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Quatro
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Nice Tank Chad!
Do you still have your 2 gallon? Were you planning on setting it up again or were you going to sell it?
Also, since you have acros now, I would add kalkwasser to your topoff water. When you mix the kalk add vinegar so the solution doesn't get chalky. I've noticed a big growth improvement by adding kalkwasser in the few acros I have, which means more colorful tips!
Watch out for the green star growing on the rock, that stuff will take over, trust me!
Good luck with getting the nutrients under control, sucks when people touch your stuff (get a "please don't touch" sign), Harry
Do you still have your 2 gallon? Were you planning on setting it up again or were you going to sell it?
Also, since you have acros now, I would add kalkwasser to your topoff water. When you mix the kalk add vinegar so the solution doesn't get chalky. I've noticed a big growth improvement by adding kalkwasser in the few acros I have, which means more colorful tips!
Watch out for the green star growing on the rock, that stuff will take over, trust me!
Good luck with getting the nutrients under control, sucks when people touch your stuff (get a "please don't touch" sign), Harry
ninjafish
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Harry,
Actually I sold my 2gal cube and the smaller eheim that I started with to another reefer. I'm not sure if he is setting it up or not.
When I had my 20gal I dripped kalk in my topoff water and used the vinegar trick you described. With this tank I am just using frequent/large water changes to keep my calcium up. I know that my stony corals would grow a lot faster with kalk, but...
the faster they grow, the faster I run out of room again
Thanks for the tip on the gsp. I have always kept mine on the sandbed but that little patch must from where it touched the base a long time ago and has crept up. I will get rid of it right away.
Cheers,
- Chad
Actually I sold my 2gal cube and the smaller eheim that I started with to another reefer. I'm not sure if he is setting it up or not.
When I had my 20gal I dripped kalk in my topoff water and used the vinegar trick you described. With this tank I am just using frequent/large water changes to keep my calcium up. I know that my stony corals would grow a lot faster with kalk, but...
the faster they grow, the faster I run out of room again
Thanks for the tip on the gsp. I have always kept mine on the sandbed but that little patch must from where it touched the base a long time ago and has crept up. I will get rid of it right away.
Cheers,
- Chad
ninjafish
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alien,
Thanks! I hope he appreciates it too. His personal coral garden is prettier than the pvc pipe stuck in the sand that comprise most mantis tanks. There have been some downsides (like him knocking branches off my pink birdsnest to build a wall with
) but mostly upsides (like seeing a mantis 'host' in a frogspawn coral with just its head sticking out - it looked so awesome, I wish I had a camera handy).
- Chad
Thanks! I hope he appreciates it too. His personal coral garden is prettier than the pvc pipe stuck in the sand that comprise most mantis tanks. There have been some downsides (like him knocking branches off my pink birdsnest to build a wall with
) but mostly upsides (like seeing a mantis 'host' in a frogspawn coral with just its head sticking out - it looked so awesome, I wish I had a camera handy).- Chad
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bare bottom ur tanks looks so beautiful and bare bottom would ruin it please dont go bare bottom
bare bottom ur tanks looks so beautiful and bare bottom would ruin it please dont go bare bottom
ninjafish
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Ok ok, it might have been Nanoman's plea just before I left for work, but I didn't end up going BB.
I took the rockwork out of the tank, collected all of Ike's broken trophy shells, and siphoned all the sand out. Then I put a new layer of white sand down and replaced the rockwork and Ike's toys. All I can say is, the tank looks awesome now! I will take a couple pics tomorrow.
- Chad
I took the rockwork out of the tank, collected all of Ike's broken trophy shells, and siphoned all the sand out. Then I put a new layer of white sand down and replaced the rockwork and Ike's toys. All I can say is, the tank looks awesome now! I will take a couple pics tomorrow.
- Chad
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he didnt go bare bottom and cant wait to see pics of the new sand bed i always like to see tanks with new sandbeds because they look so clean and weel ur tank look clean all the time so it will look even cleaner!!
he didnt go bare bottom and cant wait to see pics of the new sand bed i always like to see tanks with new sandbeds because they look so clean and weel ur tank look clean all the time so it will look even cleaner!!
