My 4ft from DSB to BB

[hamannbmw]

Its been 2 weeks after going BB, here are some clearer pics

[hamannbmw]

right side still very empty

[Alvin Tan]

hmmz..it seems that ur sps's colour did not lose much..

[hamannbmw]

side view from the left

[hamannbmw]

full tank shot.... can see the pvc pipe

[acidjazz]

bro, the first thing tt caught my eye was ur prata.

[hamannbmw]

hmmz..it seems that ur sps's colour did not lose much..

actually some turn a little brown and some colouring up better due to its position. However, I notice there is an increase of PO4..

[hamannbmw]

bro, the first thing tt caught my eye was ur prata.

lol... u always eyeing on other reefers prata

[mystery]

wow!!!still as awesome as before the sps colour still looks good to me.

[weileong]

Look at that green efflo, yummy

[acidjazz]

lol... u always eyeing on other reefers prata

apologies bro. . yours is a beauty. . wad can i say. .

[hamannbmw]

mystery, yours is a beauty too... time for frag exchange

weileong, u think its koropok isit , u want a bigger frag, let me know. BTW, I'm ready for yr frags

acidjazz, yours is the same as mine mah.... In fact there r quite a no of reefers have very nice pratas, eg. rav-65, wa_lanz, Flub, Batman.... etc etc

[hamannbmw]

After going BB, I have also notice a significant growth of green hair algae, and my PO4 rises from 0 to 0.03 (salifert test kit). I jus did a test today again, it doesnt seems to drop even after I put in another 500ml of ROwas into the FR last week.

[mystery]

frag xchange no problem just drop me a pm.

bro dun worry lah, for the po4 i personnally think it will go down after a wk or so, as i hv the encounter po4 went up after a rescape in my tank, run rowa constantly , after 3-4wk po4 and no3 went down.

[hamannbmw]

frag xchange no problem just drop me a pm.

bro dun worry lah, for the po4 i personnally think it will go down after a wk or so, as i hv the encounter po4 went up after a rescape in my tank, run rowa constantly , after 3-4wk po4 and no3 went down.

I have been running new rowas media for 2 weeks liao.. still cant get the PO4 to go down leh... if 3-4 weeks , by then i afraid the hair algae will bloom. Was wondering should I add more rowas into my FR

[weileong]

did you measure the PO4 of the water coming out from the FR? The rowaphos might be exhausted already.

Frags are no issue but let my fingers recover first

[hamannbmw]

did you measure the PO4 of the water coming out from the FR? The rowaphos might be exhausted already.

Frags are no issue but let my fingers recover first

will do it right away.... give me 5 min, results will be out

[mystery]

I have been running new rowas media for 2 weeks liao.. still cant get the PO4 to go down leh... if 3-4 weeks , by then i afraid the hair algae will bloom. Was wondering should I add more rowas into my FR

maybe wat bro weilong said is correct, rowa exhuasted! for my case i run 1 lit for 1mth then po4 go down . after that change new rowa every 3-4 mths. this wk for me.

[hamannbmw]

Did a test with 1) tank water 2) Water after FR 3) Tap water, all 3 test shows approx about 0.03 or PO4 , Bloody sali#ert test kit is driving me mad.... very difficult to differentiat the colours

[madmac]

Its does look much better, than the earlier jus-over pics.

I wondering if it has more to do with the rocks than anything else... the sudden load on them after the removal of the SB and the adjustment they go thru' with all the new water + flow. Did you noticed if the rocks shedding sand-like detritus out? Its jus the rocks giving out and cleaning themselves and by doing so reaching an equilibrium with the water, so all the PO4 goes out to become water soluble Po4, hence the increase.

(jus thinking aloud... not saying if that is the real reason)

[CalciumReef]

Did a test with 1) tank water 2) Water after FR 3) Tap water, all 3 test shows approx about 0.03 or PO4 , Bloody sali#ert test kit is driving me mad.... very difficult to differentiat the colours

hanna

[hamannbmw]

hanna

no money

[hamannbmw]

did a few more test jus now.

1. DI water - TDS meter 0ppm (test of PO4 very obvious, can see quite blue colour compared to my past test on tank water, anything above 0.03ppm)

2. Tank water again - this time instead of 10ml, 4 drops, and 1 spoon reagent, I up it to double , as describe by salifert test kit for more sensitive readings. Still shows almost the same colour as 1st test with single dosage (around 0.03ppm)

I'm mad

[weileong]

Did you perform the test under the same lighting conditions? If different lighting conditions then it might explain the difference in the results.

[hamannbmw]

yes, its the same lighting conditions...., Sat bring some of my tank water go to yr house, use yr hanna to test