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  1. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    What ICP test do you recommend? You don't think I should add some more CUC members? snails? in the meantime? Should I continue to raise my lights intensity 10% per week? Should I get some chaeto to put into my fuge to get some nutrient export going?
  2. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    I am going no faster than my smaller AIO tank - and that tank is (knock on wood) doing great. I went so incredibly slow with the frag tank. Let it cycle for 2 months without touching it.. I than added CUC waited another month and than added fish & corals. I think algae came in on a frag and...
  3. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    Not even to help eat algae ? Or add more CUC? does anyone have a PAR meter to rent ?
  4. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    Not quite yet. I keep scrubbing which doesn't help
  5. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    I think I'll begin with Increasing intensity and adding another fish
  6. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    If I could connect the two I would they're 20 feet away horizontally and 10 vertically - plus I'm moving out of my parents house sooner than later
  7. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    I have rock and I have enough marine pure spheres to equal I think 150 gallon tank. I do not have sand as I figured it would be easier to manage. I know it's gonna be a struggle and yes the tank is six months old... My main tank is just breaching a year. My skimmer is a ice cap k1-100 it's...
  8. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    1. What is your magnesium - I need to get a mg tester 2. How many hours are your lights on. - lights are on at 9:30am and ramp up to 45% intensity and stay for several hours and ramp down to off at 9:30pm. I didn't increase or decrease photo period. Just began to Increase intensity 3. are...
  9. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    Right the algae is just eating the nitrates.
  10. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    I truly don't know if I have zero nitrates & need to dose nitrates or if the algae is eating the nitrates in the tank... I think another fish or two will help but I don't want to overpopulate my frag tank... on the other hand though I have an oversized skimmer... so maybe it's time to throw...
  11. Hallowhead

    Battling Nitrates & Phosphates

    Howdy, I am struggling with my frag tank... my display tank (separate system) which is more mixed reef (fish & coral) balances itself better. So here goes. My frag tank is a 34 deep blue with a 15ish gallon sump. I run (2) kessil A160we tuna blue's. The tank started minimal cycled & than...
  12. Hallowhead

    PAR meter

    Does anyone have a PAR meter northern jersey that either wants to lend it to me or swing by and test my tanks?? I think I need to adjust my lights but just don't know how much
  13. Hallowhead

    Jebao dp4

    I was looking at those, but the BRS seemed to have higher reviews for single channel
  14. Hallowhead

    Jebao dp4

    What's your reccomendation
  15. Hallowhead

    Jebao dp4

    I'd be dosing ~ 3 ml total of alk day so I'd be in that small quantity range ugh
  16. Hallowhead

    Jebao dp4

    Howdy, How do you guys feel about it ? Reliable ? I have a single BRS 1.1 right now and I'm looking to eventually dose calcium and mg as well and I'm wondering how it's perceived by the club
  17. Hallowhead

    Hammers & Blastos oh my!

    Are you adopting ? How did you frag hammer ? Band saw with water? Dremel?
  18. Hallowhead

    Avast marine kalk stirrer

    I was looking for one of these a while back ! Ugh Turned out though wound up just starting to dose soda ash Glws
  19. Hallowhead

    2020 Jan POTM

    I can feel a win this month.. just have to wait for the pic to come to me
  20. Hallowhead

    free tank and stand

    The 4 foot frag tanks are everywhere right now.. incredibly considering upgrading my 34 gallon Fragger
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