FarmerTy's 215-gallon SPS Tank
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I wouldn't get anything done in here. I see a good 2 weeks of just staring at each tank. Then probably start over because I missed something! Incredible and inspiring!iPhone shot with Orphek lens of my primary frag tank
All actinics iPhone shot of one of my backup system tanks with Orphek lens.
What kind of lighting are you running?
And gear as far as testing and dosing?
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I try to cram that 2 weeks into 1-2 he nightly sessions. I run an Aquaticlife Radion/T5 hybrid over each tank. Testing is trident over the main system and Alkatronic on the backup system. I just dose foundation elements via calcium reactors. I dose potassium nitrate in the backup system because my nitrates are too low. Tried Fuel but it caused a bit of dinos so going back to the potassium nitrate. That’s it. Main system I don’t dose anything.
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fish poop - lots and lots of fishy poop in your main system....
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Oh, you saw that at the bottom of the old sump? Probably burned into your retina!
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So for the last 3 weeks I’ve been lowering my drip rate on my lanthanum chloride for phosphates. As a reminder, since probably Fall I’ve noticed my phosphates were out of control. My normal GFO usage amount was not cutting it anymore and it got to the point that if I didn’t change the GFO out every other day, it would jump from 0.04 ppm to 0.15 in a day. That’s why I switched to lanthanum as I could constantly drip it.
Well, I think I hit my mark a month ago and all the bound phosphate leached out of my rocks. At least that’s my best guess as to what happened. Because I was lowering my lanthanum dosage every couple days as I would have no phosphates detected and my torts started to look really pale.
During the sump swap weekend, I ran with no lanthanum and after I finished, read my phosphate level after 3-4 days of no dosing and it was just 0.02 ppm. Wow! Normally, in a day it would jump to 0.15 ppm.
That being the case, I don’t think I need to run lanthanum anymore and part of me is hoping I won’t have to go back to GFO either now that I have a sump that I have room for a massive ball of chaeto in one chamber. Goal is 10-20ppm nitrates and 0.03-0.1 ppm phosphates.
Cool thing is now I can probably move my 4-port Versa doser along and just keep the Apex DOS doser instead. Love this new sump already!
Well, I think I hit my mark a month ago and all the bound phosphate leached out of my rocks. At least that’s my best guess as to what happened. Because I was lowering my lanthanum dosage every couple days as I would have no phosphates detected and my torts started to look really pale.
During the sump swap weekend, I ran with no lanthanum and after I finished, read my phosphate level after 3-4 days of no dosing and it was just 0.02 ppm. Wow! Normally, in a day it would jump to 0.15 ppm.
That being the case, I don’t think I need to run lanthanum anymore and part of me is hoping I won’t have to go back to GFO either now that I have a sump that I have room for a massive ball of chaeto in one chamber. Goal is 10-20ppm nitrates and 0.03-0.1 ppm phosphates.
Cool thing is now I can probably move my 4-port Versa doser along and just keep the Apex DOS doser instead. Love this new sump already!
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For those that can see the video, it’s a Snipers Bubblegum Mille frag I snipped today. ;Happy
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Love my frag! It's really starting to color up and take off!
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I know you love your milles! Haha! That’s awesome to hear!
Let’s see a nice macro of it in full spectrum, please? You got me interested!
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I’ll see if I can dust off the Canon and get a few.
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Whatcha talking about this is considered a frag on @FarmerTy reefeh, just a minicolony
, ya know i'm kidding....
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Hahaha man ill just throw it in one of the 60's and call it a day. You may have to frag the top so I can fit in thoughWell your frag is ready sir!
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you're setting a dangerous precedent....I shall expect my "frags" to be no smaller than this one, especially when I specify XL/Jumbo next time I order.Well your frag is ready sir!
