Wayne's 125g build
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najer
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This is what I saw when I got home last night. I think it’s just the skeleton now:
There is life in that but now I am not sure what to advise now.
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waynel
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I’ll leave it be for now and hope for the best. Maybe it can recover. I hope to have the Hanna checkers this evening and can then get better test results to make sure my parameters are all ok.
najer
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Tag me with results, I an on England time so excuse the delay in replying.
najer
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Looking at the hanna conversion you phos is quite high, what are your nitrates?
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waynel
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I did a 20 gallon water change this morning and retested phosphorus and nitrates:
phosphorus: 91ppb
Phosphate: 0.279 mgL
Nitrate: 5mgL (api test)
Sg: 1.025
Ph: 7.9
May have to do a few more water changes over the week to get the phosphates down
najer
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Yes but do it slowly, dropping phos quickly can cause more problems.
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waynel
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Luckily, my LFS was open today and had some GFO. I added about 1/2 cup to a sock and put in my sump where the water will hopefully go through it before getting to the return pump. I checked phosphates about 1 hr later, phosphorous is now 85, pH is 8.2. I'll check it again in a few hours.
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waynel
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Phosphorus is back up to 100. I’m ordering more gfo, 2 lbs. lfs only has very small and expensive containers. Also making a gfo reactor.
not sure where the phosphorus/phosphates are coming from. Will test my rodi
not sure where the phosphorus/phosphates are coming from. Will test my rodi
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waynel
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Tested my ro/di for phosphorous - 0, so that's good.
I made a DIY gfo doser, hopefully this will work better than putting some in a sock. Ordering the gfo now, so can't try this for a few days. I miss when amazon prime could get stuff to your house in 1 day!
Built this for the price of the filter canister, $19 from lowes, and the clear tubing, $9. I had everything else:
I made a DIY gfo doser, hopefully this will work better than putting some in a sock. Ordering the gfo now, so can't try this for a few days. I miss when amazon prime could get stuff to your house in 1 day!
Built this for the price of the filter canister, $19 from lowes, and the clear tubing, $9. I had everything else:
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waynel
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could the phosphates be coming from my rocks (tbs live rock) or sand (also tbs live sand), and it will go down eventually once it's all released, and I'll just need to use the gfo until I get it down and stabilized?
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waynel
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Received my order of gfo yesterday and got the reactor going last night. Went from phosphate reading of 110 ppb last night to 65 ppb this morning - 0.199 ppm Phosphate. Just a bit more to lower then try to stabilize.
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waynel
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Got down to 56 ppb for the phosphorus, started climbing again, so changed gfo last night. Is it normal to have to change it in 3 days, or just something I’m going through, and it will settle out when it’s finally all released?
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waynel
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Getting my parameters closer to where they need to be, I think:
pH 8.0
Phosphorous 59
Phosphate 0.18
Nitrate 5 (as close as I can tell with API test)
Salinity 1.025
Alkalinity 7.9 (dosing Randy's 2 part, I need to up the alk portion a bit it seems)
Calcium 439
Water is looking clearer/cleaner, but getting some long brown stringy algae in some spots.
Will probably have to change out gfo again tomorrow evening, hope the phosphorous stops soon!
pH 8.0
Phosphorous 59
Phosphate 0.18
Nitrate 5 (as close as I can tell with API test)
Salinity 1.025
Alkalinity 7.9 (dosing Randy's 2 part, I need to up the alk portion a bit it seems)
Calcium 439
Water is looking clearer/cleaner, but getting some long brown stringy algae in some spots.
Will probably have to change out gfo again tomorrow evening, hope the phosphorous stops soon!
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waynel
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Not sure if the video will work, but trying to show the algae i am seeing in my tank right now. Still trying to get my dosing just right, but the gfo is working to keep the phosphates in check. I’m feeding lightly twice per day, sometimes flake, sometimes some frozen cubes. I keep seaweed in the clips for the tang and fox face. The algae isn’t on everything, just a few spots, kind of stringy with bubbles, brown or gray
parameters last night:
Phosphorus 54
Phosphate 0.17
Nitrate 7
Ph 8.2
Alk 9.8 (high)
parameters last night:
Phosphorus 54
Phosphate 0.17
Nitrate 7
Ph 8.2
Alk 9.8 (high)
