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Got the temp probe sorted out. Also hooked up a Trident, wow makes life easier. Now to upgrade my dp-4 in a bit, its working solid for now, but I know thats a 'for now'. Still have 3 outlets on my power bar I cant decide what to use for, might hook my betta tank up to it, turn his pump off at night.
I have the dosing pump dosing in the baffle after the skimmer, theres a wavemaker in the next section, but the ph probe still picks it up in the return chamber. It is only a 20gal long sump, so not a ton of volume, then again, the display is the same size lol.
pic of the first day of the Trident being online.
I have the dosing pump dosing in the baffle after the skimmer, theres a wavemaker in the next section, but the ph probe still picks it up in the return chamber. It is only a 20gal long sump, so not a ton of volume, then again, the display is the same size lol.
pic of the first day of the Trident being online.
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Thank you guys.
So I've noticed the fighting conch I added a few days ago, has been climbing himself onto my rock work when the lights go out. Is this normal? I've just read they stick to the sand. This guy hurls himself up my rocks with his snout, its quite the sight to watch hahah.
Also, trochus snails are around twice as fast as astraea snails in a race.
So I've noticed the fighting conch I added a few days ago, has been climbing himself onto my rock work when the lights go out. Is this normal? I've just read they stick to the sand. This guy hurls himself up my rocks with his snout, its quite the sight to watch hahah.
Also, trochus snails are around twice as fast as astraea snails in a race.
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I hope not. There is a couple types of algae on the sand, detritus and I feed the three fish heavily. The last couple nights he has not left the sand, maybe he was just curious of his new surroundings. It was the second and third night he was in the tank.
The tank is now consuming mag, not alot but it is now, just manually dosing as I dont need to add it every day. All the corals are encrusting, the blueberry wine has a vivid blue encrusting with bright yellow polyp's. My RR OP has shot up about a half inch, the WD has encrusted and grown about a half inch in height as well. Now to figure out how to photograph corals. Heres a pic of the set-up how it sits, I have limited room.
I used a small bookshelf for the apex and dosing pump, dosing containers and ato container. My wife was unhappy but everything fit great. Powerbar is just mounted to the wall as I still want to be able to access it. It was stuffed in the bookshelf as well for a day, but hated how inaccessible it was. Cheers
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I am in Ontario as well, between Toronto and Ottawa. I drive 2hrs one way to pick these gems up. I get them from AP Corals, Mr. Poon has very healthy frags, and very decent prices. If you are near New Castle, I suggest giving him a shot. https://apoon.com/apcorals/product-category/allcorals.@Stain btw, not sure where you are in Canada but where are you getting your corals from? You've got some speedy stuff there
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First power outage today so I figured i'd update. Was only out for an hourish, but everything worked fine. Apex connected and ran what/when it needed to, trident initialized itself and no screwing around on my part. I'm loving the system.
Also loving the Trident, best thing i've gotten for the whole tank. I had a big growth spurt during the night and could see it on the Trident perfectly. I was able to adjust my dosing and keep the alk swings back to a .1ish. Not bad on a 30gal system.
Calcium's been pretty good
And have been keeping my mag around 1300ish
I also got rid of the goosenecks and used shelf brackets mounted to the wall to hang the kessil's. The weight on the back pane of the 20gal long was making me anxious lol
Happy Canada Day!!
Also loving the Trident, best thing i've gotten for the whole tank. I had a big growth spurt during the night and could see it on the Trident perfectly. I was able to adjust my dosing and keep the alk swings back to a .1ish. Not bad on a 30gal system.
Calcium's been pretty good
And have been keeping my mag around 1300ish
I also got rid of the goosenecks and used shelf brackets mounted to the wall to hang the kessil's. The weight on the back pane of the 20gal long was making me anxious lol
Happy Canada Day!!
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Todays topic, Dosing pumps. I have been fighting with my dp-4 since i set it up. I only dose 10ml a day of 2 part right now, had it split into 5 doses of 2ml. To calibrate it 'accurately' to dose 2ml, I calibrated the unit to 10ml. Then told it to dose 20ml, which made the units total dose around 2ml (+-.1ml). Was working great, but has been drawing small amounts or air no matter what I try, throwing the amounts off.
So I gave in and tossed a DOS on it. First day has been great, no air, its keeping my ph from swinging as much, and is just as quiet as the dp-4. I just need to adjust my nighttime dosage as my alk dropped a little more than I thought it would thru the night, dropped to 8.86. I try and keep it at 9. Not much but I can tweak it. So far happy with the dos.
So I gave in and tossed a DOS on it. First day has been great, no air, its keeping my ph from swinging as much, and is just as quiet as the dp-4. I just need to adjust my nighttime dosage as my alk dropped a little more than I thought it would thru the night, dropped to 8.86. I try and keep it at 9. Not much but I can tweak it. So far happy with the dos.
