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Unread 06/18/2017, 12:35 PM   #26
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Here`s my fishlist.

3 x Tangs

Blue Tang
Yellow Tang
Clown Tang

2 x Clownfish

Amphiprion ocellaris

3 x Wrasse`s

Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse
Exquisite Fairy Wrasse
Yellow Wrasse

7 x Chromis Viridis

1 x Flame Angelfish

1 x Starry Blenny


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Unread 06/18/2017, 05:31 PM   #27
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I think that your tank is only 3 months old and you have 16 fish and you feed 4 times a day.
I think thats the issue right there..
The system is not fully matured.
I think you should cut your feeding to as little as is required to keep the fish from getting really skinny..
Seems to me that it's just too much too soon..
if you could tweak the skimmer so that your are cleaning it every two days, that'd help as well..


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Unread 06/19/2017, 01:16 AM   #28
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I think that your tank is only 3 months old and you have 16 fish and you feed 4 times a day.

I think thats the issue right there..

The system is not fully matured.

I think you should cut your feeding to as little as is required to keep the fish from getting really skinny..

Seems to me that it's just too much too soon..

if you could tweak the skimmer so that your are cleaning it every two days, that'd help as well..


I completely agree, but it seems more logical when someone else tells it. I'll cut down the feeding and maybe do a WC every Monday and Friday for now, or would that be to much ?


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Unread 06/19/2017, 04:13 AM   #29
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I don't really think there's such thing as too many waterchanges. But I'm not sure it'll do a ton for dropping nutrients.. wont hurt though, that's for sure.


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Unread 07/30/2017, 01:56 AM   #30
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Been quiet for a while, but things have been going good lately with nutrients at a low. Got my new toy from Pax Bellum this week so now I only need some chaeto.

I'll be taking ROWA and vodkadosing of my maintenance schedule and let macroalgae do it's work..


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Unread 07/30/2017, 02:42 PM   #31
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Ooooooh aaaaaaah! That's a beaut!!


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Unread 07/30/2017, 03:42 PM   #32
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Ooooooh aaaaaaah! That's a beaut!!

Oh yeah, I“ve got a couple of RE media reactors and I think they are pretty sweet. But this piece is outta this world. So kudos to Tristan and the Pax Bellum team, they make awesome equipment!

@reefmutt, I see u run 4 gyre“s. Which model u got? U got any noise issues?
I got 1 xf250 new model, and run it on the LTC program, from 20-60%. And the ramp up and down is quite loud. Been running the pump for a couple of months now and got another one coming in the mail. But kinda makes me wonder why I sold my QD pumps...

The gyre is the loudest equipment on the tank..


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Unread 07/30/2017, 08:27 PM   #33
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I have 2x 150, 1 x 130 and a 230.
I don't hear the 150s. They are alternating every minute on a hydor wave controller. They are a couple years old now.
THe 130 and 230 are hooked up to a new controller on random. Running between 30% and 90% I hear them slightly but not nearly as much as I did for the first 4 ish months. They get much quieter with time. I got the 230 last Christmas. The random mode makes the motor tone change frequently and you hear that a bit but again, not nearly as much as I did when the 230 was new.
They have been very low maintenance, reasonably trouble free pumps with excellent customer support around here. I am really happy and I have never heard an MP make less noise than the gyres.


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Unread 08/19/2017, 02:37 AM   #34
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Update! I got my new gyre hooked up on the tank now for about 3 weeks. 2x xf 250 running at 30-40% each. The noise a lot less then before so I'm pleased with that And the flow is goooood.

Also been running my ARID N 24 for one week on the spot, and I gotta say the chaeto growth in this thing is awesome. My no3/po4 prior to Arid was 25ppm and 0.15ppm.

Gonna do new test's today and see if anything has changed. 🤞

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I might have to up the flow trough the reactor, seeing some detritus settling further up the chamber. And it's greener chaeto down below.



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Unread 08/19/2017, 05:24 AM   #35
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That chaeto reactor is awesome.


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Unread 08/22/2017, 11:56 AM   #36
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Looking good! That reactor shot looks like a scene from an Alien movie.


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Unread 08/24/2017, 02:19 PM   #37
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Looking good! That reactor shot looks like a scene from an Alien movie.
Lol, yeah I see that now

Still running at 25ppm no3 and 0.15ppm po4. Have increased the flow a tad to see if that helps.


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Unread 08/25/2017, 08:40 AM   #38
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What's the photoperiod?


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Unread 08/25/2017, 08:50 AM   #39
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What's the photoperiod?

Running at 14 hours now as Pax Bellum recommends. 1 hour after and before ordinary photoperiod.


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Unread 08/28/2017, 04:35 PM   #40
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I've been wondering about flow rate through a cheato reactor and how it would effect nutrient consumption..
I wonder if it has any..
Assuming cheato has a constant rate of photosynthesis and you have not completely stripped the effluent water of all nutrients, does flow really matter?
If you have a given nitrate level going into the reactor at a certain flow rate and the cheato's consumption rate is constant (I can only assume it is) if you double the flow rate, you have effectively reduce contact time by half.. wouldn't this reduce n consumption by half and thus have no effect on overall consumption?


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Unread 09/05/2017, 10:41 PM   #41
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Chaeto will self-shade itself and drop photosynthesis, so it is not constant. This might help:

"Production within dense mats of the filamentous macroalga Chaetomorpha linum in relation to light and nutrient availability"

http://www.int-res.com/articles/meps/134/m134p207.pdf

Fig 5B shows how, under bright light, chaeto productivity (filtering) drops 72 percent with just 2 cm of chaeto thickness.

Flow drops too.


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Unread 09/10/2017, 08:16 AM   #42
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I am wondering why you did not go with an External overflow box?


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Unread 09/18/2017, 02:02 PM   #43
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I am wondering why you did not go with an External overflow box?
The holes were already in the tank. I just made one them bigger for a proper drain. I could have sealed the holes in the bottom and gone with bean animal if that“s what u mean ? But i figured herbie would do fine for my needs.


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