Eric's 225
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eric the red
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- Location: Ocean Springs
Re: Eric's 225
Did a 5 gallon water change on my 75 and a 32 gallon water change on the big boy.
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eric the red
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- Location: Ocean Springs
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JimmyZ19
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Re: Eric's 225
Looking good!!
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eric the red
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- Location: Ocean Springs
Re: Eric's 225
My alk is super low 2.9 meq/l. I'm currently dosing 1ml/2hr. I adjusted it to 1ml/2hr
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eric the red
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- Location: Ocean Springs
Re: Eric's 225
Cal is 445 ppm dosing 3ml/hr
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eric the red
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Re: Eric's 225
I meant to say I change alk Doser to 1ml/hr
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eric the red
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- Location: Ocean Springs
Re: Eric's 225
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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Gerwin
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Re: Eric's 225
And u added a melanuras wrasse.
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eric the red
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Re: Eric's 225
Finally got a beautiful melanarus wrasse!!! Thanks GMAN!! It's a very healthy specimen!!
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Redfish
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Re: Eric's 225
I bet that is a nice looking fish 
can we get a pic of that also
can we get a pic of that also -
eric the red
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Re: Eric's 225
I will get a pic when he comes out to play. He dove straight into the sand last night.
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eric the red
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- Location: Ocean Springs
Re: Eric's 225
Alk is 3.68 Cal is 415.
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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
My parameters are all over the place. Alk is 2.92 cal is 450 ppm today.
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bct15
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Re: Eric's 225
Check your mag level, when it gets low alk and cal get screwy
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JimmyZ19
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Eric's 225
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!
90 gal mixed.
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!
90 gal mixed.