184g basement 8ft reef

[Roskoreef]

dosing under control, alk and calc hovering around 7.75 and 500, corals seem happy, im happy... is this going too well?? i think the daily 1% water change is really helping the amount im dosing and the stability of the tank. Its a little too quiet....

heres some new corals,





new mandarin





cleaning station





back is staritng to come along



my hammer seems to be sick, this is the second head to go in 2 weeks, parameters are good, everyone else is happy.. anybody know what could be killing it?

[Roskoreef]

[mseepman]

If you are looking for another test kit on Calcium...the Red sea kit is really nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT9tEHp828w

[Roskoreef]

New plans to automate new saltwater top off:

have a float switch at top and bottom of NSW container hooked up to apex breakout box, also a solenoid plugged into apex to turn on and off depending on water level. so bottom float switches off, solenoid opens and fills up until top float switch closes, also mechanical float switch on top just in case. All i have to do is add salt once a week. I just have figure out how to attach the float switches to the container of NSW (currently 25g garbage can) without spending money on magnectic probe holders or something. I might just wait and get a 50gal cube with spots built in for floats.... any ideas?

also adding a few easy on/off switches for skimmer, pumps etc.

electrical for solenoid


new corals..

strawberry



sombrero chalice(what i call it)



coco worm duster



huge awesome lime green carpet anenome and some new clownfish.. they all had a party in the anenome for about 10mins followed by a group battle, they figured out whos who, we'll see if they pair up evenly... had 1 added 5.



new end shot

[Roskoreef]

[The Codfather]

Originally Posted by Roskoreef

electrical for solenoid

Hey, just a thought, you should get a solenoid that doesn't contain brass.

[Roskoreef]

Originally Posted by The Codfather

Hey, just a thought, you should get a solenoid that doesn't contain brass.

Thanks! =====right over my head on that one, could have been horrible. Will definetly find stainless or something else, know of any sources for a di safe solenoid?

[Roskoreef]

update, ick and some dead fish...... all from the same store..im sure of it... actually now that i think of it every coral i got from this shop also died within a month. I wont say which one, but i will give credit to the shops which i have bought the rest of the tanks inhabitants and corals from (which are all alive and well, even with some ich in the tank now and i suspect possibly flatworm).The fish i got from concept is strong, healthy and eating well, as well as everything from wai's ive had no trouble, all healthy and happy fish and corals.

Now what to do about the situation, obviusly wont be buying anything from that shop, i have ich....maybe flatworm....*&^$. I have been using polyplabs medic for 3 days now, another 7 to go. Its a water conditioner as well as a reef safe ich medicine. You cannot run UV or carbon when medicating so i suspect any of the sick fish perished when i dropped the uv. All others have recovered now but i want to do the 10 days to rid it of ich. has anyone tried this before?