DiscusHeckel
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That's fair enough.
In my case, I have to be cautious because I also dose anionic and cationic elements daily in conjunction with NP-Bacto-Balance.
Rebirth - 1500l
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That's fair enough.
In my case, I have to be cautious because I also dose anionic and cationic elements daily in conjunction with NP-Bacto-Balance.
Alex Costa
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I dose it too....from Tropic Marin.....Once a week....25 ml of each one
But no Bacto-Balance...
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
I dose it too....from Tropic Marin.....Once a week....25 ml of each one
But no Bacto-Balance...
I use A- Elements. K+ elements are already in NP-Bacto-Balance. I used to dose K+ elements additionally, but after Bacto-balance dose reaches to a certain level you get too much iron in the water column. This then causes bryopsis and in most cases cyanobacteria.
Alex Costa
Member
fishy fishy fishy fishy
Alex Costa
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And some lps:
Darth_Tater
Member
Looking good!
Alex Costa
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Goniopora pink
Alex Costa
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Test results:
Ca - 430
Kh - 8,0
K - 470
NO3 - 0
PO4 - 0
This values are keeping rock stable since the rebuild, what is great.
Today I removed the GAC and the GFO, that were running for the lst 2 ou 3 weeks and I'll keep them out for the next month.
I still having issues with diatoms in the sandbed, what is bothering a lot.
I'm thinking about give the Tropic Marin Reef Actif a try, to see if could help me with that.
I've read reviews saying that it is similar to ZEOzym, which I used with success in the past. Let's see.
This week I received some new supplements from Brightwell, and I'll add to my weekly dosing routine the Borochrom and Lugol's along Koralle and Koralcolor.
I'll try to improve my pinks and reds, that are very very dull.
I made some adjusts in my Hydras 52 ramps.
Now all the blues rise to 100%, an improve of 15%.
Ca - 430
Kh - 8,0
K - 470
NO3 - 0
PO4 - 0
This values are keeping rock stable since the rebuild, what is great.
Today I removed the GAC and the GFO, that were running for the lst 2 ou 3 weeks and I'll keep them out for the next month.
I still having issues with diatoms in the sandbed, what is bothering a lot.
I'm thinking about give the Tropic Marin Reef Actif a try, to see if could help me with that.
I've read reviews saying that it is similar to ZEOzym, which I used with success in the past. Let's see.
This week I received some new supplements from Brightwell, and I'll add to my weekly dosing routine the Borochrom and Lugol's along Koralle and Koralcolor.
I'll try to improve my pinks and reds, that are very very dull.
I made some adjusts in my Hydras 52 ramps.
Now all the blues rise to 100%, an improve of 15%.
Alex Costa
Member
Alex Costa
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Some new shots from today:
Alex Costa
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And one sad news:
Until yesterday the fish was ok.
Feeding, swimming, no sign of any kind of problem.
Until yesterday the fish was ok.
Feeding, swimming, no sign of any kind of problem.
Alex Costa
Member
Milepora Baby Blue
Formosa Blue sky
Red dragon
Tortuosa ORA blue green
Formosa Blue sky
Red dragon
Tortuosa ORA blue green
Alex Costa
Member
Thanks Matt.
This time, for the first time, I'm fully satisfied with the scape of my reef.
Let's see how it evolves as the corals grow....time will tell but I think that it's gonna be better and better as time goes by...
About the fish, it's the only reasonable explanation....
:headwally::headwally:
This time, for the first time, I'm fully satisfied with the scape of my reef.
Let's see how it evolves as the corals grow....time will tell but I think that it's gonna be better and better as time goes by...
About the fish, it's the only reasonable explanation....
:headwally::headwally:
vikinglord13
New member
Poor fish. As I understand butterflies are hard to keep in general.
I enjoy your tank Alex. Thanks for the pic updates - as always.
I enjoy your tank Alex. Thanks for the pic updates - as always.
reefzone123
New member
love the aquascape. open look allow amazing natural visual.
DiscusHeckel
Acropora Gardener
Corals look in great condition. Sorry about the fish. Did it have any white marks on its fins or red marks on its body?
Alex Costa
Member
Thanks man.
Yeah....butterflies are hard sometimes. The yellow longnoose isn't diferent.
I'll give the tank some time and try another one again.
Let's see......
Thanks.
It was a Yellow Longnoose (Forcipiger flavissimus/longirostris). I don't remind how to differentiate both species.
Yeah...that's really the point of the scape, the open spaces. Always tried to do something like this and this time I finally acomplished.
No sign Bulent.
It was healthy, swimming, eating......no marks.... neither in fins nor the body.
Talking to some friends they told that it's usual with this specie.
I'll give a break and try again in the end of the year.
I added some new fishes and corals but a problem in my notebook won't allow me to put new photos 'till next week.
The diatoms in the sandbed are worst and it's annoying me big time. Have tried to dose yeast for the past week with no good effect 'till now.
I'm thinking about try Zeozym.....I used it sometime ago and I liked the effect in the overall aspect of the sandbed.
Alex Costa
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Some new fishes:
