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The quality of the tank continues to amaze me the attention to detail, the clear silicon and the one piece euro is mind blowing, Dave has the edge here on tank building! |
The GHL Mitras LED coral test!
Photo uploaded is of a very sorry for itself looking chunk of what used to be green with purple edges plating Montipora. This is what is left from my huge colony. As you can see its not very colourful, yes it has some purple showing through just about, and yes the water is slightly cloudy thanks to Prodibio kicking up a nice bio bloom while the tank matures. But I think we all can agree my camera work does not get good enough for photoshop. So lets wait a few weeks and see what colour this goes under GHL Mitras LED:) Place your bets please :) https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...94864522_n.jpg |
Update to my Mitras coral colour transition
not doing bad! This was taken today! https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...85639053_n.jpg |
Tank update pictures. As you can see the Monti colour is coming on fast!
Ammonia = 0 Nitrite = 0 Nitrate = 0.005 P04 = 00.00 Phosphorous = 0.036PPB Ca = 420 ALK = 7.5 Mg = 1260 Salinity = 52.7 tank temp = 26.6c (80f) Redox = 345 and climbing pH = between 7.95 - 8.01 depending on time of day http://sphotos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...94863478_o.jpg http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...95834012_o.jpg http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...21906308_o.jpg |
The tank is looking great! In reading I saw that you said Prodibio can create a little hazyness to the water early on....I didn't know this before...does that happen each time we dose? I have been thinking that my water isn't as "clear" as I expected it to be.
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This only happens if you have either a new tank with zero biological action or are dirty tank.
The FIRST bacteria to populate any system is Heterotrophic bacteria this is water born and multiplies rapidly, this bacteria is what you see in new tank syndrome known as cloudy water. This bloom only lasts a few days to a week while the Autotrophic bacteria start to colonies. Once there is no more water born food for the Heterotrophic bacteria it will die back within hours. So in a mature system you should not see Heterotrophic bacteria bio blooms unless you over feed or have poor husbandry. If you do its not a bad thing in fact the complete opposite, it shows there is bio mass in your system that needs to be addressed. Typically you will not see this bio bloom unless you have a new tank. My tank just cleared over night! |
Jobs done today -
Balling system finally set up, just dialing it in now. ProfiLux on the outside of the network and also Iphone APP set up. |
you can run your profilux on an iphone? i thought it was android only?
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Nope - Both ;)
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I now have email set up where the ProfiLux emails me directly (not via the PC) the Profilux has its own SMTP server.
I am getting an email every hour updating me of my sensor values. I will now look at adding more funky email notifications |
Now I know who to ask how to set mine up. :lol:
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posting how to on the support forum ;)
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For all the ProfiLux owners -
Email how to set up guide http://forum.aquariumcomputer.com/sh...Email-(Outlook) |
Hey -Mike u are the man. I can't wait til I can setup my cube and mitral it's sitting in a box waiting your tank is looking excellent
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whats a Mitral? :mrgreen:
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It's what u call when u have big hands and a small phone
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...Said the Bishop to the Nun!
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So here is my auto water top off configuration for the aquarium, controlled by the GHL ProfiLux system.
The water is controlled by a solenoid valve seen in the photo, it is important to get these the right way round otherwise they will fail fast, note the red dot marks input. The solenoid reacts to a low water signal from the optical sensor in the photo, the solenoid is plugged into controllable power bar which is programmed to react to the optical sensors state. For added security should the solenoid fail open to stop fresh water being dumped constantly into the sump you will see a high level set float valve from Bubble Magus, we will be supplying these soon. https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.n...16856218_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-c-a.akamaihd.n...63429685_n.jpg https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.n...90476834_n.jpg |
Fish stock for new tank update.
well we had a few losses sadly, always happens with new import stock. Only one was a suspect loss the others explainable I nearly lost my large watchman Goby, I have no clue how he managed this. He went missing did not appear for morning or afternoon snack, looked everywhere even checked under sofa for cardboard fish syndrome! Nothing. I was cleaning out my filter sock and there he was, stressed to hell, but what gets me is how on earth did he get through the overflow comb that is less than half his head width! I can only assume he jumped for the moon and amazingly landed in the overflow box! Then swift exit into the sump 11' below! So now he is back in the tank, cant say he is happy. we lost our royal gramma within 4 hours, stuck to the Tunze pump, either got too close or simply pegged it from new import shock. The Leopard wrasse was next, he swam from day one with a bend so the writing was on the wall there. Then the saddest was the loss from being beaten to a pulp by my yellow tang. I had a real nice striped sail fin, all our tangs shoaled from day one no aggression, then came down one morning to find (named by my wife) Samantha giving the poor little guy 10 rounds of the tank side glass. Could not remove him and that was that :( So Samantha is in the dog house, the sail fin is in the bin and I learnt that sail fins and yellow tangs are not the best of friends! No more fish for a while, we have a healthy stock, will add some missing links in a few weeks once the corals have settled in, just hardy LPS and some hardy SPS for now, baby steps. |
well the losses became a bit more of a problem so we have set up a full QT which everything fish related goes through.
The system will be an invert/coral system for the next month or so while we build a good healthy fish stock in QT. We have a few corals coming down from Colby at Bayside on Thursday, and looking forward to acclimatizing them while the fish go through 6 week QT cycle. All initial fish will be QT'd at once and further additions for the same period |
Big switch out this week!
Decided to dump the dry rock and go with some very well cured bali left over that Reef Aquatica has, this was a way too good find not to take up. So I am having 70LB delivered on Tuesday. I believe dry rock has its uses in this hobby, but its insane cure rates and various reports of leeching are not really what i want in my system, I have seen some strange happenings that in 20 years of using Live rock i have never had before. I know there will be many here that will come out and say that DR is the best and the way to go, but personally for me, it is not for me, so moving on and going back to old school tactics. On a plus side the fish are doing really well, the QT system is great, my stock are looking healthy and feeding on New Era Aegis food due to its medical properties. 3 weeks today i can introduce the fish to the system providing the parameters have stabilized with the new rock. If anyone wants some Bali please let me know, it came in 3 years ago and is sitting in dark vats and pest free. "Bali Kuta PREMIUM LR is very porous and light and have alot of room for bacteria to colonize, it is almost 50% lighter than the typical Fiji Live Rock used in reef tank. On top of that Reef Aquatica's price is HALF the price of what is being offered in some national retail chains, making it much more attractive price for setting up that dream tank of yours. All pieces are hand picked for light weight & shapes; most are medium to large sizes and have some really nice flat pieces for bridges and table top. This whole batch of live rock is CURED and also APTASIA-FREE, we actually employed an army of peppermint shrimp to ensure that there is no aptasia in these rocks, so you can have that piece of mind." http://www.reefaquatica.com/store/pr...roducts_id=415 http://www.reefaquatica.com/store/images/rIMG_7770.JPG My Naso in QT - taken before the daily bottom clean! https://fbcdn-sphotos-f-a.akamaihd.n...65059491_n.jpg |
So for my next trick ;)
1 x http://www.valtorc.com/images/automation/dm-07/e.png + 1 x http://ghlna.com/wp-content/uploads/...18-300x145.png Automated shut off of return line to tank when return pump is stopped or in the event of failure, thus stopping sump from raising too high, this also allows for accurate auto water changes. Only thing missing is the availability of the metric fittings required for the flow sensor, you cant buy them in the USA or Canada :( So when i go to the UK I will pick myself up a set. |
So today I changed from Marco rock to well cured Bali rock! I did not think I would see immediate results. I might add I also did a 50% water change and used IO reef crystals.
Well since setting thank up, my new flow pot would not come out, I thought it was toast, however within 3 hours off doing the switch out check this out! Also sharing my elegance which is stunning http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...48579776_n.jpg http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphoto...62699797_n.jpg |
I to am using Marco rock with new build. Though its been in water for two months. (Give or take). I was unsure about how coral would react. I decided to add current rock to sump to help
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I think with that amount of curing it would be good. Maybe seed the rock with some live for a month also.
I read many people acid washing it also, and other reporting suspect leeching, but nobody can confirm anything, so best to be safe and for sure vat cure it in my oppinion. |
I did add LR to it and sponge that sat in sump for last year.
I asked about acid wash and in the end I think all it does is disolve your rock. As for leach I'm not worried as its been wet for a while Great build BTW :) |
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Yes I could never understand the acid washing all you are doing is dissolving it, I had visions of peoples rock doing an impression of a Alka Seltzer tablet before their eyes :surprise: As for rumours of leeching, yep I think a good cooking period can put pay to any risks of that. Mine is now in a vat and will be sold off cheap in 6 weeks. |
So a while back as you know I was suffering from a curious tank crash, I blamed the Dry rock others blamed me for being hasty!
First I will admit a real dumb ass error how I did this I do not know blame it on life stresses but I have to be open otherwise this will make no sense. I reported before the crash my Phosphate was zero, well on the Hanna meter it was! Well 3 weeks ago I realized I was not using the correct reagent! So once I corrected this dumb ass error I had a PO4 of 70++++ tank crash reason found! So now I have new rock in the tank and low and behold the surviving corals came round in 3 days I started testing the Dry Rock which was now in PO4 free RO water mixed to NSW levels at 28 degrees and well circulated. The water started at zero PO4. Today it is reading 25ppm PO4 and thats after a 75% water change only today. I think we can conclude the rock i received to be leeching PO4 and the reason for the crash. Do yourselves a big favour, before adding any dry rock, leave it in a vat of PO4 NSW and after 3 days test the PO4 level. It may just surprise you. |
PO4 has been brought down by Ocean Fresh Phoz Down! Now all dry rock is out including the pieces in the sump the PO4 is stable and around .05 and coming down.
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I do see the rock leaching. As I read about Marco rock which is what I choose to use. I kept rock in holding tank and did water changes from the water in display tank. Also used prodibio. After two months I used it to set up new tank and tested today no po4
Down fall is the lack of biological on rock and I am seeing the coral react to the Marco. It'll take time but in long run I'm sure ill be happy with the Marco |
I think your analysis is spot on ;)
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My tank under Mitras
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looking good in there sir.
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Yep you can see the damage :(
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Looks great Micheal, nice shots.
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