What did you do to your reef today?

[Reef Pilot]

I was home for most of the day today, so:
1. My fish got fed a few times.
2. Tested my dKH, and Ca (which I do every 2 or 3 days, if I am home)
3. Added 2 cap fulls of MB7 (which I do same time as #2).
4. Watched my goby doing his job (keeping my sand clean and white).
5. Looked to see if I could spot any hair algae somewhere (didn't).
6. Still plotting how to get rid of my mushroom pests.
6. And bugged Brad here about his carbon dosing.

[Aquattro]

Fed fish.

Added extra VSV for Walter's sake

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Added extra VSV for Walter's sake

[gregzz4]

Transferred water from the RO holding tank to the mixing tank for tomorrow nights mix-fest (bi-weekly).
Changed the pre and carbon filters on the RO system (both were due - quarterly and semi-annually).
Added a couple drops of MB7 to the DT.
Topped up the ATO.
Fed the fish dinner.
Made a list of stuff to buy from J&L during the up-coming sale

Had some beer while looking everything over and carried on ...

[spit.fire]

looked at it, got depressed, walked away

[WarDog]

Originally Posted by spit.fire

looked at it, got depressed, walked away

Yup... pretty much the same thing. Growth is far too slow.

Thought about changing the carbon, which is way overdue, but didn't.

[spit.fire]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Yup... pretty much the same thing. Growth is far too slow.

Thought about changing the carbon, which is way overdue, but didn't.

my displays are pretty much empty because of the crash, frag tank is full but not with what i want in my display

[gregzz4]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Yup... pretty much the same thing. Growth is far too slow.

Thought about changing the carbon, which is way overdue, but didn't.

You don't have any fish poop to fuel growth ...
And there's no need to use carbon right now unless you have a bunch of LPS fighting each other

[e46er]

Ive been cleaning out my tank almost all of my LR is in my sump with the exception of 2 pieces one covered in SPS frags and the other with my anemone in it. Im vacuuming out all the sand and detritus and have new rock structures currently "cooking" in a rubbermaid. one is a large archway with some branches off the sides and front for mounting corals and the other is a pillar and once those are done Ill make a 2nd pillar so my tank will have a big arch and 2 pillars and the rest can sit in my sump.

once the DT is completely empty the sump will get totally cleaned as well.

its kinda nice having a mostly open display I actully see my fish! seems they used to spend all their time just hiding.

Im up in the air about what to use for substrate in my new adventure into full SPS, I tried the BB and after a few months wasnt impressed with the look so added sugar sand which is the look i prefer but not practical for a full SPS tanks flow. I may go with larger crushed coral/sand but the more black substrate tanks I see the more it grows on me. not sure what it would do for coral color tho.

side note for a 4x2x2 would a snapper return with 2 reactors off it and 2 jabeo RW8s be enough flow or should I get a 3rd RW8? rockwork will be an arch on 1 side a pillar in the middle and a pillar on the other. shouldnt have a problem with dead spots as basically only 4 rocks will actually be on the tank bottom or sandbed. im thinking Ill need a 3rd RW8 based on the turnover # but flow seems to be good everywhere right now.
i have a CL system piped and a snapper pump running that but its crapped out so wondering if i should spend $350 on a new pump or just a 3rd or at the very most a 4th RW8? atleast the powerheads give random flow the CL is just constant flow at high wattage compared to the power heads

[The Guy]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Yup... pretty much the same thing. Growth is far too slow.

Thought about changing the carbon, which is way overdue, but didn't.

I run a couple of purigen bags and am thinking of adding a bag of carbon, anyone else using purigen