Lubeck’s 32 gal SPS (mostly) build

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This has to be the best Biocube I've seen. Very nice tank.
Thank you very much for the compliment!

I’ve been lucky and think my luck is turning as I’m seeing my sps decline one by one.

I’ve got a pest and need to decide to start dipping or try something else.
 
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Well from November until now my alk and cal consumption has drastically slowed down. Corals stopped growing.

I have been at 8ml of alk per day since January I was at 20ml in November. I think my luck might be turning as I’ve had to add 2ml per day. We shall see.

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Well after two years I’m going to add a skimmer. Even with water changes the water quality isn’t keeping up. Hope I can get the skimmer to fit in the first chamber.

I’m also going to start carbon dosing

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I put the skimmer on today. After an hour it was producing skimate. Going to hold on carbon dosing until the skimmer breaks in for a week or so. Theses are pics when I first fired it up.
 

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If memory serves, I would only see a change in height when I would turn the skimmer off (it would raise it a bit, but I don't think anything too drastic).

If left on constantly, there was no change
 
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It’s been over a month since I posted pics of the tank. Growth is still stalled in comparison to late last year. But colors are coming back.

I started carbon dosing yesterday using Bacto balance, zeobak and zeofood plus.

My parameters are still high though. Trates 29 and PO .30. This is before my 25% WC I will do today. Also dosing lanthanum chloride for the PO.

This morning as the reef is waking up.

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items purchased so far. Hope to have water in by Friday
  1. Apex gold controller
  2. apex ATO
  3. IM nano DC pump 520 gph
  4. 12” actinic 21 led USA to supplement until upgrade
  5. 30# Marco rock peninsula and standard
  6. 10-12” acrylic rods for scape. 3/8”
  7. Vortech mp10
  8. liquagen 5 stage rodi 75 gal
  9. hygger titanium heater 200 watt
  10. Hanna high nitrate
  11. hanna alkaline
  12. hanna calcium
  13. salifert magnesium
  14. hanna low phosphate
  15. hanna nitrite
  16. salifert ammonia
  17. extra thick gel super glue
  18. 2- 35 gal brut cans for water station
  19. Black diamond carbon
  20. 50 gal of ESV salt
I have a 32 gallon biocube and was wondering how the apex ato worked for you and how you have it in the biocube
 
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I have a 32 gallon biocube and was wondering how the apex ato worked for you and how you have it in the biocube
I ended up not connecting the ATO. I still have it. Instead, I use a DOS and top off that way with kalk. Currently 1300 ml per day. In the summer it will go up to 1500 ml. Hope that helps.
 

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It’s been over a month since I posted pics of the tank. Growth is still stalled in comparison to late last year. But colors are coming back.

I started carbon dosing yesterday using Bacto balance, zeobak and zeofood plus.

My parameters are still high though. Trates 29 and PO .30. This is before my 25% WC I will do today. Also dosing lanthanum chloride for the PO.

This morning as the reef is waking up.

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I love those zoas in your tank!
 

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