My 72 Bowfront Build Revised Thread

jsker · Aug 26, 2018

Tests for the last two days

Alk is steady.

GoVols · Aug 26, 2018

jsker said:
Alk is steady.

+1

jsker · Aug 26, 2018

GoVols said:
+1

Tweaked my light too'

siggy · Sep 4, 2018

jsker said:
Tweaked my light too'

Do I have to dig for a FTS to see what lights you have? by the time I get back I will have forgotten.

I see your alk is up there!
Hey I have been meaning to ask a few of you Guys....Where has BIFF been? He has the Discus avatar and tank, He is a good guy...a little worried and hope all is well.
BTW school is starting I have one left in HS and I need to Buy A Desk for his Room Hint/Hint.

jsker · Sep 4, 2018

siggy said:
Do I have to dig for a FTS to see what lights you have? by the time I get back I will have forgotten

Hydra 26 HD's

siggy said:
BTW school is starting I have one left in HS and I need to Buy A Desk for his Room Hint/Hint.

Ikea

and it can be taken to school and destroyed

If you lived in town, I was at a property management company Friday and they were giving desks away. Hint, Hint

siggy · Sep 4, 2018

jsker said:
I was at a property management company Friday and they were giving desks away

Shhhh my wife will hear you, NOT in her house ! Only Fine will do.

jsker · Sep 4, 2018

siggy said:
Shhhh my wife will hear you, NOT in her house ! Only Fine will do.

Ahhh, my kind of person. Two for one

jsker · Sep 4, 2018

I have been running consistent number for the past week and longer
The big three are steady and I have my dosing set at 16 ml of 1+2+3+ with a auto water change. Some will say that I should not need dose, but I have a few corals in the system and my consumption is more than what the auto water change and salt can offer. The one thing I have found though is that I have not dosed Mg and mix 3+ Mg free. My system has been up and down since April, and would say that once the corals grown larger my consumption with increase and my dosing will go up and I will have to add Mg to the mix.

I have been running my nutrients low on purpose to try to get rid of the cyano for good. Some of the corals are not happy and I will increase feeding by sunday at the latest. I have been running zero phosphates for the past week and my nitrates are down. The nitrate are at there lower they have been in a long time at 2.5. This is with dirty filter socks and a dirty skimmer cup.

jsker · Sep 10, 2018

Well the number are were they should be but the corals are stressed after dropping the nutrient level to try to starve out the cyano

I am just going to clean the skimmer every morning and change the filter socks more often.

Flippers4pups · Sep 10, 2018

jsker said:
Well the number are were they should be but the corals are stressed after dropping the nutrient level to try to starve out the cyano
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I am just going to clean the skimmer every morning and change the filter socks more often.

And here I am dosing P04 to help lower my N03! LOL

jsker · Sep 10, 2018

Flippers4pups said:
And here I am dosing P04 to help lower my N03! LOL

LOL, it looks I have to feed 1.5 teaspoons a day right now to keep the nutrients balanced.

Flippers4pups · Sep 10, 2018

jsker said:
LOL, it looks I have to feed 1.5 teaspoons a day right now to keep the nutrients balanced.

I hear you. I'm struggling with high nitrate and low phosphate.

It's the nitrate that has me worried. My chaetomorpha isn't growing fast enough to soak it up. Might change my fuge light to see if it helps.

jsker · Sep 10, 2018

Flippers4pups said:
I hear you. I'm struggling with high nitrate and low phosphate.

It's the nitrate that has me worried. My chaetomorpha isn't growing fast enough to soak it up. Might change my fuge light to see if it helps.

I have always run dirty water, phosphate on the high side and nitrates also as high as a 10 ppm with no issue. I was running 0 phosphates for about two weeks and the corals are not happy and bleaching. The cyano battle has me frustrated for the past year and a half

Flippers4pups · Sep 10, 2018

jsker said:
I have always run dirty water, phosphate on the high side and nitrates also as high as a 10 ppm with no issue. I was running 0 phosphates for about two weeks and the corals are not happy and bleaching. The cyano battle has me frustrated for the past year and a half

Yep, I started to notice my caps paling pretty quick and I started a thread on them paling. Someone stated that it sounded like I was phosphate limited. I hadn't tested P04 in months leading up to this. Sure enough, Hannah checker came back 0.00!

Thing is, as much as Ive dosed in the past three days, all of it is getting soaked up. At first I was able to get it up to 0.08 and since it has dropped out even with 25ml a day! Corals look better though.

jsker · Sep 10, 2018

Flippers4pups said:
Hannah checker came back 0.00

That is were I was at. I stepped up feeding my mix. I need to check in two or three days to see where the phosphates are at. The nitrates are staying low.

jsker · Sep 10, 2018

Off topic, Charlie wants me to get in bed.

Flippers4pups · Sep 10, 2018

jsker said:
Off topic, Charlie wants me to get in bed.
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Yep, it's bed time here.

jsker · Sep 10, 2018

Flippers4pups said:
Yep, it's bed time here.

This guy is on a schedule and it is not to be messed with

jsker · Sep 15, 2018

Todays tests

Turning off the GFO, I have been running low phosphate for 2.5 weeks and the corals are not happy.

Flippers4pups · Sep 15, 2018

Sounds like a plan! I haven't dosed any P04 in a couple days and last test showed 0.00!

I can say that my N03 did come down with dosing, but it's only a temporary fix. Seriously looking into a sulfur reactor set up.