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Sabbaths L2 progress

Discussion in 'Customer Support' started by sabbath, Dec 3, 2012.

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  1. Jan 18, 2013 #41
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    The dark brown slimy patches have been slowly getting thinner and thinner. Today I would declare it over and gone! :D
     
  2. Jan 18, 2013 #42
    Garf

    Garf Member Trusted Member

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    Yahoo
     
  3. Jan 18, 2013 #43
    Garf

    Garf Member Trusted Member

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    Have you undetectable nitrate and phos?
     
  4. Jan 18, 2013 #44
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    Good question. I will check levels tomorrow.


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  5. Jan 19, 2013 #45
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    Hmmm the tests show that there has been a few changes.

    The Alk has maintained a level of 6.9dkh after I had raised the dosage this week.

    Phosphates (25ppb/.077ppm) are giving me a reading for the first time ever.

    Nitrates still =0 Red Sea

    Potassium (340) This is a first as well. It never has been below 400 even while running full Zeovit that is known for lowering K.
     
  6. Jan 20, 2013 #46
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    This weeks harvest was 97g.


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  7. Jan 22, 2013 #47
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    I turned the ATS 90 deg. Now it is easier to see both sides of the screen from the front. [​IMG]


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  8. Jan 22, 2013 #48
    Turbo

    Turbo Does not really look like Johnny Carson Staff Member Site Owner Multiple Units! Customer

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    You must have egg crate on top of those pipes? That pic about gave me a heart attack - the pipes are so close to the edge! I would slide those in a bit but that's me :)
     
  9. Jan 22, 2013 #49
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    Lol I should have mentioned so that someone did not do it like that. It is sitting on acrylic that is secured to the PVC with servo tape that is Very strong.


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  10. Jan 22, 2013 #50
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    The rocks are continuing to lose the algae. Yeah. The phone pics don't focus that great, but here is to trying at a few updated pics. Similar pics are on page one. So you can see how more and more of the rocks are becoming exposed.
    [​IMG][​IMG][​IMG]


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  11. Jan 23, 2013 #51
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    I turned off my carbon reactor a couple days ago. DT looks good and same but the ORP has dropped about 20 points. Maybe that stuff is still doing something after 2 weeks?


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  12. Jan 27, 2013 #52
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    This week is down a little from last week ( 57grams) The change I made was adding Saran to the screen. I removed it and will see if that has an effect. The DT is looking better though.
    Here is 7 days. [​IMG]
    Here is 14days
    [​IMG]
    [​IMG]


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  13. Jan 27, 2013 #53
    Garf

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    I think you took the carbon out also. Interesting to see what happens in the next few weeks.
     
  14. Jan 27, 2013 #54
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    Oh ya. I noticed mid this last week the the ORP was going back down. So I replaced it around Wednesday. This time it only went up a little. So I'm arms in the air as to if and when to run carbon again. What do you think? Run it full time passively in the sump baffle?


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  15. Jan 27, 2013 #55
    Redfish

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    As I am just learning about Scrubbers, don't get upset when I ask a dumb question, just trying to learn :) Here it is: couldn't you just take the screen, give it a shake (not a hard shake) in the return section of your sump to dislodge some of the pods to let them work their way into the display tank? Then give the screen a dip in the RO water to kill pods that didn't come off? Seems a waste to kill pods, when so many pay good money for them.
     
  16. Jan 27, 2013 #56
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    Thats sounds like a good plan. Be interesting to hear what other say on this.
     
  17. Jan 28, 2013 #57
    Ricky

    Ricky Member Trusted Member Multiple Units! Customer

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    Thats the beauty of what we do.. other people spend hundreds of dollars in skimmers, carbon, gfo, reactors.. pods.

    There are literally millions of them.. they are in your rock, under your pump, between your glass cleaner and the glass... Everywhere... So killing a few when you clean the scrubber is really not that big of a deal. I give it a shake in the tank when i can.. but i dont sweat it.
     
  18. Feb 3, 2013 #58
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    These week the algae looks a little dark. Going to try add one hour.
    [​IMG][​IMG]


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  19. Feb 10, 2013 #59
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    Same progress this week.
    Algae in the display is still there but is slowly thinning. So perfect IMO, If I do anything to speed it up (like running a skimmer) the acans start to decline.


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  20. Feb 22, 2013 #60
    sabbath

    sabbath Member Trusted Member Customer

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    Algae seems to have stopped going away but it's not advancing. Corals look good but a couple of Acans are still receding a little. Hmmm

    Decided to fired up my small EV120 skimmer in the 120g reef. I'm going to try running it from 5am to 2pm. ( I feed after 2pm ) ATS starts as soon as the lights go out. So one or the other will be going when the DT lights are off. There is even a little overlap with both running. This way I'm thinking that it will clean some of the uneaten food from the day before.


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