My 110 Gallon Peninsula Reef Tank

Thank you for the info. With your obvious success, I believe I'll stick with the BRS! Seems much easier. What do you think of the BRS dosing pumps? So, if I read this all correctly, you've been with BRS through the life of your tank, and you switched from pellets to go back to vodka dosing? Other than mg, ca/alk and vodka, is there anything you really add? I'd like to keep my new aquarium simple, as simple as possible.
 
Fliger said:
Thank you for the info. With your obvious success, I believe I'll stick with the BRS! Seems much easier. What do you think of the BRS dosing pumps? So, if I read this all correctly, you've been with BRS through the life of your tank, and you switched from pellets to go back to vodka dosing? Other than mg, ca/alk and vodka, is there anything you really add? I'd like to keep my new aquarium simple, as simple as possible.
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your welcome! I personally have not tried out the BRS dosing system but I know a handful of people that are using them and they don't have anything bad to say about it.

That is correct I've always used BRS 2 part though the life of the tank. The main reason I've gone back to vodka for the time being is because the pellet have been problematic for me in the last 2 months this issue is that they keep clumping up. I will most likely go back to pellets later on in the year as I really don't like dosing the vodka manually everyday.

I've only dosed CA & ALK in my system on a consistent basis, MAG is only dosed to the system if the parameters are not up to par. I've also started dosing KALK to the system just to see if I can get my PH back up. Unfortunately so far no luck.
 
sweet ride said:
I was wondering if someone can shed some light to my bio pellets fiasco.....

been using them since June or July last year with no problem with them... the last couple of weeks they started to clump up, I will mix them daily and the following day they will clump up again... there is some sort of "snot" like stuff around the pellets that keeps them from tumbling.

any assistance is greatly appreciated.

side note, nothing has been added to the system in the last 8 weeks. and at this point in time the corals doesn't seem to be affected.
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I'm very sorry to hear what happened to some of your corals. You truly have an amazing tank and wish you the best for a full recovery.

Seems like the clumping is inevitable and problematic. Very common and hasn't been fixed yet from what I've heard. Have you tried a fuge for phos/nitrate control?
 
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I would really consider look into the brs dosing pumps if I were you. You don't need 3 dosing pumps. IME For the money it would be well worth it considering how much you have in corals. I tried the aqualifter and were not anywhere as accurate as a higher end dosing pump. I don't know maybe you had better luck than I did with them. lol I found the safest way to run them is with a controller, like the reefkeeper lite. hth
 
sweet ride said:
I had the camera out last time I did a water change and thought that I would TRY to snap some top down shots. All photos was taken with a standard 18 to 200mm lens.

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These pics say it all man!! You definitely got what it takes!! :thumbsup:

Do your corals ever sting eachother and need to be moved or do you just let them do their own thing?
 
SaltwaterAdict said:
I'm very sorry to hear what happened to some of your corals. You truly have an amazing tank and wish you the best for a full recovery.

Seems like the clumping is inevitable and problematic. Very common and hasn't been fixed yet from what I've heard. Have you tried a fuge for phos/nitrate control?
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Thanks for the kind words SaltwaterAdict!!! Yes am currently running a fuge as well as GAC & GFO for phos/nitrate control? I will give bio pellets a try again as i've had success with them as well, maybe this guys just have a life span.

SaltwaterAdict said:
I would really consider look into the brs dosing pumps if I were you. You don't need 3 dosing pumps. IME For the money it would be well worth it considering how much you have in corals. I tried the aqualifter and were not anywhere as accurate as a higher end dosing pump. I don't know maybe you had better luck than I did with them. lol I found the safest way to run them is with a controller, like the reefkeeper lite. hth
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I really can't complain about the aqualifter as it has done the job fairly well for me. I also have a TLF ball valve to adjust the flow as well as a timer. I do have a reef keeper lite as part of the system but opt to use a digital timer as it's easier to adjust on the fly. on a side note I have not ruled out getting an actual dosing system like Profilux stand alone dosing system vs just the BRS dosing system. I just figure it's only going to be a couple of hundred more why not get the one that I like when the time come. again this is just me. I know a lot of people using the BRS with no issue. this is just a personal choice!

SaltwaterAdict said:
These pics say it all man!! You definitely got what it takes!! :thumbsup:

Do your corals ever sting eachother and need to be moved or do you just let them do their own thing?
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Yes they do sting each other, it depends on the coral if it's something that I like and is fairly small then I would move it otherwise I'll let it be. I do have a handful of them that have encrusted over each other.
 
4 pumps on one plug was the reason I chose the GHL stand-alone over the BRS pumps, also its just plain sexy
 
sweet ride said:
I really can't complain about the aqualifter as it has done the job fairly well for me. I also have a TLF ball valve to adjust the flow as well as a timer. I do have a reef keeper lite as part of the system but opt to use a digital timer as it's easier to adjust on the fly. on a side note I have not ruled out getting an actual dosing system like Profilux stand alone dosing system vs just the BRS dosing system. I just figure it's only going to be a couple of hundred more why not get the one that I like when the time come. again this is just me. I know a lot of people using the BRS with no issue. this is just a personal choice!
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I agree, they both serve their purpose. My point is it's safer/easier in the long run to go with a pump which is more accurate. The BRS put's out 1ml/min. Say you want 60ml dispensed, all you would need to do is set the timer for 60min or space it out 30min and 30min. I'm sure the other all in one dosing pumps do the same. Very simple!

sweet ride said:
Yes they do sting each other, it depends on the coral if it's something that I like and is fairly small then I would move it otherwise I'll let it be. I do have a handful of them that have encrusted over each other.
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that's good to know thanks

If they make contact do they sometimes call it a truce or will one coral kill the other coral or maybe just the tips?
 
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SaltwaterAdict said:
that's good to know thanks

If they make contact do they sometimes call it a truce or will one coral kill the other coral or maybe just the tips?
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It depends on were the two meets, usually the stronger coral will encrust over the other. I have some that have encrusted over in the middle of the branch the the bottom and tip of the coral are still both alive!
 
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