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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    I'm also getting some diatoms on the pvc in the tank. Is that normal? I can't test for nitrates right now because my API test kit is hosed, giving me falsely high numbers.

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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    1/8 is normal, not 1/4.

    Let it grow more.

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    Correction: it is 1/8th. Duh. The other slot was 3/16" to 1/4". This one is 1/8". Wasn't thinking yesterday, apparently ops:

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    Here are my screens from the latest cleaning. On SantaMonica's advice I waited 10 days since my last cleaning.



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    Its looking good, how are you nutrients?
    150G. Reef/Mix
    125G. 3 Regular Oscars/1 Jack Dempsey
    75G. 20+ Africans
    40G. Fish/Reef. Algae Scrubbers on ALL my SW
    10G. SW Fish/Reef.
    10G. SW Hospital/new fish quarantine/pod breeder tank
    6 stage RO/DI system 200 GPD.

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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    My API Nitrate test is whacked, showing around 5 times the correct amount (I verified it at a water treatment place). So until I get the salifert kit I'm ordering at the end of the week, I have no idea, and I don't test for phosphate right now either. I do have coraline growing like mad--seriously wild growth for the first time ever. I'm dosing kalk and it is barely keeping up. So the tank must be in pretty decent shape.

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    Re: SM 100 style new build

    Keep in mind that you have to measure nutrients right away to get a correct reading. Each hour that the water stays in a bottle will allow the bacteria to consume the organics, and thus decrease pH, and increase N and P.

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