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Hard to tell. It goes up one day, down another. At least no major deterioration. I also realized my cal and mag test kit expired. I’ll pick up a new kit over the weekend. Icp should be out end of next week as well.

I got 2 data points and drawing a trend. Day 1 Feed the coral , alk consumption goes up by 0.3 Day 2 . No feed Day 3 feed coral , alk consumption goes up. I need to feed more! Half joking . Of course I need to keep an eye on nutrient

I’m already regretting starting the culture . I have it in my home office aka my man cave. It’s noisy!

Thanks for the suggestion. I am aware I don’t have the best start and maybe even setup for failure. It’s just something I have and quickly throw together and see what happens. I don’t have high expectations. Anyhow, 1 day and nothing much happen. Maybe the color get lighter? I know I’m too...

Probably not ideal. I just use reefnutrician Live Photo bottle. Mixed strain. It’s what I have .

Grep a bucket, EVO light bar , airline tubing and some miracle grow ( I heard F2 is the best, but that’s what I have at hand) . If this works I might be tempted to get proper equipment.

My normal routine is 15% WC. This (massive WC) is a one off change , hoping to reset whatever issue i have with the tank. 1. I didn;t check Alk in the new water. But temp is close. I check Alk in the main tank after the change and its within range. 2. RODI outputing 0 tds. Unless the tds meter...

Maybe last pretty picture for the tank.

this come across my mind, but since i only did the water change yesterday, i don;t think 24hours of low nutrients will cause the coral to start peeling . But who knows. i'm letting the tank as-is for now. I think more changes is detrimental when i'm shooting in the dark.

My huge sentosa colony (12" across) started peeling at certain spots. Another crash? Last one was a few months ago. this might be the sign to give up on SPS. Might just turn the tank into zoa and other soft corals. I'm getting burned out.

How long i should soak the cheato to kill pest but bit not killing the algae? 2-3 mins? 10 seconds?

Willing to pay.

Nope. It’s dry rock but it’s been in the tank for 3 years.

Thanks. That’s what I did 1. 2 x 40% water change today 2. Remove GFO all together + change the carbon. I also clean out the coralline encrusted flow pump. This might impact the Alk a little. The Alk is consistent with Hanna and Alkatronic , I assume I can trust the number . Due to the...

do you have client in the South Bay?

Ph varies through the days as we have visitors staying over and with the cold weather most windows are closed. Low 7.7-8.2 high

I am dosing and have been adjusting daily because of the reduce consumption. Alk have been consistent because of my daily adjustment. I can’t tell if the coral is growing slower. GFO is a good point. I did put some GFO to drop the phosphate from 0.2 ish to 0.05 now . One smallish coral is...

I can’t seem to find the problem. Parameters are within range Alk 8.5 Cal - 450 Mag - 1400 Salinity - 1.0025 Nitrate 5-10 Phosphate 0.05 I know my ca and mg is a little of high side but it’s been like that forever. I was dosing 100ml of soda ash for months and out of the blue, my alk...

I can drop off at your house tomorrow . You have my cell

Sorry to hear that. You can borrow my 14g qt setup if you like. Light may not be powerful enough to keep sps long term, but otherwise I have complete equipment (heater, pump, etc)