Zac's Nano 24g jbj

[Zac]

it used to be a dark purple frag turn brown now showing some light blue color is it coloring up?

[Zac]

nice frag ID please..

[allantang]

birdnest...

[Zac]

birdnest...

Thanks bro

[jackywongto]

Wow .... 7 channel dosing pump on a nano....

Nice !

[wilsontantw]

Don't mind my curiosity, but why the need to draw water out using dosing pump?

It's a little too slow isn't it?

You can consider using one spare channel to do fresh water top-up.

Nice setup! Very good move to use electronics to help maintain consistent water parameter. you will be rewarded with good SPS growth very soon.

Btw that is a radioactive birdnest. Doesn't really require high light.

[jackywongto]

Don't mind my curiosity, but why the need to draw water out using dosing pump?

It's a little too slow isn't it?

You can consider using one spare channel to do fresh water top-up.

I guess it is for continuous water change... abeit at a very slow rate....

+1 on fresh water top up.

[wilsontantw]

I'm using exact same setup as zac.

First 3 channels for kh,ca and Mg. After ensuring that the system is stable, I bought a 4 channel extension, but only using 1 channel for fw topup. Which is an excellent choice, as i was battling with ever-rising salinity level. Now it doses almost 1litre per day. It's crazy!

3 other channels remain un-used.

[Zac]

Wow .... 7 channel dosing pump on a nano....

Nice !

Thanks bro lots to learn from u.

[Zac]

Thanks for the advice bro Wilson and Jacky, I am still doing weekly water change but tot I will be good to have the water change thoughout the day even it's really slow .. Haha tot it's abit redundant too

[Zac]

Dosing Kal using another spare channel from my dosing pump as top up replacing evaporated water.

Tested my params today.

No3- undetectable

Po4- not tested (using rowaphos)

KH-7 (abit low right??)

Mg-1350

ca-400

[Zac]

tested Mg and No3 using this decided to give other brands a try..

[wilsontantw]

Dosing Kal using another spare channel from my dosing pump as top up replacing evaporated water.

Tested my params today.

No3- undetectable

Po4- not tested (using rowaphos)

KH-7 (abit low right??)

Mg-1350

ca-400

Parameters looking good. Increase kh by 10ml per day? Then measure it after 1 week. If you are worried, measure daily for the first 7 days. After that it's auto pilot. But just to be safe, I measure the 3 key parameters fortnightly.

The challenge is not in obtaining the desired levels but keeping them constant, with dosing pump, you are half way there. The final lap is to ensure the right amount goes into your tank to help your corals grow.

Good luck bro!

[Zac]

Parameters looking good. Increase kh by 10ml per day? Then measure it after 1 week. If you are worried, measure daily for the first 7 days. After that it's auto pilot. But just to be safe, I measure the 3 key parameters fortnightly.

The challenge is not in obtaining the desired levels but keeping them constant, with dosing pump, you are half way there. The final lap is to ensure the right amount goes into your tank to help your corals grow.

Good luck bro!

Thanks for the good advice , any idea why KH keeps dropping ? I have been testing it every other day seems to drop pretty fast .

[wilsontantw]

Ahhhh...

There's a chemistry explanation, which I wouldnt bore you with (partly becos I flunked chemistry).

But do you see good coraline algae growth lately? Or the SPS are growing new tips?

Try increase the kh dosage to match the intake.

Soon you'll find coraline irritating.

[Zac]

Ahhhh...

There's a chemistry explanation, which I wouldnt bore you with (partly becos I flunked chemistry).

But do you see good coraline algae growth lately? Or the SPS are growing new tips?

Try increase the kh dosage to match the intake.

Soon you'll find coraline irritating.

Yes I do see growth in coraline algae and also growth in sps . So that means that I need to up the dosage to match the intake ?

[allantang]

Ahhhh...

There's a chemistry explanation, which I wouldnt bore you with (partly becos I flunked chemistry).

But do you see good coraline algae growth lately? Or the SPS are growing new tips?

Try increase the kh dosage to match the intake.

Soon you'll find coraline irritating.

yap yap yap.... all the scraping on the glass... >.< back pain..

[Zac]

Recently found about 5-6 white nudis on my sps .. Any idea what are those ? Need to remove ?

[Zac]

Learn from fellow reefers that it could be monti eating nudis .. Now trying to remove them by using siphon method hope I can save my montis..

[Zac]

Help!!! My led driver for my jbj 28g just burst into smoke! Anywhere to buy drivers for my 28g??

[Zac]

some updates on my 28g few months ago while i was stressed up with work i neglect my params and didnt realise that my salinity was way too high due to my Dosing pump wasnt working properly...

lost all my SPS overnight and my cheato died and i didnt realise that it was slowly rotting releasing Nutrient big time back to my tank! so my tank kind of crash! now iam having red slime algea attack!!!!

therefore i decided after a long consideration to set my my old 24g so that i can transfer all LS to my 24g and take out all rocks to give it a good scrub!

[Zac]

heres the pic of the 24g and 28g side by side.

[Zac]

New Toy for my 24g

[Zac]

Pics of the MCE300

[Zac]

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