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john90009

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Also was able to chop up the raptors peace favia, big thanks to dnov!! And here’s some daylight pictures of a few.
 

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john90009

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Here is one of my blastos starting to mix some orange hues in it.
 

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john90009

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Here is a week in of getting detectable nitrates.
 

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john90009

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Can’t wait to see what the green encrustment turns into. Finally starting to shoot up after a year.
 

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john90009

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Hope everyone’s having a good month. Here are a few top downs . Sps seem to be a bit happier and safer with the addition of nitrate dosing. My Walt Disney’s took giant hits with no nitrates. A icp test also showed that I had lower iodine levels which could have also been the reason why my disneys lost a lot of their pinks.
 

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john90009

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It’s a never ending process. You test often and things that aren’t as close to natural salt levels, try to get them back to normal. One by one.
 

john90009

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This one has started to respond very well to the nitrates in the water and the extra stability with the newer dosing pump.
 

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john90009

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I have been manually adjusting iodine to get back up to normal levels, but I had hooked up neonitro to the doser and I think my nitrates are sitting at 15. It was sitting at 0 and phosphates were at .08. It was a very hostile environment without the nutrients in the water. Also some sps that have stayed stagnant have started growing and really growing at a good rate. The photo of the coral is the poto red Diablo.
 

john90009

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I haven’t checked lol, last time I did it was a week and a half since a water change so it went from .08 to .11…. I don’t trust the hannah phosphate checker I have completely. My friends more expensive one say my number was actually .05 or in that area which matched the icp test. So the number I get from my phosphate kit is slightly higher then what it probably is. Just got to keep phosphates away from 0.0 and from getting too high. I have also been feeding more so that is probably adding more phosphate.
 
I used Hanna as well, it’s good to see a complete number and not guess with colors.
What brand is the one that you are using for dosing nitrates?
 

john90009

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I dose with brightwells neonitro. I don’t use much so the cost isn’t bad but for a bigger tank it’s easier to make your own. I test with Red Sea pro, I am going to wait for more reviews of the brand no Hannah hr checker before I buy that.
 
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