It’s great to meet you and @tribbitt this morning.
I have had a bad record of keeping macro algae. They all melted. That’s why I grew xenia in the sump in previous tank.
I hope this time will turn around
Cook your dead rocks with skim waste and old waters from water change +pump and heater for 2 weeks. I made a mistake by rushing and putting in new rockscapes built from old rocks and is currently dealing with algae outbreak
Thanks for your input.
I will try lanthanum again + macro algae in sump to get 0.1 phosphate - still debating ammonia vs. nitrate dosing for 2-5 ppm nitrate
@Darkxerox - I will look into it. I think it’s ammonium bicarbonate (not carbonate)
Two weeks without light, flow, heater, fan… they look tedious but man they are standing strong. I wish my torches and acros as half strong as them
Some rants on the hump day.
In previous system and current one, I always have to deal with 0 nitrate (dosing neonitro to keep it at 2-5ppm) and 0.2 - 0.6 phosphate.
I dosed Phosphate-E (lanthanum chloride) to bring phosphate down to 0.1 but it comes back up to the range after a few days so I...
Impressive list - looks like your angels are really angels to leave your corals alone.
How is the A8SE light so far vs. smatfarm? Any problem with the app?
Still not sure whether it’s bacterial infection or not.
It seems “happier” on the sand bed after the dips, no curly tentacles now
Will closely observe couple more days and update.
That's so true. I'll add one more rockscape, re-arrange the current a little bit and leave the rest for fish. But everything has to wait for the old back and ass to heal first :(
Done with the transfer
And in-tank aquascaping/arranging old rocks with corals on the 27” deep, filled with water tank is pain in the … back
Phewww…. finish plumbing next. This is a test and validation of my clumsiness