ADA 120-P + Elos Mini dual NPS tank journal

[fullmonti]

Well foolish me I thought since FedX did not make the delivery yesterday they would bring it first thing this morning, NO 3pm! I had one fish DOA, two crabs look good, not sure about the chironephthya I think it opened some polyps but not sure yet. The zebra feather star looked dead, but I squirted some min F & min D mx on him he started moving. Most of the tips of his arms are gone. I have never even seen one in person so not sure what the act like when things are good. He is able to hang on to the sand bed & moves some when squirt any food over him so maybe OK?

 

[uhuru]

Hopefully they are ok! The feather star should grow the arms back. Mine dropped most of its arms during my tank move but they have grown back significantly now.

 

[fullmonti]

Thats good to hear, I really like him. The little coral has definitely opened some polyps so should be ok. I feel bad about the fish though. Pix to come
Jim

 

[slapshot]

Uggg I hate that!!! Best of luck.

 

[uhuru]

Took some new FTS shots even though my tank is a little messy right now. Mainly because Gary asked So Gary if you want to use anything for your presentation just let me know.

this one is special...

 

[happysak]

I wish my water will be so clear:thumbsup:

 

[happysak]

and beatiful tank

 

[fullmonti]

Gorgeous!

 

[uhuru]

Thanks guys!

 

[DFason]

Mike - Unreal. You are really tempting me to turn my 35g into a NPS tank. I honestly never thought it could look so amazing. On the left rock, what coral has it polyps way out? Its space creature like!

-Dave

 

[slapshot]

Dang Mike, looks great. Makes me want to start over...... On second thought. Nice work!


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[alexruegamer]

hey great job!
now we wanna see details
what do you do that your tank is so clear?

 

[dainiusiva]

wow Mike, incredible FTS, thumbs up, that really looks awesome

 

[uhuru]

Thank you everyone.

Dave - I think you're talking about the chironephthya, which I'm trying to recover from being in poor condition. I got it from DD. It didn't look good then but I was hoping I could get it back into shape like I've done with another chironephthya I have. I took a macro shot of it I'll post it later.

alex - the clarity is a combination of different things. The main thing is I use ozone. Also I think ADA tanks help make the water look more clear because the silicone is invisible and the back glass is also clear. I am thinking that dosing live phyto also helps but I'm not sure. I know in most tanks live phyto becomes dead phyto in no time. I plan to make a thread about this to get peoples opinions, but I have noticed a difference in my tank since using live vs dead phyto. Could just be coincidence with the tank maturing more though.

 

[GreshamH]

FWIW IA and PFC aren't "dead", they just can not divide anymore. If anything they are quiescent. If they were "dead" we'd have a MUCH harder time with them keeping any shelf life.

 

[uhuru]

Oh okay thanks for explaining that. It must just be the benefits of phyto in general and not whether its marketed as live or not. The other strange thing I've noticed since dosing phyto is that my macroalgae tank has come to a standstill in terms of growth. I used to grow a bucket of ulva every week. Now it has barely grown at all. Even the caulerpa hasn't shown much growth. This tank runs a 250w iwasaki 6500K bulb. I used to get a green film on the glass every 2-4 days. Now all I get is a light bacterial film with pods. Could be a combination of the tank maturing and the phyto. I'm going to pick up a bottle of phyto feast (not the "live" bottle) tonight or tomorrow and see if this continues.

 

[GreshamH]

Density and formulation are different amongst every single phyto product on the market so comparing like this is a hard unless you know the actual cell count. The difference amongst the two product you have tried is pretty massive:

Shellfish diet is an 1800 product, meaning it is 1800x denser then a "hobbyist style phyto culture" and about 900x as dense as a "dense lab culture". I have not looked at phycopure in a long time (same as Nanno9) but last time I did look it seemed to be as dense as a "dense lab culture", so 900x less dense than Shellfish Diet.

Off the top of my head (I have to ask our scientists about this as I forgot, but they are all gone for the day today) I seem to recall Phyto-Feast being 4x less dense then SD?

 

[GreshamH]

I'll try to collect all the cell counts given for all the phyto products on the market so we can compare actual cell counts. Then I'll make a calculator so it'll be easy for people to figure out how many cells they are putting in. IMO this should help immensely in figuring out the proper amount to use in the long run

 

[uhuru]

Yes that would be awesome! I will definitely lower my dosage for the PF then.

 

[uhuru]

Ran out of Nanno9 so started dosing PF yesterday at 27ml/day, half of the dosage I was using for Nanno9. I'll keep an eye on everything and might reduce it even further since it is so much more concentrated.

Gresham if you could break down the concentration of each species in PF that would be great too. Especially the synechococcus (the main reason I am trying this instead of IA).