Stacked tanks are through their initial cycling phase, nitrates are slightly raised but zoa, palys, and torches seem to be doing fine. Phosphate levels are being held low but the tanks still have diatoms and algae growth. Going to load up some eggcrate in the top tanks and see if they leach any phosphate. Gfo reactor had to be turned off for a day due to extremely low phosphates.
We have a new Danner pump coming in the mail tomorrow. The "quiet one" does not have enough power. We can currently only open 2 of the nozzles on each stacked tank to get flow. We really wanted to do an external pump but many of them wouldn't work with our current plumbing diameter. It was just easier to get the Danner submersible than fiddle more with plumbing. Not to mention the external pumps for our system are $$$$
Also on the list, WE NEED NEW BULBS! lol. China stock bulbs have horrible color and we definitely need a better spectrum. Researching bulbs atm to figure out what ATI and Geismann bulbs we'll be using. From what I've read, with bulbs you get what you pay for. Right now were just hoping the fixtures hold strong although they only cost $143 with the bulbs.
In our other tank we're filled to the brim and waiting until the stacked tanks are more stable to move more over. Eventually we will be moving the skimmer over to the stacked tank system and replacing it with a smaller proper sized skimmer.
Also coming tomorrow are 3 hanna checkers which we hope will make testing easier. If anyone's wondering about dosing, we use b-ionic 2 part, magnesium, strontium, and coral accel. We use a special unit for dosing called; our hands
Water changes occur every 2 weeks or as needed. The largest water change is no more than 45 gallons. We've been using reef crystals for the past year but recently moved to instant ocean.
Wondering where are fish are? In the FOWLR. We're done with fish nipping coral. Our older clowns and mandarin are the only ones allowed
