TWOLITREmedia's 75g BowFront Reef!

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  1. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    He's 5 minutes from me....my wallet has been at risk since meeting him. :eek:
     
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    HeiHei29er Gigas Clam

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    Tank is looking great.

    pH does swing with temperature, but your room temp would have to be drastically different than your water temp (40-50 deg) for there to be any significant deviation (significant being 0.1 pH units). I think you're fine calibrating outside of the tank. IMO, being that precise on your pH reading isn't worth the risk of having an accident with the standard solutions. :)
     
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  3. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    Ok that makes sense, thanks for the heads up on the solution although honestly I was treating it as if it was gasoline so trust me when I say none touched the water. I guess my pH is overly accurate now :)
     
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    HeiHei29er Gigas Clam

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    :). Can tell you're being precise with this set-up and there's nothing wrong with detail. Keep it up. The tank will turn out great!
     
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  5. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    Hahaha thank you, that is the plan! I'll keep you updated on how I do ;)
     
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    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    That's what I was thinking, especially the $5 and $10 bin! Those areas would always be empty if I lived near him ;D

    The tank looks awesome and I love the adds!
     
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  7. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    Thank you! Once my nano is established between my DP and that his bin will surely feel the pain! :-D
     
    TWOLITREmedia, Dec 31, 2012
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    Camkha1234 Great Blue Whale

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    Haha I can't wait to see it!
     
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  9. TWOLITREmedia

    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    Ran a full test on my water column today and here are the results! (This is after a week and a half of buffing mag up from 1100ppm and alk a week of dosing up from 119)

    Ph - 8.1
    Ammonia - 0ppm
    Nitrate - 30ppm
    Calc - 527ppm
    Mag - 1350ppm
    Alk - 132ppm
    Phosphate - .10
    Iodine - .06
    Salinity - 1.026


    Pretty happy with where I am at now after the adjustments! Now to work on bringing those nitrates down to 0ppm! I haven't had any severe algae problems, or anything out of the ordinary so for now I will just keep an eye on it. It has come down from 40ppm when I tested the tank the first week....mixed up another %15 water change for tomorrow :)

    New adds coming in the next couple days for sure!
     
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    TWOLITREmedia, Jan 1, 2013
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    TWOLITREmedia Flamingo Tongue

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    Picked up some new stuff after testing my water last night and seeing pretty much perfect readings! Grabbed a beautiful Crocea Clam, a nice big chunk of birdsnest, and couple of very cool looking Zoa colonies with some bright pinks in them! More pics once they're in the tank :)

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