Eric's 225

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eric the red
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My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Sun Feb 16, 2014 5:16 pm

Did a 5 gallon water change on my 75 and a 32 gallon water change on the big boy.

eric the red
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My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Sat Feb 22, 2014 7:28 am

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Re: Eric's 225

Post by JimmyZ19 » Sun Feb 23, 2014 7:01 am

Looking good!!

eric the red
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My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:29 am

My alk is super low 2.9 meq/l. I'm currently dosing 1ml/2hr. I adjusted it to 1ml/2hr

eric the red
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My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:38 am

Cal is 445 ppm dosing 3ml/hr

eric the red
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My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:32 pm

I meant to say I change alk Doser to 1ml/hr

eric the red
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My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Fri Mar 07, 2014 10:17 am

Cal is 480, alk is 2.49 which is super low. I raised alk to 3ml/2hr and dropped cal to 2ml/hr. Hopefully that will allow me to drop cal and raise alk. Maybe I should drop cal to 1ml/hr?

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Re: Eric's 225

Post by Gerwin » Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:50 pm

And u added a melanuras wrasse.

eric the red
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My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Fri Mar 07, 2014 8:20 pm

Finally got a beautiful melanarus wrasse!!! Thanks GMAN!! It's a very healthy specimen!!

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Re: Eric's 225

Post by Redfish » Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:02 pm

I bet that is a nice looking fish :) can we get a pic of that also :)

eric the red
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My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Sat Mar 08, 2014 7:04 am

I will get a pic when he comes out to play. He dove straight into the sand last night.

eric the red
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Posts: 165
Joined: Wed Sep 12, 2012 3:55 pm
My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Sun Mar 09, 2014 10:30 pm

Alk is 3.68 Cal is 415.

eric the red
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My SetUp: Equipment: 225 gallon (72x30x24), 3 radion pros, 2 48" t5s (ato blue plus), 2 mp40s, full apex with ph probe, wxm module, brs gfo reactor, reef octopus nwb200, DIY ATO with Kalk in reservoir water, two micom dosers (dosing 2 part) Livestock is mostly zoas/palys and sps. I also have quite a selection of high end Lps on the sand bed.
Location: Ocean Springs

Re: Eric's 225

Post by eric the red » Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:18 pm

My parameters are all over the place. Alk is 2.92 cal is 450 ppm today.

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Re: Eric's 225

Post by bct15 » Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:52 pm

Check your mag level, when it gets low alk and cal get screwy

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Eric's 225

Post by JimmyZ19 » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:19 pm

I personally have better luck dosing further apart. Mine fluctuated a lot when I tried dosing hourly. I dose every 4 hours. Reef builder(Kh) gets 17ml/4hr and reef advantage(Ca) gets 11/4hr. Also dosing too close together can cause Kh to precipitate so I make sure they are offset at least an hour. I haven't adjusted my dose in 2 months. I always test Kh between 3.2-3.3 and calcium 400-450 range. I use hanna checkers for both tests as well. Google Randy Holmes article on the relationship between Kh and Ca I'd find it for you but hurrying through this. I'm no expert but when I just concentrated in getting Kh in the proper range I was able to slowly get the calcium right. For me raising Kh raised my Ca as well. So in the end I had to lower my Ca substantially to find that balance.

Again buddy. I have no idea what I'm really talking about this is just my experience. Leave it to the experts to add in their scientific mumbo jumbo and make me look silly.... Cheers!

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