I have been trying to find a solution to my problem, but cant seem to find one....
My setup is a 144 gal Oceanic .... 75 gal sump
Lighting
2 x 250 w MH. Phoenix 14k bulbs. 6 hrs a day.
4 x 39 w T5 3 Ati Blue+ 1 Ati Coral+ 10 hrs a day.
Lights are in a current usa fixture hanging about 8" over the water surface...
Equipment
Return pump 4950 Ecoplus ALOT of head loss! Going about 40' across basement and up about 8'
2 x 6100.10 Tunze w (smaller drivers)
Vertex 180 mod w/ hy3000bb pump
2 Neptune ac/jr Controllers
Korallin ca rx
Livestock
Yellow Tang
Desjardini Sailfin Tang
Pacific Blue Tang
Tenetti Tang
3 x lyretail Anthias
2 x clowns
Melenurus Wrasse
Target Mandarin
Neon Goby
BlueGreen Chromis
Hermits, snails
About 25 acro frags- few mini colonies.
Couple of chalices, scoly, micromussa..
I do about 10% WC every other month, just started doing 10% every month.
I have a 3rd of my sump as a refugium stocked with chaeto and mangroves.
Parameters
Alk 8.0-8.25. Very little swing and very slow
Ca 480
Mg 1350
Any help is greatly appreciated!
My setup is a 144 gal Oceanic .... 75 gal sump
Lighting
2 x 250 w MH. Phoenix 14k bulbs. 6 hrs a day.
4 x 39 w T5 3 Ati Blue+ 1 Ati Coral+ 10 hrs a day.
Lights are in a current usa fixture hanging about 8" over the water surface...
Equipment
Return pump 4950 Ecoplus ALOT of head loss! Going about 40' across basement and up about 8'
2 x 6100.10 Tunze w (smaller drivers)
Vertex 180 mod w/ hy3000bb pump
2 Neptune ac/jr Controllers
Korallin ca rx
Livestock
Yellow Tang
Desjardini Sailfin Tang
Pacific Blue Tang
Tenetti Tang
3 x lyretail Anthias
2 x clowns
Melenurus Wrasse
Target Mandarin
Neon Goby
BlueGreen Chromis
Hermits, snails
About 25 acro frags- few mini colonies.
Couple of chalices, scoly, micromussa..
I do about 10% WC every other month, just started doing 10% every month.
I have a 3rd of my sump as a refugium stocked with chaeto and mangroves.
Parameters
Alk 8.0-8.25. Very little swing and very slow
Ca 480
Mg 1350
Any help is greatly appreciated!
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