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I did a alkalinity test and fed my fish. It was a very exciting day
Dosing amino acids?
I tested my water parameters and did a10% water change. Also got a new phone and recorded a video of my tank with it of course.
I have given up on all color change tests. Simple fact... I suck at the, lol. I have my Trident running thru my Neptune now. I recently bought a Hanna phosphate checker and a Hanna nitrate checker. I also just ordered a Hanna PH tester because I do not know if I have faith in the trident ph probe.Vacuumed sand bed (partial), 25% WC after a unusual high nitrate test, only to figure out I messed up my test. Reran nitrate test, all was fine. Added a small bag of purigen.
Still getting used to my new Red Sea test kit.
I hear ya on the color tests. I tried to test nitrate today with the Nyos kit and it always seems clear to me. I doubt my nitrate is zero though. Can’t wait for the Hanna nitrate checker so I can get a digital result instead of comparing colors!I have given up on all color change tests. Simple fact... I suck at the, lol. I have my Trident running thru my Neptune now. I recently bought a Hanna phosphate checker and a Hanna nitrate checker. I also just ordered a Hanna PH tester because I do not know if I have faith in the trident ph probe.
Either way, I am going full on digital!
you have been busy!I guess mine is more of a “should do” than a “did do”. I run a bio pellet reactor to dose carbon. Effluent from the biopellets should go to the intake of your skimmer. I drilled an angled hole by my 3” intake strainer and fed the 3/4” effluent return line through my intake manifold. I was hoping I hit the part that is the intake for my skimmer, but the hose is in fact in front of my main circulation pump. Some air in the line confirmed my miss. You can see the clear vinyl hose going into my intake manifold in my sump, right behind the blue inlet screen. The hose goes in about 3 feet into manifold to where the circulation pump intake is, on the right side, the bigger pump. Unfortunately, the curvature of the vinyl hose would not allow it to go past that.
So, never being satisfied with “good enough”, I decided to redo the intake manifold after my 3” ball valve. And for the fun of it, I figured I would do it with 3” clear PVC, about a 1 foot section. Maybe I’ll see something interesting.
You can see the new ball valve all the way on the left of this manifold; the one kind of sticking up. That will be the new intake for my bio pellet reactor effluent. And since my skimmer runs at 1200 GPH, I’m sure at least 95% of the effluent will make it into the skimmer intake before it would go to the circulation pump intake. That makes me much happier than my current setup.
Now if I could only find the motivation to glue it all together and finish setting it up....
BRS has some right now. Mine should be here Monday : )I hear ya on the color tests. I tried to test nitrate today with the Nyos kit and it always seems clear to me. I doubt my nitrate is zero though. Can’t wait for the Hanna nitrate checker so I can get a digital result instead of comparing colors!
Beautiful tank!!!!