The Undecided Reef

[LILBUDDHA]

They sent me home with a
Red robin stag
Northern lights granulosa
A huge gorgeous Hawkins
Jolene's blue tip.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I think she told me that since we can't identify the jolenes or joes they r gonna rename it the bng blue n red .

The half circle tank of awesomeness .. U gotta be a stick head to love it
.The cleaning magnets r actually frag rack magnets now ..lol

 

[LILBUDDHA]

It's a lil ticked but u may be able to see the great colors on the Hawkins I got . it's a bright purple on the tips . The blue n red is behind the Hawkins.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Still trying to wrap my head around this ATI PM LED . The Geisemann Matrixx has been taken down and cleaned up .
I want to than Ross n Sahin for a you tube video n Ross's project to get an idea of how all this worked . I have covered 5 inches on each side of the persplex with 5% tint on the PM LEd to compensate for light spillage. I have the lights toned down quite a bit until I think they can handle more intensity. The pucks are spaced 20 inches from end to end so it should give me plenty of quality light with the t5's for sticks . I more than likely will not use a controller on this tank . There isn't a need for one .

I played with the camera when the PM LED was in blue plus mode led's only n took a pic of my PC rainbow . I have a lot of projects to complete . I can't thank ECUreefer enough for his help . I also want to thank Dekino aka " Tiko " for his help too, Its great to have good friends around you. Tbdh20 is my longest standing reefing buddy and friend .

If anyone wants to give me tips on how to get the colors out of the camera please shoot me a PM.
I took several pic's of one of the pc rainbow's I have with different settings .

 

[tbdh20]

Nice size frag, the second pic is nice. The color should come out better in pics, as it grows out a pops to it's potential!

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Nice size frag, the second pic is nice. The color should come out better in pics, as it grows out a pops to it's potential!

Thanks ..
This is like the 10th attempt lol

 

[bsagea]

Thank you for the wonderful accolades! You are very kind!

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Thank you for the wonderful accolades! You are very kind!

U r welcome ..

I had a lot of points to use with AquaCave who have been great to deal with on anything I have ordered from them. I am referring to ordering to customer support and packaging.
I was looking around for TM bioactive salt but was that ESV makes a new 100 gallon packaging and it comes in a bucket now . This bucket was packed in a bid with padding ..I have never seen it shipped this way.
I used it in the past but it was too hard to find at times. No issues at all since you can use it on the fly. I had some questions n emailed ESV. I was curious if you could mix it at a lower part b for lower dkh. I was advised not to do this since you will be missing balanced ions mixing it as such.
I was advised to stop dosing calcium n alk. I called since I am doing no such thing but water changes. I had a great conversation with Bob Stark . Nice to know he was there to assist.
As you can see even the bucket was in a bag.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Just tested my water
PO4 .03 Hanna Egg
CA 420 Nyos
MG 1440 Nyos
DKH 10
Nitrate 5 ppm

I want to thank Bob Stark again for helping me troubleshoot my DKH issue since I almost thru the second bucket of RSB salt . I couldn't figure out why the dkh wasn't dropping since the blue has NSW parameters. I totally forgot about my Calcium Ascorbate ( Vit C ) dosing regimen . It has calcium 225mg per 1/2 tsp and 2245 mg vit c . He stated a residual result gives it a buffer component . DOH .... I am going to lay off the vit c dosing for now . I will rely on lugols to keep my z's n p's hopefully healthy. I will almost finish my 12 weeks of bio clean . Not sure which route I want to go with carbon dosing since I do a lot of water changes . 10% per week .
I will be getting the last of my acro's for a bit .I know the sticks are in a carbon dosed tank ,since the colors r so pastel n light . I would hate to alk burn them ..

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Piglet acro was seriously colored down from the LFS. It's starting to come around .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Granulosa .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Red Robin Stag

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I think I got a better pic of the Hawkins today.
I have been busy with other chores today.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Another pic of the toxic hammer

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Did a 5 gallon water change on the 40 n a 2 gallon water change on the QT tank .
I am down to 9 DKH on the 40 Fusion . I really like the Nyos ease of use . I thought at first the carbonate hardness kit was off . I tested it against a RSCP foundation DKH kit . No issues at all with the Nyos . I am so glad the Nyos Mag kit is so easy to use vs the RSCP foundation 1 drop shake 15 seconds x5 .. what a pain . I haven't used Salifert in a bit but the Nyos seem similar to them . Again imho u cannot beat the RSCP foundation big 3 kit for the nice box and robust heavy duty kit for the money. I was just sick of the mag kit .
I am going to post my geisemann matrixx unit for sale soon and take a hit on it . Such is life . I am proly going to post a small znp pack with a freebie zoa I cannot identify with a Japanese Green Toadstool . I ended up with a frag of it since it wouldn't stay put on the plug , The rubber band I used made a frag and both are healed for a bit n good to go.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I went on a wild goose chase sourcing some black vinyl to wrap 5 inches on each side of the persplex on the ati pm led. I don't know if I am repeating myself . I am using a 36 inch pm led x 4 t5 unit over a fusion 40 . It's a 24 inch wide tank .
I woke up tonight @ 130 am..hmmm. Any Who the 5 % window tint works fine taped to the plexi .
A quick pic of what I did. It does the trick for light spillage.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Thanks thbdh20 for th box of bioballs..
I really needed them for nitrate production.
The water flows much better through the system this way too.
I still have to clean up my wiring but I have plenty of time to do this .

 

[s2nhle]

Great thread, tagging along.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Great thread, tagging along.

Thank you .. I almost think I am talking to myself . Ur post gave me a lift for today ..

Tried A FTS during end of light cycle for the day .

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Doh ... Fogot the FTS.
If u look closely u can see how much damage my Golden Pygmy caused .. RIP ..
Fallow ATM