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Just some pics. Really struggling to clean the glass with the corals close to the glass... Im looking for one of those steel shafts that can take a menora blades.... The normal cleaners to wide.....
Also got some yellow cellephone paper to neutralise some of the blue from the LED’s
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Also got some yellow cellephone paper to neutralise some of the blue from the LED’s
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Looks great!
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Thanks guys
Only a pleasureYour Pico is beautiful, thanks for sharing it with us
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Actually had a big scare when my power went out for 3hours & the temp dropped to 23deg, then the BIG scare came. The misses told me the power was back on & she left for work, some how my cheap heater blew up while it was it the water & tripped my whole houses power again on the same day for 7hrs. TEMP dropped to 18deg
& had NO FLOW , but I can say i had NO LOSSES, these SPS's were tougher than i thought or i was just lucky
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Best algea scraper on the market i think. Been a battle with the normal ones be-ing bulky & bashing everything.
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Hey Guys. (talking to myself
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So tank has been battling a bit the last month..... ALL STARTED with flatworms i think.
About a month ago i noticed i has some flatworm & got some FLATWORM RX. Dose as prescribed, but it didnt kill all. I dnt run a skimmer, so i ran some carbon & did a 40% WC 2hrs after dosage & also a 15% WC everyday for a week.
Coral dnt look to happy, they not sulking MAJORLY, but i notice they just dnt extend the little bit more..... Ill just give it time.
I though maybe its becuase of low nutrients with all the WC's i do (15% every 3days), but i do dose coral foods.
Anyway, too the updates...
I got myself a 10ul (0.01ml) syringe to dose the concentrated @Aquaforest products in the correct amount. Hehehehe This is MICRO DOSING. LOL
AF Products im using now
Im thinking of removing the SPS pieces as the growth has slowed down & i think its because of the stability in a PICO aint grate, might keep my parameters okay-ish but i think temp is more my issue now during the winter....
Anyway, heres a few pics
Thanks guys/gals
Njoy
)So tank has been battling a bit the last month..... ALL STARTED with flatworms i think.
About a month ago i noticed i has some flatworm & got some FLATWORM RX. Dose as prescribed, but it didnt kill all. I dnt run a skimmer, so i ran some carbon & did a 40% WC 2hrs after dosage & also a 15% WC everyday for a week.
Coral dnt look to happy, they not sulking MAJORLY, but i notice they just dnt extend the little bit more..... Ill just give it time.
I though maybe its becuase of low nutrients with all the WC's i do (15% every 3days), but i do dose coral foods.
Anyway, too the updates...
I got myself a 10ul (0.01ml) syringe to dose the concentrated @Aquaforest products in the correct amount. Hehehehe This is MICRO DOSING. LOL
AF Products im using now
Im thinking of removing the SPS pieces as the growth has slowed down & i think its because of the stability in a PICO aint grate, might keep my parameters okay-ish but i think temp is more my issue now during the winter....
Anyway, heres a few pics
Thanks guys/gals
Njoy
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Hey Peeps
So after the gold torches i ordered disnt arrive, i decided to get myself a litty coral
Believe is names an Ultra Red Micromussa.
Njoy
So after the gold torches i ordered disnt arrive, i decided to get myself a litty coral
Believe is names an Ultra Red Micromussa.
Njoy
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Been a while guys.
But got very exited yesterday as I got myself a Radion XR15w Pro G3.
PICO GOT AN UPGRADE... Hahahahhaha Well in actual fact, this light is for a Reefer170 im busy restoring, but thats for another Thread.
Radion guys, this is what the program looks like now. Set on the PRESET AB+
The ZET i had was only 17w. So in my head if the radion is 85w & I run it at only 40%, ill be utelisinzing only 34w. With that I set the acclimation to start off at 30% of the 35w (10w) & ramp up over 6weeks to 35w. I believe the corals should be fine with that or do you guys think im gonna roast them by doubling the wattage at the end..
Here is a pic of the light with my current light. Atleast the radion is sitting a bit higher, but the pico is WAY less than the recommended smallest size.
Ill take some proper pics tonight. Set it up LATE last night
Peace guys
But got very exited yesterday as I got myself a Radion XR15w Pro G3.
PICO GOT AN UPGRADE... Hahahahhaha Well in actual fact, this light is for a Reefer170 im busy restoring, but thats for another Thread.
Radion guys, this is what the program looks like now. Set on the PRESET AB+
The ZET i had was only 17w. So in my head if the radion is 85w & I run it at only 40%, ill be utelisinzing only 34w. With that I set the acclimation to start off at 30% of the 35w (10w) & ramp up over 6weeks to 35w. I believe the corals should be fine with that or do you guys think im gonna roast them by doubling the wattage at the end..
Here is a pic of the light with my current light. Atleast the radion is sitting a bit higher, but the pico is WAY less than the recommended smallest size.
Ill take some proper pics tonight. Set it up LATE last night
Peace guys
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Tanks are looking great! Love how you have one on each side of the TV. I wish i could talk my wife into letting mre do that with my 75 ;Hilarious
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After doing some further research i decided to ramp up the intensity of the radion to 85%....
I noticed the wattage was only like 24w (this does not mean it is not enough) but since i dnt have a par meter I jumped to BRS Videos for some info
Also looking at my tank i noticed my DIGI on the frag rack higher up was getting growth while the rest of the SPS was just being alive. Hehehehe. I do have a ACAN on this frag rack which blows up like a balloon during the day which im taking as an indication that the PAR is pretty sweet for him there but then that means the par at the SPS might be a bit low....
Ramping the light from 24w to 40 over a week & will watch the tank closely.....
BRS STUDY:
Obviously the pico isnt 24" but only like 12" so im just looking at the par levels in the centre where the par seems to be between 197 - 340 (100% intensity)
Anyway that was just a small update.
Comment/ suggestions welcome.
Vleis
I noticed the wattage was only like 24w (this does not mean it is not enough) but since i dnt have a par meter I jumped to BRS Videos for some info
Also looking at my tank i noticed my DIGI on the frag rack higher up was getting growth while the rest of the SPS was just being alive. Hehehehe. I do have a ACAN on this frag rack which blows up like a balloon during the day which im taking as an indication that the PAR is pretty sweet for him there but then that means the par at the SPS might be a bit low....
Ramping the light from 24w to 40 over a week & will watch the tank closely.....
BRS STUDY:
Obviously the pico isnt 24" but only like 12" so im just looking at the par levels in the centre where the par seems to be between 197 - 340 (100% intensity)
Anyway that was just a small update.
Comment/ suggestions welcome.
Vleis
