farham60 Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 Yesterday was very hot, the door was closed and I forgot to open a window aswell. Resulted to high temperatures in all of my 4 quarantine tanks and low oxygen in water. Unfortunately in a populated tank with 7 anthias, a midas belenny and a small yellow tang my efforts to bring down temperature failed and I lost the belenny and the yellow tang My bad luck/stupidity continues with the yellow tangs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jois Posted June 8 Share Posted June 8 Oh, sry to hear that Yes, it was really warm yesterday. And you had almost completed the quarantine time of 30 days? A air conditioner would be nice to have these warm days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted June 8 Author Share Posted June 8 Oh, sry to hear that Yes, it was really warm yesterday. And you had almost completed the quarantine time of 30 days? A air conditioner would be nice to have these warm days. Yes it was almost done All quarantine aquariums are in a small room and because of a 2 years old daughter we close the door usually. My mind was somewhere else yesterday (I lost my cousin aswell ) and totally forgot that the room facing south can get hot pretty fast.Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Rosenqvist Posted June 12 Share Posted June 12 So sorry to hear this Farham! Always a stress to beat the heat during the hot summer days (for us who don't have AC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted June 12 Author Share Posted June 12 So sorry to hear this Farham! Always a stress to beat the heat during the hot summer days (for us who don't have AC). Thanks Kim. It was very unfortunate Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 Thanks. Mine sits 20 cm off bottom on plexi stand. I did this on previous tank as well. Water is forced through fleese due to gravity. Fleese will last longer. My roll was new on Sunday. I will let you know how long it lasts.Hi.I made a stand last night.Hopefully the roll will stand longer like this.Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Rosenqvist Posted July 22 Share Posted July 22 You gotta love the DIY aspects of this hobby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted July 22 Author Share Posted July 22 You gotta love the DIY aspects of this hobby Yup. Most fun I had was making the auto water change station Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jois Posted July 31 Share Posted July 31 (edited) Really nice tang gang. I hope to see that tank in rl some day. And everyone seems healthy and ich free(?). Qt really pays off. Thx for showing me the path of qt! Edited July 31 by Jois 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted July 31 Author Share Posted July 31 Really nice tang gang. I hope to see that tank in rl some day. And everyone seems healthy and ich free(?). Qt really pays off. Thx for showing me the path of qt! Thank you.Hopefully soon Yes the tank is ich free Corals are not doing good but fish are healthy and happy.Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Rosenqvist Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 On 2021-07-31 at 16:30, farham60 skrev: Wow what a nice group of fish you've got! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted August 8 Author Share Posted August 8 Wow what a nice group of fish you've got! Thanks Kim,Still some left on my fish list but mainly wrasse... I think I've got too many tangs...but at the same time maybe that's why they get along.Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 My new toy arrived today. Big difference from what I thought I had for PAR 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Rosenqvist Posted August 24 Share Posted August 24 34 minuter sedan, farham60 skrev: My new toy arrived today. Big difference from what I thought I had for PAR You checked with seneye already right? Was PAR more or less from what you measured before?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 You checked with seneye already right? Was PAR more or less from what you measured before?? Yes. It was less.I had to turn my lights from 75% *set by Seneye) to 100% (set by Apogee) to get 300-350 PARApogee MQ-510 is made for LED underwater measurement so I will go with this (raising from 75 to 100% in 30 days) and see if my corals like it or not. They are not doing good now but I suspect other factors are in play than light for my STN problem. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted August 24 Author Share Posted August 24 Tested the water after one week vacation Alkalinity 8.0 dkh Nitrate 7.9 ppm Phosphorus 4 ppb Nitrate came down from 14 to 8 in 2 weeks. Phosphorus was 0. Had to dose phosphate for few days...raised it to 7 before my vacation last week and now its 4 ppb (0.012 ppm) Alkalinity came down from 9.1 to 8 in a week Tomorrow Trident and DOS will arrive so I will have it hooked up to Apex. Also planning to experiment with kalkwasser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted August 26 Author Share Posted August 26 Last night some more toys arrived and I started to make a place for Trident underneath the aquarium in a very tight spot...hopefully will hold 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 39 minuter sedan, farham60 skrev: Last night some more toys arrived and I started to make a place for Trident underneath the aquarium in a very tight spot...hopefully will hold Very nice!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Few seconds before the lights go out I witnessed my Lyretail Anthias spawning... It was unexpected and very cool to watch that. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim Rosenqvist Posted September 6 Share Posted September 6 On 2021-08-24 at 22:58, farham60 skrev: Tested the water after one week vacation Alkalinity 8.0 dkh Nitrate 7.9 ppm Phosphorus 4 ppb Nitrate came down from 14 to 8 in 2 weeks. Phosphorus was 0. Had to dose phosphate for few days...raised it to 7 before my vacation last week and now its 4 ppb (0.012 ppm) Alkalinity came down from 9.1 to 8 in a week Tomorrow Trident and DOS will arrive so I will have it hooked up to Apex. Also planning to experiment with kalkwasser Please elaborate your experiment with kalkwasser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted September 6 Author Share Posted September 6 4 minutes ago, Kim Rosenqvist said: Please elaborate your experiment with kalkwasser I ordered and received Deltec kalkwasser mixer but didn't like the quality so I returned it and ordered one from Reef Octopus... Much better built and easier to use...it is not connected yet since I had no time this weekend...hopefully I will do it by the end of this week 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 Well I manage to take an extra line from RO/DI reservoir under the stairs and make a small station for kalkwasser stirrer... For now dosing 1 liter per day seems to be enough to keep alkalinity at 9 dkh. Also say hello to my little friend 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampus85 Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 1 timme sedan, farham60 skrev: Well I manage to take an extra line from RO/DI reservoir under the stairs and make a small station for kalkwasser stirrer... For now dosing 1 liter per day seems to be enough to keep alkalinity at 9 dkh. Also say hello to my little friend Nice! What do you use to feed the reactor, apex or a continuous dosing pump? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farham60 Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 (edited) 23 minutes ago, Hampus85 said: Nice! What do you use to feed the reactor, apex or a continuous dosing pump? Thanks. I had one free head on my Apex DOS...so I went with that. Sent from my SM-G973F using Tapatalk Edited September 13 by farham60 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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