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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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#72
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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12-10-2019, 08:03 PM
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No refugium or GFO. I added some rowaphos to take out some of the phosphates. The reactor turned refugium is a good idea. Just have to make some space for it in the back compartment.
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#74
12-10-2019, 10:34 PM
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12-11-2019, 02:31 AM
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That's what I was thinking of doing, but I currently have all compartments in the back in use. So I would have to reorganize a bit in order to fit the pump back there. But that's a good idea. Probably what I will do. I will just have to wait until after christmas. Christmas and the move really eat up my reefing money
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#76
12-21-2019, 01:53 AM
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Here is a long overdue update. Been busy lately and haven't been doing much with the tank until tonight.
I've been sick, we've been unpacking and my wife got hit in her car so that's a write off so dealing with that as well. She's fine, just was a bit shaken up. Anyways, the tank has been going pretty well except for my phosphates which have been steadily climbing. Fish are doing well and eating. Corals for the most part are doing well. My forest fire digi is slowly growing and I can see a bunch of new heads starting on the frogspawn. My one acan is doing great, but the red one could be doing better. It always seems to never be fully inflated. I've tried feeding reef roids, but they sit on top of it. The other acan eats it perfectly fine. Any ideas on how I can get it to perk up? I tested water and did a water change tonight. Tank Params are Salinity: 1.026 Temp: 78 pH: 8.2 Ammonia: 0 Nitrite: 0 Nitrate: 20 Phosphate: 0.463 Alkalinity: 9.8 Calcium: 480 Magnesium: 1350
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12-21-2019, 01:57 AM
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??????I added my last bit of rowaphos to the tank and after lots of tweaking I have finally got that ghost skimmer dialed in. Hopefully that will help get the phosphates under control.
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#80
12-23-2019, 01:12 AM
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Picked up a hammer and Duncan frag.
Hopefully I have better luck with this hammer than the others I have tried. The last few I had in my 75 gallon would be ok for a few months then slowly melt away. Also picked up some chemi pure to help bring down my phosphates.    Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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