Waterbox 7226, resistance to upgrading was futile

dragon99 · May 29, 2021

Bpb said:
I totally missed that you were running ozone. I need to come check out how you’re running all that

Straight into the skimmer, 30min on/off schedule. I think it helps, but honestly it's hard to quantify the results. My orp doesn't seem to be affected really so sometimes I wonder if it's even working.

Still have a fair amount of cyano, but otherwise most things look pretty good.
BC Kermit Song granulosa

Space Invaders pectina

RR Grape Juice

Flame wrasse was not amused by the photo session

BC Pearly Cadaver

dragon99 · Jun 20, 2021

I'm up to 4.8L a day of kalk now and I'm using a vinegar kalk solution so it's super saturated. I thought my next step was going to be a CaRX, but I'm not loving the pH drop that comes along with it. Could be my cheapo Skimz reactor that's the culprit, but now I'm thinking of alternatives. All-for-reef has worked well in my nano. I love the single dosing head solution, but man it's not cheap (or available even right now). My next thought is the DIY ESV b-ionic dosing. To
o make it more urgent, I'm going vacation next week and I'm not sure my kalk container will last the full week (it should, but just barely).

anyhooo, aside from the ongoing cyano "issue", things are going well.

RC poison envy, finally getting the redish/pink base and growing well

RR rainbow loom, exploding with new nubbins after just encrusting forever

boom corals unicorn snot, lots of color in this mille

dragon99 · Jul 5, 2021

The tank survived a week without me! I'm sure it was harder on me than the fish or corals. My kalk tank just barely made it 7 days.

greg hiller's aquamarine jewel, growing quite well and I love the oval shaped corallites

Some new frags from my last battelbox. FedEx was late delivering the box and I lost several and others looked rough.
BC chemical bomb, it was really pale initially but looking better now

BC Battle Fuego

BC Gilded Lily, really excited about this one

dragon99 · Aug 7, 2021

Finally the cyano is retreating and I'm not completely embarrassed to do a FTS.

Daniel@R2R · Aug 21, 2021

dragon99 said:
Finally the cyano is retreating and I'm not completely embarrassed to do a FTS.

Looking great!!

dragon99 · Aug 21, 2021

Daniel@R2R said:
Looking great!!

Thanks, wish I could say the same this week. Had a frag RTN and my Oregon tort is looking rough. I'm thinking either my lack of water changes recently has caught up with me, and/or the increase in par from T5 bulb replacements is causing an issue.

Did a WC last night and dropped the intensity on the LEDs a bit. Need to get the par meter out and measure too.

dragon99 · Sep 17, 2021

Seems everything is back on track. Never figured out what exactly caused the problems, but not seeing any new issues. 4 T5's replaced last month and I'll start replacing the last 4 over the next month. After measuring PAR I ended up dropping the LED's by about 15%.

Paletta pink tip

Rainbow loom

BC happy glamper

mattgsa · Sep 17, 2021

Love the tank, and the amazing corals.

dragon99 · Sep 20, 2021

Few more pics

Spotbreast angel behind BC pearly cadaver

psxerholic cherry shortcake

TSA Bill Murray, finally shooting out a new branch

dragon99 · Sep 28, 2021

Added a harlequin shrimp and he immediately found some lunch!

dragon99 · Oct 10, 2021

I hate cleaning glass. But I finally got out the razor blade for the Tunze magnet and wow, so much easier than the plastic blades and man the tank sparkles now. Even my wife noticed how much better it looked.

walt disney

BC bleeding tree finally putting on some branches

end view now that the glass is clean (I tend to skid this side)

FTS

and barely visible under the frogspawn on the left a happy shrimp

JCOLE · Nov 13, 2021

Just stumbled on your new thread. The tank and corals look great! Following along.

dragon99 · Nov 16, 2021

Welcome aboard! I've been kinda lax about updates lately. I'm trying to be hands off with the tank so the only big change recently was removing the CArx from the sump (it wasn't running anyway). I tried it for a short time and the pH drop was too much for my comfort. I'm still just dosing kalk (fortified with vinegar) right now. I'm at ~5L per day currently.

I did start dosing TM Pro Trace A-/K+ over the past few months. Recent ICP doesn't show any major shift though.

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Boom coral unicorn snot

z's blue floyd

BC bonsai humi

dragon99 · Nov 21, 2021

I often struggle to measure my success in this hobby. Too often I set the bar by viewing other tanks that I aspire to and forget to appreciate the success I've had. Last year around this time the tank was in a death spiral and it took me far too long to realize the issue was dinos (and possibly other things). Here's a few shots of how is started (~Dec 2020) vs how it's going (Nov 2021)

Kung Pao montipora