The Undecided Reef

LILBUDDHA · Sep 15, 2015

Ecureefer and I discussed the TE Sand . I shared a link from a LA forums that said they had problems with it .

Of course other ppl defended the sand . This is what I found . After rinsing it 3 times in ro/di water . I took a water sample to a another reef buddy

. Look how blue that water turned before I added the curvet to the checker .

20150915_135102_HDR by mordibv, on Flickr

Right before I put it in the checker .

20150915_135208_HDR by mordibv, on Flickr

LILBUDDHA · Sep 15, 2015

The results .. I am changing my GFO n carbon tonight .

Phos was 1.47

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LILBUDDHA · Sep 15, 2015

We had a lil mess going on for testing water today .
All I can say is be careful with TE sand . It would be beneficial to have some gfo to get the po4 down with the sand .

I will test my tank water again for phos tonight .

20150915_132238 by mordibv, on Flickr

spspirate · Sep 15, 2015

Besides this mishap with the TE your reef is looking great! Nice selection of pretty goodies!

LILBUDDHA · Sep 15, 2015

spspirate said:
Besides this mishap with the TE your reef is looking great! Nice selection of pretty goodies!

Thank's spspirate .
I did test my water 3 hours later . I think the tank will be fine . That level above was the rinsed sand water .

As you can see the po4 is dead on where I'd like to keep it .

20150915_200236 by mordibv, on Flickr

LILBUDDHA · Sep 15, 2015

A pic of my Hawkins .

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Cleo642 · Sep 15, 2015

Everything looks nice, hope you have been doing well.

LILBUDDHA · Sep 15, 2015

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Cleo642 said:
Everything looks nice, hope you have been doing well.

Thanks so much. I am doing better but had a bad afternoon . I ended up at my doctors office with a jacked up shoulder and a lot of pain .

I have no idea what I did . The good news is I lost another 8 lbs since my visit almost 6 weeks ago..

New goodies in from TCK . They rock .. ( yep that's my take on them ).

20150915_122449 by mordibv, on Flickr

Cleo642 · Sep 15, 2015

LILBUDDHA said:
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Thanks so much. I am doing better but had a bad afternoon . I ended up at my doctors office with a jacked up shoulder and a lot of pain .

I have no idea what I did . The good news is I lost another 8 lbs since my visit almost 6 weeks ago..

New goodies in from TCK . They rock .. ( yep that's my take on them ).

20150915_122449 by mordibv, on Flickr

Your tank is gonna be fully loaded, that's awesome. I hope your shoulder is gonna be ok.

LILBUDDHA · Sep 16, 2015

It's better today . I am still a lil stiff . My doctor said the muscle relaxer should slow me down n rest for a change .
I agree on the tank being loaded . I am still trying to figure out a way to get one more rock in the tank for the new frags .
Might try the rear wall for more depth look . ECUreefer has plenty of acrylic rods on hand .
Coralline algae is growing on the rear wall. WOOT ,,,WOOT ...

LILBUDDHA · Sep 17, 2015

Pro-Corals Rainbow is starting to look nice ,. I can see at least 4 different colors . Brown,Green, Red n blue polyps .

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LILBUDDHA · Sep 17, 2015

I think this pic is better ,

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LILBUDDHA · Sep 18, 2015

Hawkins Retake

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LILBUDDHA · Sep 18, 2015

Nasuta

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LILBUDDHA · Sep 19, 2015

Nothing much going on.
Tested the water today
Ca 400 dropped from 480 11 days ago
Mg 1430 dropped from 1480 11 days ago
Po4 .03 up to .08 4 days ago . Kneaded bag tonight
DHK 9.5 down from 10.5 11 days ago .

JF Sourtwist is getting some new color but still a long toothpick .

20150917_204254 by mordibv, on Flickr

LILBUDDHA · Sep 19, 2015

Still trying to get some red in this RR Stag . It's just a pinkish purple hue .

20150917_204238 by mordibv, on Flickr

LILBUDDHA · Sep 19, 2015

Pikachu ..to branches r shifting away from the green hue to yellowish
In the back ground u might be able to see some crutose algae plating on a rock . Will look it up later to be sure ..Don't quote me on it .

20150918_190537 by mordibv, on Flickr

LILBUDDHA · Sep 22, 2015

I see some annoying algae cropping up since I have no hermits in the tank .
I did find a Stomatella today .It appears to be a good size one . Proly cut back on the Pohl's Xtra and aminos

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I also got in another KH test kit . Not sold on Nyos with the reagents staining the test vial . It skewed a few tests here and there .
I guess it's back to Salifert . Balling Salts are on the way since I am starting to see some of the big 3 being consumed .
Will go back to lugol's and NF metals when the red sea colors are finished .

20150922_175935 by mordibv, on Flickr

LILBUDDHA · Sep 23, 2015

PA came thru on a my full balling salts . TY ..
I got a case of them and 1 box of B .
It's enough for 3 gallons of A /Calcium /trace elements
6 gallons of B / sodium bicarbonate
3 gallons C Magnesium / Sodium Free Salts .
FWIW these salts are similar if not the same as I have said before with the TM balling Salts line .
All pharmaceutical grade . .. Now to wait on Black Friday for a doser n containers .
Hanna reagents came in too. I see they are tabbed ,alas no more scissors .

20150923_150627 by mordibv, on Flickr