WarDog's Tank Thread : Episodic Trial And Error

[gregzz4]

I have an Elos potassium test kit and I'll be at Rich's tonight after 4:30

Edit: Hmm, just pulled it out. Best before date is 2 years ago

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I have an Elos potassium test kit and I'll be at Rich's tonight after 4:30

Edit: Hmm, just pulled it out. Best before date is 2 years ago

Dust it off, see you after 4:30.

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

I have an Elos potassium test kit and I'll be at Rich's tonight after 4:30

Edit: Hmm, just pulled it out. Best before date is 2 years ago

Lol, thanks Greg! I wonder if Rich has a POT kit? We could test it against his. Or is expired, expired?

[Bblinks]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Lol, thanks Greg! I wonder if Rich has a POT kit? We could test it against his. Or is expired, expired?

I might have one, let me dust that one off too.

[gregzz4]

Maybe he does ya. I'd love to test against one.

As far as expired goes - I just opened a jar of Great Value mayo we found in the back of the cupboard. BB Apr 2014. Ate a sandwich for lunch yesterday and I'm still here

[WarDog]

Hmmmm... wondering if expired mayo is a good way to add bacteria to a tank?

[rishu_pepper]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

Maybe he does ya. I'd love to test against one.

As far as expired goes - I just opened a jar of Great Value mayo we found in the back of the cupboard. BB Apr 2014. Ate a sandwich for lunch yesterday and I'm still here

I think you need to check the salinity of the mayo first, Greg. Just to be safe, you know?

[WarDog]

Well, tank is 6 months old.

Summer heat is killing me, but the tank has levelled out at 80*C. Decent.

Tank has been fish free for almost a month, NO3 dropped to zero, what a surprise. The Doc's Eco Matter seems to have worked wonders, pods and bugs everywhere, also finally getting some coralline here and there.

Started to get some decent encrusting happening, so I figured its time to start mounting.



Followed the Bblinks method of mounting and just started plopping plugs everywhere, lol. Still a few left to do, ran out of putty.

Also need to create a Monti island on the bottom right.



Had a slight problem with the ro/di. After filling the ato, the unit shut itself off and water proceeded to spill out all over the kitchen floor. Traced the water back to the high pressure switch.



Got in touch with Jeff at J&L and he spoke to the local Vertex rep. She suspects too much pressure after the booster pump. House pressure is about 40 psi and the gauge after the booster pump reads around 105 psi. Part will take a few days to come in and then I will swap it out, measuring pressure after, and make adjustments if need be.

J&L are amazing!



Drip, drip, drip. Happy reefing!

[Ram3500]

Looking good Warren that should fill in nicely. What are you dossing to keep those corals fed while your tank is fishless ??

[WarDog]

Thanks Ian. Just dosing BRS alk, mag and Ca. Still just using Zeo start, Bak, sponge power and 2 drops of ZeoFood weekly. Haven't got around to getting any amino acids or the such yet. Which is too bad, as the Zeo sale ends tomorrow. The wife would kill me if I dropped a few hundred on supliments right now, lol.