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[stoney7713]

More teaser shots!

 

[stoney7713]

Bubble Gum? I'm looking for either a Bubble Gum (or Cosmic), Sun God, Black Panther, or Volcano or all of the above.

All of the above is the correct answer!!!

I have the cosmic bubblegum and volcano milli, great colors! And fuzzy!

 

[Alex's Nano Reef]

Good morning everyone

 

[pandaparties]

cuc îs not a long term fix for green hair algae. You need to fix the root cause which is high nutrient to control algae outbreak. I would hire a plumber to replace faucet to install RODI as it is a must have for this hobby. I would also make sure to have a good size skimmer, do weekly water change, and add a UV sterilizer if you still have algae issue

Hard disagree, CuC is absolutely a long term fix. It's all about creating a balanced eco system. Plenty of people get by with with high nutrient systems and no massive algae issues (myself included).

 

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Ugly pic - trying to show the pink coming back on the Caddy, but the SBB Orange Blast is FURRY fuzzy.

 

[pandaparties]

Ugly pic - trying to show the pink coming back on the Caddy, but the SBB Orange Blast is FURRY fuzzy.

I'm hoping to get a 100mm macro lens for my canon to take some awesome shots! Feel like all you guys manage way better pictures than me lol

 

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I'm hoping to get a 100mm macro lens for my canon to take some awesome shots! Feel like all you guys manage way better pictures than me lol

This is not a better picture... This is a 6 year old Motorola Z3 with no lenses or filters.

 

[pandaparties]

This is not a better picture... This is a 6 year old Motorola Z3 with no lenses or filters.

More of a generalization than that specific picture

 

[ReefMagnet]

Hard disagree, CuC is absolutely a long term fix. It's all about creating a balanced eco system. Plenty of people get by with with high nutrient systems and no massive algae issues (myself included).

It depends on what corals reefers want to keep. I am all about high end acro so high nutrient or nutrient spike has proven to be lethal for my acros. But I value your difference opinion and yes I have seen lots of tank thrive with high nutrient

 

[pandaparties]

It depends on what corals reefers want to keep. I am all about high end acro so high nutrient or nutrient spike has proven to be lethal for my acros. But I value your difference opinion and yes I have seen lots of tank thrive with high nutrient

I definitely don't disagree with your other points, i run a 90w UV and huge skimmer, and RODI with 0 tds has been proven to be an absolute must but the nutrients themselves part i don't necessarily agree with even for high end acro. Heck shane keeps his phosphates at what .2 and nitrates in the 20s if i remember? I have thriving high end acro at .1-.2 phosphates and 100+ nitrates!

 

[StatelineReefer]

I definitely don't disagree with your other points, i run a 90w UV and huge skimmer, and RODI with 0 tds has been proven to be an absolute must but the nutrients themselves part i don't necessarily agree with even for high end acro. Heck shane keeps his phosphates at what .2 and nitrates in the 20s if i remember? I have thriving high end acro at .1-.2 phosphates and 100+ nitrates!

More nutrients just means you can push more flow and more light.

I find a lot of people blame their lights for their lack of success, but have two powerheads that don't do much but move water to the surface of the tank with no strong currents or flow around the corals themselves. I'm a strong proponent of coral respiration. Rubber bands holding a frag plug to a rack is a common thing in my tanks. The more flow, the more essential nutrients get to the polyps. This includes the skeletonizing nutrients as well, so, more flow, faster grow.

Increase the flow, then increase the light.

To nail that point home, Panda, how many water movers do you have in your tank, not counting your returns?

 

[ReefMagnet]

I definitely don't disagree with your other points, i run a 90w UV and huge skimmer, and RODI with 0 tds has been proven to be an absolute must but the nutrients themselves part i don't necessarily agree with even for high end acro. Heck shane keeps his phosphates at what .2 and nitrates in the 20s if i remember? I have thriving high end acro at .1-.2 phosphates and 100+ nitrates!

100plus nitrate!!! I like to keep my nitrate that high so I can save $ on Nopox dosing. My 200gal takes 13ml Nopox a day to keep nitrate between 15-25. For phosphate I have GFO reactor and change out rowa phos every 10 days to keep phosphate below 0.15. I do run UV, reefmat and oversized skimmer. Your acro look great!

 

[pandaparties]

More nutrients just means you can push more flow and more light.

I find a lot of people blame their lights for their lack of success, but have two powerheads that don't do much but move water to the surface of the tank with no strong currents or flow around the corals themselves. I'm a strong proponent of coral respiration. Rubber bands holding a frag plug to a rack is a common thing in my tanks. The more flow, the more essential nutrients get to the polyps. This includes the skeletonizing nutrients as well, so, more flow, faster grow.

Increase the flow, then increase the light.

To nail that point home, Panda, how many water movers do you have in your tank, not counting your returns?

I have 5 powerheads (3 mp40, 2 mp60), 1 gyre (xf250) and 2 returns! Always cool to see how different people find success

 

[StatelineReefer]

... Today looks good.

 

[pandaparties]

100plus nitrate!!! I like to keep my nitrate that high so I can save $ on Nopox dosing. My 200gal takes 13ml Nopox a day to keep nitrate between 15-25. For phosphate I have GFO reactor and change out rowa phos every 10 days to keep phosphate below 0.15. I do run UV, reefmat and oversized skimmer. Your acro look great!

I can certainly relate on this one! I change my GFO twice a week on my 600g just to keep at that .1-.2 range and I run two large algae scrubbers on top of everything else. But aside from GFO and water changes i dont do any dosing!

I will add an asterisk to that nitrate value, if im being honest i have no idea what it is because i cant get a consistent test reading but its on the high side. Last week i ran about 10-15 tests on 5 different kits ang got wildly different values.

Hanna: 7,8
Red Sea: 15, 15
Api: 80, 0, 20
Salifert: 200+, 40, 100
ICP: 300

 

[StatelineReefer]

I have 5 powerheads (3 mp40, 2 mp60), 1 gyre (xf250) and 2 returns! Always cool to see how different people find success

My flow setup is very similar to yours, two gyre 330s, 2 mp40, 3 mp10, smaller tank, much less space, but overwhelming flow. I too keep high nutrients, and blast everything with light

 

[Alex's Nano Reef]

Can you Calculate nutrient consumption just like alk consumption?

 

[pandaparties]

My flow setup is very similar to yours, two gyre 330s, 2 mp40, 3 mp10, smaller tank, much less space, but overwhelming flow. I too keep high nutrients, and blast everything with light

I'm at about flow capacity, i have pretty soft sand for my stingray and if i go too hard it turns into DUNE. So i try to keep it high but close to the top. Looks like its working for you!!

 

[pandaparties]

Can you Calculate nutrient consumption just like alk consumption?

Think its hard because feeding impacts nutrients, as well as nutrients trapped in rock/subtrate. Tracking the delta seems like it would be super challenging without automated equipment testing regularly but its a cool idea for sure

 

[Alex's Nano Reef]

Think its hard because feeding impacts nutrients, as well as nutrients trapped in rock/subtrate. Tracking the delta seems like it would be super challenging without automated equipment testing regularly but its a cool idea for sure

I wanna start dosing nitrate and phos but i dont really know where to start in terms of amount to dose especially brightwells formula supposedly isnt 100% accurate