started redsea no3po4x last night on 125g.
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mos90
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update.
parameters look stable. i had to remove my birdsnest and i other sps.
back to dosing 4ml nopox and 16ml reef energy. my cheato was starting to die so i removed it. not running any macro aglae in the fuge for now. phos still seem to be around .01 and nitrate is about 1ppm. no signs of cyano or hair algae. ive noticed my brain coral not opening up as much as normal. could be to increased nopox dosing. im going away for 3 days the end on the week and my son is watching the tanks. im going to stop the nopox dosing and see the results when i get back but i will continue the reef energy dosing.
i love my ai leds but it seems to be difficult to find the "sweet spot" that all my coral like. the t'5 were much easier to dial in.
parameters look stable. i had to remove my birdsnest and i other sps.
back to dosing 4ml nopox and 16ml reef energy. my cheato was starting to die so i removed it. not running any macro aglae in the fuge for now. phos still seem to be around .01 and nitrate is about 1ppm. no signs of cyano or hair algae. ive noticed my brain coral not opening up as much as normal. could be to increased nopox dosing. im going away for 3 days the end on the week and my son is watching the tanks. im going to stop the nopox dosing and see the results when i get back but i will continue the reef energy dosing.
i love my ai leds but it seems to be difficult to find the "sweet spot" that all my coral like. the t'5 were much easier to dial in.
jimrawr
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I started to lose SPS and some LPS when I was dosing NOPOX so I stopped. Really had bad results as far as my corals were concerned, but it did work very well at reducing PO4 and NO3, and algae that I had. Dont know if the downturn was because of the NOPOX and its too soon to tell if stopping helped
mos90
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the colors in my tank look totally washed out. i have my ai leds backed off to 35/35/35. at that settings par is similar to my 4x80w t5 lighting that was hung at 10" awl,and still corals look bleached. im thinking i might go back down to 30/30/30 and leave it for a while.
phos-1ppb - .003ppm
no3- 2ppm
temp 78
alk 8.1
cal 450
mag 1450
i have no idea what is going on. im afraid to turn light intensity any higher.
phos-1ppb - .003ppm
no3- 2ppm
temp 78
alk 8.1
cal 450
mag 1450
i have no idea what is going on. im afraid to turn light intensity any higher.
Sorry for our troubles.
FWIW. The lobo and open brain issues noted occured in my tanks when I dosed small amounts of sugar several years ago. No such problems with the vodka and vinegar over the last 3+ years.
Not sure about the leds for sps; I don't use them except for some blue supplement; but, several of my friends use leds with success for lps including lobos ,thrachyphillia, scolymia,etc.
FWIW. The lobo and open brain issues noted occured in my tanks when I dosed small amounts of sugar several years ago. No such problems with the vodka and vinegar over the last 3+ years.
Not sure about the leds for sps; I don't use them except for some blue supplement; but, several of my friends use leds with success for lps including lobos ,thrachyphillia, scolymia,etc.
mos90
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it seems that my peppermint shrimp like to pick at my brain coral. there is some skeleton showing on its back side. im going to focus on some target feed for a while. i moved it to a lower flow area.
i removed my calcium reactor, i didnt need it. 1tsp per gallon of kalk in ato is enough to keep alk steady at 8dkh and the ph between 8.2 and 8.4 . i wish i had room to keep a 55gal drum to store premixed kalk. i guess could keep it in the garage in the summer.
for some reason phosphate is staying very low, 0-1ppb. even though im feeding fish 2 times a day and corals once per day. not using any gfo only 1/2 cup rox carbon.
i had to order some more macro algae. the small amount of cheato i had in the fuge was dieing off so i removed it. the tank has no sign of any algae.
i lowered my lighting to 25/30/30 with a 1 hour midday blast at 30/30/30. we will see how that goes.
i removed my calcium reactor, i didnt need it. 1tsp per gallon of kalk in ato is enough to keep alk steady at 8dkh and the ph between 8.2 and 8.4 . i wish i had room to keep a 55gal drum to store premixed kalk. i guess could keep it in the garage in the summer.
for some reason phosphate is staying very low, 0-1ppb. even though im feeding fish 2 times a day and corals once per day. not using any gfo only 1/2 cup rox carbon.
i had to order some more macro algae. the small amount of cheato i had in the fuge was dieing off so i removed it. the tank has no sign of any algae.
i lowered my lighting to 25/30/30 with a 1 hour midday blast at 30/30/30. we will see how that goes.
Big E
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I just read your whole thread as I was curious.......replacing the chemical reducer to eliminate the GFO seemed like a worthy idea & plan, but.........
All the changes beyond this, chasing numbers, reacting to corals & so forth........Toooo much stuff going on over 45 days. I know this is going to sound preachy but doing things slow based on months has always worked well for me.
I don't know how long you have had the LED's but I don't think I'd do anything new/changes to my tank for at least 4 months after adding those.
All the changes beyond this, chasing numbers, reacting to corals & so forth........Toooo much stuff going on over 45 days. I know this is going to sound preachy but doing things slow based on months has always worked well for me.
I don't know how long you have had the LED's but I don't think I'd do anything new/changes to my tank for at least 4 months after adding those.
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