Rescaping - 3 feet(L) x 1.5 feet(W) x 2 feet(tank)

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

bro, is the pH and Alkalinity unusually high?

Hi Bro,

The correct parameters based from the article I read are as follows:

PH should be between 8.1 ~ 8.3

Alkalinity between 7~11 dKH.

I am still on my 6th day cycling the tank and will keep monitoring water parameters.

Based from this article: http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-03/rhf/#9

"if the pH is above 8.5 and the alkalinity is not above 4 meq/L, then the aquarium is not fully equilibrated with carbon dioxide in the air."

But my alkalinity is above 4 meg/L, so i'm still reading more on this.

For alkalinity, I will start doing 5% water changes and continue to monitor.

Hope anyone can also provide inputs on this.

[Admiraltian]

Way the go, bro. Nice scape, hope to see more corals & fishes soon.

[diki88]

My 2 cents would be since ur on ur 6th day of cycle, just leave the tank be and don't test for anything until it's cycled and ready for corals the only variable u could test is ANN.

This way u could prolong ur test kit's life span. During this cycle, ur tank will naturally equilibrate itself. Dont be worried about other parameters. Only when ur Ammonia & Nitrite is 0, then best u do a WC then tweak other parameters such as Ca & Alk for corals and such.

Hope this helps. And cheers!

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

Way the go, bro. Nice scape, hope to see more corals & fishes soon.

Thank you very much sir.

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

My 2 cents would be since ur on ur 6th day of cycle, just leave the tank be and don't test for anything until it's cycled and ready for corals the only variable u could test is ANN.

This way u could prolong ur test kit's life span. During this cycle, ur tank will naturally equilibrate itself. Dont be worried about other parameters. Only when ur Ammonia & Nitrite is 0, then best u do a WC then tweak other parameters such as Ca & Alk for corals and such.

Hope this helps. And cheers!

Your advice is great and I will be able to save alot for the other test kits.

I will take this by heart and proceed other parameter testings after ANN are 0.

Thank you very much!

[sherman]

At this point just test your Amonia till it drop to zero.

Then you test your NO2 till it drop to zero.

Lastly test your NO3 till almost zero

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

Water Parameters as of 2013/11/28

Salinity: 1.025

Ammonia: 0.0 ppm

Nitrite: 0.50 ppm

Nitrate: 10 ppm

Ph: 8.1

Alkalinity: 9.3 dKH or 3.30 meq/L

So far so good, right?

[37Alpha]

Nice scaping

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[Fitzgerald Dizon]

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Thank you for the comment..

Once everything reach 0 for ANN..

Will be adding corals and fish soon..

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

Water parameters as of December 3, 2013

Salinity: 1.024

Ammonia: 0.0 ppm

Nitrite: 0 ppm

Nitrate: 0.2 ppm

Ph: 8.0

Alkalinity: 12 dKH

Phospate: 0 ppm

Calcium: 440 ppm

Magnesium: 1140 ppm

Should be ok to start putting coral frags, digi and or monti's?

Kindly advice.

Thanks.

[Evolutionz]

Alk too high and mg a little low. I'll try to target 8-9 dkh and 1400mg

[mitlancer]

IMHO, do a 10% water change and adjust your PH to 8.3 or so before putting in any LS. Also, add LS minimally and not a sudden increase as this would create imbalance to the parameters again due to nutrients exporting and absorbtion.

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

Alk too high and mg a little low. I'll try to target 8-9 dkh and 1400mg

Noted on this.

Thank you sir.

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

IMHO, do a 10% water change and adjust your PH to 8.3 or so before putting in any LS. Also, add LS minimally and not a sudden increase as this would create imbalance to the parameters again due to nutrients exporting and absorbtion.

Thank you sir for the advice.

[Evolutionz]

Your tank will do Ok with zoas and lps. But not sps at the moment.

[sherman]

Try to watch out for your KH. Don't let it go up some more.

MG is way too low. Pump it up to around 1350

PH also low.

Do a 30% water change to bring now your N03

[erikokelf]

Remember patience bro for the well being of long term success. =)

[braincoral]

Do note..

That changing of water might also bring up ur Kh level

Kh Level is the most important in terms of mag..

If Kh level is screwed up..then u got problem in balancing mag and calcium

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

Water Parameters as of December 09, 2013

Salinity: 1.025

Ammonia: 0.0 ppm

Nitrite: 0 ppm

Nitrate: 10 ppm

Ph: 8.2

Alkalinity: 10 dKH

Phospate: 0 ppm

Calcium: 430 ppm

Magnesium: 1250 ppm

Already performed two 20% water changes and added Red Bamboo algae together with my chaeto in my refugium.

I still cant bring down Nitrate.

Any tricks of the trade or advice?

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

Remember patience bro for the well being of long term success. =)

Thanks bro...

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

Do note..

That changing of water might also bring up ur Kh level

Kh Level is the most important in terms of mag..

If Kh level is screwed up..then u got problem in balancing mag and calcium

Kh, Mg and Calcium all stable except Nitrate..

[Fitzgerald Dizon]

Try to watch out for your KH. Don't let it go up some more.

MG is way too low. Pump it up to around 1350

PH also low.

Do a 30% water change to bring now your N03

Performed two 20% water changes.

NO3 still 10 ppm.

[mitlancer]

Try Polylab Biosphere, works for me, but not immediate. Takes a while to see the reduction.

[sherman]

Try to change about 50% for 2 to 3 rounds and run biopellet or/and biosphere . NO3 very hard to bring down once it buildup.

Have patience

[Admiraltian]

I use brightwell reef biofuel in conjunction with microbacter7 to bring down my nitrates & phosphates.