It's Just a Tank

Goaway · May 11, 2022

Dosing 30ml of afr.
Water is looking good.

Calc 450. Mag 1450 did dose epsom salts over the week to get mag from 1250 to 1450.
Alk keeping at 8.4. Ph at 8.15
Didnt test the others.
Time to roast coffee.
Retest friday. If numbers keep the same I'll go weekly.

Im naming him Gilgamesh.

Clowns did this. Moved pink octo away for recovery. It looked worse.

Bleaching is probably combination of low nutrients and clown harassment.

NowGlazeIT · May 11, 2022

Numbers lookin solid. Curious what your keeping your nutrient levels at. Any other dosing going on besides afr? Do they include trace elements?

tbrown · May 11, 2022

Numbers are nice! What do you use for roasting the beans and where do you get your green beans from? What variety/nationality do you get? What stage do you roast til? You just drop a little line and ignore all the important stuff!!!

Goaway · May 11, 2022

NowGlazeIT said:
Numbers lookin solid. Curious what your keeping your nutrient levels at. Any other dosing going on besides afr? Do they include trace elements?

They do have trace elements in afr.

Phosphates been very low. .05 or under.
Nitrates are under 5. I still have some ab+ from redsea. Its 6 month old bottle. I cant tell if coral hate or like the junk. Slimmer cap is off. Maybe i need to remove socks?

Goaway · May 11, 2022

tbrown3589 said:
Numbers are nice! What do you use for roasting the beans and where do you get your green beans from? What variety/nationality do you get? What stage do you roast til? You just drop a little line and ignore all the important stuff!!!

Coffee coral. Cast iron skillet and a whisk to keep them moving.

Goaway · May 11, 2022

tbrown3589 said:
Numbers are nice! What do you use for roasting the beans and where do you get your green beans from? What variety/nationality do you get? What stage do you roast til? You just drop a little line and ignore all the important stuff!!!

Btw , I'll grab a bean I haven't roasted before. However roast to second crack. I do espresso. I dont and cant stand french roast. So a medium roast.

tbrown · May 11, 2022

Mibu said:
Coffee coral. Cast iron skillet and a whisk to keep them moving.

Wait, you roast inside the house? I use a popcorn popper (the old kind with the flares on th side instead of the screen on the bottom). So much chaff and smoke. Ethiopian Yirgachef is my favorite bean to roast - I go for second crack and just getting a decent glaze of oils releasing, sometimes right at the start of third crack.

NowGlazeIT · May 11, 2022

Mibu said:
They do have trace elements in afr.

Phosphates been very low. .05 or under.
Nitrates are under 5. I still have some ab+ from redsea. Its 6 month old bottle. I cant tell if coral hate or like the junk. Slimmer cap is off. Maybe i need to remove socks?

I use reef roids to get phosphates up. Not sure how to get nitrate up other then dosing straight no3

tbrown · May 11, 2022

Mibu said:
Btw , I'll grab a bean I haven't roasted before. However roast to second crack. I do espresso. I dont and cant stand french roast. So a medium roast.

You roast small batches and use immediately or do you rest them for the recommended 18-24 hours to allow off gassing of the CO2?