290G Peninsula Tank

[ALBERTA REEF]

Like your tank journal. fallowing along.

[mseepman]

Thanks...it's been a bit of a struggle lately. I know I promised to get a few shots up and I haven't yet....it's on my short list of things to do.

Today I started the "trimming" of the corals to try and reduce some of the battles that are causing me so much algae and strife. Not sure what I did helped but we will see over the next few days. Can't believe how quickly I ran out of room in the tank.

[Gools]

If you looking to get rid of some of those cuttings let me know!

[mseepman]

What do you need Nigel?

[Gools]

Always looking for frags! What I need though is to pick you brain! Haven't had the greatest luck this year either! We'll have to get together soon!

[mseepman]

That works for me. Not sure my brain has the answers.

For example...I am always always low on ALK...I've been bumping my doser regularly over the last year but still fighting to hit 6 dkh. About 2 weeks ago I changed the head on the doser channel for ALK as the old one had some seepage coming out. Then about a week ago I noticed some strange behavior on a few corals...and it continued to get worse. Had a couple outright die on me. It almost looked like burnt tips and then overall burn on some pieces. Today I retested my ALK twice and I'm at 10.5dkh. Holy Crap!! I had done some recent big water changes and when testing the new Reef Crystals, the ALK was up at 11 but I thought it could only help me since I'm always so low. I didn't think about the fact that the new doser head would function much better and because my doser works on time and speed i was putting a lot more in than before.

Tested my CA which is always high and was down to around 300...so what a mess. Working on some slow corrections now.

[Myka]

Yikes! I hope it works out ok for you.