Been a while since any update on my tank, so … A few changes in the last couple months, well, all changes but water changes . I switched out the Iwasaki 50K bulb in favor of a Radium 20K. I like this bulb as well, and will stick with rotating the Ushio 14K, Iwasaki 50K [...]
July 30, 2008
I’ve got a small dilemma. Per usual, as in, every summer, I get a little lax about tank maintenance. So this last week has been spent doing a bit of cleaning, water changes, scrubbing, scraping, rearranging, and what not. The dilemma is this: Xenia umbellata. I know it’s the scourge of many reef tanks out [...]
October 27, 2007
It’s been a while since I’ve checked water parameters, aside from kH. Tank is totally being overfed (2x / day, heavily) since the new clowns went in. I want to be sure they’re eating and fat. Without having tested, I’ll venture to guess phosphates are over 0.14 and NO3 may be high. I plan on [...]
October 22, 2007
My first schedule posted didn’t include any Reef Booster. Since I went ahead and started, I’ll add it to my schedule. Since the full vial clouded my tank, I think I’ll do 1/2 vial tonight, and weekly from here on out. Not due for any biodigest or bioptim this week, but both next week. SEPTEMBER [...]
October 15, 2007
Checked the tank on my way to work this morning – totally cleared up. So, good to know. Dose Reefbooster at night, otherwise you may be staring at a cloudy ass aquarium . I think I’ll use one of the ‘feed’ programs on my Aquacontroller to shut down the skimmer and carbon and have them [...]
October 15, 2007
This morning added a vial of Biodigest. One thing I have started to notice after adding Biodigest or Bioptim to the tank is that the water becomes crystal clear and seems to retain this sparkling clarity for a few days. I’m hoping that, as the bacterias are more established, this is how the water will [...]
October 12, 2007
kH ~ 140 (LaMotte) (7.8 or so…) Ca ~ +450 Mg ~ 1300 NO3 ~ 10 / 15 PO4 ~ 0.14 Phosphate up, NO3 is down. Totally overfeeding since I got that tailspot last week, but wanted to be sure he was eating… and he likes Rod Food… big surprise… I’ll try and get a [...]
October 2, 2007
kH ~ 6 / 6.5 (Elos), ~110 (LaMotte) Ca ~ +450 Mg ~ 1300 NO3 ~ 20 PO4 ~ 0.10 / 0.12 Second dose of Bio Digest added tonight. Next weekend will add next dose of Bioptim. Phosphate lower since last test, but chaeto grew by 1/3rd. I’ll harvest some of it and take a [...]
October 1, 2007
I’ve figured on my schedule for the next couple months. Bioptim every 3 weeks, Bio Digest every 2 weeks. That means I’m due for Bio Digest tonight, since I missed it yesterday. I’ll wait for a while to start the Reef Booster. For now, I’m going to watch the NO3 / PO4 with the digest [...]
September 16, 2007
Went ahead with 1st dose of BioClean (Bioptim & BioDigest). Added 1 vial of Bioptim tonight, and will add the vial of BioDigest in an hour or two. Schedule in mind is a vial Bioptim each 3 weeks, and 1 vial of BioDigest every 2 weeks. Here’s my “test patch” of bryopsis… and… The ORA [...]
September 13, 2007
Alkalinity ~ 6 on Elos, ~ 6.5 on SeaChem. Bumped up the ESV a touch. Here’s a photo. Same as I remember, one looks like mustard. Only gave it ~2.5 / 3 months the first time. The supply below should be fine for a few months. I’ll re-order once I see how the dosing schedule [...]
December 2, 2008
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