I am Slowly Murdering my Coral

[Gboy66]

Hoping this is it!! Goodluck man!

 

[scottayy]

Curious how the dosing is helping if your parameters were in check? Or, is it for the rapidly declining alk?

 

[fort384]

It is to keep alk up. It was dropping regularly between weekly water changes.

 

[Keithhjs]

Still improving I hope?

 

[AquaRick]

Yeah how have things been in the last few days?

 

[fort384]

Very well!


Updated pics here:
http://www.aquariumadvice.com/forum...rimless-reef-build-195353-42.html#post2145609

 

[scottayy]

happy for ya man

 

[Nu-Nu the eel]

Hows everything doin???

 

[fort384]

Fantastic. Everything is growing - zoas, acans, birdsnests, torch, frog, hammer, all look great. The pink birdsnest has dozens of new arms growing.

I have the autodosers dialed in, Alk is holding steady now at 10dKH and Ca holding steady at 425ppm.

 

[CorallineAlgae]

If you don't mind me asking, how much did the auto-doser setup cost you? It's almost time to think about Christmas gifts and my brother inherited my reef a few months back. It might be a nice gift option for him if I can afford it.

 

[fort384]

I spent around $300 but you can do it for much less. $100 of that was for the containers because I needed something that was the perfect size and I liked how they looked.

BRS has a complete package except timers for the peristaltic pumps starting at I think $179 during a group buy. It includes pumps, mixing containers, tubing, utensils, and a supply of compounds to make alk, Ca. And Mg solutions.

 

[CorallineAlgae]

Thanks a ton for the info. It's pretty steep for my budget but maybe I could swing something for him. It's such a great setup. Thanks again.