Mhucasey's SPS obsession
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mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
It's a day late but I know you like weiners and all. :inlove:
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!
Awwwww! What a sweetie! I do indeed love the wieners!
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Matt, not sure you posted those Aquaforest info links on your thread.. why don't you post them here, as well, since you are switching over to Aquaforest..
and any time you want to post some fuzzy acre pics.. feel free!
Here are the links:
http://aquaforest.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Gueide-English.pdf
And here are some fuzzy SPS:
Monti getting into the act:
Acro Polyp extension has been very good:
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Sorry, there was two links for AquaForest but I failed to copy one.
http://aquaforest.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GuideEN1.pdf
http://aquaforest.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GuideEN1.pdf
reefmutt
Active member
Thanks for the links and thanks for the fuzz!!
Corals are looking haaaaaaapy!!
Just goes to show you that there is a whole lot more at play in a happy healthy reef than the level of p..
On average, I'd say my p has been consistently closer to .15 (and has been around .18 for a few weeks, now) over the past year, than .05.. Not saying I like it but the corals have not seemed to dislike it so much..
I'm sure, in Matt's case, they won't be up there for too much longer..
Corals are looking haaaaaaapy!!
Just goes to show you that there is a whole lot more at play in a happy healthy reef than the level of p..
On average, I'd say my p has been consistently closer to .15 (and has been around .18 for a few weeks, now) over the past year, than .05.. Not saying I like it but the corals have not seemed to dislike it so much..
I'm sure, in Matt's case, they won't be up there for too much longer..
plyle02
Active member
Matt,
Congrats on pulling the trigger on AF, I too have decided to move forward on their lineup. My plan is to use the probiotic salt, all ULNS complex, all coral supps, fish v, and also carbon, zeolites, and phos remover. I see you have implemented products, good to hear, I will be following closely, as I should be online next week sometime. Happy New Year!
Congrats on pulling the trigger on AF, I too have decided to move forward on their lineup. My plan is to use the probiotic salt, all ULNS complex, all coral supps, fish v, and also carbon, zeolites, and phos remover. I see you have implemented products, good to hear, I will be following closely, as I should be online next week sometime. Happy New Year!
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
I use a Milwaukee low range colorimeter MI 412. It is much better and more repeatable than any Hanna paperweight. The higher PO4 values are very recent, up til a week ago I was getting 0.00 on every test.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Matt,
Is 0.1 PO4 reading or P (phosphorus) reading? When I look at my Elos (high sensitivity) test kit's reading chart, I can see the following:
Which 0.1 is yours?
My phosphate reading is 0.015 (P) and 0.046 PO4 according to the colour chart?
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Matt,
Is 0.1 PO4 reading or P (phosphorus) reading? When I look at my Elos (high sensitivity) test kit's reading chart, I can see the following:
Which 0.1 is yours?
My phosphate reading is 0.015 (P) and 0.046 PO4 according to the colour chart?
Mine is for Phosphate, not Phosphorous. It's one of these:
This tester is supposedly not as accurate as the "Ultra low Range" testers claim to be. However I can take two separate samples and test them and get the same value almost 100% of the time so that shows me the tester is precise. Whether it's accurate is a matter of faith in the mfg specs, but I'm very comfortable with it. You couldn't pay me enough money to use a titration test for phosphate or phosphorous.
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
Thanks for the links and thanks for the fuzz!!
Corals are looking haaaaaaapy!!
Just goes to show you that there is a whole lot more at play in a happy healthy reef than the level of p..
On average, I'd say my p has been consistently closer to .15 (and has been around .18 for a few weeks, now) over the past year, than .05.. Not saying I like it but the corals have not seemed to dislike it so much..
I'm sure, in Matt's case, they won't be up there for too much longer..
I really am not too concerned what the value is as long as the corals are happy. I've been testing to correlate the measured values with the coral's health level and the dosing amount, hopefully the information will be useful for someone reading the thread.
When I ran the Zeovit system I couldn't keep the phosphate value down without far exceeding the specified amount of Zeostart3. When I dosed the larger amount, in concert with the large amount of zeolites, I kept getting tissue loss. I'm hoping to keep the amount of NP Pro from getting out of hand with this system
mhucasey
Acros & wieners, oh my!
I've been very impressed with the quality of the supplements, carbon, and salt; I think you will be pleased. Keep in mind that even though Deborah uses zeolites and Phosphate minus together, the guide suggests not to use Phosphate minus on an ongoing basis. I would be very careful using the two together.
Good luck! I'm interested in seeing what you think and how it works for you
biggles
Premium Member
Bulent, your reading is 0.046 if you want to compare it to Matt's. On your kit Matt would be seeing a pale blue close to the 0.092 color dot on the Elos chart. I hope that answered your question, if not then too bad because we're moving forward now and getting back to Matt's AF adventure :thumbsup:
What are the acros looking like Matt, showing any visible signs that they know something's up with the new water parameters developing mate.
What are the acros looking like Matt, showing any visible signs that they know something's up with the new water parameters developing mate.
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