DanS180
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Hopefully all these pics uploaded.. just wanted to show some updated pics
Mrc8858 said:Looking good. Love your arch way
DanS180 said:Thanks! Wonder where I got that idea haha.. can't wait to scape my 90G with all dry rock and epoxxy...
Mrc8858 said:I know how you feel I'm super excited to setup with a blank canvas knowing what I know now lol
22engine said:Looks really nice man. Love the rock work. Good job. Also like the background. Some don't like those but I think it adds a nice depth look.
DanS180 said:Haha yeah I'll get used to it.. and okay so my Magnesium is at 1080ppm.. is that good? Bad?
CorallineAlgae said:Yeah, that's pretty low considering your calcium level. It may raise after the next water change or it may not. You'll want to bump it to 1300ppm and keep it there. Most people recommend to keep magnesium at three times your calcium level but because yours is so high I'd just shoot for 1300. It actually matters because in general for every 1ppm of calcium absorbed in the tank 3ppm of magnesium gets used and the ratio in the water should be close to the ratio of absorption.
You know your tank looks great and i have looked back from the beginning of this thread an the first thing i noticed was the background. What i did is paint the back of the tank (outside) all black! I know a few others that do this with all there tanks as i do. I really just makes all the colors to me in the tank more vibrant! But ultimately you have to look at it everyday!Thanks!! Yeah I wasn't sure about the background either but it kinda makes it blend in from a distance
Pizza101 said:You know your tank looks great and i have looked back from the beginning of this thread an the first thing i noticed was the background. What i did is paint the back of the tank (outside) all black! I know a few others that do this with all there tanks as i do. I really just makes all the colors to me in the tank more vibrant! But ultimately you have to look at it everyday!
Mrc8858 said:I would try with water changes first since you went a month on the last one which is probably why it was depleted
DanS180 said:Ahh good call.. so you think I should just do like a 5gal bucket WC once a week or so?
Mrc8858 said:You may not even need to do that much. 3-4 gallons is probably good. I do weekly 5s on my 46
DanS180 said:Alright cool, maybe I'll head out tomorrow and get some more water and do a small change again.
Mrc8858 said:Man you really need an Ro/Di lol
Mrc8858 said:Well hope that goes well for you but it must be hard parting with a 180 lol