Leaving tomorrow for a few days with grandkids. back Sunday, then leaving Monday and back sat. So anxious leaving my tank!!
No3 6 today and po4 2!!! Added some phosguard. Good to have some numbers here as I have been bottoming out. Not sure why po4 jumped so high though. haven't dosed neophos in 2-3 days.
There is so much algae. Even with low or almost bottomed out numbers which tells me that the algae is sucking up nutrients. I should dose reef flux while I'm gone but my chaeto.... Harvested half of it today. Put some in other tank. It doesn't thrive there as it is just a basket in the display and lights are not on 16 hrs. I have a separate light on the chaeto though. When I get back, I'll add another basket of chaeto and ulva to that tank and dose the big tank. Will leave some chaeto to see if it survives. If I shut the UV pump off, I could block the inlet and outlet flows of that 2nd sump and just keep the flow going in there while I dose. Guessing the tank can go a week or 2 without UV
Did some upkeep on the 45g aio. Discovered both powerheads were so clogged with algae neither were working! First time I tried citric acid. Hands down much better than vinegar! Both powerheads working. Got an old jebao wavemaker working and put that in. Have a spare low power PH for that tank now.
Did the sandbed on the big tank and then the diy snow. Sunday when I'm back, I'll dose MB clean. Wondering if I can mix mb clean and 7 at same time.
Harvesting phyto tomorrow. Will let it sit and start new batch monday morning. Been harvesting at 4-5 days. Cultures were crashing--I think due to heat as 3 jars with led strips around them got the area too hot. Fan seems to help so we'll see if it can go mon to sat. Need to harvest lots of pods as well to make room for adding phyto while I'm gone.
At night seeing tons of pods in display. Good as I want a scooter blenny again.
Nothing new, good or bad with tank. Pretty stable. Just algae. Oh, the DD's laid more eggs.... And Dave still hangs in his "spot". With the goby gone, I need to add another one or 2 sand sifting gobies. And find a couple black cucumbers.
fingers crossed.... Hubby in charge of tank Fri-Sun am, my non-reefing friend Mon-Sat. Thank god for Apex, mobius app, red sea reef beat app. I can control just about everything except my skimmer
No3 6 today and po4 2!!! Added some phosguard. Good to have some numbers here as I have been bottoming out. Not sure why po4 jumped so high though. haven't dosed neophos in 2-3 days.
There is so much algae. Even with low or almost bottomed out numbers which tells me that the algae is sucking up nutrients. I should dose reef flux while I'm gone but my chaeto.... Harvested half of it today. Put some in other tank. It doesn't thrive there as it is just a basket in the display and lights are not on 16 hrs. I have a separate light on the chaeto though. When I get back, I'll add another basket of chaeto and ulva to that tank and dose the big tank. Will leave some chaeto to see if it survives. If I shut the UV pump off, I could block the inlet and outlet flows of that 2nd sump and just keep the flow going in there while I dose. Guessing the tank can go a week or 2 without UV
Did some upkeep on the 45g aio. Discovered both powerheads were so clogged with algae neither were working! First time I tried citric acid. Hands down much better than vinegar! Both powerheads working. Got an old jebao wavemaker working and put that in. Have a spare low power PH for that tank now.
Did the sandbed on the big tank and then the diy snow. Sunday when I'm back, I'll dose MB clean. Wondering if I can mix mb clean and 7 at same time.
Harvesting phyto tomorrow. Will let it sit and start new batch monday morning. Been harvesting at 4-5 days. Cultures were crashing--I think due to heat as 3 jars with led strips around them got the area too hot. Fan seems to help so we'll see if it can go mon to sat. Need to harvest lots of pods as well to make room for adding phyto while I'm gone.
At night seeing tons of pods in display. Good as I want a scooter blenny again.
Nothing new, good or bad with tank. Pretty stable. Just algae. Oh, the DD's laid more eggs.... And Dave still hangs in his "spot". With the goby gone, I need to add another one or 2 sand sifting gobies. And find a couple black cucumbers.
fingers crossed.... Hubby in charge of tank Fri-Sun am, my non-reefing friend Mon-Sat. Thank god for Apex, mobius app, red sea reef beat app. I can control just about everything except my skimmer