Tank Journal Archive

[OSCAR85]

is that a yelloe plateing monti i see there??? :eek

kinda lime green

 

[vman]

awsome non the less,perfect placeing and looking overall smackingly good Oscar.

 

[slin1977]

This tank made my short list

 

[OSCAR85]

Thanks for the nice comments guys. It's only been up 10 months so I can't wait to see what happens when it matures

 

[leodb89]

have you got growth pics of the monti?

 

[OSCAR85]

If I dig around for pics I think I could compare. As it grows sideways I'll have to take pics from above.
When I got it, it would have been the size or a Oreo now it's cd size. That's prob in 6months

 

[OSCAR85]

 

[leodb89]

wow so beautiful

excuse me if you've already mentioned it (link me if you have) just curious what your maintenance and dosing routine is

 

[OSCAR85]

wow so beautiful

excuse me if you've already mentioned it (link me if you have) just curious what your maintenance and dosing routine is

wow so beautiful

excuse me if you've already mentioned it (link me if you have) just curious what your maintenance and dosing routine is

Hey Leo.
I do 50L water change every week.
I use rowaphos in 2 little fishi reactor.
Redsea no4po3 for nitrate. 3ml a day.

Redsea calc, mag, alk powder. Tiny amounts, the powders are strong most likely going to last me 2-3 years.

I also dose
Redsea a and b amino acids 2times a week just 1drop of each. Just buy small pack of 2 for $29 they are 100mls each.
And then
Redsea colours 4x100ml bottles in drop of each every 2nd day.

 

[Ben S]

Very nice. A good credit to your husbandry.
How do you rate the Redsea? I've used Zeo in the past with success but not really seen much of the Red Sea.

Ben

 

[OSCAR85]

Very nice. A good credit to your husbandry.
How do you rate the Redsea? I've used Zeo in the past with success but not really seen much of the Red Sea.

Ben

The redsea no4po3 is great for nitrate but only lowers phosphate a little. My nitrate is on 0.00 so I'm doseing 3ml now instead of 4ml as I think that's too low

 

[Bdear22]

Do you test what you dose and how often? Just started on Red Sea stuff

 

[OSCAR85]

Do you test what you dose and how often? Just started on Red Sea stuff

No I don't test for trace elements if that's what you mean lol. Just the main ones calc, mag, alk, ph, phos, nitrate, salinity
I use to test weekly but now ever 2 weeks as I'm aware of my tank chemistry

 

[Bdear22]

Haha ok, I've been finding it hard to know how much foundations powder to use on the container it just says a whole amount of ppm for all I'm guessing? And how come only a drop of the colours they say on them like 3ml a week for the smallest amount with 100l?

 

[OSCAR85]

Haha ok, I've been finding it hard to know how much foundations powder to use on the container it just says a whole amount of ppm for all I'm guessing? And how come only a drop of the colours they say on them like 3ml a week for the smallest amount with 100l?

When I started dosing I started with drops and noticed a big difference. I feel the coral colour has reached its potential... Maybe lol. I think the brands want you to run out quicker than you need.

 

[Bdear22]

Haha wow big difference from least being 3ml to a drop every 2 days, anything wrong with overdosing then? Haha I think you can get more pop! How much powder and how often do you do please

 

[OSCAR85]

Haha wow big difference from least being 3ml to a drop every 2 days, anything wrong with overdosing then? Haha I think you can get more pop! How much powder and how often do you do please

3/4 teaspoon calc. 1/3 teaspoon alk and 1/4 teaspoon mag. Every night

 

[Bdear22]

Thanks dude

 

[OSCAR85]

Thanks @Reeflections Aquarium for my purple acro. Its soooo purple!

Did a slight scape change to the right bom

 

[holly]

Thanks @Reeflections Aquarium for my purple acro. Its soooo purple!View attachment 21335 Did a slight scape change to the right bomView attachment 21336

Nice one! Did you use glue or putty for sticking it down?