Hi reefers,
I have a preowned REEFER XL425, I started it from very beginning 2 months ago. A week ago it got through cycling so I bought a pair of Nemos, 5 mixed frags, 3 shrimps a 4 snails. Everyone look great. Except the fact, that the chemistry is weird and now the massive green outbreak started.
The sand was regular and stones were "rather dead" reef rocks (preowned, quite a long from the water), I started a active carbon and silica binder in Reefmat week ago, I am running 2x ReefLed 90 (20k preset with 33% intensity for acclimation (only 23% white)). Currents are rather strong I would say (2x ReefWave 45 with 40% setting + 2x Tunze 6020 Nano). The water is RODI + Tropic Marin Pro Reef which should have those parameters: Alk 7-8, Ca 420-460, Mg 1300-1400.
But from the end of thy cycling I am getting:
TT 79.7 F (stable between 78.8 and 80.6 F)
Salinity 1.025
pH 8.0-8.2
Alk 12-12.5 dKH
Ca 350
Mg 1200
NO2. 0.065 ppm
NO3 22.9 ppm
PO4 0.09 ppm
NH4 negative
A week ago I started dosing ATI Essential 2 and 3 in quite a big amounts but so far nothing happened. I have no idea why do I have so high Alk and so low Ca/Mg and how to change it.
I am testing every value every day, the values are pretty stable over a week and the values comes from Hanna Photometer and are confirmed with Red Sea test kits multiple times. Also the pH has a rather downward tendency (was rather 8.2-8.3 at the beginning, yesterday 8.1, today 8.0) despite skyrocket high Alk. And no I do not have a problem with indoor air (I have a CO2 ppm meter near the DT in living room).
Also yesterday the green outbreak started. It is rather hairy then slimy according to me and there are no bubbles anywhere. I took some photos but I am not able to make a good one under the blue LED (if necessary I can turn the white on to get another one), but hopefully will be enough.
Can you, PLEASE, tell me, what I am doing wrong? or what to do better? Why do I have such a parameters? How to change them? Should I change the carbon and silica binder or are they still fine after 1 week? Should I be worried? Should I just wait?
Thanks for any insights of skilled reefers.
I have a preowned REEFER XL425, I started it from very beginning 2 months ago. A week ago it got through cycling so I bought a pair of Nemos, 5 mixed frags, 3 shrimps a 4 snails. Everyone look great. Except the fact, that the chemistry is weird and now the massive green outbreak started.
The sand was regular and stones were "rather dead" reef rocks (preowned, quite a long from the water), I started a active carbon and silica binder in Reefmat week ago, I am running 2x ReefLed 90 (20k preset with 33% intensity for acclimation (only 23% white)). Currents are rather strong I would say (2x ReefWave 45 with 40% setting + 2x Tunze 6020 Nano). The water is RODI + Tropic Marin Pro Reef which should have those parameters: Alk 7-8, Ca 420-460, Mg 1300-1400.
But from the end of thy cycling I am getting:
TT 79.7 F (stable between 78.8 and 80.6 F)
Salinity 1.025
pH 8.0-8.2
Alk 12-12.5 dKH
Ca 350
Mg 1200
NO2. 0.065 ppm
NO3 22.9 ppm
PO4 0.09 ppm
NH4 negative
A week ago I started dosing ATI Essential 2 and 3 in quite a big amounts but so far nothing happened. I have no idea why do I have so high Alk and so low Ca/Mg and how to change it.
I am testing every value every day, the values are pretty stable over a week and the values comes from Hanna Photometer and are confirmed with Red Sea test kits multiple times. Also the pH has a rather downward tendency (was rather 8.2-8.3 at the beginning, yesterday 8.1, today 8.0) despite skyrocket high Alk. And no I do not have a problem with indoor air (I have a CO2 ppm meter near the DT in living room).
Also yesterday the green outbreak started. It is rather hairy then slimy according to me and there are no bubbles anywhere. I took some photos but I am not able to make a good one under the blue LED (if necessary I can turn the white on to get another one), but hopefully will be enough.
Can you, PLEASE, tell me, what I am doing wrong? or what to do better? Why do I have such a parameters? How to change them? Should I change the carbon and silica binder or are they still fine after 1 week? Should I be worried? Should I just wait?
Thanks for any insights of skilled reefers.