Sabella's 450L mixed reef build thread

[Sabellafella]

Yea I know my nub took a while to move I have to have it bro one of my fav stick if not the fav.
That HW is nice but that price tag bro like I said before you are a bad man sir lol.
I may be making a stop by your boy John in a few for some nudi's

Yea they got em again, but they have nothing to feed them lol. I had people gas me up to get the homewrecker, if it survives and grows well i plan on exclusively using it for trading. So i might as well because i have a few pieces i want in mind

 

[Greenstreet.1]

I'll keep that in mind may have something you want when that time comes

 

[Sabellafella]

Im deffinitly jinxing myself right now, im always late to everything

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Im deffinitly jinxing myself right now, im always late to everything

Lol that's the Brooklyn in you. You did not tell the vendor to hold it for you

 

[Sabellafella]

Lol that's the Brooklyn in you. You did not tell the vendor to hold it for you

Lol i grew up on canarsi, but i did, he said to get there early and i should be good. The more of the brooklyn in me wants to bribe him with a deposit but my brooklyn luck would be getting a flat tire on the way to rap lol

 

[Sabellafella]

Heres an update on the babys. Every tiny white spot you see is a baby berghia, theyve ben demolishing an aiptasia every 2 days so there growing!

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Very nice I want to try and do the same thing in my overflow box and sump

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Lol i grew up on canarsi, but i did, he said to get there early and i should be good. The more of the brooklyn in me wants to bribe him with a deposit but my brooklyn luck would be getting a flat tire on the way to rap lol

Bro if you really want it you should make a deposit and get a pic of your frag to eliminate any problems when you reach. You already know how theses things go

Almost forget I moved from Canarsie 102 n/ Seaview

 

[CoralNerd]

Did you ever pick out a stag? You were talking about getting one a month or two ago.

 

[Sabellafella]

Did you ever pick out a stag? You were talking about getting one a month or two ago.

I took a pink floydd over a red diablo lol

 

[Sabellafella]

Did you ever pick out a stag? You were talking about getting one a month or two ago.

I cant even believe how thick the red diablo grows, its like a brick acropora ha! But i have my plan set for rap, i have a couple stags i want in mind, i acually have some stn that started on my pc rainbow. Freaked me a bit because i thought it couldve ben from bugs. The day before i jumped my K up from 350 to 380 that possibly couldve ben the reason why

 

[CoralNerd]

I just had the same adjustment with my K, 350 to 380 and had no issues. Maybe my system is use to the dose of potassium however. I dosed 4ml of Potassium and 4ml of Potassium Bromide is what brought mine up. I think the tank consumption is settling down at 1ml each...just need to check it one more time to confirm.
Bugs man I hope you don't with all those nice sticks.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

Ok you two don't kill me but what do you guys hope to gain by dosing K ?[emoji51]

 

[CoralNerd]

Bringing it up to natural levels of 400 and enhancing the blues.

 

[Greenstreet.1]

So bring K to 400 suppose to bring out the blue ? Looks like I have to do some more reading. I'll have to wait till I get a up to date k test kit but I'm good with blue

 

[coral reeftank]

Nice tank and collection you have.
Where are you keeping your wonderland at?
Thanks

 

[Sabellafella]

Nice tank and collection you have.
Where are you keeping your wonderland at?
Thanks

Around 410 par, maybe less now since the last time i checked par. But in very turbulant flow, dead smack in the midde of my t5 fixture about 20 inches down. Its growing very very slow for me, hopefully it turns out like yours

 

[Sabellafella]

I just had the same adjustment with my K, 350 to 380 and had no issues. Maybe my system is use to the dose of potassium however. I dosed 4ml of Potassium and 4ml of Potassium Bromide is what brought mine up. I think the tank consumption is settling down at 1ml each...just need to check it one more time to confirm.
Bugs man I hope you don't with all those nice sticks.

What size tank so you have? 4ml a day for me is ruffly 1ppm a day

 

[CoralNerd]

It's 48× 24 but after you take out the overflow rocks and what not..plus sump, the system has a 85g to 120g. Now your making me want to test sooner than I planned to see if I'm still on target at 400. Currently dosing 1ml of the two mentioned. The Salifert Potassium test is pretty easy as the directions say the color change is dramatic (turns baby blue)

 

[Sabellafella]

So bring K to 400 suppose to bring out the blue ? Looks like I have to do some more reading. I'll have to wait till I get a up to date k test kit but I'm good with blue

This is what "they say" but ive always dosed potassium, imo it should be treated and tested like any other nutrient + tested just as much as calcium. To be honest ive ben testing for potassium since before my last tank, i can never evaluate anything because i look at my tanks every single day. But what ive seen with dosing k, i can safely keep my alk around 9-10 without any problems along with my corals fluoresceing better. They also said it helps with coral rejuvenating skin after being fragged but like i said, i dont know if i can determine this or not.