Jorahx 90g

[jorahx4]

25g water change complete. Threw away the old hose.

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[jorahx4]

Well, some other news! Got a new fence put up on the side of the back yard, now the puppy can roam around freely with out fear of her getting out! Yay!

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[jorahx4]

Meet the newest member of the family, Mowgli! She is a 9 week old Alaska Klee Kai.

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[Mozby]

Meet the newest member of the family, Mowgli! She is a 9 week old Alaska Klee Kai.

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Reef safe?


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[rygh]

Alk 7.7
Cal 470
Mag 1320
Ph 8
Ammonia 0
Nitrites 0
Nitrates 30~
Phos .3


I have tried to use gfo in the past to lower the phosphates but have noticed the forest fire digi reacting negatively to even the slightest gfo. I tried it in a bag in the sump, and a reactor. The digi colony would start showing less and less polyps, until none would be out all day. Once removal of gfo the digi would start to open back up.


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GFO will bring down your Alk.
Your alk is ok, but not high, so it may drop to troublesome levels as you add GFO.
The other thought is the fine dust. When I add GFO, I do get a bit of black dust in my skimmer.
And my skimmer is in a section before GFO reactor, so it has to get all the way through my DT.

 

[jorahx4]

Reef safe?


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Much more reef safe than the cat!


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[ashburn2k]

Until the dog jumps into the tank


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[jorahx4]

GFO will bring down your Alk.
Your alk is ok, but not high, so it may drop to troublesome levels as you add GFO.
The other thought is the fine dust. When I add GFO, I do get a bit of black dust in my skimmer.
And my skimmer is in a section before GFO reactor, so it has to get all the way through my DT.

Never knew gfo effected the alk. Thank you for that info. And my set up is similar, skimmer before the reactor pump.


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[rygh]

Never knew gfo effected the alk. Thank you for that info. And my set up is similar, skimmer before the reactor pump.


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GFO, Phosguard, and others can affect a lot of things.
Not horribly, but worth thinking about.
The suspended iron particles go way up, but it is unclear if that causes problems.

A good writeup:
https://www.advancedaquarist.com/2012/2/chemistry

 

[rygh]

PS: You are 7 pages in, why not become a supporting member?

 

[jorahx4]

PS: You are 7 pages in, why not become a supporting member?

Expired this month. Been waiting for the cfm to refresh it.


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[jorahx4]

PS: You are 7 pages in, why not become a supporting member?

If I do it at the cfm it forces me to not be anti social.


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[rygh]

If I do it at the cfm it forces me to not be anti social.


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It will be good to see you there, but there are no plans to take membership fees at the event.
Go to "Your account" then on left look for "Account upgrades"

 

[jorahx4]

It will be good to see you there, but there are no plans to take membership fees at the event.
Go to "Your account" then on left look for "Account upgrades"

Oh, wow. Didn’t know that. Lol. Thanks for update.


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[jorahx4]

Update!

So Friday (or Thursday?) I forgot which day. But i cut down the ATS surface area and roughed it up with a course sand paper. Today noticed the bottom starting to get dark. Possibly could be growth! Or just detritus build up haha.

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[rygh]

If you have hair algae in DT, grab a piece and rub it over the screen.
It seeds it.

My opinion: Sand paper is not enough.
I use the teeth on a hole saw, and really go at it.

Good info here:
https://www.algaescrubbing.com/threads/algae-scrubber-basics.264/

 

[jorahx4]

I can see daily improvements with darkening on the screen! I don’t know if it is the start of algae growth or bacteria growth as the light makes it appear reddish.

I’ve been running the light 24/7 to spark some growth and than reevaluate light schedule with the nutrients dropping.

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[jorahx4]

Some photos I took today.

Two spot hog fish, hard to get a good quality photo using my phone.

My diy skimmer stand. I’ve had a lot of issues with this skimmer and finally getting it to skim out stuff, and not overflow every second.

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[jorahx4]

Just regular issues with radion lights, lesson learned don’t buy used. Ecotech doesn’t help people that don’t have receipt.

Time was 7:55 when photo was taken. Light are supposed to go off at 8:00. 2/3 are already off haha. I have had it where one light stays on all night. Or one light doesn’t turn on in the morning. Tried many things, factor reset, reboot, update, reprogram, still happens.

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[Flagg37]

Just regular issues with radion lights, lesson learned don’t buy used. Ecotech doesn’t help people that don’t have receipt.

Time was 7:55 when photo was taken. Light are supposed to go off at 8:00. 2/3 are already off haha. I have had it where one light stays on all night. Or one light doesn’t turn on in the morning. Tried many things, factor reset, reboot, update, reprogram, still happens.




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That’s too bad they won’t give you any help.