Third time better be the charm

907_Reefer · Sep 24, 2023

907_Reefer · Sep 24, 2023

Almost..

even with no TPS.. "I just had to use more throttle"

But that Kyle Busch

fishguy242 · Sep 25, 2023

Feeling better ?...

Stang67 · Sep 25, 2023

fishguy242 said:
Feeling better ?...

Getting there. Thanks. Slept most of the day.

Stang67 · Sep 26, 2023

Feeling much better today. Getting some ink. Tomorrow is test day and sending in the first ICP test. This weekend is our big swap. Not going to buy anything just volunteering. Once I get the results back from the ICP I will order some shine for the tank.
Signed up for the next Battlecorals grow out, so the boxes will have to wait to be shipped with that.
Excited to get into sticks finally.

Stang67 · Sep 26, 2023

Stang67 · Sep 27, 2023

Test results are in, and its about what I expected being gone almost 2 weeks.
6:17am 76.7 1.024
Ph 7.8 Better then expected
No 30 high due to feeding extra frozen
Po .322 and .279 (tested 2x) high due to feeding extra frozen
alk 6.1 and 5.1 (tested 2x) Kalk in the ato just wasn't enough to keep it within range
ca 395 Kalk couldn't keep it in range
Mg 1500+2d

Added some PhosRX to bring down the PO and may end up doing a small water change this afternoon. I will test again to see where we are at. Skimmer is on 24/7 already.
Added 4tsp of Alk8.3 to help the Alk up a bit. Need to get the doser set back up again to keep that at an acceptable level.
The office tank looks bad. Gonna test that and definitely do a water change in there today.
Holding off on sending the ICP test until I get things back with in the tanks "normal" ranges. Since the sticks aren't coming until Oct/Nov I will have plenty of time.

Edit to include office tank parameters.
8:15 am 77.5 1.028
Ph 8.15
No 50 exactly what i thought. wc will happen this afternoon. added big fish get more poop
Po .248 not as bad as i thought but this tank was on a pellet feeder so no frozen
Alk 9.3 no hard corals to take up any so makes sense
ca 450 again no hard corals
mg 1500+3drops

So something pops out to me. the office tank is in the office where i am most of the day. but the ph is better. i have a feeling that the Ph is low in the 180g because the sump (main source of air exchange) is in the basement where the CO2 is higher. So no matter how much air is getting exchanged down there the CO2 isnt going down. Cant run an outside line so going to go with the scrubber.