6x2.5x2.5 Reef Tank Plans/Progress

[AlfaRomeo]

Blue?? i thought pink

Blame it on the photographer... hehehe...

[Dispar_Anthias]

Blame it on the photographer... hehehe...

Nvm pink better

[Terryz_]

Squamosa:

Nice Squamy... Hehe...

[lvcap]

very nice squamosa..

from where one?

[AlfaRomeo]

Got the squamosa from Iwarna

[AlfaRomeo]

Tested water on sunday and discovered low KH of about 7 and monitored Ph swing from 7.8-8.1 during a 24hr period.

Started dosing reef buffer to bring up Ph to about 8.2 during the day and 8.0 at nite and Alk is at 12 now.

Also adjusted Magnesium from 1170 to 1250 now. Ca is at 450.

Is a Ph swing of about 0.2 ok?

[riot]

that is fine. I have a ph swing of 0.5 myself.

[AlfaRomeo]

Top view of my SPS cluster

[Iwarna]

hey bro! realised your true percula is out in the main tank! congrats! Thought tat fellow is going to stuck at your overflow for good!

[AlfaRomeo]

As of today , Zeovit has been running in my FR for 2 days. Have done the daily shakedown of the reactor to free up the detritus and mulm from the ZEOliths...The mulm is supposed to feed the SPS or sumthing to that extend.

Considering my Water Vol of about 800L, I am using 50% (1L of ZEOvit)of whats recommended for the first month or so and will ramp up to 2 L of zeovit after 6 weeks or so.. dosing of the 'additives' are also at 50% (4drops/4drops/4ml) of whats recommended for my tank volume.

No visible changes to the system yet but I guess the system is still building up its capability.

Will update the progress as and when I see some changes to the tank conditions.

[AlfaRomeo]

Ph for the last 1-2 days

[AlfaRomeo]

ORP Levels

[riot]

looking good alfa

[AlfaRomeo]

Thanks Riot!

Already on ZEOvit for a week and no visible changes to my tank yet.. Maybe its sooooo polluted that its taking a very long time to improve the water condition from sewer quality to Fiji quality.. hehehe

[terryansimon]

you have a data logger?

[AlfaRomeo]

Calcium Reactor Ph Data:

Target Ph in the reactor is at 6.6

[AlfaRomeo]

Terryansimon, Data is courtesy of my IKS. Attached it to an old unused laptop and it will upload the captured data wirelessly to a webserver so I can see the values in almost real-time if I need to. Very cool! I am such a computer geek.. hehehe

[terryansimon]

wah. high tech siah. I like high tech gadgetry.

[Fuzz]

Terryansimon, Data is courtesy of my IKS. Attached it to an old unused laptop and it will upload the captured data wirelessly to a webserver so I can see the values in almost real-time if I need to. Very cool! I am such a computer geek.. hehehe

wow... maybe you can charge a small fee to setup for us.. hehe...

[AlfaRomeo]

2 weeks of running ZEOvit and still no visible changes to the outlook of the tank. Still longkang water maybe.. hehehe

[Zanclus]

Terryansimon, Data is courtesy of my IKS. Attached it to an old unused laptop and it will upload the captured data wirelessly to a webserver so I can see the values in almost real-time if I need to. Very cool! I am such a computer geek.. hehehe

wah liew...like that can set up for me also leh....ha...ha

[surfedelic]

Fix up a Web cam Bro ...so that we can see your lovely tank on the portal.

[AlfaRomeo]

Cannot, wait you see me walking in just my shorts... not a pretty sight! hehehehe

[AlfaRomeo]

Just an update on the observation of the Reef Tank condition during week 3 of ZEOvit. Have stop dosing all additives for the past 2 days as per the ZEOvit guide.

Came home to much clearer water which seems to brighten up the lights punching thru the 2+ ft of water. It looks like a healthier tank condition overall and continue to observe for changes...

Finally my water condition is improving from longkang quality and hopefully moving towards Fiji waters. *crossing fingers*

[flubberina13]

Congrats...your hardwork has paid off...

I dun think I can go through the numerous and tedious steps needed in the zeovit system...