Vics CD 180G Peninsula

[Rainblood]

 

[civics14]

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I moved those torches because of you

 

[york1]

 

[scottw]

Beautiful tank Civics.

 

[civics14]

Beautiful tank Civics.

Thank you

 

[hiimsean]

What’s the gold plating coral on the left side of the tank?

 

[civics14]

The monti? Kung pao if that’s what you’re talking about

 

[enderg60]

So, full week of dosing 1/4 tsp of sodium nitrate and got my nitrates up to 10.8. So, now I’ll cut off dosing and wait 3 days and test to see how much it drops to adjust dosage.

I’m hoping some corals that lost color start to get their color back.

On a positive note, growth is just insane!

I used to use that stuff as well, and it works great. I recently saw a thread on R2R about dosing ammonium nitrate instead. The idea being you supply the entire nitrogen cycle not just add nitrates. I started doing that and its showing great results. Plus youre not adding sodium to the tank which likes to turn into salt.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-ammonia-dosing-for-low-nitrate-systems.987087/

 

[civics14]

I used to use that stuff as well, and it works great. I recently saw a thread on R2R about dosing ammonium nitrate instead. The idea being you supply the entire nitrogen cycle not just add nitrates. I started doing that and its showing great results. Plus youre not adding sodium to the tank which likes to turn into salt.

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/diy-ammonia-dosing-for-low-nitrate-systems.987087/

Thanks for the heads up. I'm stable at around 5-8 ppm on Nitrates at only 1/4 tsp per week on the sodium nitrates, so I don't think it is impacting my salinity much. I am also about to add a second auto feeder since my current auto feeder can only do 4x a day. I am going to get it up to 6x day. This should eliminate the need for dosing nitrates going forward.

 

[Rainblood]

have your nitrates always been low or only since the mushrooms have gone amuck?

 

[civics14]

have your nitrates always been low or only since the mushrooms have gone amuck?

always been low. been zero since march of this year but didn't have any issues with color or growth, so I ignored it. Then when some acros started to lose color, I decided to dose nitrates to get it up and it fixed the color issue. Now, just a weekly maintenance dose to keep it up.

 

[civics14]

My repurposed rs250

 

[hiimsean]

My repurposed rs250

What’s the plan for that? I always miss my FW tanks and wish I had room for one.

 

[civics14]

What’s the plan for that? I always miss my FW tanks and wish I had room for one.

Discus tank. I got 6 in there already.

 

[hiimsean]

Discus tank. I got 6 in there already.

That’s what I’d do if I got back into fresh. I had big SA cichlids and a few oddballs in my old tanks.

 

[civics14]

 

[civics14]

Oh man… having a freshwater tank makes me want to get out of salt because how easy the maintenance is.

Added 7 congo tetras, 2 albino longfin cory, and 1 SAE. Doing really well.

 

[york1]

 

[Rainblood]

Colors are too drab in freshwater. Also no skill involved

 

[civics14]

Moved the rear pumps, makes a much cleaner look and hits dead spots better.