Day 18
What a busy day today! Hooked up my DI system and did a 50% water change. My nitrates and Phosphates were sky high which also means the tank is cycled, must have been the cubes of frozen food i've been 'feeding' the tank during the cycling period.
Tank parameters after 50% WC today:
kH: 8.3
Calcium: 400ppm
Magnesium: 1200ppm
Potassium: 370ppm
Nitrate: 50ppm
Phosphate: 0.5ppm
Now time to show some new equipments!
I decided to get the Noopsyche K7 Pro II LED simply because it fits my budget, is very similar (or identical) spectrum wise to the Hydra 26 and has a single kessil-like lens per led puck. Turns out they are really well-built and the colors blending are awesome!
The single dome lens perfectly blends each individual colors and there is 0 rainbow effect even at the top of my rock scape.
Per led puck, there's 3 Cool white, 3 Royal blues, 3 Blues, 1 red, 1 green and 2 violets (400nm and 410nm). It would've been perfect if 1 of the cool whites were swapped with a warm white led. Another plus point is that all but the violets are Osram LEDs.
With the provided mounting arm, i must say it complements the Red sea Reefer 170 really well.
Well, the controller is not the most user friendly and the technology felt like a decade old.
So i got the Jebao SLW-20M (wifi version) and as compared to the MP10, its size is really compact!
To be fair, i should've included the rubber magnet used to angle the jebao wavemaker in this comparison photo. I personally preferred the Jebao over the Mp10 here because it has a much wider flow and i am able to angle the WM to point at an angled direction. The only bad point over the MP10 would be the cord visible in the tank. The jebao app is surprisingly easy to connect and use.
Next up is my skimmer! I went for this interesting skimmer from BM because of the limited space i have in the sump, since i am adding a UAS, UV and possibly a reactor for phosphate removal media. The BM Z7 is well built and really easy to assemble, the design is well thought out with a drain outlet from the skimmer 'cup'.
now this is exactly why i chose this model! It fits perfectly in the cut out section right infront of the filter cup area.
I also found this container (at daiso) that fits the only space left in my sump and its perfect for 2 parts and a skimmate collection cup!
I will end this update with a FTS with the Noopsyche led at 100% on all 5 channels. It is blindingly bright and i initially thought i might need 2 sets because of my scape, but the spread so far is pretty good. The shimmer is amazing too!