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PmRg

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UPDATE.

All the corals are good and growing 1month after the blackout... no dinos showing up :D :D just had a little stress... my mistake high salinity I think it was Core7 related and me forgetting to take water out but it's now solved and back to track.

Last week I went to Porto, Portugal to grab more frags... and since I'm running out of space I had to do a little re-scape I think it's fine now ahaha

So check out the current look :)

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PmRg

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Absolutely stunning,, as always :):):):):)

thank you :)
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Hello reefers :)

KH Director update and top-down coral photography

When I installed the GHL KH Director I posted some photos and not much more... so let's start the 6months review ;)

The measures have been rock solid, very accurate with my Hanna that I cross check sometimes... (0.03dKh-0.15dKh variations from the Hanna) so not much "error" maybe the KHD is even more precise than the Hanna hummm

P4 + KH Director is also controlling my KH automatically for more than 2months keeping it very stable :) like you can observe on the graph below :)

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And now some top-down coral photography :)

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PmRg

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Hello everyone,

update... and some pics.

Lately I have been adding a lot of organics into the tank like Amino Acids and coral foods to try and keep organics UP, Kh has been falling so Core7 dosage has gone up quickly which is good and bad LOL

everything is growing apart from 2 acros I lost maybe due to previous problems... I think it's normal will see...

I have been controlling S.G. quite well plus all the elements are in check, so no water changes for more than 3months :D

So let's see the pics, hope you enjoy them.

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PmRg

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Small update.

Everything is fine :)
Elements consumption is very high at the moment so I will be changing over to Calcium Reactor, Sr and I are also being deplited quite fast I'm dosing 100ml of Strontium per week and 6.45ml/week of Iodine, this will go up with the change to calcium reactor but that's ok... at 53ml/day of Core7 is becoming unsustainable LOL

some macro shots as usual:

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shady

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Its photos like yours that I hate ( sorry ) it always makes me think I should go back on the sps trail but then remember all the hassle I had testing and making sure everything was spot on. Ripped all mine out except a couple of easy ones and carried on the euphyllia route as im just lazy LOL
 

PmRg

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Hello everyone...

Things are coming along well... corals are growing :) everything is fine. Calcium reactor change over is very soon... I just need THE actual calcium reactor got everything else here.

mandatory update post pictures as usual...

enjoy.

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shazants

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Wow... just WOW...... please can you post some instructions / equipment that you are using to get these incredible shots......... I will trying to catch up on reading the whole thread later on!!!
 

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Well it has been a while since I posted an update of the system :/ mea culpa.

Maybe lack of time and dedication, but it's ok I got something nice to show. I know it's not just me that love a nice piece of equipment ahah

So here it is FINALLY the calcium reactor, installed in the 1st of March and since then the transition from Core7 to Ca reactor is done, and I'm now on my "new method" Core7 + Calcoum reactor.

What did I do ?

Added pH expantion module for the Profilux 4
GHL pH probe
GHL Doser Maxi (to feed the calcium reactor) yes.
GHL Solenoid
Co2 bottle a.K.A. fire extinguisher ahah
CaribSea ARM Coarse media
Vertex Calcium Reactor

How is it working?

Profilx is maintaining a pH inside the reactor between ~6.48 e ~6.6

The doser Maxi at the moment is dosing 650ml 48x per day this gives me a 1,3L/h of water flowing trough the reactor, if I need to raise the dKh I'll just raise this dose and if I need to reduce the dKh I'll reduce it.

Core7 came down from 50ml/day to 12ml/day it will stay this way since it seems to be the ideal dosage to maintain a stable pH inside the tank ( Ca Rx pH acid vs Core7 pH basic).

dKh is stable at a value of 7 dKh controlled by the KH Director, a very important piece of the puzzle that gave me a lot of peace of mind throughout the change over.

The system is now 100% automated the only thing I can't control is the co2 cubble count (but that's alright) ahah

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Finally some photos of the sump area plus some news that will come up in future updates ;)


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