☆☆ - Spring Grow-Out Class 3 - The Points & Says WOW Nice Efflo Picture Entries - ☆☆

[Reefing102]

@Reefer Matt you are still in if you want to be in.

 

[Reefer Matt]

@Reefer Matt you are still in if you want to be in.

I’m good staying out. Thanks.

 

[abc123]

October entry
@Reefing102 @Troylee @Jasonak @Mschmidt

 

[Mr4000]

@Reefing102 @Troylee @Jasonak @Mschmidt
I was wondering if i could rejoin the contest as i did miss the last 2 months for a complete tank move into a new house and i thought i lost the efflo but its coming back great. I can get a pic right away if i can get back in. Thanks

 

[Reefing102]

@Reefing102 @Troylee @Jasonak @Mschmidt
I was wondering if i could rejoin the contest as i did miss the last 2 months for a complete tank move into a new house and i thought i lost the efflo but its coming back great. I can get a pic right away if i can get back in. Thanks

If it had just been two months, I'd have no issue, however I'm showing three months missed. I don't think we can do that based on the current rules, however I'd like to get the opinion of the others as well.

 

[Mschmidt]

@Reefing102 @Troylee @Jasonak @Mschmidt
I was wondering if i could rejoin the contest as i did miss the last 2 months for a complete tank move into a new house and i thought i lost the efflo but its coming back great. I can get a pic right away if i can get back in. Thanks

If it had just been two months, I'd have no issue, however I'm showing three months missed. I don't think we can do that based on the current rules, however I'd like to get the opinion of the others as well.

I'm of a similar mind. July, August, and September were missed with no communication. I hate to say you're out, but I think that's the fair ruling.

 

[Troylee]

If it had just been two months, I'd have no issue, however I'm showing three months missed. I don't think we can do that based on the current rules, however I'd like to get the opinion of the others as well.

Unfortunately rules are rules.. I mean they could post them for fun but it wouldn’t count towards the prize… I’m not against it myself but we would have to have every person in the contest agree and I feel some wouldn’t be happy about it..

 

[Mr4000]

Its all good, i actually thought it was only 2 months or i wouldn't of asked. I knew when i started this contest i would be moving the tank into a new home and of course things didn't go as planned and i lost some sps and the efflo wasn't doing good and it all of sudden just did a turn around and its growing like crazy. Maybe i'll just post pics for fun!

 

[Ghostbuster]

@Reefing102 @Troylee @Jasonak @Mschmidt
I was wondering if i could rejoin the contest as i did miss the last 2 months for a complete tank move into a new house and i thought i lost the efflo but its coming back great. I can get a pic right away if i can get back in. Thanks

Keep posting your pics brother! It would be cool to see how your efflo is doing after your move

 

[Mschmidt]

@Mschmidt @Reefing102 @Jasonak @Troylee

Moving next month so this may be the end for me. We'll see though how she ships...

 

[Miami Reef]

@Mschmidt @Reefing102 @Jasonak @Troylee

Moving next month so this may be the end for me. We'll see though how she ships...

The nutrients are going down!! Congrats!

 

[Mschmidt]

The nutrients are going down!! Congrats!

N still high, but my indescriminant LaCl dosing has paid off. Don't be me kids, measure before you dose.

 

[Ghostbuster]

N still high, but my indescriminant LaCl dosing has paid off. Don't be me kids, measure before you dose.

Your phosphate levels are killing your acro… I’ve read that LaCl doesn’t help unless whatever it binds to is removed by filter media.

 

[Mschmidt]

Your phosphate levels are killing your acro… I’ve read that LaCl doesn’t help unless whatever it binds to is removed by filter media.

I'm good with p where it's at, down from .6-.8. The swing probably didn't do me any favors though.

I got ways to filter it out. lacl splits losing the cl and making lapo4 which is insoluble. I snow as well, thinking that since la also will bind to caco3, it will bind as lapo4caco3 making something big enough to get caught in the socks. whatever happens, the po4 is no longer accessible to anything.

tbh, I'm much more worried about the stress of three tanks in two months and a cross-country flight than I am about p over .1.

 

[Ghostbuster]

I'm good with p where it's at, down from .6-.8. The swing probably didn't do me any favors though.

I got ways to filter it out. lacl splits losing the cl and making lapo4 which is insoluble. I snow as well, thinking that since la also will bind to caco3, it will bind as lapo4caco3 making something big enough to get caught in the socks. whatever happens, the po4 is no longer accessible to anything.

tbh, I'm much more worried about the stress of three tanks in two months and a cross-country flight than I am about p over .1.

That’s cool;, didn’t know about the chemistry part that well. Seemed like whatever I researched several months back made it seem impractical for me to apply because I don’t like using filter socks. The less things I have to clean the better. Haha. Yeah, your PO4 NO3 numbers are looking much better now. Good’ol granular ferric oxide is working fantastic for binding my phosphates. Also have to dose Nitrate, about 30-45 ml of B-Ionic per week to maintain about 10ppm NO3. I don’t know why my NO3 is consumed though! Haha

 

[Jasonak]

I dont think .3 is horrible. Thats usually around where my tank is.

 

[Miami Reef]

Thales tank was over 1.0ppm for a good while. He had different acropora.

Rich Ross - Home Tank - guess the phosphate

This tank was built before r2r, here is a link to some links about the build. http://packedhead.net/home-reef/ Current test results: 03-17-2017 Ammonia (NH3-4) Good 0 0.000 - 0.050 mg/L 03-17-2017 Nitrite (NO2) Good 0.006 0.000 - 0.100 mg/L 03-17-2017 Phosphate...

www.reef2reef.com

Although now it’s lower, I think around 0.2ppm, ever since he started using lanthanum. I don’t think he uses any filter socks; just a protein skimmer.

 

[Mschmidt]

That’s cool;, didn’t know about the chemistry part that well. Seemed like whatever I researched several months back made it seem impractical for me to apply because I don’t like using filter socks. The less things I have to clean the better. Haha. Yeah, your PO4 NO3 numbers are looking much better now. Good’ol granular ferric oxide is working fantastic for binding my phosphates. Also have to dose Nitrate, about 30-45 ml of B-Ionic per week to maintain about 10ppm NO3. I don’t know why my NO3 is consumed though! Haha

for a humanities major, I sure do know a lot about this particular corner of chemistry. I'm slowly working on an article about LaCl. Not finding the answers I want (why do some tangs sometimes handle it poorly) but am learning a lot about it. That said, I have a neat little graph in my signature that is always applicable.

GFO never moved the needle enough for me, plus the cost and the work. I'm already cleaning socks (sometimes) so it's easy enough for me to dose La the day or so before they get pulled out.

 

[zbryant91]

October entry
@Reefing102 @Troylee @Jasonak @Mschmidt

 

[Ghostbuster]

Thales tank was over 1.0ppm for a good while. He had different acropora.

Rich Ross - Home Tank - guess the phosphate

This tank was built before r2r, here is a link to some links about the build. http://packedhead.net/home-reef/ Current test results: 03-17-2017 Ammonia (NH3-4) Good 0 0.000 - 0.050 mg/L 03-17-2017 Nitrite (NO2) Good 0.006 0.000 - 0.100 mg/L 03-17-2017 Phosphate...

www.reef2reef.com

Although now it’s lower, I think around 0.2ppm, ever since he started using lanthanum. I don’t think he uses any filter socks; just a protein skimmer.

He has/had (?) some awesome aquascape:



Made this classic funny AEF video too: