Sad Panda
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60" 8 bulb ATI.......for the 2 days it has been up it is AWSOME. And thank you.
(I try to hide the bills of what I have spent so far from the wife, if she finds out I will be looking for single female WAMAS members because she will leave me even after 28 years).
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I tried to push the PH up some by using a ph 8.2 buffer and it went up for a couple hours to 8.1 then today it was 7.9 again. I have not measured the Cal, Mag yet because I was not prepared to put anything in the tank. I have a BRS 3 part doser for cal alk mag but have not hooked it up because I thought if I just started dosing with nothing in to consume things it would go off the chart.
I know this is silly and old hat to most of you but I am still trying to learn and understand all these things, so forgive my ignorance.
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Ok the tank I have had up for a week now shows: Nitrite .1< ammonia .25< Nitrate 5. alkalinity 10.5KH PH 7.9 Temp 79.1 Salinity 35ppt
What is bothering me is the alk seems very high. I do not have a skimmer running and have no air stones. Could the lack of oxy be driving it up or is this not level not an issue? The only thing in the tank is rock, some pieces moved from the old tank, Chaeto in the sump along with some rock with coralline algae on it.
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I want to have some coral and lots of softies...maybe 8 fish at most. (other than my two clowns I already have not sure on fish type). I don't want to over do it. Not sure on what a 180g will support so I will take it slow.
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Wow that was awesome Tom. If I was not over an hour and half away I would tell you to put me on your call for help list.
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Ok here I started putting rock in.
Here it is with cabinet finished, full of water and new ATI light hung.
Here are the new lights on (They are super bright).
I can't wait to get some coral to put in this thing. Just looking at it not sure if I should add more rock or not?
I am pretty happy with the end product even though it was a lot of work.
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It will probably look a bit ghetto till things grow in. I used a lot of reef rock 2.0 I already had with some rock from BRS. So the colors are a little strange.
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Has anyone ever had one of these and if so what was your impression. Good/Bad, why. Thank you.
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I am working this weekend. I will update photos on Monday. I got the tank in, the rock inside, sand in and half full of water Thursday night but ran out of time and energy. Will start again on my first day off Monday. (or maybe Sunday....cough cough).
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sad sad day.
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the manufacturer rates it at 528 gallons but the BRS site says 190 for heavy bio load.
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I'll take two bottles.
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Ok the skimmer off my old 55 is a Skimz 143 rated at 90 gallons for "heavy bio load". In the 180g I am setting up I am looking at the Skimz 201 (rated at 190g Heavy bio load). Oh and I am looking at this because the skimmer section in my sump will only take a 9.25"x9.25" footprint. My main question is........is there a downside by getting "to big" of a skimmer as far as what its rated for?
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Thank you. It was easy to install and I think turned out well. I still need to place the trim on the edges and floor. First time I ever tried making my own doors as well.
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Maybe she killed him?
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Tell her you have a headache.
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Take it apart and flush it out. Maybe something is clogging it and screwing with the suction. If it only a year old it should not be the motor. I have had mine 4 years.
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No problem, I don't take it as snarky. I try to learn at least one new thing a day about this hobby.
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I always learn something from their videos.
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Won't I be getting hair algae "spores" when I scrape the coralline, that will spread into my DT?
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Very nice. Welcome.
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That usually means there is no siphon/suction. Try unplugging it then pump the little priming toggle till water comes out the outflow hose into the tank in streams, then pump 5-10 more times and plug it in. If it starts then stops pumping pump the toggle very quickly 10 or so more times. This always worked for me.
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I was worried the brush would scrub the coralline off as well
Alk level bad?
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If I don't dose for PH how do I keep it at the optimal 8.2 ??