<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15635213#post15635213 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tswifty
Well I don't think the Kalk Reactor alone will be able to maintain my tank. Alkalinity continued to fall today, and I just tested it at 7.4 dKH. Luckily my ESV B-Ionics additives arrived today from Salty Critter. So I used the Reef Cheimstry Calculator, to buffer it back up to 8.0 dKH and will probably try to keep it locked in somewhere between 8.0-9.0 dKH.
Yeah, I agree... once I go through this stuff I'm probably going to switch to one of the DIY recipes or 2-part kits that are available.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15653230#post15653230 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by RokleM
Saltry Critter is great, and EVC is a solid brand...
However, I'd highly recommend considering Randy's 2/3 part. If you're planning on dosing for a while, it will keep the costs down. Buckeye Field Supply (who's close to us) has some of the two part supplies, along with other sponsors on RC.
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15652373#post15652373 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tswifty
I think this is a list of all the corals in the tank:
SPS:
Purple Monitpora Digitata
Blue Montipora Digitata
Green Digitata
Superman Digitata
Tyree Sunset Montipora
Tyree Tri Color
Tyree Setosa
Tyree Ponape Birdsnest
Tyree True Undata
Tyree Soli
30k Lokani
Rommel's Rainbow Acropora
Paletta's Pink Tip Acropora
Purple Limeade Nasuta
Pink Birdsnest
Maricultured Pink Acropora Millepora
Maricultured Green Acropora Tenuis
Bali Blue Tip Stag
Oregon Blue Tort
Unknown Rainbow Table
Unknown White Acropora
Unknown Green Acropora
Unkown Purple Acropora
Unknown Purple/Blue/Green Acropora
Bali Green Slimer
Teal Acropora Turaki
Purple Tip Efflo
Tri Color Acropora
Teal Stag
ORA Bird's of Paradise
ORA Roscoe's Blue Acropora
ORA Pearlberry
ORA Joe the Coral
ORA Chip's Acropora
ORA Tri Color
ORA Tri Color Valida
ORA Marshall's Island Blue Bottlebrush
ORA Red Planet
LPS
Miami Hurricane Chalice (Pumpkin Patch)
Rommel's Watermelon Chalice (Ultimate's Watermelon)
Exotic Frag's Emerald Mummy Eye Chalice
Tub's Alien Eye Chalice
Cotton Candy Chalice
Steel Blue Chalice
ATL Meteor Shower Cyphastrea
Neon Green Trumpet Coral
8 types of Acans
Polyps:
Purple Hearted Zoanthids
Radioactive Dragon Eye Zoanthids
Dragon Eye Zoanhids
Nightmare Palythoas
Candy Apple Red Palythoas
Daytripper Palythoas
Pyro's Envy Palythoas
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15659881#post15659881 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Stanley-Reefer
2 weeks of heavy MB7 per the instructions in both tanks that were already seeded with prodibio plus 6 weeks into vodka with gtts of MB7 daily and still doing the prodibio every 15th night (I don't do MB7 those days) and my hair algae is literally disappearing slowly--which hopefully means for good.
I'm also doing algaefix once a week
Bacteria is the way to go.
I'm curious as to why you are dosing Prodibio and Microbacter 7? Since both are bacteria, are you just trying to get some diversity?<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15659881#post15659881 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Stanley-Reefer
2 weeks of heavy MB7 per the instructions in both tanks that were already seeded with prodibio plus 6 weeks into vodka with gtts of MB7 daily and still doing the prodibio every 15th night (I don't do MB7 those days) and my hair algae is literally disappearing slowly--which hopefully means for good.
I'm also doing algaefix once a week
Bacteria is the way to go.
:lol:<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15660336#post15660336 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Padrino
apparently it did not post my response to your list...
Thats quite an extensive list.. wow and its all crammed into 35 gallons?
Thank you.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15661711#post15661711 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by slow_leak
Hi! Found your thread today and it looks like things are going well for you. I am always impressed near nano tanks with so much success as it much harder.
Just a few observations.
-Wet skimming makes sense with initial MB7 and Vodka. I did (think) I saw an improvement.
-However, wet skimming and adding iodine is counter productive. I'd just run MB7 and vodka until hair algae is out of gas.
-What is the current state of your refugium now? Are your running powerhead in sump?
Thanks and good luck!!
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15587608#post15587608 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Tswifty
I really dislike my calcium reactor setup, and it's been a battle to keep it in line since I hooked it up. It's the main reason I hope to switch to a dosing pump system soon.
I don't believe wet skimming would impact the Iodine level significantly. If I had an Iodine test kit, it would be easier to back up my statement though. :lol:<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15662646#post15662646 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by slow_leak
Wet skimming might pull out micronutrients. But more importantly should need any micronutrients until algae is where you want it. They will act as fuel/food for them.
I read refugiums and MB7/Ethanl don't go well togther.
Do you think this is true?
I'm going through some very bad hair algae, bubble algae, and red turf algae at the moment. So far reducing feedings, running GFO, increased water changes, and wet skimming have done nothing to impact it. So about a month ago I decided to pursue this system.<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15663266#post15663266 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by michika
Can you elaborate more on the problems you're having? I am also at a similar cross-roads, and would like to hear more about what you're experiencing please.
I can also give you some insight into a long spin urchin and algae. They are fantastic, however they grow like nobody's business. I bought mine two years ago to clean up a grow-out tank. This was the tank (below), the urchin cleaned paths all over the rock, and the algae never returned. However, now two years later my urchin, who lives in a different tank now, has a total diameter of over a foot.
http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0110.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b286/michika/DSC_0120.jpg