The Island Reef

[PmRg]

Hello everyone, yes I know I've been away... but always with a close eye on the tank eheh, the system is coming a long really well with all the frags growing strong.

Anyway I'm here to show what I have been testing for the past couple of months, the GHL ION Director.

Be prepared for one of the most revolutionary pieces of testing equipment I have ever seen, the simplicity of having on demand Ca, Mg, K, Na and No3 results is amazing, very simple to setup no calibration of the ION probe needed, just dosing pump calibration and tube measurements.

enjoy the first shots I took of the device.

Pedro

 

[VJV]

Hello everyone, yes I know I've been away... but always with a close eye on the tank eheh, the system is coming a long really well with all the frags growing strong.

Anyway I'm here to show what I have been testing for the past couple of months, the GHL ION Director.

Be prepared for one of the most revolutionary pieces of testing equipment I have ever seen, the simplicity of having on demand Ca, Mg, K, Na and No3 results is amazing, very simple to setup no calibration of the ION probe needed, just dosing pump calibration and tube measurements.

enjoy the first shots I took of the device.

Pedro

Good to see you back ! If only it also tested NO3....

 

[PmRg]

Good to see you back ! If only it also tested NO3....

cheers

it does test No3 !

 

[PmRg]

Hello fellow reefers,
it's time to show some FTS shots of the tank with around 1year and half. After the restart with a completely new layout here it is The Island Reef.

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[isaiahwittingslow]

Finally! Haha. Looking good man, what fish do you have in there?

 

[PmRg]

Finally! Haha. Looking good man, what fish do you have in there?

ahah thank you mate.

currently I have:

1x Chelmon Rostratos
1x Ctenochaetus binotatus
1x Ctenochaetus strigosus
5x Pseudanthias dispar
1x Macropharyngodon bipartitus
1x Labroides dimidiatus
1x Cirrhilabrus rubriventralis
1x Genicanthus bellus
1x Halichoeres chrysus

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[VJV]

Good to see you back ! If only it also tested NO3....

cheers

it does test No3 !

I meant PO4

 

[Rando]

Hey, may I ask what lamp setting you are using for your G5 Blue? I only ask because my G5 Blue lamps with the AB + program used look very white / garish in contrast to theirs. Many Thanks

 

[PmRg]

Hey, may I ask what lamp setting you are using for your G5 Blue? I only ask because my G5 Blue lamps with the AB + program used look very white / garish in contrast to theirs. Many Thanks

Hello using G5 with

Cyan, Lime, Red at 40%
Cool White at 75%
Everything else 100%

Pedro

 

[PmRg]

Quick update:

the system has been stable, some algae growing but I like this... means nutrients are present and corals are very happy, KH consumption has been going up, meaning that I'm having strong growth.

The ION Director:

I have been very happy with this, measures are very VERY veryyy stable and matching my salifert kits.

This is a graph showing a one measurep er day during one month.

You can watch two things, I record in the log book when I take algae out of the refuge and you can notice the No3 stops dropping when I take algae out.

Comparing Results:

Salifert
Ca - 430
Mg - 1280

IOND
Ca - 430
Mg - 1279

Potassium seems correct, since I have been dosing K dailly and around early august I ran out of K for a couple of weeks and restarted dosing in the end of august... you can notice the K going down and recover...

No3 also seems very precise, even more precise than my actual droplet tests...

I will be sending water to test ICP and N-DOC so will have more data to compare to.

a couple of shots from this weekend, showing the current growth !

Pedro

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[PmRg]

AS promised, some macros of the coral, need to clean the pumps and background for a nice FTS so will do it later.

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[Bugger]

Everything looks great Pedro keep it up

 

[PmRg]

Hey Hey,

thank you so much

couple of FTS shots , hope you all enjoy them.

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[chaostactics]

I am probably missing something obvious but why is it called an island reef?

 

[PmRg]

I am probably missing something obvious but why is it called an island reef?

ahah I live on an island called Madeira Island and also the layout is an "island" in the middle of the tank ahah.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

AS promised, some macros of the coral, need to clean the pumps and background for a nice FTS so will do it later.

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Beautiful photos!!!

 

[PmRg]

Beautiful photos!!!

thank you so much

 

[KB5]

Just read your entire thread whilst sitting in a coffee shop in Dublin. Congrats, amazing build and a very inspirational one too.
Can I ask, how often have you had to do water changes over the last year and a half ? Thx

 

[PmRg]

Just read your entire thread whilst sitting in a coffee shop in Dublin. Congrats, amazing build and a very inspirational one too.
Can I ask, how often have you had to do water changes over the last year and a half ? Thx

Hey, thank you so much for your kind words really appreciate them!

year and a half I did around 10-15 water changes

Pedro

 

[KB5]

Hey, thank you so much for your kind words really appreciate them!

year and a half I did around 10-15 water changes

Pedro

Thanks. So almost once a month despite sticking with Triton method ? What % do you do?