Hello thank you for having me

[Aquarium_psycho]

Hi my name is Roger. Pretty new to reefing been doing this for about 3 months. Currently running a redsea max 250 gen 1. Just here to learn and meet other hobbyist.

 

[Sold4JC]

Welcome to the forum. There are some great reefers on here. If you have any photos of your reef, we would like to see them.

 

[joseserrano]

Welcome. Share your tank.

 

[kadyooo]

welcome to the forum

 

[Kobin]

Welcome! Feel free to message if you'd like any starter zoas or softies! More than happy to give them for free for new reefers

 

[DylanCameron]

Welcome to SCR!

 

[five.five-six]

Welcome aboard a thank you for being had.

you have stumbled onto a wealth of knowledge without the high school drama or misinformation. Looking at this thread, you’ve already had about 100 years of hobby experience welcome you aboard.

 

[Bck2hobby]

Welcome onboard

 

[Two_Nano_Reefs]

Welcome welcome

 

[anthonys_aqua]

welcome sir

 

[Aquarium_psycho]

 

[bakbay]

Welcome! Very cool setup — looks like it’s a pretty well-established tank given only 3 months? 🤣

 

[Aquarium_psycho]

Welcome to the forum. There are some great reefers on here. If you have any photos of your reef, we would like to see them.

Thank for the warm welcome!

 

[Aquarium_psycho]

Welcome aboard a thank you for being had.

you have stumbled onto a wealth of knowledge without the high school drama or misinformation. Looking at this thread, you’ve already had about 100 years of hobby experience welcome you aboard.

Awesome! Ready to be a sponge and soak in as much information as possible

 

[Aquarium_psycho]

Welcome! Very cool setup — looks like it’s a pretty well-established tank given only 3 months? 🤣

Yeah very expensive first lesson! Being patient! Tank is recovering from ich and brown jelly disease currently in week 2 of recovery.

 

[bakbay]

Yeah very expensive first lesson! Being patient! Tank is recovering from ich and brown jelly disease currently in week 2 of recovery.

All good - we’ve all been here before! Just be patient, keep Alk stable and making sure N&P are registering. The rest will play out on their own…

Do you dose or doing WCs?

 

[Aquarium_psycho]

All good - we’ve all been here before! Just be patient, keep Alk stable and making sure N&P are registering. The rest will play out on their own…

Do you dose or doing WCs?

Currently a little of both! I do 30% water changes on Sundays and dose microbe-lift all in one, complete, and trace elements. Currently dealing with high N&P so recently started getting into phytoplankton to help. Considering Caulerpa Macro Algae for the sand bed.

 

[bakbay]

What are your params: Alk, Ca, Mg, NO3, PO4?

My core params are below.
NO3: 25
PO4: 0.10

 

[Aquarium_psycho]

These were the readings last week. I dosed afterwards

 

[bakbay]

Yikes! Your parameters are all over the map. Softies don’t mind but any SPS frags you put in there will likely complain / perish.

My recommendation is to try to stabilize Alk and def reduce nitrate. Also, I would stop dosing and let things settle…