Disaster, Problems and Toys.

It's been a crazy week. As I mentioned previously my Calcium reactor sprung a leak, I've been attempting to fix it by repairing the pump with silicone until I can sort a permanent fix. This sort of worked, looks like its sealed for now but it rattles worse than a kids rattle. Also while I was on the case of the Calcium reactor I also purchased an adapter ring from JBL called U-M which allows me to use my solenoid with fire extinguisher CO2 bottles. This means I can use a 2kg cylinder which is cheap as chips to refill. So that was the problem.

The disaster, while doing some maintenance within the tank I managed to knock my LED light unit into the tank!!! One corner of the unit was submerged, luckily at the time the unit was unplugged. So after a mad panic which involved a air compressor, hair dryer and RO water to clean the electrics I decided to leave the unit to dry out over night. Next morning I plugged it in to find the controller, LCD screen and one channel of LEDs not working. ahhhhh. Panic mode, pricing up new light units. 24 hours later I managed to price up replacement parts and someone to repair it. Before sending the unit off I decided to create a new support for the light when over the tank, the support raises the height of the light, is strong and allows me to slide the unit backwards so that I can still access the tank. Once finished I test fitted the light and as a last measure I tested the light again, and would you believe it but its now fully working. Not sure how long it will last but panic mode is on hold for now.

Toys. On a rather brighter note, I've received some new equipment and additives for the tank. First up I managed to source a Maxspect Gyre 130, which also included every accessory under the sun for it. I've only just set the Gyre up and so far so good, it moves a huge amount of water in a linear line which is fantastic at keeping detritus and food in suspension. Plan is to run it in pulse mode majority of the time and in alternative gyre mode a few hours a day to mix it up. I will report back in a few days.

Additives. So I wasnt happy with the way my corals looked and decided to try NSW but also dose Red Sea Reef Colour ABCD along with AminoAcids and TraceHard. My dose scheme at the moment is 10ml of Aminoacids and TraceHard a week and 2ml every other day of the Red Sea ABCD. So far the aminoacids have made my SPS polyps extend like crazy.