That'd be something right there!
Tunze can be controlled via the 0-10v controls. I believe they have the cable/jumper to connect to Tunze pumps? I’ll have to double check on that one.
You’ll still use the native Tunze power supply for the pumps, it’s just connected to the controller with the 0-10v cable. Only pumps that use the “direct drive” cables like gyres, Octo-pulse, etc will be powered from the wave engine directly. The wave engine lite is cool, but it only has 0-10v inputs and no output, so you can use it to trigger events and not control pumps. It would’ve been nice if they split the in/out in half so you get both, but I guess you can’t have everything?
Hey, thanks for checking out my journey. Funny, I’ve been thinking about doing that test for quite some time now and I probably should as I’m still having some issues. Thanks for the tip, I’ll check it out and order a kit today. I did add some sand and mud from Florida Pets at the beginning of the year. I really can’t tell if it did anything for my tank? Right now I’m noticing a trend when dosing sodium nitrate, it seems to do okay at first, then things takes turn for the worse shortly after dosing. I’m at the point where I really think that I need to reset the tank somewhat? There’s a local guy who has an aiptasia eating filefish for sale and I’m thinking about picking it up, but I don’t have a QT up and running right now. I really don’t want to risk adding a fish that hasn’t passed qt.
Yeah, I’m not sure at this point? I’m only dosing 1ppm, so it’s not like I’m bumping it up 5ppm at a time. My phosphates are pretty steady at the moment, usually around 0.11 to 0.13 I’ve decided to stop all dosing, so no sodium nitrate, phyto or zooplankton. It could be excess carbohydrates from the spsEvo? I have a lot of detritus in the sump, which I’m going to clean out. I printed myself a vacuum attachment for one of my smaller pumps, sicce I think? I think I’m going to start cleaning the sump biweekly to help minimize the build up.
I asked Andre Mueller about dosing No3 and this is what he told me on his Facebook page. "the more Nitrogen sources the thicker the tissue becomes usually. But that may not be from No3 only, also other Nitrogen sources are needed. You may want to try the Seachem Fluorish Nitrogen and get slowly Nitrates up to 6-10 somewhere with this product. But slowly!"
I think I have to agree with you on that perceived point as well. When I seeded my tank and even after a month. Visually, I still had Cyano and Dinos which was verified by my Aquabiomic test. However, I believe it substantially improved my bacteria diversify which I think has to be good for the coral holobiont right?
I’ve been thinking about switching nitrogen sources, which I may do? I had cyano for a long time, but after adding a couple more fish, it slowly disappeared on its own. I’m sure the extra nitrogen they provided the good bacteria helped with balancing things out, but there still seems to be something else going on, so it’sa process of elimination. I may have flourish (which I used for my planted nano tank) somewhere, but I’ll probably order a fresh bottle.
There's a whole universe out there of 3D printed stuff. I still need to find the right design software, but for now I'm using what's out there and modifying it to my needs. I printed a guard for my buddie's mp40 and a mushroom condo basket. I also printed a knock-off of the random flow generator, but it's not quite the same, but close enough. Now if I can only print a fix for the biology in my tank, I'd be happy. I guess a beer or two will suffice for now.
I believe I’ll receive it today according to usps tracking and I’ll send it in ASAP, but looking forward to some potential answers. I’m on the west coast, so shipping is pretty quick coming from Oregon.
