11 month update:
-Stopped vodka dosing. Which eliminated the green cyano bacteria. Carbon dosing will do that. One strain of dominant bacteria will over populate. Mine never seized until I stoped dosing.
-That’s about it. Same everything.
-Still needing to dose nitrate time to time.
-Moved hammers around to make better flow between them.
-Got few encrusting corals added.
-Tank: 24 Gal aqua top reef tank + 7Gal sump
-Light: AI Hydra 26HD and 2 AI Prime 16HD
-Flow: 3 AI Nero 3 on random,
-Filtration: Roller Mat 500, Miracle Mud, Sphere Media,
-Misc: Neptune Apex (Old 2nd edition), Bubble Magus BM-01 doser, IM Hydrofill , Tunze DC9001, Hygger titanium heater on controller, Hygger 915 dc return pump
Tank Parameters:
Salinity: 1.027-1.025 (Milwaukee reflectometer) -tested twice a week
pH: 8.5- 8.3 (Apex controller)
Alkalinity: 8.5 to 8.9dkH -tested twice a week now (Hanna & redsea) - currently at 7.8
Calcium: 375-395 ppm -rarely tested (redsea)
Currently not sure. Dose same with alk amount as 2pt
Magnesium: 1400ppm -rarely tested (redsea & aqua forest). Currently not sure. Didn’t test
-Nitrate: 11.5ppm-6.5ppm. tested weekly now (Hanna & redsea) Last month was 6.5-0.0. I still feed 3 times a day for fishes. It’s mixture of rod’s food with dry pellets, Nori, vitamins and coral foods etc all premade for a week worth.
-Phosphate: 0.15- 0.04 Last month was 0.4-.02ish tested weekly now (Hanna & redsea)
-Stopped vodka dosing. Which eliminated the green cyano bacteria. Carbon dosing will do that. One strain of dominant bacteria will over populate. Mine never seized until I stoped dosing.
-That’s about it. Same everything.
-Still needing to dose nitrate time to time.
-Moved hammers around to make better flow between them.
-Got few encrusting corals added.