Nana's 40B

[NanaReefer]

Thank you spieszak. Over a year old and still no coralline on the rock. Very strange right?

 

[1guydude]

+1wow nice. I think that's the best pic I've seen. I like white light
Looookin good Nana.
P.s. those stickers came today.
D

 

[NanaReefer]

Thank you! The filters have taken out all the blue. It's actually a little more blue looking to the naked eye. Not much though, I don't like a lot of blue.

 

[spieszak]

Thank you spieszak. Over a year old and still no coralline on the rock. Very strange right?

the 180 has had lights on the rocks for 8 months or so, and i'm seeing my first coralline now. i think when you move corals into a new tank, they outcompete it... but, doesn't much matter what i think..

 

[NanaReefer]

the 180 has had lights on the rocks for 8 months or so, and i'm seeing my first coralline now. i think when you move corals into a new tank, they outcompete it... but, doesn't much matter what i think..

Hey!! It matters to me what you think

 

[NanaReefer]

Well I do believe my Fungia is on the mend. Thought for sure I was gonna lose it. Stopped target feeding it LRS is the only thing I've done different. Colors coming back and showing much better PE.

 

[N1Husker]

My montipora's don't like to be target fed at all. I target feed my acans and hairy mushrooms but that is about it.

 

[NanaReefer]

My last Fungia loved to be fed. So much so it outgrew my 26g. Just assumed this one would like it too. Not!!

 

[NanaReefer]

Sadly I've lost my Pocillopora to STN, even worse looks like my Purple Stylo is also on its way out. This hurts, I've had them for almost a year

 

[mfinn]

That's a bummer

 

[NanaReefer]

Yeah I know. But on a good note others are doing great!

 

[NanaReefer]

 

[N1Husker]

Very nice, Nana, what kind of lights are you running?

 

[NanaReefer]

Reef Radiance LumenTek Pro 180. 3 Channels controlled 0-100%
Running Whites at 13% max and Blues at 50% max ramping.

 

[N1Husker]

Nice. Your corals are beautiful.

 

[spieszak]

Agreed, looking really nice.
Is it the filter that makes your sand appear purple, or were you running with mostly actinic/purple lighting when you took the pics?

 

[NanaReefer]

It's the filter, Blues were at 50%. Hence the purple SB. Corals are true to color though which is nice.

 

[NanaReefer]

Little update. So I've been battling what I believe to be Diatoms for quite some time. During a process of elimination I've decided to hold off on my normal bi-weekly water changes.
It has now been 23 days. All signs of Diatoms are gone and honestly my tank hasn't looked better.
Does this mean that the issue is with my water, salt mix or what? How do I find out which one? It's not my socks. Changing them causes no issues. Something is definitely up with one of the two. TDS from RO/DI unit, storage and ATO all read 0, brand new meter too.

The mystery continues......

 

[loohunter]

That's a tough one. Salt mix, storage container, ro di unit. I'm tagging along

 

[spieszak]

did you ever get the silicate test kit? be interesting to see what that looks like from tap, filtered and storage water.
i would maybe look into the silicate buster membranes they sell. silicate won't always show in tds, at least thats how i understand it..