Jay's Little Ocean AIO Aquarium.

I couldn't agree more! Thank you, I am hoping to learn the ups and downs and lefts and rights of my aquarium. As much as I would love to go larger I believe that even smaller aquariums when tended to properly and consistently can rival some of their larger counterparts. Hopefully this aquarium will prove just that.

 

I've been happy with the 75 gallon. My 125 was just a bit to much to care for. Maybe one day I'll go bigger but for now I love the 75.

 

Agreed. I have the resources and the urge to go bigger. But not the time. To bad you can't purchase time.

 

Your on to something jay! Now we have to figure out how to package it. Come get your time in 1oz packages, lol.

 

My Red Sea Algae Management program arrived today and I was eager to get things setup. I read through the manual and got my game plan together. According to the directions. I would need to add 3 ml of the NO3O4X supplement for every 25 gallons. Since my aquarium is 45 gallons I figured a safe bet to start with would be 5 ml per day. I'm using my Jabeo 4 channel doser with 4 additional channels on the slave unit in order to dose 5 separate 1 ml doses every 4.5 hours per day. I also read on the instructions that it is recommended no to use in conjunction with phosphate removing media. So luckily enough my Innovate Marine Mini-Max reactor containing the AquaMaxx Granular Ferric Oxide was easy to remove by just pulling the reaction chamber out of the water. So now we wait until Saturday after my water change to see what my nitrate and phosphate levels looks like for the first week. I have also purchased the Red Sea Algae Management Pro Test Kit to use in conjunction for monitoring. Crossing my fingers for good results.

 

I cant wait to get a dosing pump. Sweet setup jay. I'm eager to see how that product works

 

Thanks. You and me both. The dosing system is actually one of the best investments I have made to add supplements. Cannot speak enough good things about them.

 

The aquarium hold approximately 45 gallons of water. With displacement for the live sand and live rock I have dropped that number down a bit further. According to the Red Sea NO3O4X supplement instructions for SPS aquariums within the first week I should be adding approximately 3 ml of solutions for every 25 gallons of saltwater. So I have calculated that 5 ml per day should be about accurate for my aquarium. I have spread the dosage out as stated every 4.5 hours.

It has been approximately 24 hours since I first started administering the dosage and my first observations are as follows. I have noticed that I am experiencing Slow Tissue Necrosis on one of my corals. While most of my corals have degraded in the vibrance of their pigmentation I am not total convinced that this is due entirely to the dosing. But I did also notice that my pH levels has been suppressed since I started dosing according to the graph below from my Neptune Systems Apex Controller's pH monitoring Probe.

 

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