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Hi Bulent, Nitrates (Salifert) and Phosphates (Hanna Phosphates) are indetectable..... I'm planning to start dosing Potassium Nitrate to raise the Nitrates to 5ppm. Zero Nitrates are not good for Zoanthus and mushs and the suplements aren't working for them... After start dosing Koralcolor and Koralle from Brightwell I saw a great improvement in the coloration and healthy aspect of corals.... Regards
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I am dosing 2 times a week (Wed and Sun), 60 ml of Koralle and 20 ml of Koralcolor per 1900 liters.
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One good side effect of dosing Koral Color is that, as I expected, it subdues bryopsis (thanks to lithium in the product) at 0.3 ml/250 L. At 0.35 ml/250L it stops bryopsis altogether, but does not eradicate it.
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I am dosing the recomended amount in the bottle label: "Basic: Add 1ml per 94,6 liters every three days (alternatively, twice a week)."
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In my case, I have to be cautious because I also dose anionic and cationic elements daily in conjunction with NP-Bacto-Balance.
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But no Bacto-Balance...
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I use A- Elements. K+ elements are already in NP-Bacto-Balance. I used to dose K+ elements additionally, but after Bacto-balance dose reaches to a certain level you get too much iron in the water column. This then causes bryopsis and in most cases cyanobacteria.
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fishy fishy fishy fishy
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And some lps:
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Looking good!
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Goniopora pink
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Test results:
Ca - 430 Kh - 8,0 K - 470 NO3 - 0 PO4 - 0 This values are keeping rock stable since the rebuild, what is great. Today I removed the GAC and the GFO, that were running for the lst 2 ou 3 weeks and I'll keep them out for the next month. I still having issues with diatoms in the sandbed, what is bothering a lot. I'm thinking about give the Tropic Marin Reef Actif a try, to see if could help me with that. I've read reviews saying that it is similar to ZEOzym, which I used with success in the past. Let's see. This week I received some new supplements from Brightwell, and I'll add to my weekly dosing routine the Borochrom and Lugol's along Koralle and Koralcolor. I'll try to improve my pinks and reds, that are very very dull. I made some adjusts in my Hydras 52 ramps. Now all the blues rise to 100%, an improve of 15%.
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Some new shots from today:
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And one sad news:
Until yesterday the fish was ok. Feeding, swimming, no sign of any kind of problem.
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Milepora Baby Blue
Formosa Blue sky Red dragon Tortuosa ORA blue green
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Very nice, Alex.
I love how your scape looks so completely different from one angle to the next. Those two fts look like they are from different tanks. Corals are looking good. That fish must have had a fish heart attack..
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Thanks Matt.
This time, for the first time, I'm fully satisfied with the scape of my reef. Let's see how it evolves as the corals grow....time will tell but I think that it's gonna be better and better as time goes by... About the fish, it's the only reasonable explanation....
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Poor fish. As I understand butterflies are hard to keep in general.
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Nice tank.
What sort of butterfly was it? Also how long did you have it? I really like the aquascape, keep up the great work.
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love the aquascape. open look allow amazing natural visual.
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Corals look in great condition. Sorry about the fish. Did it have any white marks on its fins or red marks on its body?
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It was a Yellow Longnoose (Forcipiger flavissimus/longirostris). I don't remind how to differentiate both species. Yeah...that's really the point of the scape, the open spaces. Always tried to do something like this and this time I finally acomplished. Quote:
It was healthy, swimming, eating......no marks.... neither in fins nor the body. Talking to some friends they told that it's usual with this specie. I'll give a break and try again in the end of the year. I added some new fishes and corals but a problem in my notebook won't allow me to put new photos 'till next week. The diatoms in the sandbed are worst and it's annoying me big time. Have tried to dose yeast for the past week with no good effect 'till now. I'm thinking about try Zeozym.....I used it sometime ago and I liked the effect in the overall aspect of the sandbed.
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Some new fishes:
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