Pedras Secas - SPS with zoas BB

ramona · Jan 23, 2023

That's so pretty!
Could you detail the equipment, maintenance, feeding routine please!

Reef and Dive · Jan 23, 2023

ramona said:
That's so pretty!
Could you detail the equipment, maintenance, feeding routine please!

Nano or main display?

chipchipbro · Jan 24, 2023

would you recommend dosing Bacto Energy to lower no3 and po4?
I saw you were using the product.

Reef and Dive · Jan 24, 2023

chipchipmofo said:
would you recommend dosing Bacto Energy to lower no3 and po4?
I saw you were using the product.

Yes, I use it and chaeto

chipchipbro · Jan 24, 2023

Reef and Dive said:
Yes, I use it and chaeto

and it works good?
Or how much are you dosing?

Reef and Dive · Jan 24, 2023

chipchipmofo said:
and it works good?
Or how much are you dosing?

2mL / day. Lowers more nitrate than phosphate.

ramona · Jan 26, 2023

Reef and Dive said:
Nano or main display?

Nano

Reef and Dive · Jan 26, 2023

ramona said:
Nano

0.1mL daily of Ready2Reef.
Feeding 3 fish once daily.
Cleaning glass.
Often removing excess xenia.
Cleaning glass with nano magnet with the picture of my son every 2-3 days.
Cleaning shark bag weekly.
10-15% WC with new water coming from my display every 2-3 weeks.

Equipment:
light - Forfish Reefpro
internal pump - hygger 1600
Back sump with media
Return pump - simple SarloBetter 500
Autotopoff - optical with redundancy Aqua Level

alk check every week 8
Phos check every 2 weeks 0.05
Ca and Mg check often / when I remember

I think that’s all.

chipchipbro · Feb 9, 2023

Reef and Dive said:
2mL / day. Lowers more nitrate than phosphate.

Well, for me it seems not to kick in yet.
I dose 2-3ml daily in my 200 Litre system... Nothing happened so far.
Well, my no3 went a bit down for the last 3 days and now today is back at where it was before.
how long did it take for you?

Reef and Dive · Feb 9, 2023

chipchipmofo said:
Well, for me it seems not to kick in yet.
I dose 2-3ml daily in my 200 Litre system... Nothing happened so far.
Well, my no3 went a bit down for the last 3 days and now today is back at where it was before.
how long did it take for you?

2 days. If no result possibly a that dosage is not enough for the system…

chipchipbro · Feb 10, 2023

Reef and Dive said:
2 days. If no result possibly a that dosage is not enough for the system…

ok I was just going safety route as they say 2-5ml for 1000Litres. I have 200litres and dose up to 4ml :/

Reef and Dive · Feb 10, 2023

chipchipmofo said:
ok I was just going safety route as they say 2-5ml for 1000Litres. I have 200litres and dose up to 4ml :/

And check if there are no limiting factors, like zero nitrate and zero phosphate.

You may also check this on the matter of carbon dosing:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/redfield-ratio-revisited-–-what-are-we-doing-wrong.742503/

chipchipbro · Feb 10, 2023

Reef and Dive said:
And check if there are no limiting factors, like zero nitrate and zero phosphate.

You may also check this on the matter of carbon dosing:
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/redfield-ratio-revisited-–-what-are-we-doing-wrong.742503/

I have alot of NO3 and PO4 actually..
Right now 40 no3 and 0.08 po4

Reef and Dive · Feb 26, 2023

Updates.

The rocks for the right island arrived made by the great artist Rodrigo Calvetti (Calvetti Rocks).

It has 2 main platforms and a long cavern for my Engineer goby (he loved it and now faces the front of the tank instead of hiding).

While trying to remove my red fire from the previous island I killed it, too bad.

Now the tank is officially more SPS-focused and has the triangle-shaped layout I wished.

Pictures are not great but good for evolution purposes.

Element consumption still rocketing to the roof 105mL alk solution of Fauna Marin’s Balling Light for reference.