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I have been feeding heavy. Gha is growing but not overtaking the tank yet. Bristle worms are fat and happy. yeah PO4 is low ish side. It’s going to increase . I assume as long as it’s not zero, I’m okay. Is that not the case?

Well, per title I thought I’m saving money buying bulk. Looks like it’s a waste . Supposed to be pure soda ash got from Amazon. Just mixed the first batch . Have not use in the tank, probably will not. Going to stick to BRS or some other reef specific Alk additive. Picture shows Newly...

Random acro. I don’t even know the names. The latest casualty is birdnest. However for the birdnest , it’s been overtaken by stylo, so the death may be just that. A tidy frag like 1-2 inches. There is a slight risk of MEN since I got some frag from someone with MEN. Haven’t seen one

updates Monti sentosa colony continue to have small sign of stress. Turning white at a corner. Nothing major yet. Parameters is ok. Alk 8.3 Phosphate 0.02 ( not running gfo, just carbon) Nitrate 6.5 Alk consumption stabilize so far. Now dosing 65ml soda ash daytime and 1.4l kalk at night...

Hard to tell. It goes up one day, down another. At least no major deterioration. I also realized my cal and mag test kit expired. I’ll pick up a new kit over the weekend. Icp should be out end of next week as well.

I got 2 data points and drawing a trend. Day 1 Feed the coral , alk consumption goes up by 0.3 Day 2 . No feed Day 3 feed coral , alk consumption goes up. I need to feed more! Half joking . Of course I need to keep an eye on nutrient

I’m already regretting starting the culture . I have it in my home office aka my man cave. It’s noisy!

Thanks for the suggestion. I am aware I don’t have the best start and maybe even setup for failure. It’s just something I have and quickly throw together and see what happens. I don’t have high expectations. Anyhow, 1 day and nothing much happen. Maybe the color get lighter? I know I’m too...

Probably not ideal. I just use reefnutrician Live Photo bottle. Mixed strain. It’s what I have .

Grep a bucket, EVO light bar , airline tubing and some miracle grow ( I heard F2 is the best, but that’s what I have at hand) . If this works I might be tempted to get proper equipment.

My normal routine is 15% WC. This (massive WC) is a one off change , hoping to reset whatever issue i have with the tank. 1. I didn;t check Alk in the new water. But temp is close. I check Alk in the main tank after the change and its within range. 2. RODI outputing 0 tds. Unless the tds meter...

Maybe last pretty picture for the tank.

this come across my mind, but since i only did the water change yesterday, i don;t think 24hours of low nutrients will cause the coral to start peeling . But who knows. i'm letting the tank as-is for now. I think more changes is detrimental when i'm shooting in the dark.

My huge sentosa colony (12" across) started peeling at certain spots. Another crash? Last one was a few months ago. this might be the sign to give up on SPS. Might just turn the tank into zoa and other soft corals. I'm getting burned out.

How long i should soak the cheato to kill pest but bit not killing the algae? 2-3 mins? 10 seconds?

Willing to pay.

Nope. It’s dry rock but it’s been in the tank for 3 years.

Thanks. That’s what I did 1. 2 x 40% water change today 2. Remove GFO all together + change the carbon. I also clean out the coralline encrusted flow pump. This might impact the Alk a little. The Alk is consistent with Hanna and Alkatronic , I assume I can trust the number . Due to the...

do you have client in the South Bay?

Ph varies through the days as we have visitors staying over and with the cold weather most windows are closed. Low 7.7-8.2 high