Reefer 250 build
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tenurepro
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Phosban 150 or something similar to run GFO media which absorbs phosphates in the water column
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I use them; try to buy a bunch of them if you get a chance. Check our pelphrey's thread; he uses a modified sock
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I use a BRS felt sock, I cut the plastic ring off and it will fit. I use those in the first sock holder, the one closest to the drain since it handles the majority of the flow. I use Red Sea mesh socks in the sock holder closest to the outside of the sump. The vertex socks fit perfectly but they are longer than I like.
I also took a dremel to the black plastic on my sock holder so I can pull the socks out of the top. I don't use the Red Sea ATO. I've done a bunch of videos!
That third light par is crazy!!!!
I also took a dremel to the black plastic on my sock holder so I can pull the socks out of the top. I don't use the Red Sea ATO. I've done a bunch of videos!
That third light par is crazy!!!!
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pelphrey!!! you and tenure pro are what got me to buy the reefer 250 lol i believe you have a video about the sock thing right? also i love the hard plumbing you did have you changed anything? did it work out? i am planning on doing something like that by any chance do you have a list of the equipment i would need as well as if you would recommend me doing that with the Vector M1 return pump?
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I've never run that pump, but I can say from experience that ecotech equipment is top notch! I don't want to hijack this thread, I've documented my entire build on my thread and on YouTube. I updated it today with my newest mods.
The Red Sea tanks are second to none. I wish I could have got a bigger one! Haha
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Things are going well. Growth is good and colors are decent.
I am continuing my potassium nitrate dosing, but still maintains the levels between 1 to 2 ppm. Two interesting observations. Potassium did increase after one week of dosing but has held stable at 420 ppm since. Thanks this suggest that my tank consumes about 14 mls worth of 0.1 g/l KNO3 per week.
Second observation, the bits of cyano on the sand are declining, but GHA is definitely increasing. While it is not taking over the tank, the few patches of GHA appear to be getting thicker. I got a few more snails and will likely get a few more next week to manage the situation. Hoping the chaeto in the fuge will start growing faster.
In an effort to keep the algae under control, I picked up a small kole tang. He is in the qt. He finished two rounds of prazi and is on the first week of copper. He'll go into the DT in two weeks if all works well.
I had wanted to pump nitrates to 5 ppm, but with the GHA on the verge of going out of control, I will wait for fuge/coc/tang to manage it before ramping up KNO3 dosing.
Bought a new frag - sunset millipora. Very nice colors.
Gave the sump a good cleanup; cleaned up vectra and bubble king mini 160. Oddly, the skimmer got considerably quieter - about 10 to 15 dbs! I must have had something not connected well!
One last thing - I am trying out the new seachem salt. I used to use instant ocean. No major complains with IO you really need to mix the buckets well and the sand is very fine and gets into the air when mixing. The seachem salt has large crystals which don't generate any dust and dissolve really well which is a plus
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I am continuing my potassium nitrate dosing, but still maintains the levels between 1 to 2 ppm. Two interesting observations. Potassium did increase after one week of dosing but has held stable at 420 ppm since. Thanks this suggest that my tank consumes about 14 mls worth of 0.1 g/l KNO3 per week.
Second observation, the bits of cyano on the sand are declining, but GHA is definitely increasing. While it is not taking over the tank, the few patches of GHA appear to be getting thicker. I got a few more snails and will likely get a few more next week to manage the situation. Hoping the chaeto in the fuge will start growing faster.
In an effort to keep the algae under control, I picked up a small kole tang. He is in the qt. He finished two rounds of prazi and is on the first week of copper. He'll go into the DT in two weeks if all works well.
I had wanted to pump nitrates to 5 ppm, but with the GHA on the verge of going out of control, I will wait for fuge/coc/tang to manage it before ramping up KNO3 dosing.
Bought a new frag - sunset millipora. Very nice colors.
Gave the sump a good cleanup; cleaned up vectra and bubble king mini 160. Oddly, the skimmer got considerably quieter - about 10 to 15 dbs! I must have had something not connected well!
One last thing - I am trying out the new seachem salt. I used to use instant ocean. No major complains with IO you really need to mix the buckets well and the sand is very fine and gets into the air when mixing. The seachem salt has large crystals which don't generate any dust and dissolve really well which is a plus
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A little problem...
Was away on a little vacation; noted that my skimmer was filling up to fast on Sat so turned it off via apex.
Come home Monday to a bleached strawberry shortcake frag [emoji33]
Tested parameters and all looked good
Today woke up to this
All my black footed snails are spawning turning the water very cloudy.
I wonder if that is the cause of the frag RTNing and dying. Mass spawn -> high organic load, bacteria, low oxygen (turning off the skimmer didn't help) > frag dying
Any tips on how to deal with this would be great. I did a couple of little water changes, will plan to do a few more
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Was away on a little vacation; noted that my skimmer was filling up to fast on Sat so turned it off via apex.
Come home Monday to a bleached strawberry shortcake frag [emoji33]
Tested parameters and all looked good
Today woke up to this
All my black footed snails are spawning turning the water very cloudy.
I wonder if that is the cause of the frag RTNing and dying. Mass spawn -> high organic load, bacteria, low oxygen (turning off the skimmer didn't help) > frag dying
Any tips on how to deal with this would be great. I did a couple of little water changes, will plan to do a few more
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A little problem...
Was away on a little vacation; noted that my skimmer was filling up to fast on Sat so turned it off via apex.
Come home Monday to a bleached strawberry shortcake frag [emoji33]
Tested parameters and all looked good
Today woke up to this
All my black footed snails are spawning turning the water very cloudy.
I wonder if that is the cause of the frag RTNing and dying. Mass spawn -> high organic load, bacteria, low oxygen (turning off the skimmer didn't help) > frag dying
Any tips on how to deal with this would be great. I did a couple of little water changes, will plan to do a few more
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My snails do that from time to time as well. It lasts for one night and I believe it also coincides with the phase of the moon. I just run my skimmer and my chromis get a good meal. It clears up over night. The spawn did not have any effect on my corals so I suspect your issue was lack of oxygen or possibly a change in PH from a change in oxygen exchange?
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tenurepro
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Reefer 250 build
Ok results of nitrate dosing experiments are in, with before and after pics; I saw improvement in some but not all sps; see for yourself in the video.
Also, 13 month updates and new kole tang.
https://youtu.be/CysuZ77UasY
Ok results of nitrate dosing experiments are in, with before and after pics; I saw improvement in some but not all sps; see for yourself in the video.
Also, 13 month updates and new kole tang.
https://youtu.be/CysuZ77UasY
tenurepro
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13.5 month brief update: things going well. Kole tang is getting along with all fish, his hlle is healing a bit. Sold one of my two ornate leopard wrasses. Bringing down Alk to around 8, after a few large water changes with new seachem salt raised it to 9.6; ca around 460, mg 1320. Dosing KNO3 on and off to keep nitrates at 5 ppm; phosphates undetectable.
I did up then radions sps ab+ by 1% at max intensity (69%). Sps colors are looking pretty good and the polyp extension is pretty impressive. Really like where the tank is at right now. Will send out some water for ICP testing to get a better idea of my trace elements.
Some pics
RR orange passion
The blue voodoo is looking good
Pink lemonade is looking better and better, here is what it looked like a month ago and now
Pink caddie looking mean in pink
And 1 month growth pics of the mystery tort
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I did up then radions sps ab+ by 1% at max intensity (69%). Sps colors are looking pretty good and the polyp extension is pretty impressive. Really like where the tank is at right now. Will send out some water for ICP testing to get a better idea of my trace elements.
Some pics
RR orange passion
The blue voodoo is looking good
Pink lemonade is looking better and better, here is what it looked like a month ago and now
Pink caddie looking mean in pink
And 1 month growth pics of the mystery tort
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tenurepro
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Thanks man... yeah the aluminum foil works well; otherwise, I have to clean algae from the skimmer every week which is a pain
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