Flippers reef 125 gallon

[Flippers4pups]

Is your PO4 really .2?

Do you have algae problems?

While I do get it and understand every tank is different, I am sometimes stumped when is see readings that high and the tank is beautiful.

And I just battled hair algae with nitrates at 18 and PO4 at .15

Sometimes I just don’t get some of the chemistry [emoji851]

No nuisance algae. The corals and chaetomorpha I use is completing for nutrients in my system. Coupled with DKH at 10, mag at 1500 and calcium at 500, the nuisance algae has a hard time getting any foot hold. Plus I do have a Tomini tang that's munching all the time.

So yes, P04 is at 0.27. There is limits to this "madness" though.

Many well know hobbyist run sky high nutrient levels and never worry much about them. Sanjay and Richard Ross come to mind. Both stunning tanks. 40+ N03 and P04 from .03 to in the 1's. Neither have any nuisance algaes. Remember their tanks are full of coral!

I guess by coincidence, I'm one of them too, for now.

 

[Homelander]

What size fuge chamber is it compared to the tanks water volume?

 

[Homelander]

That cap monti though. Talk about beautiful. Goals man I hope mine looks as amazing as yours one day

 

[Fudsey]

Looks GREAT ! ! !

 

[Flippers4pups]

What size fuge chamber is it compared to the tanks water volume?

It's around a 5-10 gallon tank size. Chaetomorpha current size is enough to fill a 5 gallon bucket worth.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Filler up! Making 60 gallons of RO/DI water for tomorrow.

 

[mta_morrow]

No nuisance algae. The corals and chaetomorpha I use is completing for nutrients in my system. Coupled with DKH at 10, mag at 1500 and calcium at 500, the nuisance algae has a hard time getting any foot hold. Plus I do have a Tomini tang that's munching all the time.

So yes, P04 is at 0.27. There is limits to this "madness" though.

Many well know hobbyist run sky high nutrient levels and never worry much about them. Sanjay and Richard Ross come to mind. Both stunning tanks. 40+ N03 and P04 from .03 to in the 1's. Neither have any nuisance algaes. Remember their tanks are full of coral!

I guess by coincidence, I'm one of them too, for now.

Thanks! It looks fantastic! I hope I get there someday!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Thanks! It looks fantastic! I hope I get there someday!

You can and will in time!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Water made, bio pellets and food bought. Water change tomorrow.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Reactor up and running. Bio pellets in.

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[Dsnakes]

That chaeto is super bright! Looking good for sure

 

[Flippers4pups]

That chaeto is super bright! Looking good for sure

Yes it's very healthy.

 

[hdsoftail1065]

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Tank looks great. Fish and corals are very happy though.

Wow! That is stunning!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Wow! That is stunning!

Thanks!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Water change day. It will take the bio pellets a week or more to kick in, in the mean time let's see if a large water change will bring down that 80ppm N03 and P04 at .27

 

[Flippers4pups]

40 gallons in 20 more to go.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Well with 60 gallons replaced of 180 gallons total water volume, N03 went from 80 ppm to 40 ppm. Improvement? Yes. So with that said, I’ll be back to 15% weekly water changes until the bio pellets kick in.

 

[dantimdad]

See, I had fresh water tanks off and on since I was very young and one summer night back in 93, while out to dinner with my wife and daughter, we had to wait for a table at a restaurant. We decided to take a walk down the strip mall near by to burn some time and unknown to me, there before me was a "saltwater fish store"! Looking in windows with eyes wide and mouth open, like a kid on Christmas Day! I had to go in! The rest is history and a "True Aquatic Addiction" permanently took hold.

So I have to ask, only because I had a wait for dinner in a strip mall in St. Louis in 89 and discovered a saltwater store. By change would it have been on Watson Rd.? They had the first 60 cube I ever saw with a metal halide light on it and a yellow tang, with God as my witness a yellow tang. LOL!

It would be the craziest coincidence of all time.

 

[Flippers4pups]

So I have to ask, only because I had a wait for dinner in a strip mall in St. Louis in 89 and discovered a saltwater store. By change would it have been on Watson Rd.? They had the first 60 cube I ever saw with a metal halide light on it and a yellow tang, with God as my witness a yellow tang. LOL!

It would be the craziest coincidence of all time.

No, it was in Saint Charles, mo, off of hwy 94 and 70. It was called “tropics”.
The store your thinking of might have been “tropical world”. The other back in the day that was one of the best saltwater stores I’ve ever been in was “Inland Marine”! God I miss that place!
It was taken by the airport expansion long ago.

You from the lou?

 

[dantimdad]

No, it was in Saint Charles, mo, off of hwy 94 and 70. It was called “tropics”.
The store your thinking of might have been “tropical world”. The other back in the day that was one of the best saltwater stores I’ve ever been in was “Inland Marine”! God I miss that place!
It was taken by the airport expansion long ago.

You from the lou?

Yep! That was the one!

Yes, I was born at St. Mary's.

My ex worked at the hospital in St. Peters, Barnes West. I went the store in St. Chaz.

Small world eh?