Scott's 270g aka Project Mayhem

[Myka]

You finally picked up that Scoly! I saw it there a couple days ago still, and I was like, "wth, Scott said he would go get it."

[WarDog]

Wow, that Pectina is the Holy Grail for me atm. Well done!

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Wow, that Pectina is the Holy Grail for me atm. Well done!

+1
Talk about stunner!

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by WarDog

Wow, that Pectina is the Holy Grail for me atm. Well done!

Originally Posted by Zoaelite

+1
Talk about stunner!

It truly is the one of the nicest pieces in my system. The Candy Basslet, some of the blasto's, the large rasta colony... all some of my favourites.

[Scythanith]

Used three Magnesium test kits. An old Salifert, new Salifert and a new Red Sea.

Old Salifert test kit: 1065
New Salifert kit: 1305
New Red Sea kit: 1380

What the hell lol!

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Scythanith

Used three Magnesium test kits. An old Salifert, new Salifert and a new Red Sea.

Old Salifert test kit: 1065
New Salifert kit: 1305
New Red Sea kit: 1380

What the hell lol!

Haha, you and test kits! How many times have you used the RS kit so far? The Red Sea Mg kit is really finicky - I won't buy it again. That said, I can get the same reading from Salifert as Red Sea, but those first 5 drops in the RS kit need to be done 15 seconds apart. Stupid.

I'd dismiss the old kit results because now that I use test kits multiple times everyday and they only last me a couple months maximum, I'm finding new kits match up with "old" kits. I've come to the conclusion that older kits start wandering quicker than we might expect. Looking back through 5 years of test result journals anecdotally confirms this suspicion.

I wouldn't care much between the two remaining results - both are above NSW Mg level.

[Scythanith]

Test time again this morning!

Ca - Hanna HI758

426ppm - Test 1: Old reagent (exp 11/16)
432ppm - Test 2: New reagent (exp 03/18)
433ppm - Test 3: Same reagent as above

Alk - HI755

130ppm - Test 1: Old reagent (exp 03/16)!!!
154ppm - test 2: New reagent (can't remember exp, but it's new)
153ppm - Test 3: Same reagent as above

Mg - RedSea Magnesium Pro Kit

1380ppm

Phos - Red Sea Phosphate Pro Kit

0.02 - 0.04ppm

NO3 - Red Sea Nitrate Pro Kit

32ppm!!!!!

So obviously I haven't been keeping up on my water changes, look at those nitrates! I think it's having a detrimental effect on some of my corals. So I did a ~40g water change and I have another one mixing as we speak. I may do a 40g change every couple days to try and drive those nitrates down. If I do a 40g change every two days for a week that will be approx. 38% water change.

Second point of this post, check your reagent expiry dates I think that was part of my issue with my parameters seeming funky for the last couple months.

[Scythanith]

Originally Posted by Myka

You finally picked up that Scoly! I saw it there a couple days ago still, and I was like, "wth, Scott said he would go get it."

I couldn't hold off any longer... I resisted as long as humanly possible