Jackson's Old School 200 IM Nuvo Ext

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I was dosing 130ml per day before I switched over to kalk as the primary source. Now with the increased evaporation from the frag tank, I am dosing 12000 ml of kalk daily and 70ml of esv magnesium to maintain levels. No added 2 part yet. As expected, ph range shot up. It now stays 8.15-8.5 range depending on room co2 (even with a co2 scrubber). This has made me see the need for an HRV to exchange the air in the room. I’ll get to that eventually lol.

Glad that you’re enjoying the thread. I’ll be updating more often soon. A lot has changed. This system is seeing some of the fastest growth that I ever had, however, there are many corals that simply won’t grow! Very frustrating. Some of these stunted corals seem to start growing when I get them into the frag tank under the led. I suspect that the the halides are shocking some of the led grown corals that I get, specifically overly blue spectrum grown with a combination of high nutrient. Full spectrum grown corals seem to grow right away.

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Love the pictures, I’m starting to get puddling on some new battlecorals I bought about 2-3weeks ago. Kalk as primary additive is interesting. I’ve been thinking about that, also dosing ESV 2 part now. I have the IM lagoon also in basement so I’m sure I could use the PH boost. Are you using a kalk stirrer?
 
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Love the pictures, I’m starting to get puddling on some new battlecorals I bought about 2-3weeks ago. Kalk as primary additive is interesting. I’ve been thinking about that, also dosing ESV 2 part now. I have the IM lagoon also in basement so I’m sure I could use the PH boost. Are you using a kalk stirrer?

Thanks. Yeah using the smaller avast stirrer fed by an ecotech versa. I love this setup. Very consistent. I purposely went with the smaller stirrer so I can pick it up and dump it out (12 days at this dose point). I’m able to keep the kalk solution ph steady this way without a kalk mess and no clumps. I’m adding 70ml esv magnesium to keep level 1350. My tank is in the basement too, I feel you on the low ph. Since running the skimmer air line outside and dosing kalk, I rarely see below 8.15. Most of the time it’s 8.25 morning and 8.5 end of photoperiod. Growth took off with those numbers.
 
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A little over a year now. Growth and colors have been very good lately on most stuff. Of course a few problem corals that look at me and flip the finger while they do absolutely northing. Part of the game I guess. One day they'll wake up! Lighting has been upgraded from 250w radiums on HQI ballasts to 400w radiums on electronic ballast. The result is a more blue spectrum with 120 more par. Nitrates and phosphates have been on an upward trend. I really don't want to fully depend on a carbon source for nutrient control. I will be adding in an algae scrubber soon. Now that my trace are dialed in, I'm sure the scrubber will consume a bunch. Excuse the cloudy video. I have a light orange photo gel that I use to accurately depict the color but it's pretty scratch up.



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