"The Lab" - Josh and Tiffany's IM Nuvo EXT 200
- Thread starter IOnceWasLegend
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that is correct, i had 10x xr15pros g5 over a 48x36 tank. at one point i had 12 xr15s just for fun.
4-29-24
Photo dump.
Photo dump.
thephoreefer
Supporting Member
i recommend 2 led bars, great coverage, helps with shadowing of sps and coral (later on), and par increase also nice coral pop. Good one is OR3 Blue bar from orphrek or reef bright. at price of one xr15 you get two OR3 Blue light bars (48inch bar $200/ 60inch $325)
Quantas are a pretty good option too. 6' bar is like $300
5-6-2024
Ignoring the testing reagent change + subsequent calibration...that's some mighty fine alk stability.
Ignoring the testing reagent change + subsequent calibration...that's some mighty fine alk stability.
MichaelB
Supporting Member
Noob question here, is that chart from a trident system or something similar?
I'm assuming is not from any of the diy test kits since it's showing daily values.
It's from the Trident. It automatically logs your test results whenever it tests (in my case, 4x/day).
MichaelB
Supporting Member
Thanks it's something that's on my future wish list lol, my wife wouldn't support that type of venture presently.
Keep an eye out in the coming months; if the Maven is as good as it's touted to be (from Hydros) there will likely be a lot of used Tridents on the market soon.
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Not a tank update, but my wife won me a stuffed puffer fish dressed as a clownfish!
7-10-24
Tank's been chugging along well. No further losses of torches (which makes me more convinced it was, in fact, something that was treated by the interceptor). We've also slowly but surely been adding acros to the tank, and I'll have all the goodies I got from the swap (and a TCK master torch) ready to come out of QT next week! For now: photo dump.
Tank's been chugging along well. No further losses of torches (which makes me more convinced it was, in fact, something that was treated by the interceptor). We've also slowly but surely been adding acros to the tank, and I'll have all the goodies I got from the swap (and a TCK master torch) ready to come out of QT next week! For now: photo dump.
tribbitt
Supporting Member
omgg!!
7-10-24
Tank's been chugging along well. No further losses of torches (which makes me more convinced it was, in fact, something that was treated by the interceptor). We've also slowly but surely been adding acros to the tank, and I'll have all the goodies I got from the swap (and a TCK master torch) ready to come out of QT next week! For now: photo dump.
Coral reefer
Past President
I know who I’m hitting up if I ever get a tank going again!
Update 7-14-24
Coral QT tank has had flatworms for a few weeks now; I've been religiously dipping the corals with potassium chloride every other day for the last week, but I'm still getting a few off every dipping. My suspicion is that these are the harmless red planaria making their way onto the coral. However, since I'm pretty sure a few coral had euphyllia eating flatworms at some point (given how irritated they were with flatworms on their flesh), I don't want to risk it. So today I bit the bullet and used Flatworm eXit. Given there were enough flatworms I could see them on the glass, I was very careful and did the following:
Next steps/plans for the tank
The big one is I'll be swapping the tank over from Neptune Apex to CoralVue Hydros. I currently have an X4 running on the QT/frag tank and have really liked it, as well as trusting the components to be a bit more robust/water-resilient than Apex. My planned setup for the display will be:
Coral QT tank has had flatworms for a few weeks now; I've been religiously dipping the corals with potassium chloride every other day for the last week, but I'm still getting a few off every dipping. My suspicion is that these are the harmless red planaria making their way onto the coral. However, since I'm pretty sure a few coral had euphyllia eating flatworms at some point (given how irritated they were with flatworms on their flesh), I don't want to risk it. So today I bit the bullet and used Flatworm eXit. Given there were enough flatworms I could see them on the glass, I was very careful and did the following:
- Removed all snails from the tank, rinsed them in fresh saltwater, and put them into my display tank (since they'd been in the tank for the full QT period)
- Removed all the coral from the tank, dipped in potassium chloride, and placed them in a bucket of fresh saltwater as a holding tank
- Treated the tank with Flatworm eXit following manufacturer's instructions
- After 30 minutes and seeing flatworms floating around the tank, performed a ~90% water change
- Ran activated carbon for 30 minutes on the tank to clear out any traces of toxin
- Put the coral back in the tank
- Monitored closely for any signs of corals being pissed off
Next steps/plans for the tank
The big one is I'll be swapping the tank over from Neptune Apex to CoralVue Hydros. I currently have an X4 running on the QT/frag tank and have really liked it, as well as trusting the components to be a bit more robust/water-resilient than Apex. My planned setup for the display will be:
- Monitoring: Hydros X4 (1x pH probe for tank, 1x pH probe for calcium reactor)
- Control: Hydros XP8 energy bar
- Testing: Hydros Maven
- Dosing: Hydros Sole
- The X10 is based on pH and acid titration (similar to KH Guardian and KH Director), while the Maven will is based on colorimetric readings (similar to the Trident). pH & acid titration is cheaper in the long run and you can DIY your reagent; however, a lot of the reports I read indicated bubbles in the dosing lines could throw off readings. While this isn't a huge deal (I think it was usually in the range of 0.3-0.4 dKH flux), minimal maintenance is absolutely a priority to me.
- Calcium testing on the Maven; since I run a calcium reactor, calcium creeps up over time and I'd like to automatically keep an eye on it, rather than testing manually.