Max’s 30 gal
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max_nano
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@Rostato and @ofzakaria or any other khg users, do you know if it is required to do the static testing and calibration after mixing another batch of reagent?
Yes, do that. I thought the issue was you didn't have room for a skimmer. Haha
ofzakaria
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Not necessarily, All depend on the mix and if your dilution same as the older reagent.
What I do is run a test, if khg showed good results that means the mix was same dilution as the earlier mix so there will be no need for recal
Just be careful it take couple tests before the new reagent reach the chamber cause there will be some of the old reagent inside the tubings.
So when I change new reagent I run couple tests or a static test and if results as expected that means am good.
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ofzakaria
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It's not a big deal really. That's the beauty of the khg. It let you calibrate to account for any changes that occurs in the reagent or anything else.
max_nano
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Yeah. And really I’m just looking for stability and am not so worried about a single specific alk. It has been dropping and I’m letting it slowly go down about .1 per day so it’ll be closer to the tmp 7 so I don’t have to worry about doing a wc too big and spiking/dropping alk
max_nano
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I need some additional pieces so it’s not complete, but I’m super happy with how the cable manager from Marine depot worked for me. If I had the tools I would have made it a little different but I do like the pvc board material for this use case.
I didn’t get a before but something like this:
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I didn’t get a before but something like this:
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Coral reefer
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Does it actually say that?!?
max_nano
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Yeah the awards have goofy names haha, if you click on your account and go to the about section then the awards are at the bottom. I can’t imagine what yours says, you have the second most messages at 12000ish and the most total likes at around 3000
max_nano
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I let the KHG run for awhile and the new reagent was giving me different results, off by .5. I recalibrated today and it should be good. The previous results were still showing stability but it’s good to have it recalibrated for accuracy and preciseness instead of just preciseness. I think that’s how that works, I remember those from a science class
max_nano
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Some white light shots, the torch looks pretty cool even without blue light. I lost one of the ones I got recently but the other is going strong. I’m never buying another torch but I do like them!
This is all WW and CW from the radion with the polyp labs lens to counteract the blue from the supplemental 470nm led bars
This is all WW and CW from the radion with the polyp labs lens to counteract the blue from the supplemental 470nm led bars
Coral reefer
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Looks like coraline to me.
max_nano
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Heavy feeding caught up on me and now NO3 is in the hard to read spot between 10-25 and PO4 is above the range of my ULR Hanna checker. This increase lead to some stn on my blue and watermelon stylo as well as some tissue loss on my leptos. Acros are all looking great though.
I’m going to try to get the nutrients lower again and find a better balance and will be getting a pellet auto feeder to add consistency in hopes of stability.
I’m going to try to get the nutrients lower again and find a better balance and will be getting a pellet auto feeder to add consistency in hopes of stability.
ofzakaria
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Man all this approaches of heavy feeding and slowing down your export system advices has never yielded good long term returns.. learn from this and avoid these approaches.
Mike Yasin
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That is the ultimate conundrum- how heavy or lightly do you feed to maintain a certain amount of nutrients? How long to take exports offline? I'll never figure it out, so I stick to what I know: feed normally, use big skimmer, carbon dose, micro adjustments on N03 and P04 dosing depending on test readings taken every three days.
I'm curious - what kind of torch?