How to keep stable parameters
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FangsAndGames
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Well there are a lot of things that go into it. Some like filtration and chemicals are a big deal. Don’t go for giant changes or changes at all. Try to slowly work into new things. Filtration like refugiums and other equipment like skimmers can keep ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite stable. Chemical dosing for corals can be tricky and some people over do it with to many chemicals or “reef potions”
here is a good video for you:
I highly recommend that you check out more vids from BRS. They are probably one of if not the best (best) resources to check out.
schuby
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I personally believe that the most successful Acropora SPS tanks are grown over time. They are miniature, biological ecosystems that can't be created in an instant. Here is a link to a post in another thread, describing my ultimate goal for my SPS tank, high import and high export: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/sps-corals-bleaching-from-bottom-up.715289/post-7860217
As an example of "grown over time", some reefers use macro algae to remove nutrients, aka "export". A certain amount of macro algae can consume a certain amount of nutrients in a day. If you increase the nutrients in your tank, maybe by adding a fish or two that you feed more (and create more fish poo), then you'll need more macro algae to keep the system in balance. The bacteria in your tank will also increase. The increase in your macro algae size and your bacteria will not be instantaneous, but will take some time to grow. Once your system is back in balance, then you can add more fish or coral and give it time to re-balance.
Slow and deliberate increases your likelihood of success. Reef tanks are complicated. Going slow gives us time to try to understand them. Probably no one has a great tank without some bumps and bruises along the way.
For your question about stability, everything varies in a reef tank over a day. I'd define stable as this: when I measure something at the same time-of-day as I did before, it is nearly the same as the last time. There is much life in our tanks and nothing is constant. We manage our reefs because it is quite impossible to exert absolute control over them.
As an example of "grown over time", some reefers use macro algae to remove nutrients, aka "export". A certain amount of macro algae can consume a certain amount of nutrients in a day. If you increase the nutrients in your tank, maybe by adding a fish or two that you feed more (and create more fish poo), then you'll need more macro algae to keep the system in balance. The bacteria in your tank will also increase. The increase in your macro algae size and your bacteria will not be instantaneous, but will take some time to grow. Once your system is back in balance, then you can add more fish or coral and give it time to re-balance.
Slow and deliberate increases your likelihood of success. Reef tanks are complicated. Going slow gives us time to try to understand them. Probably no one has a great tank without some bumps and bruises along the way.
For your question about stability, everything varies in a reef tank over a day. I'd define stable as this: when I measure something at the same time-of-day as I did before, it is nearly the same as the last time. There is much life in our tanks and nothing is constant. We manage our reefs because it is quite impossible to exert absolute control over them.
FangsAndGames
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Well there are a lot of things that go into it. Some like filtration and chemicals are a big deal. Don’t go for giant changes or changes at all. Try to slowly work into new things. Filtration like refugiums and other equipment like skimmers can keep ammonia, nitrate, and nitrite stable. Chemical dosing for corals can be tricky and some people over do it with to many chemicals or “reef potions”
here is a good video for you:
I highly recommend that you check out more vids from BRS. They are probably one of if not the best (best) resources to check o
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FangsAndGames
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Things like triton systems can help simple things down.
Controller systems are expensive but a great investment and tool. A nice one on the market are Neptune systems. Check em out on BRS for sale
Controller systems are expensive but a great investment and tool. A nice one on the market are Neptune systems. Check em out on BRS for sale
