mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
You aren't? Someone always has to be different I guess:jester:
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You aren't? Someone always has to be different I guess:jester:
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Don't be a copycat with Chris, follow the crowd!:dance:
biggles
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I don't have any acropower to drink but next time i go to deer park aquarium i'm going to ask Dave to pass me a bottle to look at. I'll ask his opinion of it and right after he finishes speaking i'll take the lid off and have a sip........... i need Dom there to take a pic of his face for you guys though.......... 
slavetonet
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Need to open a fresh bottle of acro power. The half opened have a smell... Which I know I shouldnt taste.
.Chris.
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Look. Don't get me wrong. I have three aquariums in my 300sqft apartment. It's safe to say I'm a little crazy. But I am not going to be drinking an aquarium product.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
I think in going to start using it on my breakfast cereal instead of sugar..
Might taste good AND make me more regular!
You can't be too regular...
Right?
Am I right??
That all depends on how many bathrooms you have in your house:lmao:
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Update:
To echo some advice from Greg(oldude), check your alk and calcium parameters at least every week or so, and check your equipment for issues. I did some tests last night with the following results:
Ca: 400
Mg: 1290
Alk: 8.3
NO3: Between 5 and 10
PO4: 0.01
When I had the snafu a few days back with the pellet reactor not pulling in water the Nitrates had risen to over 10, and the phosphates had come up a bit too. Its the first time in about a year I have had measurable Phosphate. That slowed down the use of the Alkalinity, which rose to about 8.6. So Nitrate and Alkalinity are dropping as expected.
However, the last time I checked Calcium it was at 460 and Magnesium was at 1400. I checked over the equipment and it turned out my calcium dosing pump was turned off in the Apex interface. Its probably been 3 days like that, but I don't remember turning it off, in fact I don't usually turn them from Auto to off at all. I have an alarm programmed if they are left on, but not for them being off(a lot harder to do that).
The Salifert Amino acids ran out about a week ago. Starting a few days later, the cyano began disappearing. Its almost entirely gone now, from both tanks. The Flubber tank always has had some on the sand, but its pretty clean right now. Ill probably go back to to Acropower - its easier to get and delicious as well!
To echo some advice from Greg(oldude), check your alk and calcium parameters at least every week or so, and check your equipment for issues. I did some tests last night with the following results:
Ca: 400
Mg: 1290
Alk: 8.3
NO3: Between 5 and 10
PO4: 0.01
When I had the snafu a few days back with the pellet reactor not pulling in water the Nitrates had risen to over 10, and the phosphates had come up a bit too. Its the first time in about a year I have had measurable Phosphate. That slowed down the use of the Alkalinity, which rose to about 8.6. So Nitrate and Alkalinity are dropping as expected.
However, the last time I checked Calcium it was at 460 and Magnesium was at 1400. I checked over the equipment and it turned out my calcium dosing pump was turned off in the Apex interface. Its probably been 3 days like that, but I don't remember turning it off, in fact I don't usually turn them from Auto to off at all. I have an alarm programmed if they are left on, but not for them being off(a lot harder to do that).
The Salifert Amino acids ran out about a week ago. Starting a few days later, the cyano began disappearing. Its almost entirely gone now, from both tanks. The Flubber tank always has had some on the sand, but its pretty clean right now. Ill probably go back to to Acropower - its easier to get and delicious as well!
biggles
Premium Member
I knew you'd get a surprise at just what a difference that little piece of amber plastic makes to the iphone shots Matt :thumbsup:
I love this side view the most, and your powder blue actually looks the color of a powder blue now which is pretty as all hell. Beautiful saturated pigments on the corals mate
I love this side view the most, and your powder blue actually looks the color of a powder blue now which is pretty as all hell. Beautiful saturated pigments on the corals mate
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Thanks everyone, the filters are from Ausreef I had lost the link but I found it again: http://www.ausreef.com.au/filters.html
They should work the same in an LED tank, there are a range of shades of amber to red to use to neutralize the blue. I used the second shade up from the faintest amber.
I got out the top down box and wow - its like the iPhone camera can focus better as well as get the right color. All completely un re-touched - you can see the genuine Cyano that popped back up today, i didn't even crop them...
They should work the same in an LED tank, there are a range of shades of amber to red to use to neutralize the blue. I used the second shade up from the faintest amber.
I got out the top down box and wow - its like the iPhone camera can focus better as well as get the right color. All completely un re-touched - you can see the genuine Cyano that popped back up today, i didn't even crop them...
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Thanks Andrew, its huge how much these filters help with the pics, now the pictures look like what I see!
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