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My tank is 32 inches from back to front. I have 3 t5 at the rear, then the 3 mh fixtures with a pair of Primes between them and then another 3 t5s at the front. It all fits quite nicely. Quote:
Having said that, the latest generation of radion pros can do some out of this world things to sps corals. They can make the corals produce colours that you’d never believe were possible. This on top of keeping them happy, healthy and growing.. if I had several thousand dollars sitting around and I needed to redo my lights, I wouldn’t hesitate to use them. But at the moment my lighting is pretty much ideal for me
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10/09/2017, 09:10 PM | #2702 |
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Thanks Matt. I've tried a 6 hour photoperiod but did not work for me, t5 only. I agree with you, Big E's colors are top notch, as are yours. I appreciate the info.
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10/09/2017, 09:23 PM | #2703 |
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My goodness Matt. I missed a lot in several days. Nice updates. Great pictures and I really love that Robin hood frag.
Do you run kalkwasser? Could you give me a run down on your system as I'm thinking of incorporating it into my system. Thanks for any insight you can give. Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk
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I was completely surprised by your lighting until I saw the 3 Metal Halides, lol. I forgot about the Ushio's. 4 AI Primes and 6 T5's seemed to be getting some intense results haha.
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10/09/2017, 10:59 PM | #2705 |
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Holy moly Matt
Those FTS look incredible Your tank is my favorite here!!!
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This is on top of the calcium reactor which has a pretty high flow through it so I don’t get particularly high kh coming out but high flow.. I do this because I find it easier to regulate the flow through. Quote:
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10/10/2017, 07:49 AM | #2707 |
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Wow Matt, your tank is stunning! Superb pictures as always. Good work buddy
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10/10/2017, 11:15 AM | #2708 |
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I myself am transitioning from running ultra low PH in my reactor to running higher pH with more flow. Do you think that a BRS dosing pump is strong enough to push Ro to my Aqua Medic kalkwasser stirrer? Any basis on how many milliliters to dose at night? I'm mainly trying to bring the pH of my system up higher because I experienced much much better growth when I can get above 8 pH.
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It is really tough to give an amount to start with kalkwasser. Really, the best way to start with kalk is to start off ridiculously slowly. I’m not here how the hrs doser works. Is it a continuous doser or do you have to program dosing periods and amounts? I would start with a four hour period of lowest ph- this should be the four hours leading up to your main lights coming on. Program the smallest amount of kalk you possibly can over that four hour period and see if it affects ph or alk/ca levels. Increase in tiny increments over a long period of time until you see an effect. Never push it with kalk. It’s a tough thing to do when you are also running a ca reactor. Speaking of which, do you have a separate crushed coral chamber that you can pump the ca reactor effluent through, before it goes back to the tank? This might help absorb some extra co2.
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I just refilled my gassing off chamber completely full of extra course arm. I'm thinking of using an old geo recirculating sulfur denitatrator as a gas off chamber to see if that would help. Thanks for the insight. Sent from my SM-N920T using Tapatalk
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Awesome tank man!
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Matt I am starting dosing nano3 to increase no3, I have a solution of 75gr/1lt water, and already dosed 10ml over 3 days, without any slightly darkening of salifert test colour :-( how many ml of kno3 did you dose to notice no3 increasing?
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I honestly don’t think it’ll make a huge difference. BUT, it’s a good starting point. I’d be inclined to not run every ten minutes over four hours but instead start with 4 ten minute intervals over the course of the lowest ph hour. Then, add another ten minute interval until you get to 4 solid hours and the increase the amount of dosing hours. Not sure that made sense.. basically, even though 1.1ml/min is a pretty mild dose for a 360g system, dosing one ten minute period every hour will have a potential yo yo effect. If you put the intervals closer together, the yo-yo will be reduced to hopefully a plateau effect. You want to then prolong the plateau over a longer and longer period.. Having said all this, I’m not so sure how much of an effect the 1.1ml/min will actually have. Do you run a fuge? What is your ph? Personally I think ph can really be pretty much ignored unless it dips below 7.7 or so.. Ph really isn’t so important as long as it isn’t going too low and then it’s usually an indicator of poor environmental conditions in the house.. Regardless of your motivation, though, I am a fan of kalk dosing..
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When my n had gone down to around .2-0, I was adding about a teaspoon of cano3 and 10ml kno3 (Seachem’s flourish nitrogen) twice a week to get n just above 1ppm. That’s for 350g system with a rapidly growing cheato fuge. Not sure if this info can really be used formylur purposes.. How big is your tank? How many fish? Do you have a fuge?
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I can only assume you are battling a HUGE po4 problem.. If po4 isn’t your issue, why all the nutrient sinks and the addition of nitrate on top of them? How old is the dsb?
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ATS and chaeto are really efficient at reducing both no3 po4 but also many more nasties, And denitrator "productivity" depends at my dosing of carbon..... My po4 since stopping usage of gfo 6 months ago is fluctuatimg between 0.15-0.2, but green dusting algae on the glass and little but persistent cyanobacteria , is the reason for dosing nano3, I wanted to increase the ratio of no3/ po4. My no3 are steady at 1ppm for at least 4 months but the last month I am cleaning the glass every 2-3 days ,instead of 5-6 since stopping gfo and cyanobacteria reappear after nearly a year. Sent from my Tab2A7-10F using Tapatalk |
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Your denitrator is such a specific piece of equipment. Why not discontinue its use and see where n goes instead of using it and dosing n at the same time?
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PS Today morning I dosed 5ml nano3, and I thing I am seeing now i am home,some more cyano, so maybe I should reconsider the above strategy |
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I find that if you wait too long, it sets up its own ecosystem and skews the whole system it is in. I prefer to kill it early before it establishes itself.. Curious to see if the added no3 helps pull down your p..
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The time I got it is when I just finished the 14 days cycle. From NO3 of 100+ppm and PO4 of 0.38ppm to ULNS in 3 days - without any water change at all. I think you want to look carefully at your actual organic balance in your system. Peel back all the layers of cheatos, mechanical filtration and whatever else you have going on to control your nutrients. Objectively see your input and output of nutrients with rate of tank water turnover ratio. Anyway I have ramble on too much now. |
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Learned never to blow the stuff off the rocks EVER!! or it can spread like wildfire. (In this case if was also too much RED LED lights/Nutrients Leaching out of new rocks). So best it to Siphon EARLY PATCHES out of tank, and not spread around. Since then I always treat with a mix of (Zeovit Zeobak in Coral Snow), and if not good enough I use (Zeovit Cyano Clean in Coral Snow). Either product is soaked in Coral Snow (for 5 mins), and then dosed into tank for overnight treatment. (Daily till Cyano disappears) Works best at first sign of Cyano. (Did this last week, and Cyano gone). |
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I have done 3 of my recent tanks and don't have issues even when it break out, I know what to fix it with. End of the day, it is a bacteria form, best way is have other desirable bacteria to out compete it. |
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I assume there are other cheaper more natural ways to achieve this. Especially in a Larger Tanks where the products are not cost effective. |
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