The 2 part route just seems easier to me. X amount of this raises Z this much... no guessing and no crazy swings. The dose just does its thing independent of the ATO or anything else. You DO need a doser you can trust though. I went through some dosers here that now sit on a shelf. I did some testing on the Kamoer X1 Pros and the new Red Sea dosers and both are accurate to the drop and hold calibration very well.
I am feeling the same way about the complexity of this AFR and Kalk combo. I’ll probably finish my AFR and then go to 2 part. But it will take me well into next year to finish my AFR. I haven’t given up yet.
Thank you! I am anxious to get coral but forcing myself to wait until I have the parameters stable. It’s motivation for me to do water tests, which I have been lazy about in the past. Trying to be better this time.
My pH ranges from 8.1-8.4. I use a CO2 scrubber on the skimmer and it keeps me above 8. The magic for me is that the way I have it now is "set it and forget it". The pH swing is minimal for me and I can set the dosers to dose many times a day to make the swings minimal.
At least it's small and you don't have a ton of coral in there. I have a rainbow bubble tip that was the size of your head that could stretch halfway across the tank. It finally split and now there's 4 of them in there and one is huge. Anemones are awesome animals but they can be a serious pain the rear end.
Still moving around but at least it’s happy
They are a pain. I had some RBTAs that were beautiful but they split so often they were a pest. At first I would sell them, but over time then I saturated the local market and had to give them away. They were the only non-SPS in the tank and it was a hassle. I may be signing up for the same headache but my girls are pleased and they keep showing the clowns videos of others clowns playing in anemones. They are calling it online school.
Took my clowns a couple of months to stop sleeping by the return pipes and host in the anemone. Sooner or later nature will kick in. It's awesome that the girls are invested in the project. I do my reefing for myself mainly but it's great when other people show interest or get involved.
I have one of those and two more on the way... awesome animalsI must confess I love snails. They are not just a clean up crew for me, I really enjoy watching them. I try to find one or two of as many different types as I can. This conch is fun to watch. Every couple of days it gets some nori.
I am seeing some ugly stage diatoms on the sand, not bad
You'd be fine with soft coral if you wanted to get some now. Xenia, GSP, mushrooms, and zoas are pretty much bulletproof
I bet! I’d like to have trochus spawn even with a bunch of tiny ones clogging things up. They really are excellent snails. One of the best cleaners. I have two, so low odds of male and female.
