TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D - Page 22

Reefmack · 11-01-2009, 09:51 AM

Fraser - the readings don't look bad to me, plus you're bumping the Ca & pH up to keep things in line. SPS and LPS will pull calcium out for their skeleton growth. My Ca & pH tend to drop also, and I use additives to make up for it. I make up my SW a week ahead and find that my pH drops from about 8.2 to about 7.8 during that week of aging. So now I add 1 tsp SeaChem Reef Buffer to the bucket while heating & remixing the SW right before a water change, to get the ph back up to 8.2-8.3 before I use it. Check the SW pH before you use it for a water change - that may be the reason the pH drops after your water change.

TheSilverSurfer · 11-02-2009, 08:24 AM

I think the reason it has been dropping is that I have been using fresh RO water for the evaporation top ups and not adding any buffers to it ... my LFS advised to mix in a buffer to the top off water so as to keep the levels more constant. I am going to give this a go and see how I get on over the next few weeks ...

redsea reefer · 11-02-2009, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Check the SW pH before you use it for a water change - that may be the reason the pH drops after your water change.

I also check the Ph in my fresh SW before a WC, rather than adding buffer to top-ups..

TheSilverSurfer · 11-04-2009, 04:09 PM

well I have been using the buffer and am getting back to better levels ... so all is good again

))

Sencha · 11-06-2009, 01:22 AM

Beautiful Fraser, very enjoyable journal, I learned a lot.

TheSilverSurfer · 11-07-2009, 02:21 PM

The diary continues.

Well I have hit the 3 months mark and all is going well. The learning curve has been great and am looking forward to the next 3 months. I treated myself to another coral today .. A Euphyllia Glabrescens - Metallic Green Torch Coral - simply stunning and the image does not do it justice.....

Fred & Ginger

Wiggles

Zoas

Euphyllia

Dweezil · 11-07-2009, 02:38 PM

Nice pictures Fraser ~ Love Wiggles what a pretty fish!

nanoreefing4fun · 11-07-2009, 02:53 PM

Beautiful pics !!! Nice addition, I really like Torch Coral - flowie wavie

TheSilverSurfer · 11-11-2009, 09:42 AM

I just did a clean out of the back of the tank as it was getting a bit manky and i removed the media rack and chemi-pure elite ... As to has been in there two months it had become quite sodden with gunk. Therefore I have rinsed it out in some tank water I removed first and the tank is now glistening more than ever.

Q. How long do people usually keep the chemi-pure elite in their tank before replacing it?

Also I just changed my water testing kits to 'Salifert' which I am finding much easier to use and all of which are giving great readings ... here are the latest water conditions after three months of setting up:

26 degrees
1.025 salinity
8.1 PH
8.75 Kdh
400 Calcium
0.1 Phosphate
0 Ammonia
0 Nitrite
2 Nitrate

Reefmack · 11-11-2009, 09:47 AM

Hi Fraser. I try to replace the Chemi-Pure Elite at 3 months, sometimes 4 if I get lazy. I agree on the Salifert kits - easier and more trustworthy. The readings look good to me!

nanoreefing4fun · 11-11-2009, 03:47 PM

replace my Chemi-Pure Elite at 3 months

TheSilverSurfer · 11-13-2009, 04:30 AM

I will order another another one shortly then :-).

Questions:

1. I have read people use something called Purigen ... what exactly is it.

2. In the 3 months I have been up and running the substrate has never been cleaned. I have read some people use a gravel cleaner and siphon the gravel whereas others do not touch the substrate at all? A bit confused about this?

reefjeff · 11-13-2009, 05:47 AM

beautiful pictures as usual fraser, the one with the clownfish is amazingly sharp and focus
peace
jeff

nanoreefing4fun · 11-13-2009, 08:17 AM

Seachem. Purigen

Purigen® is a premium synthetic adsorbent that is unlike any other filtration product. It is not a mixture of ion exchangers or adsorbents, but a unique macro-porous synthetic polymer that removes soluble and insoluble impurities from water at a rate and capacity that exceeds all others by over 500%. Purigen® controls ammonia, nitrites and nitrates by removing nitrogenous organic waste that would otherwise release these harmful compounds. Purigen’s™ impact on trace elements is minimal. It significantly raises redox. It polishes water to unparalleled clarity. Purigen® darkens progressively as it exhausts, and is easily renewed by treating with bleach. Purigen® is designed for both marine and freshwater

I seldom have to touch my sand (vacuum), about the only time I have, was when I overfeed, to remove some problem algae.

Dweezil · 11-13-2009, 03:49 PM

I do clean my substrate. I bought both the Ehiem Gravel Vac (I would not suggest it though) It's expensive and leaves the tank VERY cloudy. I then purchased just a normal (and cheap) siphon kleen similar to this one. This has done a very good job for me and I do it while doing a water change so I just discard the dirty water.

11-01-2009, 09:51 AM	#316 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,156 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D Fraser - the readings don't look bad to me, plus you're bumping the Ca & pH up to keep things in line. SPS and LPS will pull calcium out for their skeleton growth. My Ca & pH tend to drop also, and I use additives to make up for it. I make up my SW a week ahead and find that my pH drops from about 8.2 to about 7.8 during that week of aging. So now I add 1 tsp SeaChem Reef Buffer to the bucket while heating & remixing the SW right before a water change, to get the ph back up to 8.2-8.3 before I use it. Check the SW pH before you use it for a water change - that may be the reason the pH drops after your water change. __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

11-02-2009, 08:24 AM	#317 (permalink)
TheSilverSurfer Star Polyps Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 173 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D I think the reason it has been dropping is that I have been using fresh RO water for the evaporation top ups and not adding any buffers to it ... my LFS advised to mix in a buffer to the top off water so as to keep the levels more constant. I am going to give this a go and see how I get on over the next few weeks ... __________________ 'Paradise unearned is but a land of shadows!' TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D \| (aka Fraser) EQUIPMENT: Red Sea Max 130D (Set Up 15/09/09), 20KG's live rock, Aragonite substrate. Tunze 9002, SteveT's Media Rack, Hydor Flo, Hydor Koralia 2, Blue LED Night Lights, Chemi-Pure Elite, PhosGuard CORALS: (4) Zoanthids, (2) Polyps, (2) Leather Toadstool, Xenia Red Sea Pulse Coral, Xenia Elongata Coral, Trumpet Coral, Birds Nest, Frogspawn, Bush Coral, Monitipora, Fungia, Dimcanospora, Cataphyllia CUC: (17) Assorted Snails, (1) Emerald Crab, (4) Red Legged Hermits, (2) Blue Legged Hermits, (2) Cleaner Shrimps - (Nip and Tuck), (2) Peppermint Shrimps - (Rennie & Renata) FISH; (2) Ocellaris Clowns - (Fred & Ginger), (1) Midas Blenny - (Wiggles), (1) Orchid Dottyback - (Guyliner), (1) Suntail Goby - (Gobbles)

11-04-2009, 04:09 PM	#319 (permalink)
TheSilverSurfer Star Polyps Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 173 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D well I have been using the buffer and am getting back to better levels ... so all is good again )) __________________ 'Paradise unearned is but a land of shadows!' TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D \| (aka Fraser) EQUIPMENT: Red Sea Max 130D (Set Up 15/09/09), 20KG's live rock, Aragonite substrate. Tunze 9002, SteveT's Media Rack, Hydor Flo, Hydor Koralia 2, Blue LED Night Lights, Chemi-Pure Elite, PhosGuard CORALS: (4) Zoanthids, (2) Polyps, (2) Leather Toadstool, Xenia Red Sea Pulse Coral, Xenia Elongata Coral, Trumpet Coral, Birds Nest, Frogspawn, Bush Coral, Monitipora, Fungia, Dimcanospora, Cataphyllia CUC: (17) Assorted Snails, (1) Emerald Crab, (4) Red Legged Hermits, (2) Blue Legged Hermits, (2) Cleaner Shrimps - (Nip and Tuck), (2) Peppermint Shrimps - (Rennie & Renata) FISH; (2) Ocellaris Clowns - (Fred & Ginger), (1) Midas Blenny - (Wiggles), (1) Orchid Dottyback - (Guyliner), (1) Suntail Goby - (Gobbles)

11-06-2009, 01:22 AM	#320 (permalink)
Sencha Tubeworm Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 28 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D Beautiful Fraser, very enjoyable journal, I learned a lot.

11-07-2009, 02:21 PM	#321 (permalink)
TheSilverSurfer Star Polyps Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 173 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D The diary continues. Well I have hit the 3 months mark and all is going well. The learning curve has been great and am looking forward to the next 3 months. I treated myself to another coral today .. A Euphyllia Glabrescens - Metallic Green Torch Coral - simply stunning and the image does not do it justice..... Fred & Ginger Wiggles Zoas Euphyllia __________________ 'Paradise unearned is but a land of shadows!' TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D \| (aka Fraser) EQUIPMENT: Red Sea Max 130D (Set Up 15/09/09), 20KG's live rock, Aragonite substrate. Tunze 9002, SteveT's Media Rack, Hydor Flo, Hydor Koralia 2, Blue LED Night Lights, Chemi-Pure Elite, PhosGuard CORALS: (4) Zoanthids, (2) Polyps, (2) Leather Toadstool, Xenia Red Sea Pulse Coral, Xenia Elongata Coral, Trumpet Coral, Birds Nest, Frogspawn, Bush Coral, Monitipora, Fungia, Dimcanospora, Cataphyllia CUC: (17) Assorted Snails, (1) Emerald Crab, (4) Red Legged Hermits, (2) Blue Legged Hermits, (2) Cleaner Shrimps - (Nip and Tuck), (2) Peppermint Shrimps - (Rennie & Renata) FISH; (2) Ocellaris Clowns - (Fred & Ginger), (1) Midas Blenny - (Wiggles), (1) Orchid Dottyback - (Guyliner), (1) Suntail Goby - (Gobbles)

11-07-2009, 02:38 PM	#322 (permalink)
Dweezil Plate Coral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 714 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D Nice pictures Fraser ~ Love Wiggles what a pretty fish! __________________ ~Tammy "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt" ~ Abraham Lincoln My Tank Thread

11-07-2009, 02:53 PM	#323 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D Beautiful pics !!! Nice addition, I really like Torch Coral - flowie wavie __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

11-11-2009, 09:42 AM	#324 (permalink)
TheSilverSurfer Star Polyps Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 173 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D I just did a clean out of the back of the tank as it was getting a bit manky and i removed the media rack and chemi-pure elite ... As to has been in there two months it had become quite sodden with gunk. Therefore I have rinsed it out in some tank water I removed first and the tank is now glistening more than ever. Q. How long do people usually keep the chemi-pure elite in their tank before replacing it? Also I just changed my water testing kits to 'Salifert' which I am finding much easier to use and all of which are giving great readings ... here are the latest water conditions after three months of setting up: 26 degrees 1.025 salinity 8.1 PH 8.75 Kdh 400 Calcium 0.1 Phosphate 0 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 2 Nitrate __________________ 'Paradise unearned is but a land of shadows!' TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D \| (aka Fraser) EQUIPMENT: Red Sea Max 130D (Set Up 15/09/09), 20KG's live rock, Aragonite substrate. Tunze 9002, SteveT's Media Rack, Hydor Flo, Hydor Koralia 2, Blue LED Night Lights, Chemi-Pure Elite, PhosGuard CORALS: (4) Zoanthids, (2) Polyps, (2) Leather Toadstool, Xenia Red Sea Pulse Coral, Xenia Elongata Coral, Trumpet Coral, Birds Nest, Frogspawn, Bush Coral, Monitipora, Fungia, Dimcanospora, Cataphyllia CUC: (17) Assorted Snails, (1) Emerald Crab, (4) Red Legged Hermits, (2) Blue Legged Hermits, (2) Cleaner Shrimps - (Nip and Tuck), (2) Peppermint Shrimps - (Rennie & Renata) FISH; (2) Ocellaris Clowns - (Fred & Ginger), (1) Midas Blenny - (Wiggles), (1) Orchid Dottyback - (Guyliner), (1) Suntail Goby - (Gobbles)

11-11-2009, 09:47 AM	#325 (permalink)
Reefmack NaClH2O Addicted Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, NC, USA Posts: 6,156 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D Hi Fraser. I try to replace the Chemi-Pure Elite at 3 months, sometimes 4 if I get lazy. I agree on the Salifert kits - easier and more trustworthy. The readings look good to me! __________________ aka Terry Excellence in reefkeeping is achieved by mastering the fundamentals, and learning from mistakes. No such thing as an evil crab. Only humans have the ability to be evil. "If you don't like what your fellow forum neighbors are doing, then don't pay so much attention to them" 34g Red Sea Max 130 (April 07), ~50-60 lbs. live rock, Aragonite substrate. Lighting: Current USA Outer Orbit Pro - 150W HQI, 2 x 24W Blue Plus T5 HO Fluorescent by ATI, 2 x 24W Super Actinic T5 HO Fluorescent by UVL, Vortech MP20, LifeReef RSM Siphon, EShopps RS-75 Sump, Euro-Reef custom sump skimmer, Simplicity media reactor, Tunze Osmolator ATO, ReefKeeper Lite L3 controller Reefmack's RSM 130 and...Red Sea Max Owners Club and My JBJ 6G in this thread[/color][/i]

11-11-2009, 03:47 PM	#326 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D replace my Chemi-Pure Elite at 3 months __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

11-13-2009, 04:30 AM	#327 (permalink)
TheSilverSurfer Star Polyps Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: London Posts: 173 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D I will order another another one shortly then :-). Questions: 1. I have read people use something called Purigen ... what exactly is it. 2. In the 3 months I have been up and running the substrate has never been cleaned. I have read some people use a gravel cleaner and siphon the gravel whereas others do not touch the substrate at all? A bit confused about this? __________________ 'Paradise unearned is but a land of shadows!' TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D \| (aka Fraser) EQUIPMENT: Red Sea Max 130D (Set Up 15/09/09), 20KG's live rock, Aragonite substrate. Tunze 9002, SteveT's Media Rack, Hydor Flo, Hydor Koralia 2, Blue LED Night Lights, Chemi-Pure Elite, PhosGuard CORALS: (4) Zoanthids, (2) Polyps, (2) Leather Toadstool, Xenia Red Sea Pulse Coral, Xenia Elongata Coral, Trumpet Coral, Birds Nest, Frogspawn, Bush Coral, Monitipora, Fungia, Dimcanospora, Cataphyllia CUC: (17) Assorted Snails, (1) Emerald Crab, (4) Red Legged Hermits, (2) Blue Legged Hermits, (2) Cleaner Shrimps - (Nip and Tuck), (2) Peppermint Shrimps - (Rennie & Renata) FISH; (2) Ocellaris Clowns - (Fred & Ginger), (1) Midas Blenny - (Wiggles), (1) Orchid Dottyback - (Guyliner), (1) Suntail Goby - (Gobbles)

11-13-2009, 05:47 AM	#328 (permalink)
reefjeff Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Monaco principality Posts: 274 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D beautiful pictures as usual fraser, the one with the clownfish is amazingly sharp and focus peace jeff __________________ RSM 130D, tunze 9002 with intank media rack & collection cup, 20kgs of fiji live rocks, aragonite sandbed, softies: zoanthus, toadstool leather, green star polyps, pinkish softy (dunno the name, lol) fishies & other inhabitant : 2 clown, 1 hippo tang, 1 sea ursin, 2 blue legged hermits, 1 nassarius, 3 trochus, 1 coral banded shrimp, 1 peppermint shrimp .............................. ............................

11-13-2009, 08:17 AM	#329 (permalink)
nanoreefing4fun Manta Ray Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Central Arkansas, USA Posts: 3,551 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D Seachem. Purigen Purigen® is a premium synthetic adsorbent that is unlike any other filtration product. It is not a mixture of ion exchangers or adsorbents, but a unique macro-porous synthetic polymer that removes soluble and insoluble impurities from water at a rate and capacity that exceeds all others by over 500%. Purigen® controls ammonia, nitrites and nitrates by removing nitrogenous organic waste that would otherwise release these harmful compounds. Purigen’s™ impact on trace elements is minimal. It significantly raises redox. It polishes water to unparalleled clarity. Purigen® darkens progressively as it exhausts, and is easily renewed by treating with bleach. Purigen® is designed for both marine and freshwater I seldom have to touch my sand (vacuum), about the only time I have, was when I overfeed, to remove some problem algae. __________________ ~ Glenn 34 gal Red Sea Max 130D, with 2 1/2" deep sand bed of 0.1-0.2 Fine/Medium sand CaribSea Aragonite Seaflor Special Grade reef Sand and 35 # Live Rock Tonga Branch * CUC (snails, Ceriths, Nassarius, Margarita Turbos, Astrea & Banded Trochus - one Emerald crab - one Skunk Cleaner) * Coral - Two Color Aacanthastrea, Red Chalice Coral, Closed Brain Coral, Turbinaria Scroll Ridge Coral, Blue Tip Branching Acropora, Birdsnest Pink Coral, Cup Coral, Torch Coral , Hammerhead Coral, Open Brain Coral Orange, Keyna Tree Coral, Green Star Polyp, Frogspawn, Pom Pom Xenia, Green Eyed Zoanthids, Candy Cane Coral, Ricordea Floridian, Duncan Coral, Staghorn Acropora, Blue Chalice Coral, Flowerpot Goniopora & Bluestriped Mushroom *** Fish - (1) Scooter Blenny (2) Ocellaris Clownfish (1) Yellow Clown Goby My Tank Thread (click here to see the latest pics of my tank & how it is progressing)

11-13-2009, 03:49 PM	#330 (permalink)
Dweezil Plate Coral Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 714 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: TheSilverSurfer's RSM 130D I do clean my substrate. I bought both the Ehiem Gravel Vac (I would not suggest it though) It's expensive and leaves the tank VERY cloudy. I then purchased just a normal (and cheap) siphon kleen similar to this one. This has done a very good job for me and I do it while doing a water change so I just discard the dirty water. __________________ ~Tammy "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt" ~ Abraham Lincoln My Tank Thread

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