New to R2R

KJ · Jan 11, 2019

McDowellreef said:
This for the commits, it’s been a tough 4 years. Here are a few pics. We live east of Dallas. Thanks mike and seawitch still trying to cope , but things are getting better.

Nice looking tank!

Geebs19 · Jan 11, 2019

Welcome to R2R!!

SPR1968 · Jan 12, 2019

McDowellreef said:
This for the commits, it’s been a tough 4 years. Here are a few pics. We live east of Dallas. Thanks mike and seawitch still trying to cope , but things are getting better.

Beautiful tank and welcome to R2R!

mta_morrow · Jan 12, 2019

Hello and welcome to R2R!

I think your tank is doing great!

Thanks for joining us and there are a lot of good folks here ready to help.

CJS80 · Jan 12, 2019

Welcome to R2R!! Nice tank, glad to have you with us.

reef lover · Jan 12, 2019

Welcome to r2r !! Vibrant worked for me!

Sagecritter4life · Jan 12, 2019

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Reefer Deez · Jan 12, 2019

Hello and welcome to R2R

It’s a pleasure to have you here with us

Captain Quint · Jan 12, 2019

Welcome to R2R.

Thanks for sharing the pics.

You and the Mrs are doing a great job

Day by day and breath by breath with the depression my friend. Positives vibes being sent.

BluEyedBlenny · Jan 12, 2019

Welcome to R2R! Sorry to here about your misfortune. Tank is looking good some emerald crabs or Vibrant additive should do the trick with the bubble algae.
Just keep swimming!

Paleozoic_reefer · Jan 12, 2019

Tank looks great (even with BA!)!! Welcome to R2R!!!

Salty Lemon · Jan 12, 2019

Love the tank pics! You and your wife will find all kinds of information on here. And most importantly, you will find friends. Try to get involved in a local reefing club and between them and us, you and your tank will flourish.

Ruben's Reef · Jan 13, 2019

!!! Welcome to R2R !!! From my own experience, Vibrant will do magic with those bubble algaes.

McDowellreef · Jan 15, 2019

Sorry its taken me so long to get back. Appreciate all the help and comments. I have to schedule time with my secretary (wife) to do my typing since I can’t use my hands. Here are some details about my tank, water parmameters as of 1/12
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 0
Low range nitrate 0
Salinity 1.025
Phosphate trace
Calcium 420
Magnesium 1450
Alkalinity 8

Lighting-
ATI 6 bulb
Front to back
Blue plus
Blue plus
Acintic
Blue plus
Purple
Blue plus
Blue and purple 9am-9pm
Blue, acintic, blue, and blue 11am-8pm

Not happy with the color of the DT. Wife wants to install LEDS to help with color and growth.

Equipment-
150 gal reef tank
ATI lighting
2 MP 40’s
Skimmer-Super Reef Octopus SRO-2000INT 6” In Sump
Alk and calcium dosing pumps
Trigger 34 sump
5 stage RO/DI

Fish-
2 clowns
Bicolor angel
Flame angel
3 pajama cardinals
Yellow tang
Tiger wrasse
5 black/white damsels
Lawn mower blenny
Yellow watch man with shrimp
Yellow goby
Bicolor goby
Spotted goby ?
A few other unsure of names
Cleaner shrimp
2 peppermint shrimp
Various snails and crabs

Things I will need to fix and research-
Working on bubble algae issues, will start using vibrant
Decision on lighting
Decision on Macroalgae or algae scrubber

Is there a place to record tank data on you this site?

Your comments and recommendations are appreciated.

Reefing Madness · Jan 16, 2019

McDowellreef · Apr 5, 2019

Need help on RODI problem. Lost pressure on gauge. Tested pressure coming into booster pump, 60 psi, tested pressure out of booster pump over 100 psi, pressure on gauge now 25 psi. Have replaced stage 1, stage 2, and stage 3 filters and membranes in February. Was ok until this week. Rechecked all parts, still showing 25 psi and 200+ on the outside of the TDI monitor.

scriptmonkey · Apr 6, 2019

McDowellreef said:
Need help on RODI problem. Lost pressure on gauge. Tested pressure coming into booster pump, 60 psi, tested pressure out of booster pump over 100 psi, pressure on gauge now 25 psi. Have replaced stage 1, stage 2, and stage 3 filters and membranes in February. Was ok until this week. Rechecked all parts, still showing 25 psi and 200+ on the outside of the TDI monitor.

Not an RO filter expert, but I would ask over in the Equipment forum.

Welcome to the team, sorry for all the challenges but it is looking great. We have a few filter vendors on here, they will have you working in no time.