45g cube for the wife

managed to get the #'s to a more respectable level:

ca: 620
mg: 1650
alk: 2.4

been slowly adding dkH to lower ca, if the mg was lower i doubt it would be possible.

 

so far no algae yet, but the numbers are looking good:

nh3 2
no2 5+
no3 10
ca 530
dKH 6.4
mg 1500
pH 7.7

 

dont know if you can see it or not but theres little splotches of algae on the rock. looking at the tank in person, i cant tell if theres water in it or not, lol.

 

status update:

nh3 0
no2 5+
no3 40

 

sounds like you're getting very close! can't wait to see what you do with this tank!

 

nh3, no2, no3 all came back zero. time to turn on the protein skimmer and algae scrubber.

 

awesome!!

 

How's the Calc, Alk and mag looking?

 

ca 440
dkh 6.8
mg 1350
ph 8.2

i have a 4 stage aquamedic reef doser for using the balling method thats being hooked up today to take care of those numbers.

put a xm 20k in and the par is at 170 on the sand and 290 on the top piece of rock, softer look better on the eyes. the old bulb was 10k and 450 on the sand and 1000 on the top piece of rock. you needed sunglasses to look at the tank. heres a pic of both to compare.

 

ordered from ipsf: $185

sand activator plus
6 mini brittle stars
36 sand bed clams
coralline algae booster

ordered from reefs2go: $270

snails ( 16 nassarius, 16 cerith, 6 turbo, 10 nerite )
crabs ( 16 blue leg, 16 white leg, 16 scarlet red )
2 brittle stars
1000 amphipods/copopods
cleaner shrimp
algae blenny
5 pj cardinals
2 paly power packs ( 12 frags )

off to a good start, delivery set on may 21 for both