Serpentman's 180 SPS Reef: November 2006

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Added new livestock. More photos

Over the last week or so, I have added a bit more livestock:

Courtesy of Josh: a couple of very nice acro frags and a couple gorgonians. I'll post pics soon.

Also picked a couple of Monti frags, an anemone and a few fish (Niger Trigger, 6-line Wrasse and 6 Blue Chromis)

Also, played around with my digital camera a bit and am finally learning to take decent pics.

pH Update

Well, my pH problems are not solved...yet. I suspect a deficiency in Mg as my Ca and Alk continue to plummit after a couple of days. Ordered a test kit. While that is on its way, I will be on the search for some MAG flake.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

pH Problem Solved (or is it?)

Thank God for simple solutions. I decided to feed my calcium reactor into the return section of the sump to allow it to mix with the turbulent water. Wouldn't you know it, after a couple of days the pH shot back up to 8.2.

Friday, November 24, 2006

pH problems

I am currently experiencing issues with pH. Current levels are 7.9 at night and 8.05 during the day. Although not detrimental to the system, they are too low for comfort. I suspect the problem is due to closing up the house for winter.

Unfortunately, I can't run the Kalk reactor harder to counter this as it is topping off more than the evaporation and lowering my salinity. What to do...

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Vortec Video

Here is a sample video of the flow generated by 2x Vortecs positioned opposing one another.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5806437885436084606