120 gallon set up

[thatmanMIKEson]

*sighs*

The corals look so beautiful.

What are your nutrient levels these days?

I'll have to check and report, it's honestly been a while, I couldn't even guess, but if I did I'd say they are a little elevated..

 

[Miami Reef]

I'll have to check and report, it's honestly been a while, I couldn't even guess, but if I did I'd say they are a little elevated..

Ooh! I love these kinds of games! I have my guess as to what I think they’ll be.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Ooh! I love these kinds of games! I have my guess as to what I think they’ll be.

well you asked and I was curious, I took these with clean filtered water and the sample was agitated for 2 minutes and tested how I've always taken these using the Hanna checkers.

I figured they would be a little elevated, I have been feeding the tank more often, and not running anything for n03 and p04 besides waterchanges. I havent checked in a few months

here's the results, are they what you expected?

 

[Miami Reef]

Dang! You are quick!

here's the results, are they what you expected?

I guessed PO4 0.10-0.15ppm.
NO3 5-8ppm

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Dang! You are quick!


I guessed PO4 0.10-0.15ppm.
NO3 5-8ppm

pretty close! nitrates are getting high but they don't worry me, I wouldn't want to be to much higher on phosphates though, preferably..

thanks for getting me to check! I need to check calcium because I have no idea when I did last, I relied on the past few icp tests to do it but I need to check! lol

 

[Miami Reef]

thanks for getting me to check!

lol

What test kit do you use for Ca? I’m getting 415ppm vibes. For alk I’m getting 8.5dKH vibes.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

enhance......enhance.........enhance

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

the tank is looking and feeling good, I did alot of trimming over the weekend, I hate throwing away coral but that's what it's come down to, if you like anything ask about it

thanks for checking out the build!!

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

fts, full light!

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

a few views I like!

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

here's a few orange filter pictures not really my favorite look but to change up the rotation. it doesn't look like this in real life lol

the bloodbank growout contest is over I ended up tied for third, which I don't think I should have been in the top 5 so not sure how that happened but it was really alot of fun participating, I will definitely do it again!
Thread '##### Picture Entry: BC BLOOD BANK GROW-OUT CONTEST #####' https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/picture-entry-bc-blood-bank-grow-out-contest.927302/

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

my favorite spot to watch

 

[Miami Reef]

Update?

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

Update?

not much has been going on.. I did have a salinity mishap, I wasn't checking my calibration and I was at 37.5ppt for a month or more and got some stn and ticked off corals because of it but it's back on track now

I just got a 360° camera I'm going to take an underwater video and pictures coming soon!

 

[Miami Reef]

The tank looks awesome! I’m surprised that salinity rise caused STN for you. I never thought that was high enough to cause issues.

 

[Miami Reef]

@thatmanMIKEson

How’s everything?

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

@thatmanMIKEson

How’s everything?

doing good, did a water change this weekend everything seems happier with the lowered salinity, alkalinity consumption keeps going up! all looking good but I need to do some serious cutting I've been neglecting pruning corals......

 

[Miami Reef]

doing good, did a water change this weekend everything seems happier with the lowered salinity, alkalinity consumption keeps going up! all looking good but I need to do some serious cutting I've been neglecting pruning corals......

Very nice!

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

chopping up some coral today I don't like to do it but it's long overdue, it will be a few weeks here and there, it's mostly this annoying birds nest that has popped up all over the tank!!

it's also the 3 year anniversary of this tank at the end of the month, so I will be putting up some fts' of a clean tank and a comparison from 3 years ago...thanks for checking out the build!!!!

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

ive been hacking coral back, and just chopped up my cali tort.