125 - Took Forever But Here It is!
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Once you get it set it's good. I was hand dosing 5 ml twice a day. I wanted to make sure I wasn't under dosing so I set th doser for 14 ml per day which was apparently 4 ml per day more than I n ended.
It's the same as hand dosing, once get dialed in you just check occasionally to make sure demands haven't changed. This way, I can't forget to dose and I can go on vacation without having to inconvenience my in-laws or worry that they might have forgotten.
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Blastos are doing swell and popping new heads:
Bowers are happy:
Birdsnest is growing:
Mushrooms are open:
Torch is flowy:
Favia is doing well - lots of mouths:
Micros are fluffy and open:
Lots of Duncan heads - started with 2:
Red Volcano Mille is growing AND basing out:
Bowers are happy:
Birdsnest is growing:
Mushrooms are open:
Torch is flowy:
Favia is doing well - lots of mouths:
Micros are fluffy and open:
Lots of Duncan heads - started with 2:
Red Volcano Mille is growing AND basing out:
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Man... I need to bring these nitrates down without bringing down the phosphates... Blinking at 75.0 on the high range .. I might be pushing 100!
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Yeah. I tried Dragon's Breath or whatever the red Halimeda(?) Is but it just disintegrated. I'm wondering if my Clown Goby crawled off in a hole and died and caused some of it. Mine have always been elevated but I was hoping that dosing phosphates would be helping them come down but they're going up still.
Phosphates 0.12
Nitrates 75.0+++
Alk 8.5
Calcium 560 (ugh)
Mag 1410 (finally above 1260!)
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Oh yeah, I also changed out my filter Floss right now after 2 months. They were pretty ugly so that could be part of it too, I suppose.
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Dingo dog (I think we're going with Wiley cuz he acts like a coyote) taking a nap.
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My dog is called Dingo. Did I miss something?Dingo dog (I think we're going with Wiley cuz he acts like a coyote) taking a nap.
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I got a dog Friday. He looks like a Dingo and acts like a Coyote.
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Nope! Mine's a Klee Kai/Aussie mix. Yours has Dingo ears for sure!I saw the dog! Its incredibly cute! But as much of a dingo as my Dhingo?
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Dingo dog (I think we're going with Wiley cuz he acts like a coyote) taking a nap.
I would say yours looks more like an African wild dog which is by far the coolest canine. I got to work with some and they are scary and intelligent!
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I'm pretty sure mine is half Chihuahua, half coyote, and full knuckle head. He's a good boy.
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FTS because it's time!
Also, started a small EggRagoRack for here to help "hide" the Fuge and it's a good place for Acros anyways.
Final Aragocrete shelf I want to make will be for here I think. It'll attach to the Fuge stand leg on the one end and sit on the rock on the other end.
I might make one more after that that'll hang on the Fuge leg up front but then I'm done I think. I still have 30-40 pounds of rock cycling out back from the 75 that I could always add but it's more "boulder" type and I'd prefer more shelves and caves I think.
Also also, check out the orange and pink Parlaquatics Frag stands up front. The black one is straight back from the pink one but it's harder to see.
The middle pic is the Riptide Aquaculture Dragon Soul Favia. Never really took off or recovered fully from the late delivery but still hanging in there.
I might make one more after that that'll hang on the Fuge leg up front but then I'm done I think. I still have 30-40 pounds of rock cycling out back from the 75 that I could always add but it's more "boulder" type and I'd prefer more shelves and caves I think.
Also also, check out the orange and pink Parlaquatics Frag stands up front. The black one is straight back from the pink one but it's harder to see.
The middle pic is the Riptide Aquaculture Dragon Soul Favia. Never really took off or recovered fully from the late delivery but still hanging in there.
Botrycladia and codium are great display macros and suck up nutrients. Botry is more risky if you have turbos and urchins, but a large bush of codium can handle them. Not as fast growers as Caulerpa, but you also don't have to worry about them taking over of you don't trim them regularly.
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My Fuge is an in-tank Fuge so the Urchins can get in if they were so inclined. I have 0 turbos currently - they've never lasted long for me.
I've got that weird invasive micro Ulva growing in there currently but a lot of it disappeared when I dosed the tank with Flux Rx. Luckily it was the stuff in the DT that disappeared. There's still some in the Fuge but I'm not overly excited about that since the fish and CUC didn't seem to touch it and it was starting to encroach on my Acros.
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