I am wanting to get your opinions or recommendations on fine tuning my parameters. I realize it's still re-maturing, but I'll lay out the equipment and params and please let me know how best I should go about making adjustments if any. Would you recommend running PhosGuard, waiting for refugium to catch up?
Red Sea XL 425 mixed reef, purchased used in December 2021 so I moved it, rinsed sand so it was basically a system reset of an established reef. Weekly 10% WC with Reef Crystals and new BRS RO/DI unit. Currently have 4 clowns, inverts and frags, 1 large Acan colony. All look healthy minus new frag of pulsing xenia that really hasn't opened much (possibly too much flow?).
I feed clowns Omega One pellets mostly once per day, and frozen omnivore or mysis cubes about 1 time per week. Feeding corals Elos brand foods and amino acids once per week. I am using these up, they came with the setup.
2 Ecotech MP40's running 35% power lagoon mode
Ecotech Vectra M2 return running about 50% power
Finnex 500w heater with Rainbird Controller
ViaAqua 300w heater with controller
Nyos Quantum 120 or 160? skimmer runs 24/7 on IceCap skimmer stand
2 Red Sea ReefLED 90'S on stock 20K schedule
Stock sump with chaeto and caulerpa with Kessil Tuna Flora H80 running about 8 hours from about 10pm-6am. Algae installed January 2022
Red Sea Nylon Socks and Seachem Purigen and Red Sea ReefSpec Carbon 24/7
1/22/22 Parameters with Red Sea Test Kits and cheap salinity refractometer:
Red Sea XL 425 mixed reef, purchased used in December 2021 so I moved it, rinsed sand so it was basically a system reset of an established reef. Weekly 10% WC with Reef Crystals and new BRS RO/DI unit. Currently have 4 clowns, inverts and frags, 1 large Acan colony. All look healthy minus new frag of pulsing xenia that really hasn't opened much (possibly too much flow?).
I feed clowns Omega One pellets mostly once per day, and frozen omnivore or mysis cubes about 1 time per week. Feeding corals Elos brand foods and amino acids once per week. I am using these up, they came with the setup.
2 Ecotech MP40's running 35% power lagoon mode
Ecotech Vectra M2 return running about 50% power
Finnex 500w heater with Rainbird Controller
ViaAqua 300w heater with controller
Nyos Quantum 120 or 160? skimmer runs 24/7 on IceCap skimmer stand
2 Red Sea ReefLED 90'S on stock 20K schedule
Stock sump with chaeto and caulerpa with Kessil Tuna Flora H80 running about 8 hours from about 10pm-6am. Algae installed January 2022
Red Sea Nylon Socks and Seachem Purigen and Red Sea ReefSpec Carbon 24/7
1/22/22 Parameters with Red Sea Test Kits and cheap salinity refractometer:
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