184g basement 8ft reef

Roskoreef · #1 02-21-2015, 05:08 AM

update - hanna checker is a like an educated guess machine...

today:

calcium - 374
alk - 7.22

Alkalinity dropped slightly, seems legit. The calcium, If the Hanna is off by up to 150 ppm should be balanced and was before, 350-500 today and 550 - 400 yesterday. Im going to say im near the bottom of the suggested range for reefkeeping and pretty close to natural seawater as far as calc and alk are concerned.

Tonight i will dose 50ml of each, as per starting recommended dose for 200 gal, alk when ph begins to drop and calc before lights come on.

Roskoreef · #2 02-21-2015, 12:53 PM

wild one changing colours..

other wild one doing great,

girlfriends bday present to me,

Roskoreef · #3 02-22-2015, 01:04 AM

today- after dose of 50ml of each in the last 24h

calcium 570 -hanna, up from 374 , this is not accurate at all, i dont think i will test calcium regularly until i get a better tester, any suggestions??

Alkalinity - 134 ppm - 2.68 meq/l - 7.5 dkh, up from 7.22 dkh

I like where these are now, i will change the dose to 21.8 ml based on Alkalinity consumption of 3.5 ppm without dose, then a 8ppm total rise including daily usage with 50ml dose, thus 21.8 to cover the 3.5ppm use daily. I think this should be a good first adjustment.

Roskoreef · #4 02-22-2015, 04:08 AM

finally got a good picture of this bi colour blenny

Duckhams · #5 02-22-2015, 07:27 PM

Great job on the rock-scape! I love the dimensions on this tank.

saltdog · #6 02-22-2015, 07:29 PM

Yeah like those dimensions too, maybe even 96x24x24

Roskoreef · #7 02-22-2015, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by saltdog

Yeah like those dimensions too, maybe even 96x24x24

That was the hope, but i decided to use the bar as a tank stand... the bar top came in at 21.5 wide and 92 long. So close...

We are thinking of another tank upstairs in the dining room at 73"x24"x30", build thread to come soonish as this one will probably take a year or so just to set up as i havent even finished this one...

Roskoreef · #8 02-22-2015, 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Elliott@BigReefDepot.com

Great job on the rock-scape! I love the dimensions on this tank.

Thanks! Im seriously considering re-scaping it all to slant from one end to the other with a crevice down the center but I dont know how i shouold go about curing more dry rock and being sure i dont have another cycle happen.