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[scabbedwings616]

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[SPR1968]

Hi Alonso, Welcome to R2R!!!

 

[Jimbhoy13]

Welcome to R2R Alonso. Lots of knowledgable and helpful people here who will support and advise you when needed.

 

[KJ]

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[AcroNem]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

 

[NTSdude]

Wow, I am very impressed how friendly and how many welcoming messages I got.
Well to answer a little bit about my system it is a Res Sea Reefer XL625. With 2 MP 40s and one Ice cap 3k for flow, 3 Radeons Gen 4, and for skimmer Reagal 200 INT. For return pump Varios 2. My main issue is overfeeding, GREAT, same bad habits. My last phospate reading was 3. Few of my corals are showing discoloration ( the ones with purple colors) one zoa and Space monkeys. Got carbon and gfo.

 

[Starkrost]

Welcome aboard! We're glad you're here

 

[Sophisticated Reefer]

Welcome;Smuggrin

 

[NTSdude]

Welcome Alonso.
Please share your different approach.
Maybe we have some similar experience.
Hope to hear about your latest success.

Well mostly maintenance is a must, 30% water change every 2 weeks, filter floss change every 3 to 4 days, trying to feed less ( MY BIGGEST PROBLEM STILL) at least I admit to it now. Dealing with 2 to 3 phospate, everything else ok.

 

[NTSdude]

Hi Alonso, Welcome to R2R!!!

I got a deal this time. Lol

 

[Darrell Brady]

Welcome to R2R.

 

[Pistondog]

Well mostly maintenance is a must, 30% water change every 2 weeks, filter floss change every 3 to 4 days, trying to feed less ( MY BIGGEST PROBLEM STILL) at least I admit to it now. Dealing with 2 to 3 phospate, everything else ok.

How do you test your phosphate?
Do you mean 2 to 3 ppm, which is pretty high?
Water changes alone won't do it for me for phosphate. I run a cheto refugium, with a good light. And gfo and brightwell aquatics phosphat-e every couple of months.
What do you feed, we might be able to id some high phosphate foods, like reef roids.

 

[NTSdude]

How do you test your phosphate?
Do you mean 2 to 3 ppm, which is pretty high?
Water changes alone won't do it for me for phosphate. I run a cheto refugium, with a good light. And gfo and brightwell aquatics phosphat-e every couple of months.
What do you feed, we might be able to id some high phosphate foods, like reef roids.

Yeap, I started using an small mix of flakes, pellets and reef roids in my automatic feeder, 2 times a day, on the small feed amount. Down to one now, Running GFO and getting liquid Phosphate-e soon to slowly bring it down, also I do about 1 cube of a variety of frozen food a day, I have about 9 fishes total. No chaeto/refugium set up yet, cant find it, without the risk of getting some unwanted pest.

 

[Pistondog]

Yeap, I started using an small mix of flakes, pellets and reef roids in my automatic feeder, 2 times a day, on the small feed amount. Down to one now, Running GFO and getting liquid Phosphate-e soon to slowly bring it down, also I do about 1 cube of a variety of frozen food a day, I have about 9 fishes total. No chaeto/refugium set up yet, cant find it, without the risk of getting some unwanted pest.

I run the phosphat-e diluted in 500ml ro, dripped into 5 micron sox over 8 hours. Enough to drop 0.5 phosphate per day. Remove the gfo when you do this or it'll desorb phosphate to match the tank.
I stopped the reef roid.
Do not run phosphat-e below 0.2 ppm phosphate of you risk unbound lanthanum in the water, which can hurt livestock.
Be careful and goodluck.
Get the hanna lr phosphate checker to monitor progress.

 

[JR Bodyman]

Welcome to R2R! Where the people, information, and support are second to none!
Your gonna love it!!!

 

[NTSdude]

I run the phosphat-e diluted in 500ml ro, dripped into 5 micron sox over 8 hours. Enough to drop 0.5 phosphate per day. Remove the gfo when you do this or it'll desorb phosphate to match the tank.
I stopped the reef roid.
Do not run phosphat-e below 0.2 ppm phosphate of you risk unbound lanthanum in the water, which can hurt livestock.
Be careful and goodluck.
Get the hanna lr phosphate checker to monitor progress.

Wow, Thank you so much Pistondog

 

[01xp]

Welcome to r2r!

 

[Pistondog]

Wow, Thank you so much Pistondog

You're welcome.
Some add to the display tank water directly and wait hours for skimmer to clear the floculate that forms from the lanthanum binding the phosphate. They have great looking tanks. There are stories of some species (tangs?) fish swimming thru the clouds and not making it thru. Or clams dieing over weeks of use. Better to use it cautiously, as some livestock in your tank might be irritated.

 

[jk_s124]

Welcome!