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well ,that's it, is all over now ,1 stick ,hooked for life :oops: :cool:
If it survives. Im not sure how well it will do. My tank is designed for softies. All I can do is keep stability. I acclimated them for 3hrs. The system they came from alk was 10 and nitrates 8
all tests are api
alk 8.5.
Nitrates at 80 or higher.
Calcium 450
phosphates .25
Salinity 1.025
Temp 78
Before I get beat up to bad. I use to chase numbers and caused more problems than I solved. This is where the tank settled at.
I hope the stick is a hardy coral. If i should loose it I may try a Pocillopora
Im still a leather guy.
 

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If it survives. Im not sure how well it will do. My tank is designed for softies. All I can do is keep stability. I acclimated them for 3hrs. The system they came from alk was 10 and nitrates 8
all tests are api
alk 8.5.
Nitrates at 80 or higher.
Calcium 450
phosphates .25
Salinity 1.025
Temp 78
Before I get beat up to bad. I use to chase numbers and caused more problems than I solved. This is where the tank settled at.
I hope the stick is a hardy coral. If i should loose it I may try a Pocillopora
Im still a leather guy.
I have sticks in about the same parameters you do and they do fine. Only difference is Sg at 1.026 and alk at 9. I have found that with higher nutrients I can blast them with a ton of light and they don’t bleach out like my lower nutrient tanks. Stability is key, IMO.

Here are some examples of my nasty tank sticks lol.
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I have sticks in about the same parameters you do and they do fine. Only difference is Sg at 1.026 and alk at 9. I have found that with higher nutrients I can blast them with a ton of light and they don’t bleach out like my lower nutrient tanks. Stability is key, IMO.

Here are some examples of my nasty tank sticks lol.
7E60DD3A-9AE6-413B-A07B-B40BC3BDF341.jpeg
F24906E8-5B95-4F1B-96CE-05E1AE27A201.jpeg
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I hope mine are as great as yours. You give me a lot of hope for them.
 

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I hope mine are as great as yours. You give me a lot of hope for them.
They all browned up a little at first, but then came back just fine. You taking time to acclimate them for a good bit of time should help also.

Plus digis are tough. Mine has been knocked off a few times and fell into a torch garden. Little bit of damage, but always recovers. I now have removed the baseball size zebra turbos, so that shouldn’t happen anymore lol.
 

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If it survives. Im not sure how well it will do. My tank is designed for softies. All I can do is keep stability. I acclimated them for 3hrs. The system they came from alk was 10 and nitrates 8
all tests are api
alk 8.5.
Nitrates at 80 or higher.
Calcium 450
phosphates .25
Salinity 1.025
Temp 78
Before I get beat up to bad. I use to chase numbers and caused more problems than I solved. This is where the tank settled at.
I hope the stick is a hardy coral. If i should loose it I may try a Pocillopora
Im still a leather guy.

I also have confidence that your water is fine. :)
 

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agree ,never..yes i said never ,test anything in any reef ,besides the big three cal alk mag,do monitor ph w monitior,if i bought a tank ,if it came with denitrate ,yes i would toss in bag throw in sump for a while,do run phos remover,besides that your eyes and corals will tell you what to do ;) you got this my fellow new stickhead:cool:
 
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I have sticks in about the same parameters you do and they do fine. Only difference is Sg at 1.026 and alk at 9. I have found that with higher nutrients I can blast them with a ton of light and they don’t bleach out like my lower nutrient tanks. Stability is key, IMO.

Here are some examples of my nasty tank sticks lol.
7E60DD3A-9AE6-413B-A07B-B40BC3BDF341.jpeg
F24906E8-5B95-4F1B-96CE-05E1AE27A201.jpeg
6D7DEED5-D8A3-43F6-8AD7-1C7C87FF399D.jpeg
26293815-62EE-4BB8-AFEA-73454E65BC4B.jpeg
EC1FF010-D220-4415-8C00-5775E666CA61.jpeg
3033CCD9-6B78-45D4-B70E-9F0ECCF52E1C.jpeg
I also have confidence that your water is fine. :)
agree ,never..yes i said never ,test anything in any reef ,besides the big three cal alk mag,do monitor ph w monitior,if i bought a tank ,if it came with denitrate ,yes i would toss in bag throw in sump for a while,do run phos remover,besides that your eyes and corals will tell you what to do ;) you got this my fellow new stickhead:cool:
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
 
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I'm content with my tank. 90g is a good sized tank. The most important thing is that I think my tank is epic and thats all that matters.

im going to put it up for a 365 tank. How do I do that? @Crabs McJones
 

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I'm content with my tank. 90g is a good sized tank. The most important thing is that I think my tank is epic and thats all that matters.

im going to put it up for a 365 tank. How do I do that? @Crabs McJones
You can enter here
But I've been so busy i haven't done it in a while :confused:
 
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You can enter here
But I've been so busy i haven't done it in a while :confused:
You'll get it going. Life happens.
 

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I'm content with my tank. 90g is a good sized tank. The most important thing is that I think my tank is epic and thats all that matters.

im going to put it up for a 365 tank. How do I do that? @Crabs McJones
I support this. @sfin52 for reef tank 365!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also agree that 90 is a great tank size.
 

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