The Undecided Reef

[LILBUDDHA]

Ecureefer and I discussed the TE Sand . I shared a link from a LA forums that said they had problems with it .

Of course other ppl defended the sand . This is what I found . After rinsing it 3 times in ro/di water . I took a water sample to a another reef buddy

. Look how blue that water turned before I added the curvet to the checker .

20150915_135102_HDR by mordibv, on Flickr


Right before I put it in the checker .


20150915_135208_HDR by mordibv, on Flickr

 

[LILBUDDHA]

The results .. I am changing my GFO n carbon tonight .

Phos was 1.47


20150915_135636 by mordibv, on Flickr

 

[LILBUDDHA]

We had a lil mess going on for testing water today .
All I can say is be careful with TE sand . It would be beneficial to have some gfo to get the po4 down with the sand .

I will test my tank water again for phos tonight .


20150915_132238 by mordibv, on Flickr

 

[spspirate]

Besides this mishap with the TE your reef is looking great! Nice selection of pretty goodies!

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Besides this mishap with the TE your reef is looking great! Nice selection of pretty goodies!

Thank's spspirate .
I did test my water 3 hours later . I think the tank will be fine . That level above was the rinsed sand water .

As you can see the po4 is dead on where I'd like to keep it .


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[LILBUDDHA]

A pic of my Hawkins .

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[Cleo642]

Everything looks nice, hope you have been doing well.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I just a

Everything looks nice, hope you have been doing well.

Thanks so much. I am doing better but had a bad afternoon . I ended up at my doctors office with a jacked up shoulder and a lot of pain .

I have no idea what I did . The good news is I lost another 8 lbs since my visit almost 6 weeks ago..

New goodies in from TCK . They rock .. ( yep that's my take on them ).

20150915_122449 by mordibv, on Flickr

 

[Cleo642]

I just a


Thanks so much. I am doing better but had a bad afternoon . I ended up at my doctors office with a jacked up shoulder and a lot of pain .

I have no idea what I did . The good news is I lost another 8 lbs since my visit almost 6 weeks ago..

New goodies in from TCK . They rock .. ( yep that's my take on them ).

20150915_122449 by mordibv, on Flickr

Your tank is gonna be fully loaded, that's awesome. I hope your shoulder is gonna be ok.

 

[LILBUDDHA]

It's better today . I am still a lil stiff . My doctor said the muscle relaxer should slow me down n rest for a change .
I agree on the tank being loaded . I am still trying to figure out a way to get one more rock in the tank for the new frags .
Might try the rear wall for more depth look . ECUreefer has plenty of acrylic rods on hand .
Coralline algae is growing on the rear wall. WOOT ,,,WOOT ...

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Pro-Corals Rainbow is starting to look nice ,. I can see at least 4 different colors . Brown,Green, Red n blue polyps .

20150917_193616 by mordibv, on Flickr

 

[LILBUDDHA]

I think this pic is better ,


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[LILBUDDHA]

Hawkins Retake

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[LILBUDDHA]

Nasuta


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[LILBUDDHA]

Nothing much going on.
Tested the water today
Ca 400 dropped from 480 11 days ago
Mg 1430 dropped from 1480 11 days ago
Po4 .03 up to .08 4 days ago . Kneaded bag tonight
DHK 9.5 down from 10.5 11 days ago .


JF Sourtwist is getting some new color but still a long toothpick .


20150917_204254 by mordibv, on Flickr

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Still trying to get some red in this RR Stag . It's just a pinkish purple hue .



20150917_204238 by mordibv, on Flickr

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Pikachu ..to branches r shifting away from the green hue to yellowish
In the back ground u might be able to see some crutose algae plating on a rock . Will look it up later to be sure ..Don't quote me on it .


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[LILBUDDHA]

I see some annoying algae cropping up since I have no hermits in the tank .
I did find a Stomatella today .It appears to be a good size one . Proly cut back on the Pohl's Xtra and aminos


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I also got in another KH test kit . Not sold on Nyos with the reagents staining the test vial . It skewed a few tests here and there .
I guess it's back to Salifert . Balling Salts are on the way since I am starting to see some of the big 3 being consumed .
Will go back to lugol's and NF metals when the red sea colors are finished .


20150922_175935 by mordibv, on Flickr

 

[LILBUDDHA]

PA came thru on a my full balling salts . TY ..
I got a case of them and 1 box of B .
It's enough for 3 gallons of A /Calcium /trace elements
6 gallons of B / sodium bicarbonate
3 gallons C Magnesium / Sodium Free Salts .
FWIW these salts are similar if not the same as I have said before with the TM balling Salts line .
All pharmaceutical grade . .. Now to wait on Black Friday for a doser n containers .
Hanna reagents came in too. I see they are tabbed ,alas no more scissors .

20150923_150627 by mordibv, on Flickr

 

[LILBUDDHA]

Some top downs with no box .

RR Aussie Gold


20150923_223510 by mordibv, on Flickr