I AM A GRANDFATHER
Welcome my granddaughter born last Friday Dec. 30 !!!!
Cheers to all
Daniel
Congratulations. My grandson was born Dec 27. One of the great momemts of my life just like yours. It is so special.[emoji3]
Daniel's RSM 250 SPS tank
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Congratulations. My grandson was born Dec 27. One of the great momemts of my life just like yours. It is so special.[emoji3]
nemodan
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CONGRATS !!!!
This 2017 came full of happiness.
One more ..... and i promise the next ones will be reef pictures.
Cheers
Daniel
nemodan
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nemodan
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This is a video I did last month Feb. 19 to post here and.....never posted
Still all equal, could be a little more bigger the corals, but also difficult to see that in a video. So it is still valid
https://youtu.be/W2aJIx18j48
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The second part of the video is the 40 Breeder Fuge that is connected to the tank in an adjacent room.
Still all equal, could be a little more bigger the corals, but also difficult to see that in a video. So it is still valid
https://youtu.be/W2aJIx18j48
<iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/W2aJIx18j48" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
The second part of the video is the 40 Breeder Fuge that is connected to the tank in an adjacent room.
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allrover75
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That's a magnificent tank I must say. I noted your comment about maintaining dkh at 6.5, and it's obviously working amazingly for you. I understood that 6.5 was right at the low end, so I just wanted to ask what method/products you used to control nutrients and dose elements in your tank?
For context, I've just moved from RedSea products to Aquaforest, and am finding the lower dkh levels maintained by the AF stuff a little unsettling to say the least.
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For context, I've just moved from RedSea products to Aquaforest, and am finding the lower dkh levels maintained by the AF stuff a little unsettling to say the least.
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nemodan
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Thank you for the compliments. But that tank is far away of being a good one. But I do not deny that is doing well.
Today I measured the Alk and was at 6.05 dkh. Too low for my guts. I like it more in the 6.5-7 range. 2 days ago I increased the dose in 2 ml and today in 3 ml.
Nutrients : as I do not have idea of my levels of Phos or Nitrogen, I do nothing to reduce or increase them. After my last crash I decided that it was enought. I Changed my politics and returned to the middle ages and applied the law of the "survival of the fittest ". I started to feed 3 frozen cubes in the DT and 3 frozen cubes in the fuge every other day. The corals that you see are the ones that are better adapted to my conditions. Each one that continued dying after the crash was NOT replaced.
I dose B-ionic 2 parts. Now I am in 77 ml of each part daily spread during 18 hours. I have a Neptune DOS dosing system.
For nutrients I have 4 media reactors plus the tank media rack full with Matrix and Siporax. Then in the fug I have a basket that takes ~ 70% of the space filled full of macro algae.
I use Reef Crystal.
From AF I am using the bacterias daily and dosing NPPro with a dosing pump. I dose exactly what they recomend for a 100 G. If this is doing something good I do not have idea. But i will NOT CHANGE anything.
I only measure and change the Alk levels.
Cheers
Daniel
nemodan
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Hi Matt, nice to see that you stopped by. I am always reading from time to time the threads.
WC : 25 G every week on a 100 G total volume without rocks and stuff. So i do a pretty nice change as I have a LOT of rocks, sand and stuff that reduce that volume. .
I use Reef Crystals. I have 2 35G brutes with ~ 30G of water. 1 has RODI, tbe other Salt Water (SW). Every weekend or ~ every 7-8 days I empty 25 G of the fuge with a pump. Water goes directly to the drain. Then I pump 25G from the SW tank. All takes me 20 minutes. Then I re-start the pump that send water from the DT to the fuge and allow all the system to achieve equilibrium for at least 30 minutes. After that, knowing that I will not need the left over SW, I pump 25 G of RODI water to the SW tank. Add the salt and close the lid. The SW brute has heater, pump and air pump. It stay for a week until I do all this again.
All this process takes me an hour.
I am feeding mysis, brine shrimps and blood worms. Every other day, 3 cubes per tank. Some algae for the tangs in the DT and the tang in the fuge has more than enough free algae
Let me know if you want more info.
Cheers
Daniel
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MrineLfRlz
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Thank you for sharing the tank looks great!
It is always a pleasure to view your tank. It is unique in appearance and the fact that it is a true mixed reef with very different corals thriving right next to each other. Its appearance has gone right past "real" and is now "surreal".
I used to dose exactly like your program, only now I have changed out the B-Ionic two part for Comp 123. I use the AF bacteria and carbon exactly as recommended. Large weekly water changes.
I am very happy with the simplicity and the results. Stability and discipline allow the reef to evolve to the best it can be [just like in the wild]. The simplicity allows it to fit into my lifestyle.
Congrats again your grandchild. The video was fantastic. Post some more updates as they are really appreciated.
Kevin
I used to dose exactly like your program, only now I have changed out the B-Ionic two part for Comp 123. I use the AF bacteria and carbon exactly as recommended. Large weekly water changes.
I am very happy with the simplicity and the results. Stability and discipline allow the reef to evolve to the best it can be [just like in the wild]. The simplicity allows it to fit into my lifestyle.
Congrats again your grandchild. The video was fantastic. Post some more updates as they are really appreciated.
Kevin
