Is that the rock from your previous tank? Are you dosing any trace elements? What about coral foods? I've been using the Benepets the last few weeks. My alk has been stable. Coraline is slow but its growing.
I was cooking this rock for 6 months but couldn't get rid of some black looking hairy mold that was growing on it even though it was 100% blackout. So I gave it a acid bath. I used Dr.Tims ammonia and cycled with turbo Fritz 900, Dr. Tim's one and only and and dosing microbacter daily still. Cycle took about a week to go from 2-3ppm to zero in 24 hours. I repeated a few days in a row to confirm. So far everything has been super stable. I did add 3 marinepure plates from my frag tank.
Aside from the calcium reactor I've been dosing acro power @ 25% recommended dose daily and ramping up slowly. I've also been dosing red sea AB (food/ amminos/vitamins) since my blue buckets came with it for free. I've been feeding heavy 2x a day between reef frenzy and rods reef.
I've been struggling to keep a steady drip from the effluent so I ordered a Kamoer peristaltic pump today. Isn't effecting the system so far because my demand is so low but I want to get it dialed now before it is an issue.
Salinity 1.025
Alkalinity 8.3-8.6
Calcium 420
Magnesium 1350
Nitrate 5ppm
Haven't tested phosphate since there isn't a major algae issue yet > gotta love tangs!
Once my demand picks up I'll do a ICP test and see if anything is lacking.
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