29 biocube pics

[john90009]

I need to frag the heck out of this thing

 

[john90009]

Also was able to chop up the raptors peace favia, big thanks to dnov!! And here’s some daylight pictures of a few.

 

[Aeb1419]

Ill help take care of those frags. Where u at? Hahaha

 

[john90009]

Here is one of my blastos starting to mix some orange hues in it.

 

[john90009]

Here is a week in of getting detectable nitrates.

 

[ericrodriguez]

Looking real nice brother!!! Those sps will be colony in no time to replace the other...

 

[john90009]

Alkalinity has been stable at 8.3 for a few weeks so we have a light at the end of the tunnel

 

[john90009]

Can’t wait to see what the green encrustment turns into. Finally starting to shoot up after a year.

 

[john90009]

Hope everyone’s having a good month. Here are a few top downs . Sps seem to be a bit happier and safer with the addition of nitrate dosing. My Walt Disney’s took giant hits with no nitrates. A icp test also showed that I had lower iodine levels which could have also been the reason why my disneys lost a lot of their pinks.

 

[ericrodriguez]

It’s good to see that you figure it out!!!

 

[john90009]

It’s a never ending process. You test often and things that aren’t as close to natural salt levels, try to get them back to normal. One by one.

 

[john90009]

This one has started to respond very well to the nitrates in the water and the extra stability with the newer dosing pump.

 

[diana a]

It’s nice! What is it?

 

[mnat]

What are you dosing with the pumps and what are your nitrate levels?

 

[john90009]

I have been manually adjusting iodine to get back up to normal levels, but I had hooked up neonitro to the doser and I think my nitrates are sitting at 15. It was sitting at 0 and phosphates were at .08. It was a very hostile environment without the nutrients in the water. Also some sps that have stayed stagnant have started growing and really growing at a good rate. The photo of the coral is the poto red Diablo.

 

[ericrodriguez]

What’s your phosphate level now with higher nitrates level?
Someone told me that if dosing nitrates will bring phosphates down.

 

[john90009]

I haven’t checked lol, last time I did it was a week and a half since a water change so it went from .08 to .11…. I don’t trust the hannah phosphate checker I have completely. My friends more expensive one say my number was actually .05 or in that area which matched the icp test. So the number I get from my phosphate kit is slightly higher then what it probably is. Just got to keep phosphates away from 0.0 and from getting too high. I have also been feeding more so that is probably adding more phosphate.

 

[ericrodriguez]

I used Hanna as well, it’s good to see a complete number and not guess with colors.
What brand is the one that you are using for dosing nitrates?

 

[john90009]

I dose with brightwells neonitro. I don’t use much so the cost isn’t bad but for a bigger tank it’s easier to make your own. I test with Red Sea pro, I am going to wait for more reviews of the brand no Hannah hr checker before I buy that.

 

[Diogenes]

I'm a little late to the party here, but I just wanted to congratulate you on keeping such a beautiful tank. Your corals look amazing.