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![]() Just another update.
Well I can say the tank is on the road to recovery, and corals keep getting better. Since the last update I made a couple other changes: - Firstly I removed the deep sand bed (DSB), and just have live rock in the refuge area. It was quite nasty when I removed it, so most likely a big nitrate maker and poison to the tank. - Also last week I tried something... I use a Mag18 return pump running full blast, so water drains, goes through the refuge/sump and back into the display rather quickly. I reduced flow to about 20-30% of what the return pump does, using the return plumbing valves, thus really slowing down flow into the overflows and then to the sump to a much slower flow, not a gush anymore. Well it seems that the 2 skimmers, LR, Pellets in the sump have more contact time on that water, and therefore the returning water in the display tank is much cleaner. things I notice are other corals that were not showing good results/healing are now, any foam in the bubbletraps that was forming isn't now, and overall tank quality/water quality is even better. Yippeeeee!!!! keep the good stuff coming. Hopefully soon, I will be hitting everyone up for new corals to replace my losses.
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![]() Setup: 180G DT, 105G Refuge (approx. 300lbs LR, 150lbs Aragonite) Hardware: Super Reef Octopus SSS-3000, Tunze ATO, Mag 18 return, 2x MP40W, 2X Koralia 4's Wavemaker Lighting: 5ft Hamilton Belize Sun (2x250W MH, 2X80W T5HO) Type of Aquarium: mixed reef (SPS & LPS) with fish Dosing: Mg, Ca, Alk |
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![]() Good to hear man good luck I hope the trend continues.
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-- Tony My next hobby will be flooding my basement while repeatedly banging my head against a brick wall and tearing up $100 bills. Whee! |