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Reefing One Day @ A Time!!!
I’ve got it about 10” under the water level which would be about 20” under my T5’s and LED’s. It came from a 10” deep frag tank was mid water level with 4 Radion XR30 G4 Pro’s, 2 Actinic XHO’s, and T5’s about 10” over the tank. It was directly under the Radions and T5’s so I think where I have it should be good to go as I definitely have less power then where it came from. Or at least I think so.
What’s y’all s thought?
What’s y’all s thought?
mta_morrow
Of course I have room for 1 more fish!
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Very nice piece!
My vote based on what you described is to leave it where it is and give it a few weeks.
Then as you stare at it and decide you want it higher, it will be acclimated and ready for another spot!
My vote based on what you described is to leave it where it is and give it a few weeks.
Then as you stare at it and decide you want it higher, it will be acclimated and ready for another spot!
My wife thinks things just magically crop up in my tank lol. "Hummm... That must have been a hitchiker or the result of a spawning event" it helps that my rock flower nems have actually spawned and she was the one who noticed the babies.
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I'm about to pre-order a couple A360X as well. Even though the 2 360we I have are only a year old. I want to put one on either side of my metal halide.
I also agree with leaving the frag where it is for a couple weeks so it can adjust to your tank. Looks really good so far!
mta_morrow
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I think we all know what you mean!
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Reefing One Day @ A Time!!!
Update: I have left it in the same spot and it has started to grow! I had to glue a few pieces that broke off due to my pin cushion Urchin being a bit ruff with it :mad: I love that jerk tho. The areas that where broken have healed and are showing growth. Beautiful clean bright white tips as well. This is the only new piece added to the tank and it sure has been consuming my Ca & ALK!!! I’ve been testing every 3 days as normal and wow it’s been dropping, but then when my NO3 and PO4 both hit zero it seemed to stop.
I’m using ESV B-Ionic 2 part, and BRS Kalk ( Not the brand new stuff the older one as I got 2 of the gallon pales for $20 each when they clearanced them out even tho I’m still working out of the gallon stil container I bought a year ago lol ) my dosing schedule has been as follows:
Ca 1.5ml per hour x 24 hours = 36 ml daily doses on the hour
ALK 1.5ml per hour x 24 hours =36 ml daily doses on the half hour
Kalk 30 ml per every 30 minutes x 24 hours = 1440 ml dosed on the 15 & 45 minutes past the hour.
All CA, MG, NO3 done with Salifert, and Alk and PO4 with Hanna checker. I also verified Alk with a Salifert. I test at the same time which is 1100 am cst.
Testing results from day of introduction are as follows:
10-20-2018
Ca 430 ppm
Alk 11 dkh
Mg 1350ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.03
10-23-2018
Ca 420 ppm
Alk 10.8 Dkh
Mg 1320 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.02 ppm
10-26-2018
Ca 410 ppm
Alk 10.2 dkh manually added 5 ml today
Mg 1300 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.02
10-29-2018
Ca 390 ppm
Alk 10 dkh manually added 5 ml today
Mg 1290
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.01 ppm
11-01-2018
Ca 390 ppm manually added 5 ml today
Alk 9.8 dkh
Mg 1290 ppm manually added 150 ml today
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.01 ppm
11-03-2018
Ca 390 ppm added 12 ml to doser schedule now 48ml daily
Alk 9.6 dkh added 12 ml to doser schedule now 48 ml daily
Mg 1410 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.00 ppm
11-06-2018
Ca 400 ppm
Alk 10 dkh tested twice 10 dkh on both Salifert as well.
Mg 1410 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.00 ppm
11-07-2018
Ca 410 ppm
Alk 10 dkh
Mg 1400 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.00 ppm
What if anything do y’all suggest?
Do I lower the schedule back down?
I feed heavy 1x daily should I feed 2x to get my nutrients back up?
I’m using ESV B-Ionic 2 part, and BRS Kalk ( Not the brand new stuff the older one as I got 2 of the gallon pales for $20 each when they clearanced them out even tho I’m still working out of the gallon stil container I bought a year ago lol ) my dosing schedule has been as follows:
Ca 1.5ml per hour x 24 hours = 36 ml daily doses on the hour
ALK 1.5ml per hour x 24 hours =36 ml daily doses on the half hour
Kalk 30 ml per every 30 minutes x 24 hours = 1440 ml dosed on the 15 & 45 minutes past the hour.
All CA, MG, NO3 done with Salifert, and Alk and PO4 with Hanna checker. I also verified Alk with a Salifert. I test at the same time which is 1100 am cst.
Testing results from day of introduction are as follows:
10-20-2018
Ca 430 ppm
Alk 11 dkh
Mg 1350ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.03
10-23-2018
Ca 420 ppm
Alk 10.8 Dkh
Mg 1320 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.02 ppm
10-26-2018
Ca 410 ppm
Alk 10.2 dkh manually added 5 ml today
Mg 1300 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.02
10-29-2018
Ca 390 ppm
Alk 10 dkh manually added 5 ml today
Mg 1290
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.01 ppm
11-01-2018
Ca 390 ppm manually added 5 ml today
Alk 9.8 dkh
Mg 1290 ppm manually added 150 ml today
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.01 ppm
11-03-2018
Ca 390 ppm added 12 ml to doser schedule now 48ml daily
Alk 9.6 dkh added 12 ml to doser schedule now 48 ml daily
Mg 1410 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.00 ppm
11-06-2018
Ca 400 ppm
Alk 10 dkh tested twice 10 dkh on both Salifert as well.
Mg 1410 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.00 ppm
11-07-2018
Ca 410 ppm
Alk 10 dkh
Mg 1400 ppm
NO3 0 ppm
PO4 0.00 ppm
What if anything do y’all suggest?
Do I lower the schedule back down?
I feed heavy 1x daily should I feed 2x to get my nutrients back up?
