New to OKC

[JAustin]

The skimmer is an sc65. Got if from eBay for $70 shipped! Great skimmer, works better than the tunze I was running that cost twice. In fact it's pulling out twice the gunk.

 

[Jedidad]

nice setup. i have a bc29 also with sump. how do you control nitrates. i have always had a little problem with them. consistantly between 10 and 20.

 

[cbay4duke]

Nice meeting you and I like the frags I got from you.

 

[JAustin]

nice setup. i have a bc29 also with sump. how do you control nitrates. i have always had a little problem with them. consistantly between 10 and 20.

I skim and run carbon and GFP. Not that the GFO helps with nitrates. Every week I do a 5g water change with Red Sea Salt. My nitrates range from 0 to .5 on a Salifert low range kit.

Nice meeting you and I like the frags I got from you.

Nice meeting you too. The frags I got from you are all opened up and doing great.

 

[Jedidad]

is your tank just coral? I feed too much and need to back off some. I also decided to start doing 6g water change every week instead of every other week. hopefully that will help. where did you move here from?

 

[JAustin]

There are three damsels, two clown fish, one manderin, and one peppermint shrimp. I moved from Wichita falls tx. I do 5g a week in water changes.

 

[Jedidad]

nice. is the mandarin eating frozen and how often do you feed it?

 

[JAustin]

Yes the manderin is eating vitamin enriched frozen brine. I feed every other day. I have a very healthy population of pods.

 

[*reefermadness*]

My brother has a large collection of acros and is always looking to expand. Shoot me a pm some time when you have time with what you have to offer, and I will forward it onto him and see if we can work out a trade for some pieces.

PS
Thanks for the info on the skimmer!

 

[JAustin]

Thanks for the heads up. I won't be trading for acros or any other SPS. I sometimes have frags of SPS available but i'm still trying to get mine to color up from the move.

 

[JAustin]

Calcium reactor up and running. Here is the link to the thread.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2130246

 

[JAustin]

Added a PM effluent hamber to help keep ph up. The effluent chamber dwarfs my reactor, lol. It was expensive but it sure is solid and nice.