What should I do??

[Charlie’s Frags]

I see you're also crazy....

Mine looks crazier than it really is. My peaks and valleys are all the same spectrum. The valleys are just 10-20 minutes of par relief.

How high are yours mounted and what’s your peak and valley wattage?

 

[SamMule]

Interesting... Is that to simulate cloud cover? Have you actually noticed a benefit?

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Interesting... Is that to simulate cloud cover? Have you actually noticed a benefit?

Hard to say. I haven’t noticed any negatives.

 

[Rjmul]

Mine looks crazier than it really is. My peaks and valleys are all the same spectrum. The valleys are just 10-20 minutes of par relief.

How high are yours mounted and what’s your peak and valley wattage?

Not sure about the wattage, or how I'd even check that. I go by this little circle ? Lights are a wee bit high around 17 inch

 

[ScottB]

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For some reason I cannot tag your handle. It just truncates to Charlie

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

For some reason I cannot tag your handle. It just truncates to Charlie

Good
I’m not Batman or Fragman

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Not sure about the wattage, or how I'd even check that. I go by this little circle ? Lights are a wee bit high around 17 inch

You can click on one of those points to edit and it’ll show you the wattage in the upper right corner.

Do you have diffusers?
2- 32s with diffusers at 17” over a 65g won’t be much par

 

[Rjmul]

You can click on one of those points to edit and it’ll show you the wattage in the upper right corner.

Do you have diffusers?
2- 32s with diffusers at 17” over a 65g won’t be much par

Yeah I'm running diffusers. There's also an ai prime in the middle alone with a bar light

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Yeah I'm running diffusers. There's also an ai prime in the middle alone with a bar light

Rent a par meter

 

[Rjmul]

Rent a par meter

Will do. Might even buy one after this conversation. I'm am however growing montis on the sand bed, that's kinda been my judge

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Will do. Might even buy one after this conversation. I'm am however growing montis on the sand bed, that's kinda been my judge

Not saying you don’t have enough par but you mentioned yours look different than mine and my corals are receiving 350-550 par

 

[schuby]

Universal CO2 Scrubber

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) can directly affect the pH of your aquarium, and with a low pH, corals may not grow as fast. Connecting a CO2 scrubber directly to the venturi on your skimmer along with CO2 absorption media you can control the amount of CO2 that is being sucked into your skimmer...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

Thx. How about the media? What works best in your experience?

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Thx. How about the media? What works best in your experience?

I’ve only used the brs co2 scrubbing media

 

[Perry]

Umm...
Not sure what to do, 25ppm n03, and 0.00 p04?
I am concerned that my corals are growing and colorful, and I don't have cyano or dinos, should I go ahead and treat the tank anyway?
Why are my corals not dying, UL p04, I should see starving corals, and I guess I am about to hear it from the nutrient experts. Or, maybe I will hear my "old fashioned " ways are stale, and not relevant modern reefing. Guess I better break out the bottle of flourish and start chasing...
Ok, my sarcasm is over ;) Could it be that my bacteria/carbon dosing is efficient at providing p04 to my corals, and that maybe it's not the test revealed, but maybe the nutrient throughput and processing? This is exactly why I don't test, and observe instead, because the numbers don't match what my eyes see, or what popular opinions are. Simply put, not all reefs can be measured equally :)

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

Umm...
Not sure what to do, 25ppm n03, and 0.00 p04?
I am concerned that my corals are growing and colorful, and I don't have cyano or dinos, should I go ahead and treat the tank anyway?
Why are my corals not dying, UL p04, I should see starving corals, and I guess I am about to hear it from the nutrient experts. Or, maybe I will hear my "old fashioned " ways are stale, and not relevant modern reefing. Guess I better break out the bottle of flourish and start chasing...
Ok, my sarcasm is over ;) Could it be that my bacteria/carbon dosing is efficient at providing p04 to my corals, and that maybe it's not the test revealed, but maybe the nutrient throughput and processing? This is exactly why I don't test, and observe instead, because the numbers don't match what my eyes see, or what popular opinions are. Simply put, not all reefs can be measured equally :)

Im no expert but I heard no3 should be closer to 0.25 ppm

 

[Perry]

Im no expert but I heard no3 should be closer to 0.25 ppm

According to Redfield Ratio, you are correct, and if I didn't test, I wouldn't know, lol. And frankly, I would prefer my P04 around .06
I would also prefer my NO3 around 5-10, I just wanted others to know that despite having some rather whacky numbers, visibly no signs anything alarming with corals. All the best my friend, and not trying to take a jab at you or your reefing style, I appreciate your contributions :)

 

[schuby]

I think that @Lasse has suggested a minimum of 1-2ppm of NO3 as a safety barrier against the creation of sulfide gas.

 

[schuby]

Universal CO2 Scrubber

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) can directly affect the pH of your aquarium, and with a low pH, corals may not grow as fast. Connecting a CO2 scrubber directly to the venturi on your skimmer along with CO2 absorption media you can control the amount of CO2 that is being sucked into your skimmer...

www.bulkreefsupply.com

CO2 scrubber just installed!

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

According to Redfield Ratio, you are correct, and if I didn't test, I wouldn't know, lol. And frankly, I would prefer my P04 around .06
I would also prefer my NO3 around 5-10, I just wanted others to know that despite having some rather whacky numbers, visibly no signs anything alarming with corals. All the best my friend, and not trying to take a jab at you or your reefing style, I appreciate your contributions :)

I joke I joke

I just wished ppl would stop killing acros chasing some magic “stable” formula.

 

[Charlie’s Frags]

CO2 scrubber just installed!

Nice
Mine adds about 0.2
I have mine recirculating