You too Sonny. Any year with a World Cup has huge potential :thumbsup:
Sonny's Rimless Shallow Reef.
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You too Sonny. Any year with a World Cup has huge potential :thumbsup:
rtparty
Raise The Reef!
Happy New Year Sunny! One of these days we need to hookup on MW2.
My 40 gallon will be setup here in the next month and I am way excited for it. Just need to find some MB7 here in the state. I am not sure if I can order it even though I help out at a LFS. Marine Depot stopped carrying it for a while and that is who we get our hard goods through.
I have also thought about adding a Bubble Magus dosing pump. It has 3 pumps and a controller built in for $250! Plus I can get them for cheaper with my LFS discount and that makes it even nicer to me. Have you ever thought about setting up an auto dosing schedule?
My 40 gallon will be setup here in the next month and I am way excited for it. Just need to find some MB7 here in the state. I am not sure if I can order it even though I help out at a LFS. Marine Depot stopped carrying it for a while and that is who we get our hard goods through.
I have also thought about adding a Bubble Magus dosing pump. It has 3 pumps and a controller built in for $250! Plus I can get them for cheaper with my LFS discount and that makes it even nicer to me. Have you ever thought about setting up an auto dosing schedule?
SunnyX
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Bring on the cup!
That's a great deal on the dosing pumps! I have been looking into pumps for a while now, probably am going to pick on up soon.
MB7 is becoming hard to find, but I still see many online vendors with some available.
Next time your on LIVE ill send you a invite.
SunnyX
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When dealing with cyano there really is no time table. It could last a few months, or be gone in a few days. I am also fighting a bit of cyano as well. I backed off of vodka and have been dosing vinegar. So far, it seems to be killing the cyano(by out-competing it for food).
I plan on conducting a water change tomorrow and siphoning as much as I can. If you cant control it within a month than I would consider Red Slime Remover.
newsalt
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I've been following this thread, but decided to start my own nutrient reduction regime.
What I'm dosing is:
MB7 : 6 drops/day
AAHC: 6 drops/day
Coral Vitalizer: 6 drops/day 6
BioFuel: 4ml/day
Sponge Power: 4drops/day
Pohl's Xtra: 4ml/day
I was using Lugol's Solution to try and bring out the "blues" in the coral. I was dosing Lugol's at 1 drop/day for the past 2 months and have not seen any improvement in the blues, so I stopped. I was using Red Sea Coral Pro salt, but decided to give Oceanic a try because I read that it had good levels of Alk, Pottasium and Calcium.
Water Parameters:
SG: 1.026
Alk: 8.7 Ca: 450
Mg: 1400
PO4 measured 0.04 (Hanna)
Nitrate measured 0 (Salifert)
I can't seem to get my PO4 under 0.04. Any ideas?
What I'm dosing is:
MB7 : 6 drops/day
AAHC: 6 drops/day
Coral Vitalizer: 6 drops/day 6
BioFuel: 4ml/day
Sponge Power: 4drops/day
Pohl's Xtra: 4ml/day
I was using Lugol's Solution to try and bring out the "blues" in the coral. I was dosing Lugol's at 1 drop/day for the past 2 months and have not seen any improvement in the blues, so I stopped. I was using Red Sea Coral Pro salt, but decided to give Oceanic a try because I read that it had good levels of Alk, Pottasium and Calcium.
Water Parameters:
SG: 1.026
Alk: 8.7 Ca: 450
Mg: 1400
PO4 measured 0.04 (Hanna)
Nitrate measured 0 (Salifert)
I can't seem to get my PO4 under 0.04. Any ideas?
soulsigma
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ocd_mariner
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I didn't get any comments on my post earlier in this thread. I'd really like someones input before I put a sand bed in 
Here is a thread I started in the reef chemistry forum: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1769137
Here is a thread I started in the reef chemistry forum: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1769137
Experiencing a "peach fuzz" outbreak. Should I reduce the amount of vodka that I am dosing?
90 gallon, mixed reef, 2 clowns and 2 tangs.
Calcium is 460, Alk 12 dKH, pH 8.4, Salinity 1.027, Nitrates 0, Phosphate 0, Ammonia 0, Temp 78.
I use wet/dry filtration with a 100 micron filter pad. An ATI 200 skimmer is in the sump.
I run GFO and Carbon in seperate reactors, the media is changed monthly.
I add 3 drops of MicroBacter7 and .5ml of 80 proof vodka daily.
I also put in 1/2 teaspoon of Kalk to every gallon my store bought Culligan top off water.
90 gallon, mixed reef, 2 clowns and 2 tangs.
Calcium is 460, Alk 12 dKH, pH 8.4, Salinity 1.027, Nitrates 0, Phosphate 0, Ammonia 0, Temp 78.
I use wet/dry filtration with a 100 micron filter pad. An ATI 200 skimmer is in the sump.
I run GFO and Carbon in seperate reactors, the media is changed monthly.
I add 3 drops of MicroBacter7 and .5ml of 80 proof vodka daily.
I also put in 1/2 teaspoon of Kalk to every gallon my store bought Culligan top off water.
mcliffy2
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Happy New Year Sonny!
On the topic of cyano, I am seriously starting to consider the red slime remover, but am very hesitant, as I've heard some horror stories. Do you have any personal experience with it?
SunnyX
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I have been dosing vinegar, about 40ml, for the past 7 days and the cyano has all but gone away. The red slime remover works, but it may brown out some corals.
I would give vinegar a shot and see what happens. From what I have read, the dosage of vinegar should be 8 times what you dose in vodka.
You slime was barely noticeable when I seen you setup, has it taken off recently? I know mine did. It was a small patch which spread to half the sand bed overnight!
Once the vinegar has taken care of the cyano I plan on incorporating it with vodka. This way, the cyano can stay in check by having some competition for resources.
Ill be back in Chicago this spring, I plan on bring you over some cool SPS. I want to trade for a frag of that stunning blue tort.
SunnyX
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I have been dosing vinegar for 7 days and it has all but wiped out the cyano. for vinegar dosing I would dose 8 times the amount of vodka you are dosing. So, it you are dosing 4ml daily of vodka you would dose 24ml of vinegar.
Keep an eye on Ph as vinegar will bring it down. You may want to dose your ALK right after dosing vinegar.
SunnyX
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It could be the addition of AA's and all of the supplements that you are dosing which are causing your PO4 to remain high. I have stopped dosing AA's and now simply feed my fish more food. This has worked out much better for my system.
Cut back on everything except for the carbon source and bacteria and this should drive down your PO4. Once you have a low PO4 and the corals lighten up you can then add the AA's and supplements once more.
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Lyfey
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what kind of vinegar? Since my tank did not work with the vodka/mb7. I might start a Mb7/vinegar dosing try. Is it just plain ol' white vinegar? What is the dosing like with sugar? I am having a hard time keeping down P04/N03.
To get rid of all my cyano I turned up all of my pumps full blast (vortech mp40, green mode 100%) put a filter sock on the drain line and blasted every rock hard with a turkey baster. Then as everything was floating all around the tank, I took a large net and netted out everything I could out of the tank, I then turned off the lights for the night and did not turn the lights back on until 2 days after. I turned on my D/D to feed the fish the next day but then turned them off after an hour or so. I have seen very little cyano since I did that. Just my expirience
To get rid of all my cyano I turned up all of my pumps full blast (vortech mp40, green mode 100%) put a filter sock on the drain line and blasted every rock hard with a turkey baster. Then as everything was floating all around the tank, I took a large net and netted out everything I could out of the tank, I then turned off the lights for the night and did not turn the lights back on until 2 days after. I turned on my D/D to feed the fish the next day but then turned them off after an hour or so. I have seen very little cyano since I did that. Just my expirience
The Hanna meters have an error of 0.04+/-. So you're between 0.00 and 0.08ppm. This level is pretty acceptible.
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