Ultra Clam review thread

[fencer]

Hi Asmodeus

Your tank looks pretty good. I am down to 3 drops per week of Bio. One of the key indicators of excess bio use is "how often are you cleaning your glass" Have you tested your tank for potassium and what is the color temp and wattage of lighting on the tank? What are you seeing in terms of changes in your clams.

[Aqua-Digital]

UPDATE

[Doug]

He was in the bush all week doing army things and is now somewhere doing cub scout things. Should be back tomm. night.

[Skimmerking]

hey i just got back Mike sorry for the delay, i will snap some more pic here and update the tank is looking amazing when i got home and looked at it and said wow the tank is looking colorful and clear.

Im wondering about the bak thou im still at 2 ml per day and my nitrates are still rading around 5 maybe less im going to get doug to pop over with his test kit jsut to see if mine is out of wack....

[Aqua-Digital]

Hiya

I hear you have been ambushing racoons all week

If you can give me your PO4 and Nitrate readings I can then look at your dosing, please remind me what I have quoted for bak and bio.

The dosings I gave were the initial ones that were intended to be adjusted so now we can move onto the next level.

[Skimmerking]

the PO4 is 0 and the nitrates are around 5ppm
for BIO im dosing 1 ml every 3 days and bak every day 2 ml

[Aqua-Digital]

You should be dosing 1 drop of bio not 1ml

If Dougs test comes out the same on the nitrate then adjust as follows

Bio 2 drops every 3 days

Bak 4ml a day

watch closely, if your corals start to go too bright cut the bio down to 1 drop and the bak to 3ml

This is now a balancing act we need to find you maintenance dose so please check daily now your nitrate and watch the tank closely.

My guess is your permenant dose will be 1 drop of bio and 4ml of bak but we shall see.

[Skimmerking]

ok man i think that i read that wrong WOW to much stuff going on around work and the house sorry about that MIke, I hope that I just didnt screw my tank.

no wonder that my tank is looking so good im sucking the PO 4 out of the earth and the glass and the house.



so 2 drops of BIO every 3 days
bak 4 ML every day. got ya

[Skimmerking]

Originally Posted by fencer

Hi Asmodeus

Your tank looks pretty good. I am down to 3 drops per week of Bio. One of the key indicators of excess bio use is "how often are you cleaning your glass" Have you tested your tank for potassium and what is the color temp and wattage of lighting on the tank? What are you seeing in terms of changes in your clams.

sorry about the late reply fencer the Kelvin is 12K and 20 K q2 K on the sides 20 K in the middle, the clams are some what brighter. the sps are alot brighter thou, my glass i dont have to clean it hardy too.

[Skimmerking]

Hey all, well alot of stuff has happened i have been away and busy as always. trying to get the skimmer thing sorted out i have a dual 62" skimmer powered by a PCX 70 that i dont think is cutting it. may be i had to take one of the extensions off to get the skimmer going... other then that. daily drops and checking the levels
still maintaining Ultra BIO 1 drop every day.
Ultra BAK Mike im empty here i have about 2 days left. 5 ml per day.
Ultra clam food feeding every second day.

Well i can't keep it any longer the color are amazing in the tri color they are alot bright er and lighter to look at . alot of the frags are coloring up so nice i really need to sit down here to snap some pictures ,but so busy with work sorry i will make a effort to night to get some pictures on i promise.....
i'm hoping to get some top down picture up if i can figure how to get the glare out of there.......

oh ya i will be posting some new levels too Mike to allow you to see what the tank is doing ..