110g Mixed Reef V2

[JDigital]

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Anyways, How's the AC Jr??

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Anyways, How's the AC Jr??

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh! She will hear you.....Im serious man....its still in my truck....no one offered to cause a diversion.


I just experienced an exercise in frustration a few days ago I was in the tank and caused another minor shift in the rock work...so tonight I decide I am gonna fix it before I get started on a water change.....Im such a bonehead...I forgot the "golden rule" of aquascaping.... if you move it, it will never be the same....its like, the first thing you learn when you start playing with live rock.... so, of course I couldnt for the life of me get the rock back to the way it was and spent 2 1/2 hours trying to come up with some thing I liked...never got the water change done...I will snap some pics when the corals aren't so P.O.ed with me

[JDigital]

ohhh quit being a chicken... get that thing hooked up!

[Blom]

mmmm electronics

[JDigital]

Originally Posted by fishytime

Thank a bunch guys.

First off I have to say how happy I am with the little naso...he/she is sooooooooo fat with algae and the tank is visibly cleaner. I never would have thought a fish that size would have such an impact. On the flip side I think he may be a stinker once he grows up some. He already doesnt show any fear of the two much lager tangs and even has a bit of "tude" about them.


Ok, so here is the reason for me switching salts. The tests from this morning were
sg .024
dkh 9 elos
Mg 1320 Sali
Ca 380 Sali
and I dosed
3 caps of Tailored aquatics dkh
3 caps of Tailored aquatics Mg
and 100ml of kent 2 part
Just to keep things where they are...I have dosed that amount everyday for four days Something had to give. So the first and least expensive thing to change I figure is the salt. The slick new packaging is what sold me on the deltec salt...cool looking black bucket....oh ya and there was something else about the levels being good or something. So.....I tested it.

sg .024
dkh 5 not so impressed with that
Mg 1440
Ca 480
So I will be doing the first change on the tank tomorrow...I thought I could ease off on the testing but will now have to tweak things a little Im sure to get things figured out.....Im also sure an expensive calcium spewing gadget is in the near future. I love this hobby.

Going back in time a bit... Tested my Deltec salt...

SG - 1.026
Alk - 11.2
Ca - 420-430
Mag - 1140-1170

[Hairytank]

Just mixed a batch of Reefers Best..

Sg 1.026
CA 460
dkh 13
Mg...unfortunately my test kit is running low so holding off..

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by JDigital

Going back in time a bit... Tested my Deltec salt...

SG - 1.026
Alk - 11.2
Ca - 420-430
Mag - 1140-1170

Originally Posted by Hairytank

Just mixed a batch of Reefers Best..

Sg 1.026
CA 460
dkh 13
Mg...unfortunately my test kit is running low so holding off..

Ok....now Im beginning to wonder about the accuracy of my test kit.

Maybe if you ever come to get that coral Josh You could bring your test kit?

The old left side scape.



The new scape(it didnt change much in appearance but I had to re-locate one colony, because it would fit anymore)



Some coral-scape shots




Purple polyp Monti frag (coral master)


A. Cerealis "special K" (coral master)


the polyp extension on this pocci shocked me a little

[JDigital]

Wow... Your Special K frag looks way different than mine.. lol

[Hairytank]

Great new pics Doug!

[Lance]

Nice pics Doug. WOW! I'll say that pocci has PE. That's unreal.