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Originally Posted by twisty (Post 937632)

Awesome thread... kept me busy all afternoon! :)
I'm in the process of building my own nano system with sump.
Going to try and model my sump area after yours #OCD ;)
Nice work!

Thanks twisty, lots of helpful members here. Ask questions if you need. Looking forward to your thread!

Glad to hear that someone else has a lot of Diatoms. Was kinda wondering about my own tank, but like usual the answer is just wait!
great thread btw.

any updates? :mrgreen:

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Originally Posted by Bblinks (Post 937893)

any updates? :mrgreen:

Lol, oh just you wait... I have a HUGE update! Have to call you later anyhow.

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Originally Posted by WarDog (Post 937894)

Lol, oh just you wait... I have a HUGE update! Have to call you later anyhow.

Stop holding out on us, man! :lol:

Got my first coral from Gregzz4, Green Birdsnest, been in the tank for almost 24 hrs now and it's looking good with full PE.
I apologize for the photo quality. First two are with my Galaxy4, and third one is with my Nikon Coolpix L120, which I thought was a good camera up until I started taking photos under LED's.
Guess I'll have to invest in a better camera with a tripod down the road.

Anyhoo, took some tank water with me to Greg's as I don't have test kits for Cal and Mag (plan to pick up Sat) and we tested.

Alk : 6.7
Cal : 360
Mag : 1275 (we tested this 4 times and got a different reading each time, 1275 is the average... needless to say, there was some previous consumption of beer)

Greg gave me a tutorial on dosing and bringing my numbers up to acceptable levels, and provided me with baggies full of his pre-mixed chems to do just that.

4 hours later and I was on my way home, lol.

Thanks Greg, I appreciate your dedication to the hobby!

https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8631/...e8e82311_o.jpg

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Very nice :)

What are the expected levels for all of the following?
Alk : ?
Cal : ?
Mag : ?

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Originally Posted by WarDog (Post 937936)

Alk : 6.7
Cal : 360
Mag : 1275 (we tested this 4 times and got a different reading each time, 1275 is the average... needless to say, there was some previous consumption of beer)

Just to clarify, it wasn't previous beers; it was before, during and after beers :wink:
Imma gonna have to blame the beers, or your water ..

Just tested my DT twice and got 1350 both times
Tested my new water @ 1200, added 145mls mag and got 1350

Go figure :noidea:

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Originally Posted by gregzz4 (Post 938140)

Just tested my DT twice and got 1350 both times
Tested my new water @ 1200, added 145mls mag and got 1350

Go figure :noidea:

That's because you did the math... and math never lies... unless beer is involved!

Started mixing new salt water, next to the tank, in preparation for my first W/C Saturday night after the frag meet.

Wife not happy, lol.

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Originally Posted by WarDog (Post 938148)

That's because you did the math... and math never lies... unless beer is involved!

But that doesn't explain our differing test results

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Originally Posted by WarDog (Post 938148)

Started mixing new salt water, next to the tank, in preparation for my first W/C Saturday night after the frag meet.

Wife not happy, lol.

I'd be unhappy too if you had a tank of saltwater on my wood table :razz:

Make a few extra gallons as you'll need it for dipping the corals you bring home :mrgreen: