Getting out…doors

[Ben’r]

Finally got around to making up the louvre covers, still a bit of patch up paint to go on.

Looking quite green at dawn/dusk, uglies stage but the side walls rebounding the light doesn’t help.

 

[Ben’r]

With such low evap rate, saturated kalk cannot keep up, finding I have to drip mostly alk and a bit of ca every second day. Think I’ll have to find a way/space to add a doser. My rocks seem to be cleaner, few speckles of coralline beginning but the sand and side walls are absolutely nasty!
Po4 0.18
No3 was reading 0 so that’s gotta be a false negative in the nutrients.
I’m not going to do any drastic measures here, will check them again after Christmas and decide what I want to do from there. I think my plan will be to hold off and let the system mature, too many times in the past I’ve driven nutrients down too fast and made way for all horrors (Dino’s.) This is a pond after all!

 

[Ben’r]

Became absolutely sick of the dirty sandbed, had to go. Nutrients are so much more manageable now. Of course, had to add a dosing pump, I think I’m done adding montipora now . Added a few acro frags, seem to be doing OK, between messing around with the sand & scape. Time to let it settle and grow in. Have a slight feeling I won’t be able to see the fish once the monti’s stretch ‍

 

[Zarabyte]

Looking great good work

 

[moz71]

This is awesome! Are my eyes playing tricks on me but did your monti’s grow like over dinner plate sized in a month looking at the pics posted?

 

[Ben’r]

This is awesome! Are my eyes playing tricks on me but did your monti’s grow like over dinner plate sized in a month looking at the pics posted?

They were growing and encrusting well but I did add that big green one (about 18” diameter) and butchered the rest to try make a nicer spiral. The market in my country for these is so small I’d be worried if I had growth that quick! At least I got all these for a great price!

 

[moz71]

They were growing and encrusting well but I did add that big green one (about 18” diameter) and butchered the rest to try make a nicer spiral. The market in my country for these is so small I’d be worried if I had growth that quick! At least I got all these for a great price!

Thanks for reply, I was wondering what the heck I was doing wrong! Lol