the1dogbikes
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Looks like you definitely do everything properly an it is alot better on the eyed than pipe you can just never use it for any think else .
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Journal Oase Scaperline 60 Reef Tank
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Tanksy
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I'd rather use reef rock in the QT, but it absorbs medications, making it difficult to control the right levels.
the1dogbikes
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Yes I no thats why they say just use plastic so you can just throw it away cost less then
Tanksy
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The main tank is still in the dark. I think I'll keep it that way a couple more weeks. Also, I'm expecting a few bits from China and then I can add the HOB overflow and the sump.
As for the QT, I added a few scoops of silicate sand because I hate bare bottom tanks. The macroalgae pieces (Codium and Gracilaria Mammillaris) are there temporarily, until I move them to the sump.
FYI, Seachem Matrix and silicate sand are inert and don't absorb medication or copper.
As for the QT, I added a few scoops of silicate sand because I hate bare bottom tanks. The macroalgae pieces (Codium and Gracilaria Mammillaris) are there temporarily, until I move them to the sump.
FYI, Seachem Matrix and silicate sand are inert and don't absorb medication or copper.
Tanksy
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Just an update.
The tank is now 7 months old. Kept it in darkness for 6 months. I added an AI Prime 16HD at 20% one moth ago.
I haven't touched or cleaned anything, except weekly 20% WC. I also add a small amount of AF Life Source, a cap of FritzZyme 460 and a cap of MicroBacter 7 every other week.
No sign of algae, diatoms or cyano yet. I do have a lot of biofilm on the glass (the white haze seen in the photos) and a bloom of spirorbid worms though.
The only inhabitants are a black Molly, a cleaner shrimp and a turbo snail. I plan to add one more fish and my first corals in the next month.
The tank is now 7 months old. Kept it in darkness for 6 months. I added an AI Prime 16HD at 20% one moth ago.
I haven't touched or cleaned anything, except weekly 20% WC. I also add a small amount of AF Life Source, a cap of FritzZyme 460 and a cap of MicroBacter 7 every other week.
No sign of algae, diatoms or cyano yet. I do have a lot of biofilm on the glass (the white haze seen in the photos) and a bloom of spirorbid worms though.
The only inhabitants are a black Molly, a cleaner shrimp and a turbo snail. I plan to add one more fish and my first corals in the next month.
Tanksy
Member
Just an update.
Added 3 more Mollies and 2 Banded Trochus Snails. I also found 2 Molly babies in the bag and I raise them in an isolation box in the DT. I was quite surprised when I noticed them in the acclimation tub. Hardy little buggers!
I also bought my first coral frags:
Unfortunately I lost the Hammer because of my ignorance.
Kept the corals in an observation tank for a week and a half, but although I filled it up and did WC with DT water, the nutrients were quite low. NO3 was only 3.5.
So, I immediately dipped the rest of the corals, removed the frags, glued them on rock rubble and added them to my DT. That's when I fried the Clove Polyps. One of the dips was H2O2. Seems to be recovering though.
The Duncan was a bit shocked, but it's fully open now. As for the Zoas, well they seemed upset, but they're open and I can even see new polyps growing.
Latest test results (Monday 24/6):
pH: 8.15 (Salifert)
Salinity: 1.025 (ATC Refractometer)
Alk: 7 dKH (Hanna)
PO4: 0.13 ppm (Hanna)
NO3: 6.1 ppm (Hanna LR)
Ca: 436 ppm (Hanna)
Mg: 1230 ppm (Salifert)
My last WC (12 litres) was last Saturday. PO4 has dropped a bit and NO3 has almost doubled. I wanted to raise NO3 to 5-10, so that's almost sorted.
I don't know if the PO4 reduction is a result of the daily phyto dosing, the corals, or the Codium I've added in the isolation box where I keep the fry. Maybe it's a combination of all the above.
On another note, the Temp climbed to 26.8-27 C on Monday. It's around 25 C usually. So I bought a Hygger Aquarium Fan and plugged it to my Inkbird controller.
It's a set of 3 fans. Two of them are already fitted to the DT and the third will go to the sump (when I plumb it).
No signs of algae or cyano. Is that because of the Dark Start? Don't know. It's too soon to tell.
All diatoms have disappeared and the Trochus snails are doing a good job cleaning the glass. I haven't touched or cleaned anything except the HOB filter, which I cleaned about a week ago.
Added 3 more Mollies and 2 Banded Trochus Snails. I also found 2 Molly babies in the bag and I raise them in an isolation box in the DT. I was quite surprised when I noticed them in the acclimation tub. Hardy little buggers!
I also bought my first coral frags:
- Duncan
- Gold Hammer
- Fireworks Clove Polyps
- Rasta Zoa
- Scrambled Eggs Zoa
- Red Hornet Zoa
- Orbitrons Zoa
- Super Saiyan Zoa (this one came as an extra)
Unfortunately I lost the Hammer because of my ignorance.
Kept the corals in an observation tank for a week and a half, but although I filled it up and did WC with DT water, the nutrients were quite low. NO3 was only 3.5.
So, I immediately dipped the rest of the corals, removed the frags, glued them on rock rubble and added them to my DT. That's when I fried the Clove Polyps. One of the dips was H2O2. Seems to be recovering though.
The Duncan was a bit shocked, but it's fully open now. As for the Zoas, well they seemed upset, but they're open and I can even see new polyps growing.
Latest test results (Monday 24/6):
pH: 8.15 (Salifert)
Salinity: 1.025 (ATC Refractometer)
Alk: 7 dKH (Hanna)
PO4: 0.13 ppm (Hanna)
NO3: 6.1 ppm (Hanna LR)
Ca: 436 ppm (Hanna)
Mg: 1230 ppm (Salifert)
My last WC (12 litres) was last Saturday. PO4 has dropped a bit and NO3 has almost doubled. I wanted to raise NO3 to 5-10, so that's almost sorted.
I don't know if the PO4 reduction is a result of the daily phyto dosing, the corals, or the Codium I've added in the isolation box where I keep the fry. Maybe it's a combination of all the above.
On another note, the Temp climbed to 26.8-27 C on Monday. It's around 25 C usually. So I bought a Hygger Aquarium Fan and plugged it to my Inkbird controller.
It's a set of 3 fans. Two of them are already fitted to the DT and the third will go to the sump (when I plumb it).
No signs of algae or cyano. Is that because of the Dark Start? Don't know. It's too soon to tell.
All diatoms have disappeared and the Trochus snails are doing a good job cleaning the glass. I haven't touched or cleaned anything except the HOB filter, which I cleaned about a week ago.
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