poidog81
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Ok, so since I'm sick, I don't feel like doing too much of anything else... so how about a little narrative of what is going on lately. 
I've been struggling with low Ph now that our heat has been on since October. I was hitting 7.6 at night and 8 during the day and that was with using kalk in my ATO! I know that this is "bad" but it's harder for the corals to extract the calcium out of the water so growth would be slower (except the palmers blue milli grows like crazy!). I knew there was just too much CO2 in the air and consequently in my tank. So to combat this I got a CO2 scrubber from Bulk Reef Supply. All it is is soda lime balls put in a DI canister with an airline from the canister to the silencer of my skimmer. This way the air reacts with the soda lime before entering my skimmer resulting in air that is almost CO2 free being interjected into my tank. Just 12 hours of running the scrubber held my PH at 8 during the night, I'll find out what it goes up to during the day today. So far, very happy with this very easy fix!
::insert picture of scrubber::
Next up, Fish. Here is my current stock list
3 ocellaris clowns
3 green chromis
2 helfrichi firefish
1 blue spot jaw fish
1 Choati wrasse
1 sharknose goby
I am trying to catch and rehome the chromis this week/weekend (I tried last night with no success). I need to free up the bio load as my system is just about maxed, and I want to get one more fish... a borbonius anthias. Plus my tank is only 3' long (it's taller than standard) so they don't get to school and swim as well if they were in a 4' long tank. They also grow to their full size quick... I've had them for 6 months and they are now as big as momma clown that is 3 yrs old!
Here is the current coral list:
montis:
ATL Appleberry
Tyree Setosa
UWW Sunburst
Jason Fox Aquaman
Yellow Brick Road
Tyree True Undata
WWC Northern Lights
acros:
ORA Hawkins
Sno-Cone Prostrata
Candle light
Tierra del Fuego
Vivid Rainbow Delight
Greg Carrol's Ultimate Efflo
ORA Stoli
Jason Fox Unknown
ORA Blue Voodoo
ORA Borealis
DFS Super Blue Tenuis
Tyree Mother of Pearl
ORA Pearlberry
DFS Real Deal Echinata
ORA Phil's Granulosa
ORA Joe the Coral
Palmer's Blue Mili
Tyree Lime in the Sky
Aquadelight
ORA Blue Iris
ORA Red Planet
Fire Ice echinata
ORA Ponape birdsnest
ORA purple stylo
LPS:
Cherry Corals Malibu Beach acan
Rainbow acan
Indonesian frogspawn
Rainbow lobo
Red/Blue blastos
ASD Royal Watermelon Chalice
WWC Situation Chalice
aussie color splash lobo
I've been struggling with low Ph now that our heat has been on since October. I was hitting 7.6 at night and 8 during the day and that was with using kalk in my ATO! I know that this is "bad" but it's harder for the corals to extract the calcium out of the water so growth would be slower (except the palmers blue milli grows like crazy!). I knew there was just too much CO2 in the air and consequently in my tank. So to combat this I got a CO2 scrubber from Bulk Reef Supply. All it is is soda lime balls put in a DI canister with an airline from the canister to the silencer of my skimmer. This way the air reacts with the soda lime before entering my skimmer resulting in air that is almost CO2 free being interjected into my tank. Just 12 hours of running the scrubber held my PH at 8 during the night, I'll find out what it goes up to during the day today. So far, very happy with this very easy fix!
::insert picture of scrubber::
Next up, Fish. Here is my current stock list
3 ocellaris clowns
3 green chromis
2 helfrichi firefish
1 blue spot jaw fish
1 Choati wrasse
1 sharknose goby
I am trying to catch and rehome the chromis this week/weekend (I tried last night with no success). I need to free up the bio load as my system is just about maxed, and I want to get one more fish... a borbonius anthias. Plus my tank is only 3' long (it's taller than standard) so they don't get to school and swim as well if they were in a 4' long tank. They also grow to their full size quick... I've had them for 6 months and they are now as big as momma clown that is 3 yrs old!
Here is the current coral list:
montis:
ATL Appleberry
Tyree Setosa
UWW Sunburst
Jason Fox Aquaman
Yellow Brick Road
Tyree True Undata
WWC Northern Lights
acros:
ORA Hawkins
Sno-Cone Prostrata
Candle light
Tierra del Fuego
Vivid Rainbow Delight
Greg Carrol's Ultimate Efflo
ORA Stoli
Jason Fox Unknown
ORA Blue Voodoo
ORA Borealis
DFS Super Blue Tenuis
Tyree Mother of Pearl
ORA Pearlberry
DFS Real Deal Echinata
ORA Phil's Granulosa
ORA Joe the Coral
Palmer's Blue Mili
Tyree Lime in the Sky
Aquadelight
ORA Blue Iris
ORA Red Planet
Fire Ice echinata
ORA Ponape birdsnest
ORA purple stylo
LPS:
Cherry Corals Malibu Beach acan
Rainbow acan
Indonesian frogspawn
Rainbow lobo
Red/Blue blastos
ASD Royal Watermelon Chalice
WWC Situation Chalice
aussie color splash lobo
