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Thanks. I haven’t noticed it make a dent in the aiptasia garden though; just eating normal food, competing with the Tang Gang! It’s a beautiful fish nonetheless
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I use mainly Kalkwasser with a bit of All for reef to suppoement. Probably need to bump up my all for reef to get more trace elements back. Really do like the no WC concept though. I didn’t actually realize CaRx did trace too…. Maybe in the next upgrade.
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I've done kalkwasser, 2-part, and All for Reef as well. Anything "liquidly" is a little bit too messy for me or I'm lazy? lol
Kalk, 2-part, and All 4 Reef are awesome for pH boost but the time & maintenance commitment is higher compared to a CaRx. For the CaRx, I don't have to replace the media once a year (perhaps longer now with my bigger GEO). I was mixing kalk/2-part/All 4 Reef stuff every week/or two with a fully grown SPS tank!
Magnesium: the CaRx does not dissolve Mg back to the water column & I didn't put the Mg media this round -- will do next time. I manually dose Mg twice a year in the meantime.
Trace elements: I don't think the CaRx will provide enough (or if any) trace elements for the reef aquarium. Granted that I have not done a WC close to 3 years and have not done an ICP test, things are growing and I have decent color, why bother? When things deteriorate, I will look into this.
Kalk, 2-part, and All 4 Reef are awesome for pH boost but the time & maintenance commitment is higher compared to a CaRx. For the CaRx, I don't have to replace the media once a year (perhaps longer now with my bigger GEO). I was mixing kalk/2-part/All 4 Reef stuff every week/or two with a fully grown SPS tank!
Magnesium: the CaRx does not dissolve Mg back to the water column & I didn't put the Mg media this round -- will do next time. I manually dose Mg twice a year in the meantime.
Trace elements: I don't think the CaRx will provide enough (or if any) trace elements for the reef aquarium. Granted that I have not done a WC close to 3 years and have not done an ICP test, things are growing and I have decent color, why bother? When things deteriorate, I will look into this.
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As an update -- I used to have hundreds of aiptasias. Now, I think I found 8 total in the whole tank! The Klein Butterfly is a keeper for sure. Other than that, I have not focused on this tank - just letting things grow (into each other). I do need to frag those massive colonies though. I've been focusing on fully-populating the nem-only tank tbh.
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Moisture is actually welcomed to prolong the media's lifespan -- they should settle on the bottom. If you use the IceCap CO2 scrubber (like me), make sure you pull air from the center port, not the side. The BRS video has it backward btw. The side port will "reciculate" through the skimmer's cup. That's how I have it & been super happy with the solution.
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Our city decided to kill power for 8+ hours (twice) this week. Glad that these UPS+MP40s kicked in while I was away. I did have run home later to power up the portable generator for the heaters though. Temp dropped from 78F to 76F. Everything is doing fine - so glad I got the UPS + generator setup.
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As discussed on another thread, my Alk jumped by 3dKH due to my negligence with the CaRx. So far things are still fine but will keep an eye on things.
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and oh btw: I’ve been obsessed with nems lately (see my nem-tank build below)
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I’ve added a Chicago Sunburst to the SPS tank. I was told to not mix “high end” anemones. I’m somewhat skeptical tbh but don’t want to have an expensive lesson to find out!
Large Build - Oceanic 175g Bowfront + 25g Frag Tank
I have the same tank set up. Following this build. Looks good . Cool. The Oceanic 175g, NU25g, or both? :)
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I’ve added a Chicago Sunburst to the SPS tank. I was told to not mix “high end” anemones. I’m somewhat skeptical tbh but don’t want to have an expensive lesson to find out!
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Is it bad pegging pH above 8.5? Also, I’m considering to go with Kalk at night to even out the pH curve. Problem is, that will raise Alk, so can throttle back CaRx. The search for an Avast K2 unit…
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This tank has been on autopilot— I managed to make some more frags for family and friends. Notably, I made a mini-colony of the TSA Fruity Pebbles from the middle-left of pic! It’s such an amazing species and a fast grower in this tank with high nitrates! lol
Speaking of that, I need to start carbon dosing since NO3 is still 75+. Corals are not complaining but I like NO3 to be under 20’ish.
Speaking of that, I need to start carbon dosing since NO3 is still 75+. Corals are not complaining but I like NO3 to be under 20’ish.
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Tank was on autopilot and got decent growth & color until last night. The EB832 was flashing white and the whole Neptune Apex went down. After a painful process of elimination, it turned out that one of the WAV pumps died and that took down the whole system. Likely they need cleaning and I'm definitely not going back to WAVs anymore. There were no messages, no signs, nothing! Last year, my Trident took the system down - similar deal.
It is rather disappointing to see such a matured Neptune system have such a fragile infrastructure & recovery. There should be a mechanism to shut down the offending device(s) vs giving up entirely!
It is rather disappointing to see such a matured Neptune system have such a fragile infrastructure & recovery. There should be a mechanism to shut down the offending device(s) vs giving up entirely!
Wow, that sucks. Do you think there could be some code regarding amperage that could be used to shut items off if it goes to high or low?
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So this was scary — I ran out of CO2 and alk got down to 5.22!!! The 8.xx reading was me using water from another tank since I didn’t believe the Trident. Well, I manually dosed alk, replaced CO2, and added more CaRx media. We’re slowly climbing back to 7.12.
The tank is fully stock with SPS — so far no signs of stress so fingers crossed!
The tank is fully stock with SPS — so far no signs of stress so fingers crossed!
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Latest FTS — it’s boring, SPS grew out of the water and I’ve been too lazy to prune! Tank is now officially a little over 4 years old (last Thanksgiving) and still no water change. lol
Alk is recovering to 8.84 so I’ve dialed CO2 back. Absolutely love the CarbonDoser!
Alk is recovering to 8.84 so I’ve dialed CO2 back. Absolutely love the CarbonDoser!
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