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re: Can anyone tell me what in the hell is growing in my saltwater aquarium(solved)
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:03 am to meauxjeaux2
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:03 am to meauxjeaux2
How old is your tank setup? I hardly do any water changes in either of mine unless needed.
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Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:05 am to LSU40
quote:been cycled for 7 months.
How old is your tank setup? I hardly do any water changes in either of mine unless needed.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:06 am to meauxjeaux2
Looks like "Stranger Things" is coming to life. Run!
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:11 am to starkjoey
wanna see ultimate convenience?
RO/DI filter on wall,50 gallon aerated drum full of Saltwater. Drain in floor under tank for water changes.
I have this set up in the back of my office building in an old room where a processor used to reside.
RO/DI filter on wall,50 gallon aerated drum full of Saltwater. Drain in floor under tank for water changes.
I have this set up in the back of my office building in an old room where a processor used to reside.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:19 am to meauxjeaux2
Awesome. Another web site is Reef Central, lots of info on the board. I setup a 150G reef tank using Tampa Bay Saltwater who has his own section on the board. Amazing stuff.
Check them out if you have questions or need something ID'd .
LINK
Check them out if you have questions or need something ID'd .
LINK
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:20 am to meauxjeaux2
Nice. 
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:27 am to meauxjeaux2
Ignore, I saw you already got an answer.
This post was edited on 9/14/16 at 11:28 am
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:28 am to LSU40
quote:
I setup a 150G reef tank using Tampa Bay Saltwater who has his own section on the board. Amazing stuff.
I used "The Package" from them for my 300 gallon. It's expensive as frick, but the results are amazing. Lots of little critters that came unexpected with it.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:32 am to meauxjeaux2
You should look at a Dragon Goby. Looks like a little sea bass. He will clean the frick out of your sand like you wouldn't believe. He is the ONLY thing I have gotten to effectively clean my sand without making a huge God awful mess like other sand sifting gobys.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 11:34 am to TigerFanatic99
Yes expensive but worth every penny.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 1:36 pm to meauxjeaux2
quote:
don't see a reason to do any water changes with mine when Nitrates are that low all of the time.
Without the bio-load from fish you wont see many nitrates. Especially if you aren't feeding the corals. You should be fine without water changes until you start adding more corals. Not sure if you plan to start dosing but the corals will pull certain things from the water that are not replenished with RO. You have a pretty nice setup there so take your time adding and dont skimp on the fail safes.
I had a daylight bulb go out last week and I was gone over the weekend. Fortunately the Actinics kept everyone alive but not having a spare and the 2 days that it took to get one in (LFS didnt have it either) could have bleached the tank. All of that over a $29 bulb!
Needless to say, I ordered an extra one and I check all of my timers/ATO weekly. A lot of people don't realize how delicate these systems are but with a little maintenance every few days, you can have an amazing reef in your living room.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:08 pm to meauxjeaux2
quote:well if you are planning on keeping corals, you need to do water changes to replenish trace elements.
So much so that i don't even do water changes anymore. Just keep adding RO/DI water.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:40 pm to Scooba
i tried to get a reef tank thread going on the OB a while ago. I have a 75 gallon reef tank with e diy 20g long berlin style sump. protein skimmer, ato, DIY LED lights, manually dose.
Fish i have is 2 clowns, blue hippo, foxface, starry blenny, firefish, 2 cardinals, mandarin goby, yellow tail damsel, yellow watchmen goby, yellow pistol shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp and a cleaner shrimp.
corals pipe organ, an acan, frogspown, 2 duncans, 4 or 5 different zoas, galaxia, and my priced Australian gold torch
Fish i have is 2 clowns, blue hippo, foxface, starry blenny, firefish, 2 cardinals, mandarin goby, yellow tail damsel, yellow watchmen goby, yellow pistol shrimp, 2 peppermint shrimp and a cleaner shrimp.
corals pipe organ, an acan, frogspown, 2 duncans, 4 or 5 different zoas, galaxia, and my priced Australian gold torch
Posted on 9/14/16 at 2:58 pm to CarRamrod
It's a shame you aren't local. I would love a few of those frags!
I added my first fish (Ocellaris Clown), yesterday. Everything else is corals and inverts.
I added my first fish (Ocellaris Clown), yesterday. Everything else is corals and inverts.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 3:03 pm to Scooba
quote:
It's a shame you aren't local. I would love a few of those frags!
I added my first fish (Ocellaris Clown), yesterday. Everything else is corals and inverts.
im in BR. I have a group of zoas that are purple and gold that have overtaken my frag rack im about to frag up, if you want one. yellow center with purple around that.
This post was edited on 9/14/16 at 3:05 pm
Posted on 9/14/16 at 3:07 pm to Scooba
quote:i have A Clown (perculia) ,Coral Beauty, 6 line Wrass, Firetail Goby and a Firecracker Shrimp. I had a mated pair of Clowns but one jumped out of the frickin tank now the only clown has decided to take up the shrimp as his pet. Damn fish feeds the shrimp and the shrimp will jump on him and clean him( symbiotic)
Without the bio-load from fish you wont see many nitrates.
I have calcium that i add a little to the water from time to time. I'm getting a pulsing Xenia this weekend.Don't plan on fragging with my cheapo LED lighting fixture.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 3:08 pm to CarRamrod
dammitt y'all making me sick. 
Posted on 9/14/16 at 3:15 pm to meauxjeaux2
i had a ritteri anemone that my clowns loved but i couldnt get it to survived. lasted about a month. it was beautiful the first week. some corals in these pics i have lost.
Posted on 9/14/16 at 3:16 pm to CarRamrod
whadup wif tha blue lighting?
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