Pife's One fifty glass box build
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Pife
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I'll remember that but I don't know if it'll even take off. I read .02. I'm using the low range hanna phosphate checker. Did I buy that off you? I double check it every month or so with a salifert kit. Always reads the same.
Last night was setting up where I wanted the or flow of the reactor to go and it dropped into the chamber with my siporax. Boy o boy did the mulm start flying. It was crazy how much came off of it. This morning I tested nitrate and it was down to I'd guess 15... Stupid salifert test and trying to match up color. It dropped 10 points over night. My skimmer had to be emptyed and cleaned today because of all the mulm I assume. Filter sock too.
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maxxII
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I think I sold you the normal phosphate checker. You've got the ULR checker now? I've got some leftover reagent for that if you'd like it. I no longer have the ULR checker and PO4 meter uses a different reagent so I dont need this anymore. Found it today when looking for something else today.
I checked my PO4 and NO3 today.....0.00......not good.
Had been hovering right at 0.02 for both so I was happy.
Turned off the Fuge lights for tonight, ramped up the feedings and turned down the bio pellet reactor.....I've got KNO3 and PO4 supplements on hand if needed, but I want to try and raise it slowly and keep it stable.
I checked my PO4 and NO3 today.....0.00......not good.
Had been hovering right at 0.02 for both so I was happy.
Turned off the Fuge lights for tonight, ramped up the feedings and turned down the bio pellet reactor.....I've got KNO3 and PO4 supplements on hand if needed, but I want to try and raise it slowly and keep it stable.
Pife
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Sure do. Bought it a week or 2 after I picked that one up from you a couple years ago.
You need to get that thing stable.
maxxII
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Tested today.
Lights off the fuge for 24 hours, Bio Pellet reactor turned down very low, and added a 3rd feeding of pellets.
NO3 measured at 0.02 ppm
PO4 measured at 0.05 ppm
Turned fuge lights back on schedule on a shorter 8 hour photo period. Will test again tomorrow.
Lights off the fuge for 24 hours, Bio Pellet reactor turned down very low, and added a 3rd feeding of pellets.
NO3 measured at 0.02 ppm
PO4 measured at 0.05 ppm
Turned fuge lights back on schedule on a shorter 8 hour photo period. Will test again tomorrow.
Pife
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Way to low for me in the nitrates. What is your target number?
I tested tonight and had less than 10 nitrates and. 02 po4. I fed a ton more to help lower trates a little bit lower.
My mag is at 1600. Haven't verified but not out of the question.
Calcium is 540. 3 different kits
Alk 8.4 2 different kits.
I have shut down my calcium reactor and will just dose alk for a week or so to bring down the other 2.
I tested tonight and had less than 10 nitrates and. 02 po4. I fed a ton more to help lower trates a little bit lower.
My mag is at 1600. Haven't verified but not out of the question.
Calcium is 540. 3 different kits
Alk 8.4 2 different kits.
I have shut down my calcium reactor and will just dose alk for a week or so to bring down the other 2.
bhofosho
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What are the adverse effects of having elevated ca and mg?
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Pife
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To be honest I don't know. I would think I could get more stable if all three were in order. I know elevated magnesium can inhibit algae growth. Other than that idk. I'm try to get better growth again and I believe this to be the problem. I'll get it figured out soon enough. I'm hoping to get time to test stronium again this week. The first test of it I went over on titration immediately. It was definitely user error but the test takes a good 20 to 30 minutes to do.
I huge 100 gallon water change will be happening soon and I want to bring my levels down to match it better.
biggles
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No way i'm spending that long on a test Pife, i struggle with the whole wait 3 mins thing let alone some 24 hour strontium marathon....... :hammer:
Please do regular strontium testing and post the results promptly, i will use your results and dose accordingly :beer:
afernandez
Never Quit!!
:hammer: he never disappoints lol
Glad everything is working out for the best, interested in the algae reactor results aswell . Please keep us posted
Pife
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Maybe I do need to throw it away. Save myself a week over the next couple years spent testing. Speaking of testing. Tonight I down to the basement to take a look at the tank and several acros look like poop no pe polyps retracted deeply and almost burnt tips. My new wolverine pickup is all but dead ect ect. I great alk and is steady at 8.4 so I know it's phosphate related. They bottomed out. A big fat zero on the ULR Hanna meter. So I doubled down on food (Rods and reef chilli) and didn't dose Pro Bio S. Will see how that goes tomorrow.
afernandez
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Whao that sucks !
If you don't mind me asking:
What are you dosing?
What methods of exporting are you using?
If you don't mind me asking:
What are you dosing?
What methods of exporting are you using?
Pife
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I'm dosing vinegar with a dosing pump and Aquaforest Np Pro and a couple drops of vitamins a day.
I might be picking up some reefroids.
maxxII
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Pife,
Target levels for me are 5 ppm NO3 and 0.05 ppm PO4. That would give me some wiggle room. Regarding my previous PO4 levels, the reagent I was using showed an expiration date of 05-17. Got new reagent and tested again yesterday and wound up with NO3 of less than 2.5 ppm,(barely pink in salifert vial, but some color), and PO4 (using new non expired reagent), of 0.05 ppm.
I'm prepared to dose KNO3 regularly if need be.
Regarding your PO4, go to Tropical World Pets on Watson Road and pick up some freshwater plant supplements...I believe Seachem makes one called Flourish which is liquid PO4. It works, I've used it in the past.
Target levels for me are 5 ppm NO3 and 0.05 ppm PO4. That would give me some wiggle room. Regarding my previous PO4 levels, the reagent I was using showed an expiration date of 05-17. Got new reagent and tested again yesterday and wound up with NO3 of less than 2.5 ppm,(barely pink in salifert vial, but some color), and PO4 (using new non expired reagent), of 0.05 ppm.
I'm prepared to dose KNO3 regularly if need be.
Regarding your PO4, go to Tropical World Pets on Watson Road and pick up some freshwater plant supplements...I believe Seachem makes one called Flourish which is liquid PO4. It works, I've used it in the past.
Pife
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Well I when I measured phosphate yesterday it was back up to . 03 that's perfect for me. Nitrates are still around 10. Fast forward to today and I tested for Stronium again. There are a lot of parts to this kit. This time it worked. My Sr is low around 4. I'm going to dose it up over the course of a week. My calcium is still high. 550ish.
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I have shut off my calcium reactor because of my high ca and magnesium. In dosing alk with a dosing pump to keep it steady as my big 3 level out. I hope this doesn't take very long as it nerve racking. I bet when I get this evened my growth takes off again.
Throughout the week I've been painting my stand when I can. It's getting very close! One day my wife is going to come home from work and is going to be sitting in the living room!
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I have shut off my calcium reactor because of my high ca and magnesium. In dosing alk with a dosing pump to keep it steady as my big 3 level out. I hope this doesn't take very long as it nerve racking. I bet when I get this evened my growth takes off again.
Throughout the week I've been painting my stand when I can. It's getting very close! One day my wife is going to come home from work and is going to be sitting in the living room!
wheelman76
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Just an FYI , the first step of the salifert strontium kit measures your calcium , and then the next few steps measures your strontium. The calcium reading from the strontium kit , always reads falsely high compared to the normal calcium kit from Salifert.
Pife
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I wonder if they fixed the kit because the calcium test in the stronium kit Measures the same as my other salifert test and red sea test.
wheelman76
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