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Day 791: 26 months update

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melev
, 01-11-2016 at 12:34 AM (2794 Views)
Today marks 26 months since the 400g was started anew. While it isn't perfect and I have some pests to target, I took pictures and did water tests to see how things are. Yesterday, a number of DFWMAS members came out for a Photography Workshop so the tank was cleaned prior to their arrival. Today I just swiped the glass clean, waited a couple of hours and took a series of pictures with three different lenses (18-200mm, 50mm, and 105mm).



To combat the recent discovery of elevated nitrate levels, I'm doing more water changes starting tonight.

















Water tests tonight:

Salinity - 1.027 sg
Alkalinity - 10.5 dKH
Temperature - 79.3°F
Calcium - 450 ppm
Magnesium - 1200 ppm
Nitrate - 40 ppm
Phosphate - .25ppm
pH - 8.24
ORP - 302

With multiple water changes this week should help drop the nitrate and lower the salinity a tad. Phosphate Rx will bring the PO4 down. I just mixed up a new gallon of Magnesium and this is trickling in with a doser for the next couple of days to bring that one up.





















And in additional news, I got my frag system running. It came out so nice, and it is super quiet. No leaks, ready to cycle. Currently it is simply running a Vectra M1 return pump, a Reef Octopus skimmer, and a Cobalt Neotherm heater. The three combined use a mere 140w of power. The M1 pump reports 10w of power at the current flow rate I've programmed into it. Here's the full blog about it: http://melevsreef.com/blog/new-frag-...nning-01102016

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  1. brotherd's Avatar
    Outstanding as usual Marc! Can you describe the frag tank plumbing? Specifically the horizontal run between the two T connections.
  2. brotherd's Avatar
    And, I wish I was able to join in on that photography workshop. Alas, Canada is a fair distance from Texas.
  3. melev's Avatar
    Quote Originally Posted by brotherd
    Outstanding as usual Marc! Can you describe the frag tank plumbing? Specifically the horizontal run between the two T connections.
    Yes. The spot you are asking about runs from one drain from the frag tank. The water would fall down the pipe on the right naturally. But when I close that ballvalve partially, only some water comes out and the rest is diverted to the opposite side of the sump to enter into the skimmer zone. The second drain of the frag tank is running to the skimmer section. With this configuration, 75% of the water drains into the skimmer zone and 25% drains into the refugium section.