Tench1's Reefing log

[tench1]

Ever encounter such scenario?

Your tank glass are covered with green algae? (and you had cleaned them last night)

Note: im not referring to hairy green algae. There's greenish/purplish algae forming on my rocks. And some green patchy sandy area on the bottom.

Parameters taken as of yesterday evening.

- Lighting duration: 9 hrs T5x06

- NO3 at range of 0~2

- CA at 400

- MG 1300

- PO4 <0.25

- KH 8

Anyone can advise?

[tench1]

suspecting is my lighting. Will reduce to observe

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[Admiraltian]

Ever encounter such scenario?

Your tank glass are covered with green algae? (and you had cleaned them last night)

Note: im not referring to hairy green algae. There's greenish/purplish algae forming on my rocks. And some green patchy sandy area on the bottom.

Parameters taken as of yesterday evening.

- Lighting duration: 9 hrs T5x06

- NO3 at range of 0~2

- CA at 400

- MG 1300

- PO4 <0.25

- KH 8

Anyone can advise?

Sounds like blue/green Cyanobacteria. Pls do a google & see if it matches and ways to eliminate them.

[tench1]

Mine is nothing compared to that bro. Haha

Today was slightly slightly better.

The above was an image of how it look like when I enter the house.

So far the coralline algae is doing well.

Good coverages of mostly green with purple color all over the place.

A FTS of my tank below before i clear the algae.

Due to very low KH value last week, most of the frags from my frens RTN...sad...

But luckily pull up the value and this pocci frag is starting to turn better with polyps extending.

I do believe it will recover

Will reduce 2 tubes tomorrow to test the algae issue.

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[tench1]

Accidentally scratched my tank while cleaning the algae off the side glass. So sad... Had carefully protected the surfaces for years! Argggh!

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[tench1]

Love the coloration!

Another shot of the rocks in close.

Green/purple/orange!

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[tench1]

Beautiful Tail spotted blenny chased by flame hawk

Peek a poo!

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[tench1]

Any idea if a higher flow rate chiller pump have any effect on the chill rate?

[asg]

Any idea if a higher flow rate chiller pump have any effect on the chill rate?

From a purely physic point of things, if water flows through too fast, the chiller just wont have enough time to chill the water down to it set temp i.e. chiller just have to work longer and harder loh

[tench1]

True. If over kill in the flow rate will be meaningless.

Previously running eheim 1250

Took almost 3hrs chill.

Today, tested with 1262, took only 2hrs!

[tench1]

Recommended inflow rate for artica 1/4 is 8-32 gallen per min.

[tench1]

Had been battlng the KH demon for a week.

Though i had increased the dosage rate, KH still linger in the 6.7 region.

[surreal1228]

Had been battlng the KH demon for a week.

Though i had increased the dosage rate, KH still linger in the 6.7 region.

check ur ca level. it should be raise together.

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[tench1]

But Ca is at 500 level...

Mg 1400

[surreal1228]

bring down ur ca to 400 then Rise kh n ca together

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[tench1]

Thanks bro. Will give it a try

[tench1]

Dosing KH and maintaing at 7.4

CA shot up above detacable range from standard 1ml drip salfiet test kit... need 1.3ml to change color.

[tench1]

Keeping sps indeed is a challenge that test one's patience and tolerance level.. @@

[tofubox]

Dosing KH and maintaing at 7.4

CA shot up above detacable range from standard 1ml drip salfiet test kit... need 1.3ml to change color.

Make sure u check ur mag level as well. Cases of either kh or ca shooting up is mainly due to imbalance of either one in the water.

[tench1]

Bro tofu. mg was ok tested 1340.

[tench1]

Am maintaining kh dosing rate without adding any ca at the time being

[tench1]

Did WC.

KH 7 .4

CA 600

MG 1320

PO4 0.03

NO3 0

PH 7.7 to 8

SG1.024

[RomeoJuliet]

Your calcium level sky high , I heard can blind certain fishes .

[tench1]

So far so good. Fishes are doing well so far.. been trying to reduce the high level CA.

Beside WC, guessed that thr only way is to export using corals... =.=

[tench1]

Testing Ca using lower resolution method:

330 x2 = 660.... @@

Kh 8.3