Aqua forest progression

tcarter1936 · Oct 2, 2016

Day 1 starting aqua forest.
My plan is to gradually transition as reef crystals had my alk at 10 dkh without dosing
Today i added my 29 gallon fuge just water so far all aqua forest pro bio.
So I've now added 29 gallons to my 180 display with a 75 sump that holds roughly 55 gallons so about 285 total volume.
I'm seeing if the aqua forest In conjunction with low lower alk will assist in better coloration.
Also will be supplimenting my reef breeder photon 60 with two 80 watt t5s when my brs kit arrives.
Updates to follow

jsker · Oct 3, 2016

Looking forward to your posts. I am at 210 days or 7 months switching to Aquaforest

kanders87 · Oct 3, 2016

Following

tcarter1936 · Oct 3, 2016

Have you noticed any significant changes good or bad if so please let me know also are using the probiotic salt or the reef salt and how are your colors doing

tcarter1936 · Nov 25, 2016

Getting moderate growth
Dosing pro bio s, np pro,iodum, feeding phyto.
Colors are slowly returning but my phone pics are terrible.
I'll test other paras later and post
I will say that on side effect is I had a slight hair algae outbreak and that's subsiding. But now I'm getting diatoms so well see if that subsides

tcarter1936 · May 7, 2017

Been awhile but I'll start with saying that aquaforest just isnt for me, don't get me wrong. I'm still using the reef salt however I had a rough time with the switch and it was mostly my stupid mistakes . Please note aquaforest salt runs low ALK and you need to dose accordingly. I wasn't adjusting for ALK causing major swings and since I've realized this my corals are making a comeback.