I'll get in touch with you when I am ready, but I am thinking it will be a couple of months. I'll be looking for blue's, and purple's. I may also be interested in one of the small green birdsnest colonies you had going last time I was there, unless they are gone.
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Brightwell dosing regiment to date:
Week 1. I changed from the carbon, and Phosban to half to the box Neozeo in my media reactor. I dosed 30ML of Microbactor7 per day and turned off the skimmer for four hours each day after I dosed.
Week 2. I added the remaining Neozeo media, and dosed 30ML of Microbactor7 per day and turned off the skimmer for four hours after I dosed.
Week 3. Microbactor7 is now being dosed at the rate of 5ML per day. I also started dosing 10ML of Biofuel per day, however the skimmer is now being run the entire time.
Week 4. Microbactor7 is now being dosed once a week, and Biofuel is being dosed at the rate of 10ML per day.
Things to note:
About three days after I started this program, the skimmer for about two hours each day was pulling out major sludge. This had been going on each and every day until I started leaving the skimmer on like the direction suggested. The amount I would guess was more than doubled from where I was before starting this system per week.
It's been a pretty common practice that I would have to clean the back, sides and front of the aquarium about every 3 to 4 days if I wanted to to stay spotless in terms of diatoms. The amount of diatoms seemed to be decreasing right up until I added the Biofuel. Since I started the Biofuel, I have not had to clean the aquarium at all, and the production of skimmate is still at about double of what it was when I started this system.
Coral changes - I do not see any real change in terms of my LPS corals good or bad, however the SPS frags that I have are making some significant changes. I had a birdsnest, and one other frag that had seemed to be bleaching out before I started the system. One of them died, and while I wrote off the Birdsnest, it seems to be making a comeback, or at least the bleaching has stopped.
I had also picked up a few frags from the fragfest we had a couple of months back. When I brought them home they were all browned out, and up until last week they still were. I now have what looks to be two pieces that are getting some major color. [Wish I would have had pics to show the change]
The frag I got from my buddy Blaze a week ago also looks to be getting some color, as well as polyp extension this week.
More to come next week...