Monzer's tank restart

[PhotoSniper]

Oh... and this morning, my black widow RBTA split. I am hoping this is a good sign and not a bad one.

 

[PhotoSniper]

Been changing water and cleaning the substrate for the past two weekends and in between. .

This is what the water looked like after cleaning the substrate…

And now after changing about 200 gallons worth of seawater

Also making a new aqua scape. Planning to complete by tomorrow.

 

[PhotoSniper]

Not so much of an update, other than taking some rest after my lumbar disc replacement surgery. The tank seems to be dialed back in. I have my kids looking after it, so we will see next week. So far Nitrates and Phosphates are within range (non-alarming) 25 and 35 respectively. Alk 10, CA 410 and Mag 1450.

I have a few corals in the tank that have had no issues thus far, so I am excited about this. Most likely will start looking into acquiring corals in January.

 

[PhotoSniper]

Parameters have been practically steady.
Nitrates: .25.5
Phosphates: 36.5
Alk: 9.8
CA: 450
Mag: 1500

So I went shopping this past weekend at Neptune, Clearwater and Violet.
At Violet I got this crazy looking blue eyes yellow mimic tang.
At neptune, I ended up picking up some corals, torch, acans, brain, scoly and clams.
At clean water, I picked up also a torch. I am a sucker for euphyllias.

Below are some pics

 

[PhotoSniper]

Adding a few more pics.

 

[PhotoSniper]

Picked up a few more corals from @jstiltne. Well... I kind of cleaned him out per se.
I put most of them on bottom until I figure out where to put then.

Most likely I will be cutting the squares plugs up. Perhaps put some in DBTC.

 

[PhotoSniper]

The first three images, are from kay's coral cove (@Arvin R). The first pic is a Mai Tai Goni and right of it is a poison Ivy.
The second pic has a scoly, a hammer and a couple of torches.
The third pic is yet another torch. Don't ask me the names... I already forgot.

The rest of the images are other corals I wanted to take progress pic of.

Planning to do anther water change this coming weekend. Will be testing before the water change and a day after the water change for comparison purpose.

 

[Mr. Seahorse]

What were the prices on the corals? Super cool looking!

 

[PhotoSniper]

What were the prices on the corals? Super cool looking!

Very reasonable. Ping @Arvin R on specifics.

 

[Alexander1312]

The first three images, are from kay's coral cove (@Arvin R). The first pic is a Mai Tai Goni and right of it is a poison Ivy.
The second pic has a scoly, a hammer and a couple of torches.
The third pic is yet another torch. Don't ask me the names... I already forgot.

The rest of the images are other corals I wanted to take progress pic of.

Planning to do anther water change this coming weekend. Will be testing before the water change and a day after the water change for compression purpose.

View attachment 65055View attachment 65048View attachment 65049View attachment 65050View attachment 65051View attachment 65052View attachment 65053View attachment 65054View attachment 65048View attachment 65049View attachment 65050View attachment 65051View attachment 65052View attachment 65053View attachment 65054

What does compression mean in this context?

 

[PhotoSniper]

What does compression mean in this context?

I am currently on three week water change schedule. So far things have been stable. I want to see if the changes I am currently making are actually heading in the right direction or are things going backwards.

 

[Srt4eric]

What does compression mean in this context?

I think it's a typo... comparison makes more sense

 

[PhotoSniper]

I think it's a typo... comparison makes more sense

I blame the drugs. And yes, comparison and not compression.

 

[Alexander1312]

What are your water parameters currently, and how much water do you change every three weeks?

 

[PhotoSniper]

water changes are roughly 15% base on total system volume.

Nitrates: .23
Phosphates: 40
Alk: 9.42
CA: 460
Mag: 1537

 

[Alexander1312]

water changes are roughly 15% base on total system volume.

Nitrates: .23
Phosphates: 40
Alk: 9.42
CA: 460
Mag: 1537

Are you dosing magnesium? What are you adding to the tank? I assume the values for nitrate and phosphate are mixed up. Are you running that high intentionally? Which salt are you using?

 

[PhotoSniper]

Are you dosing magnesium? What are you adding to the tank? I assume the values for nitrate and phosphate are mixed up. Are you running that high intentionally? Which salt are you using?

I was dosing Mag, but have stopped since the Tropic Marin salt has a high amount of mag.

Ironically, no. Those values of the nitrate and phos are actual and not mixed.

 

[Coral reefer]

Ok Then .23 what and 40 what?
What units of measurement are we talking about. What kits are giving you those numbers?

 

[dangalang]

water changes are roughly 15% base on total system volume.

Nitrates: .23
Phosphates: 40
Alk: 9.42
CA: 460
Mag: 1537

I was dosing Mag, but have stopped since the Tropic Marin salt has a high amount of mag.

Ironically, no. Those values of the nitrate and phos are actual and not mixed.

Is it 40ppm of phosphate or 0.40ppm of phosphate? And is it 0.23ppm nitrate or 23ppm nitrate?

0.40 phosphate and 23ppm nitrate would make sense to me.

Also, what test kit are you using to test nitrates and phosphates?

 

[dangalang]

Ok Then .23 what and 40 what?
What units of measurement are we talking about. What kits are giving you those numbers?

Jinx!