5 months into this amazing hobby!

Jakegr · #1 09-30-2013, 05:34 AM

Everything looks really healthy! You are definitely off to a better start than when I first joined the hobby. I'm impressed that LED fixture covers your 75 gallon tank pretty well. I only test calcium regularly these days.

e46er · #2 09-30-2013, 06:05 AM

Tank looks great! Ponds are awesome!
In regards to your dosing thoughts- you have a very small coral load which means small uptake of cal/alk so water changes will handle it for the most part.
When you tank has a bigger coral load either with more coral or size of corals your demand for cal/alk will go up far past the point of just water changes.

My tank uses about 30 ppm cal daily so instead of having it drop 210 ppm and dosing weekly I dose daily with a doser well every 2 hrs actually stability is key.

jason604 · #3 10-01-2013, 04:22 AM

Thx every1 for all ur very nice comments =). I put a ton of hard work n dedication in both these projects. Since starting my reef i only had 2 loses. One is my first fish due to a power head n the other was some zoas that died after introducing to my tank. Not too bad I think. All the very knowledgly n friendly ppl on this site has helped me greatly. As for my LED lights they are Thaotronics that I purchased brand new on amazon for $120. They are amazing and I never evened turned them pass 50% dim. Dunno if I need to turn it higher or not? Tips?

There's one acro in my tank that I not doing so well. I damaged it when I move it to my tank n half of its side skin is gone so there's always so much Algee growing on it. I have to take a soft toothbrush n gently brush it off every 3-5 days. What can I do to make it heal? I tried coral fx. Here's a pic.

BowedFloor · #4 10-01-2013, 05:29 AM

Gonna address the things I know:

If you have large amounts of algae growing over three days, you probably have too much phosphate in your water (po4) if you are using RODI water for changes, you may want to look at cutting back the amount of feeding you are doing, or look into running GFO in a reactor.

You can also look at cutting down the amount of time your lights are on. I think most people recommend 4-6 hours.

I'm still a rookie, but I would at least test your phosphate levels.

You might want to frag the acro, but I don't know.

jason604 · #5 10-01-2013, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by BowedFloor

Gonna address the things I know:

If you have large amounts of algae growing over three days, you probably have too much phosphate in your water (po4) if you are using RODI water for changes, you may want to look at cutting back the amount of feeding you are doing, or look into running GFO in a reactor.

You can also look at cutting down the amount of time your lights are on. I think most people recommend 4-6 hours.

I'm still a rookie, but I would at least test your phosphate levels.

You might want to frag the acro, but I don't know.

I do use rodi water and feed 2x a day but I have my lights on for 10hr a day