Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

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Were we posting selfie pics? Me channeling my inner reindeer.

I am in my last week of being 64. Milestone Monday coming up. I will officially be old - but still kickin’. Growing older but not up!

 

[Magellan]

I would look into it but Randy was talking about them not being equal. https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...y-alk-calcium-balanced-for-1-1-dosing.352635/

Great thread! Since I’m already using the eyeball test to dose, I guess I’ll just try and dose 14% less Ca LOL

My Ca was really out of wack when I started, so maybe this was a good thing. I did notice that I need to dose less of this product than what I was using previously to maintain Dkh.

@living_tribunal randy did specifically say in that same thread that the goal is for the Ca dose and Dkh dose to be equal, that limewater is apparently the easiest way. Just doesn’t have the other good stuff like a name brand does.

 

[JoshH]

@JoshH here you can see the corner. Thus

the tank specs.

Ahhh much easier to picture it now, well that just means you need a smaller window

 

[living_tribunal]

Great thread! Since I’m already using the eyeball test to dose, I guess I’ll just try and dose 14% less Ca LOL

My Ca was really out of wack when I started, so maybe this was a good thing. I did notice that I need to dose less of this product than what I was using previously to maintain Dkh.

@living_tribunal randy did specifically say in that same thread that the goal is for the Ca dose and Dkh dose to be equal, that limewater is apparently the easiest way. Just doesn’t have the other good stuff like a name brand does.

Then I’m going to stick with my original plan and just the two in equal parts.

Good find and thank you a ton for the help.

I think I have a good enough understanding to give it a shot.

If my corals die, I blame @Why-Me

 

[Magellan]

Idk, it gave me insane results the other day when I was testing. The thing was all over the place.

He’s not lying! It was consistently within about a 300 pt range...

I wait 30-40 min if you are doing by hand. If you are using a doser I'm not sure but it's in such small amounts I doubt you have to wait a doser.

I put the part one in the left side of the sump, and a couple minutes later put part 2 in the right side. The way it’s divided, it can only mix inside the tank.

 

[Magellan]

Then I’m going to stick with my original plan and just the two in equal parts.

Good find and thank you a ton for the help.

I think I have a good enough understanding to give it a shot.

If my corals die, I blame @Why-Me

No problem! Helped me out too just to talk through it. Gonna eyeball 14% less now, my Ca is already back to 430 where I wanted it, and my Dkh is holding steady at 8 for the first time ever.

If my corals die, I blame @Why-Me

Savage ;Hilarious

 

[dantimdad]

Thank you! I know exactly the one that you’re talking about. Pretty awesome to meet someone else that does them. The life-size Link was a blast. My second longest time investment on one, with the longest being the Sleeping Beauty’s castle I did for my mom.

Okay, now I’m done spamming Katrina’s thread with paper. Thanks for letting me share!

Can you make something for me to display in the store?

Message me for ideas and fees and such.

I would love to have a piece of your work!

 

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Not a selfie but it will have to suffice for now.

Great picture!

 

[SashimiTurtle]

That’s what I’ve been doing, yes. The LFS was really clear, they use the same stuff in their displays. (BEAUTIFUL displays, I’ll take some pics next time I’m there).

the dose is dependent on the product and how concentrated it is. There is a huge difference in concentrations product to product, I’m dosing 3ml of part 1 and 3 ml of part 2 for my 28g, once per day.

@Why-Me I was doing the same thing, only dosing alk. (Which helped a lot when I switched to 2 part, because I already knew my alk consumption). But only dosing alk means you get a steady drop in Ca, I was at 310! Even with regular water changes.

@Robin Haselden help! I need an adult lol

Me, adult?

;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

Seriously tho, what are we dosing and who's tank?

 

[Fin]

Great picture!

@crusso1993 Do people ever tell your lady that she resembles Dawn Wells? Or, is that Dawn Wells posing with you?

 

[crusso1993]

@crusso1993 Do people ever tell your lady that she resembles Dawn Wells? Or, is that Dawn Wells posing with you?

Nope but now that you mention it... hhmmmm.

 

[Magellan]

Me, adult?

;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

Seriously tho, what are we dosing and who's tank?

Please read through the last couple of pages and make sure I haven’t been spreading drastically wrong information! Trying to help LT get started with 2 part, he has finally tested his alk lol

 

[living_tribunal]

Me, adult?

;Hilarious ;Hilarious ;Hilarious

Seriously tho, what are we dosing and who's tank?

Copper and yours.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Copper and yours.

I've delt with worse...

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Please read through the last couple of pages and make sure I haven’t been spreading drastically wrong information! Trying to help LT get started with 2 part, he has finally tested his alk lol

Give me a little bit, making my rounds at work and its gonna be 27(that's freedomheight for you non-americans) tonight. Hands are a little stiff.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

@Magellan You are absolutely right that ca and Alk will delpete each other when dosed separately. I used to know an really good way of explaining it but I'd have to search it again. Just know that it's true.

Corals also use Ca and alk in perfect balance. One of each, no more no less(yes I just tired in Star Wars to reefing). When doing, you want to use equal parts, as long as your 2 part is meant to be dosed in equal parts. Example, Red Sea pre mixed liquid in the bottle is balanced. Red Sea powder is not, the calcium is 3 times as strong as the alk.

@living_tribunal test your tank the same time every day. Get a good base line of how much dKH your tank consumes daily. From there you can figure out how much you need to dose with some math, or wing it and add a few mL and see what you test the next day until you find a point where XXmL tests the same after 24 hours.

Do not be surprised if you get everything balanced and all of a sudden your demands skyrockets. That's a good thing.

 

[living_tribunal]

Both of these look pretty much dissolved.

I guess I just dose 20ml of each now...

 

[living_tribunal]

Shoot, 20ml is alk is in the tank. Gonna give it 20-30 before I add the calc. No one seems ticked, not sure how fast they’d get stressed if I over dosed.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Shoot, 20ml is alk is in the tank. Gonna give it 20-30 before I add the calc. No one seems ******, not sure how fast they’d get stressed if I over dosed.

The calculator on their website is a great tool.

 

[living_tribunal]

The calculator on their website is a great tool.

I calculated how much I need to get to my target but then I divided it to get it there over 5-7 days.