my new baby... AKA The Café

[Goaway]

Fat pectinia and contest frag right the minor peeling left. Everything else ok. Will check on fish in am. See fox face and purple tang and clown in usual spots at night. Others all hide and I'm not disturbing them with a flash light .

this is normal for night. how about daytime?

 

[Nate Chalk]

Looking like Harry Potter

 

[Sean Clark]

Carry Slaughter...

 

[Nate Chalk]

Both the cal and alk eggs are horrible. One is only slightly less so.

Are we using the same alk egg @fishguy242 as well.

It's 10ml sample , then 1ml reagent? No?

 

[Sean Clark]

I prefer the Cadbury eggs; the old ones the big ones.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Are we using the same alk egg @fishguy242 as well.

It's 10ml sample , then 1ml reagent? No?

O the dkh one is easy . Maybe the alkalinity one is annoying. The Nitrate original one was annoying then I got the high range one way easier.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Moving corals after my boss wants to "update me with a handful of projects" . Nothing like first day back getting blasted with a firehose. after getting home at 12 to unpack from a week.

Zzz

 

[Fish Styx]

I decided to go for a nice sativa and energy drink today.
I'm flyyyying through the house!

Breakfast of champions!

 

[Nate Chalk]

Will test after 10:30 meeting is over.

Concerning specimens include the almost fully bleached stick and my Aleve...

Whites with orange filter.

All fish reporting for duty. Roughly cleaned glass viewing panels

 

[Projects with Sam]

So what Hanna should I get? or skip it all? I got the ppm alk used and its easy enough for me to consider getting the nitrate, phosphate, Cal, do they have an Mg?
any recommendations? I plug it all into the Apex so conversion isn't an issue... just number/ease of steps.
I don't mind titrations so maybe stick with Salifert?

 

[Goaway]

Will test after 10:30 meeting is over.

Concerning specimens include the almost fully bleached stick and my Aleve...

Whites with orange filter.

All fish reporting for duty. Roughly cleaned glass viewing panels

Pectinia is fine, but declaring war against anything it can touch. There is someone in there it really wants to kill. Don't worry, it will calm down eventually.

 

[Nate Chalk]

So what Hanna should I get? or skip it all? I got the ppm alk used and its easy enough for me to consider getting the nitrate, phosphate, Cal, do they have an Mg?
any recommendations? I plug it all into the Apex so conversion isn't an issue... just number/ease of steps.
I don't mind titrations so maybe stick with Salifert?

Phosphate ULR Tank water, zero out, regent, Shake 2 mins, HOLD button for count down to test (3mins)
Nitrate HR Tank water, zero out, regent, Shake 2 mins, HOLD button for count down to test (7mins)
Alk (DKH) Tank water, zero out, reagent, tilt a few times, test
Calcium (is annoying because you need to use RODI)

I do in this order.... Nitrate, Phos, Calcium, Alk. Takes 7 minutes total . All recorded in google doc (my DIY apex)

 

[Projects with Sam]

Phosphate ULR Tank water, zero out, regent, Shake 2 mins, HOLD button for count down to test (3mins)
Nitrate HR Tank water, zero out, regent, Shake 2 mins, HOLD button for count down to test (7mins)
Alk (DKH) Tank water, zero out, reagent, tilt a few times, test
Calcium (is annoying because you need to use RODI)

I do in this order.... Nitrate, Phos, Calcium, Alk. Takes 7 minutes total . All recorded in google doc (my DIY apex)

Awesome! thanks for the info! so they're all worth it... no Mg test but that's ok; I don't test that too frequently.
now I know why people get those little stirrers...

 

[Nate Chalk]

Awesome! thanks for the info! so they're all worth it... no Mg test but that's ok; I don't test that too frequently.
now I know why people get those little stirrers...

I got the salifert because Mg seems to always be there. Barely test for it .

 

[Projects with Sam]

thought I suppose I could just shake it:

 

[tbrown]

I prefer the Cadbury eggs; the old ones the big ones.

They truly tasted better.

 

[tbrown]

So what Hanna should I get? or skip it all? I got the ppm alk used and its easy enough for me to consider getting the nitrate, phosphate, Cal, do they have an Mg?
any recommendations? I plug it all into the Apex so conversion isn't an issue... just number/ease of steps.
I don't mind titrations so maybe stick with Salifert?

Phosphate ultra low range is easy, Nitrate high range is easy. Calcium and mag are easy enough to titrate and get close which is reasonable for both of them. pH might be a good one, but you already have a probe. Phosphate or phosphorus ULR are the ones I would say are worth it, maybe the Nitrate HR.

 

[tbrown]

Awesome! thanks for the info! so they're all worth it... no Mg test but that's ok; I don't test that too frequently.
now I know why people get those little stirrers...

I don't see the point in the calcium one honestly. Calcium and magnesium usually I'm looking for a close ballpark, not super accurate readings, just to make sure I'm within range of where I want to be. Alk, pH, and phosphates are a little more accuracy needed, nitrate is good to double check our eyeball readings IMO.

 

[sp1187]

morning.

 

[Sean Clark]

morning.

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