so probably 9 gallons. This time I doubled it, and did 2 out of the DT and all the water in the sump, call it 18 gal. I then re-ran most of my tests.
Test Yesterday Today
pH (Hanna): 8.1 8.3
pH (SenEye): 7.21 7.45
NO2 (RedSea): 0 0
NO2 (Hanna ULR): 18ppb 21ppb
NH3/NH4 (RedSea): 0 0
NH3 (SenEye): 0.021 0.499
NO3 (RedSea): 2 5
NO3 (Nyos): 1ppm 4ppm
Salinity (Hanna): 1.025 1.025
Phosphate (Hanna ULR): 0.06ppm 0.17ppm
Copper (Hanna HR): 0.01ppm NA
Phosphorus (Hanna ULR): 50ppb NA
Calcium (RedSea): 473ppm NA
Which do I trust?
For pH do I assume my SenEye is just reading low, and adjust it so it reads closer to the Hanna checker?
Is the NH3 a dire worry, or just let my rock do it's thing?
Nothing I know of has died off. Always possible a snail or crab is somewhere I can't see it and kicked the bucket.
I'm getting a thin film every 2-3 days on the glass of a brownish algae, easily taken care of by glass cleaner or razor. The back of the tank i've been letting go, but is getting covered with this same algae. When cleaning this, heavier film, it has a definite red tint.
Several zoa colonies are doing well, spreading and looking good. GSP on back wall growing and looks good. Torch was *fully* pulled inside last night, I though it was dead, but this morning is back in all it's glory, full extended. Frogspawn looking good, though a couple of it's tentacles on the bottom look to be over-loved by my clowns. Kenya tree growing like a weed. Xenia looking good. All fish seem healthy. Finally starting to see coralline algae starting to show up, more every day.
Looking to add an algae scrubber in the next month.
Thoughts?
--Gray
So, I got a SenEye and it's been running about a month, after some initial set up issues that SenEye helped me with.
I've been watching it regularly, and all params have been "OK" for the whole time, with the exception of pH, which has been reading low (7.1-7.5) for the month. I got a CO2 scrubber and hooked it up, saw a small bump up, but still under 8.0. Since I was due to switch cards today, I started a new one soaking 2 days ago, and yesterday did a full suite of all the manual tests I could do (mostly, didn't check Mag, Iron, etc).
Last night before bed, the SenEye alerted for ammonia, reading 0.4+.
This morning, I swapped in the new card, and decided to do a water change. I usually do 2 5gal buckets worth, filled a little under, so probably 9 gallons. This time I doubled it, and did 2 out of the DT and all the water in the sump, call it 18 gal. I then re-ran most of my tests.
Test Yesterday Today
pH (Hanna): 8.1 8.3
pH (SenEye): 7.21 7.45
NO2 (RedSea): 0 0
NO2 (Hanna ULR): 18ppb 21ppb
NH3/NH4 (RedSea): 0 0
NH3 (SenEye): 0.021 0.499
NO3 (RedSea): 2 5
NO3 (Nyos): 1ppm 4ppm
Salinity (Hanna): 1.025 1.025
Phosphate (Hanna ULR): 0.06ppm 0.17ppm
Copper (Hanna HR): 0.01ppm NA
Phosphorus (Hanna ULR): 50ppb NA
Calcium (RedSea): 473ppm NA
Which do I trust?
For pH do I assume my SenEye is just reading low, and adjust it so it reads closer to the Hanna checker?
Is the NH3 a dire worry, or just let my rock do it's thing?
Nothing I know of has died off. Always possible a snail or crab is somewhere I can't see it and kicked the bucket.
I'm getting a thin film every 2-3 days on the glass of a brownish algae, easily taken care of by glass cleaner or razor. The back of the tank i've been letting go, but is getting covered with this same algae. When cleaning this, heavier film, it has a definite red tint.
Several zoa colonies are doing well, spreading and looking good. GSP on back wall growing and looks good. Torch was *fully* pulled inside last night, I though it was dead, but this morning is back in all it's glory, full extended. Frogspawn looking good, though a couple of it's tentacles on the bottom look to be over-loved by my clowns. Kenya tree growing like a weed. Xenia looking good. All fish seem healthy. Finally starting to see coralline algae starting to show up, more every day.
Looking to add an algae scrubber in the next month.
Thoughts?
--Gray