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12-02-2019, 08:17 PM
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Alright, moving day has come and gone and the tank and inhabitants all seem to be doing fine. Much better result for the coral on this move than the last.
I filled the tank with all new saltwater so hopefully that will help in lowering the rising phosphates I was having before the move. I'm excited to actually be able to start buying some corals and replenishing my cuc! One thing I have to figure out is how to make water. The only tap I have that will fit the tap connector for the ro/di unit is in the garage, which is a pretty cold place right now. Anyone have experience with making or keeping saltwater in a cold garage? And now for the important stuff, what should my first new coral purchase be?!? 
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12-03-2019, 03:10 PM
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Glad to hear things went smoother this time.
Is that my Forest Fire digi that is coming around?  Maybe you’ll pick up something nice with the Christmas sales. You need to come back to Vancouver for a coral run!
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12-03-2019, 03:58 PM
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I'm happy it went smooth too.
Yes the forest fire is the one I got from you. The surviving part was less than the length of my pinky nail. But it has encrusted on the rock so that's a good sign. It's actually the only thing I got from you that survived the move. I probably won't be back to vancouver until the spring. I did see your frags post and wondered if you shipped. 
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12-05-2019, 03:03 AM
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Been pretty busy unpacking and setting various furniture up. Wife went on a furniture buying spree... So I haven't had much time for the tank.
The tank has been doing well. At least it looks to be. Fish are eating, hermits are roaming around my snail is moving around. Corals for the most part are opening up. I had one issue with my heater where it stopped working. I haven't had the chance to remove it yet so I just added another heater in there for the time being. Finally got the time to make some ro/di water. Went to set it up in the garage and realized I had nowhere to put the waste water! So I've rigged it up under the sink in the bathroom.    Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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12-09-2019, 08:07 PM
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Tested my water last night
Tank Params are Salinity: 1.026 Temp: 78 pH: 8.2 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 5 Phosphate: 0.402 Alkalinity: 9.9 Calcium: 480 Magnesium: 1280 Phosphates are really high so I added some rowaphos. Haven't had any big algae outbreaks yet...
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12-10-2019, 03:18 AM
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I can't remember. Are you running a refugium? Or a GFO reactor? Those help out big time with phosphates. Especially the GFO Reactor.
another fun thing you could do is turn a reactor into a refugium. It's a very cheap way to get a refugium onto your system and honestly it would be the perfect size refugium reactor for your tank. Here's a quick youtube video showing an example of one
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