Any news on new corals and the new dosing regimen?
Hey reefmutt,
Things with dosing the AF products are going really well.
At the moment I am dosing the still under the recommended 1 drop per 27 gallons but the only thing I noticed on week 2 was a growth of diatom brown algae on glass. This has been showing up less and less this week.
Week 3 dosing is as follows:
Pro bio s - Daily 6 drops
Np pro - Daily 6 drops
Af energy - Mon-Wed-Fri - 6 drops
Af build - Mon-Wed-Fri - 6 drops
Af vitality - Tue-Thurs-Sat - 6 drops
Af aminomix - Tue-Thurs-Sat - 6 drops
Af power food - 2 scoop - Sat-Sun
Components 1+2+3:
Dosing 1+ at 20ml per day
Dosing 2+ at 5ml per day
Dosing 3+ at 20ml per day
My test readings have been as follows:
Ca 400 -425
Mg 1300
Phos .8ppm*
Alk 7.6
NO3 25*
Both Phos and No3 have not increased since taking the bio pellets offline and the pos has decreased in half over the 3 week period. No3 I have not seen any drops yet. I will continue to monitor these two parameters to see the where they go as I dose Pro Bio S and NP pro.
After the disaster I purchased an APEX which as you all know can set you back a month's worth of mortgage lol. Anyhow after setup I truly love the fact that I get text alerts from the cloud based program called "Fusion" of my salinity and PH levels.
So far the controller handles Main pump, skimmer, all my lights. I will need to connect my doser and eventually my MP-40's.
Then from that point I can spend and add and spend and add lol!
My fav feature is controlling lights, pump, skimmer while at work. I plan on adding a web cam so that when I leave on weekends to work I can monitor the tank remotely by watching it live.
Now about the corals:
Week 1 purchases all were very inexpensive frags from WWC all are doing fine except a Hollywood stunner chalice and an unknown sps. Both have shown anger towards my ALK issues but none have completely perished nor have gotten to the point of no return. Both seem to be coming back. The chalice started to STN from the outside to the in but has stopped. The sps shown burnt tips but has also stopped. All zoes are super opened and look totally happy.
Week 2 purchases were aquaculture corals from Reefers Direct and they have lost color but polyp expansion is super. They were not happy campers after the bayer dip nor happy about the ALK spike. But no tissue recession, just a little brown but full polyp expansion. I expect a full recovery from them.
Week 3 purchase was from a local reefer. Got from him several pieces;Red Planet, red setsoa,
Week 4 purchase was from a local eBay seller. Bought several pieces:RA Figi tri-color sps, RA Midnight Fame Monti, RA Purple Monster, RA Purple w/ Green Polyps Birdsnest, RA Yellow Loripes. Went to pick those guys up and ended with a few more pieces mummy chalice, Aussie Highlighter acro, Fuzzy Blue Vermiculata, RA hot pink encrusting goni, RA rainbow pocillipora, blue tip tenuis, electric blue millie.
Week 5 purchase from WWC Green Thumb Tenuis, WWC Cool Efflo
Here are some pics:
Red digi
Orange setsoa
Leng sy cap
TSA Blue Monster
Tubbs stellata
