Ultra Clam review thread

[Aqua-Digital]

UPDATE

[Doug]

He was in the bush all week doing army things and is now somewhere doing cub scout things. Should be back tomm. night.

[Skimmerking]

hey i just got back Mike sorry for the delay, i will snap some more pic here and update the tank is looking amazing when i got home and looked at it and said wow the tank is looking colorful and clear.

Im wondering about the bak thou im still at 2 ml per day and my nitrates are still rading around 5 maybe less im going to get doug to pop over with his test kit jsut to see if mine is out of wack....

[Aqua-Digital]

Hiya

I hear you have been ambushing racoons all week

If you can give me your PO4 and Nitrate readings I can then look at your dosing, please remind me what I have quoted for bak and bio.

The dosings I gave were the initial ones that were intended to be adjusted so now we can move onto the next level.

[Skimmerking]

the PO4 is 0 and the nitrates are around 5ppm
for BIO im dosing 1 ml every 3 days and bak every day 2 ml

[Aqua-Digital]

You should be dosing 1 drop of bio not 1ml

If Dougs test comes out the same on the nitrate then adjust as follows

Bio 2 drops every 3 days

Bak 4ml a day

watch closely, if your corals start to go too bright cut the bio down to 1 drop and the bak to 3ml

This is now a balancing act we need to find you maintenance dose so please check daily now your nitrate and watch the tank closely.

My guess is your permenant dose will be 1 drop of bio and 4ml of bak but we shall see.

[Skimmerking]

ok man i think that i read that wrong WOW to much stuff going on around work and the house sorry about that MIke, I hope that I just didnt screw my tank.

no wonder that my tank is looking so good im sucking the PO 4 out of the earth and the glass and the house.



so 2 drops of BIO every 3 days
bak 4 ML every day. got ya

[Aqua-Digital]

well you just got to a low nutrient point a lot sooner than you should of

This is fine providing the inhabitants do not react to sudden change and you have enough Min-S going into the tank.

For a system not running full Ultra lith having 5ppm of Nitrate is not a bad thing, but we will try and get that down over time also.

So yes please do as instructed

2 DROPS of bio every 3 days
4ml of Bak a day
Keep the Min-S as you are

We will the re evaluate in 5 days, contact me anytiime if you see a change that you are not sure about.