DUKES tank thread

duke62 · Jun 5, 2021

albano said:
Looking good, Duke!

Thank you Al

albano · Jun 5, 2021

When I finally get my tanks moved up to Fishkill, you’ll have to take a ride and stop by!

duke62 · Jun 5, 2021

I need the great a powerful Albano at my house also

Stain · Jun 7, 2021

My wife wasn't sure what I was looking at because I was wide eyed and drooling apparently. I showed her my screen and got an even more awkward look. I havent done that since looking at some sick swedish volvo builds years ago. Thank you for that

duke62 · Jun 7, 2021

Stain said:
My wife wasn't sure what I was looking at because I was wide eyed and drooling apparently. I showed her my screen and got an even more awkward look. I havent done that since looking at some sick swedish volvo builds years ago. Thank you for that

Thanks brotha

duke62 · Jun 9, 2021

So I’ll show a pic of the good and a pic of the bad. Tank is still doing well besides a few stressed. And the reason for the stress is bad Salifert alk kits. 2 different kits showed the same alk of 8.3 to 8.5 where I keep my tank. I went and picked up a trident and it was showing my alk really low. So of course I blamed the trident. These were my go to test kits. Been using them for 10 years. Well nothing is ever for sure in this hobby. In reality my alk got as low as 6.7 and only just above 7 at night. What seems to be affected are stags and millis. Deep water and tenius show no signs of stress. Well yeah my pink lemonade. Well I’ll show a pic of the healthy coral and a pic of the aftermath of bad test kits

duke62 · Jun 11, 2021

This is the reason I almost had a total loss. Now the waiting game to see what the actual damage was. When a month passes and everything seems ok I should be in the clear. The salifert is a brand new kit used 2 times. Got it at the end of May.

revhtree · Jun 11, 2021

My gosh man I'm so sorry to see this!! How many colonies are effected?

duke62 · Jun 11, 2021

revhtree said:
My gosh man I'm so sorry to see this!! How many colonies are effected?

1 death, 4 stressed. Weird thing is so far only stags, 2 millis and my pink lemonade show stress

duke62 · Jun 11, 2021

revhtree said:
My gosh man I'm so sorry to see this!! How many colonies are effected?

Before I found this issue I was testing salifert at 8.5 so you can imagine how low my alk really was!!

LuisPerez711 · Jun 16, 2021

Amazing tank! Thanks for sharing and keeping it active. I believe we all have to deal with a lot of the bad but it never seems to get the attention it deserves. Thanks for showing the progress!

Do you suppliment anything else besides the calcium reactor? Aminos? Trace elements? Water changes?

duke62 · Jun 16, 2021

LuisPerez711 said:
Amazing tank! Thanks for sharing and keeping it active. I believe we all have to deal with a lot of the bad but it never seems to get the attention it deserves. Thanks for showing the progress!

Do you suppliment anything else besides the calcium reactor? Aminos? Trace elements? Water changes?

Thanks so much man. Been a long bumpy road