Owners Thread: Innovative Marine Fusion 40
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mystikal
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Hope everyone had a great Independence Day!
Couple days ago I went ahead and pull the trigger on a Mandarin Dragonet. (Contrary to everyone's thoughts, I really don't care) I figured it's better in my tank, than swimming in the fish stores tank.
I've been keeping my pod population seeded twice a week, since my tank was cycled. So I know I have a steady pod population.
I wanted to add something to his diet, so I started supplementing bloodworms and brineshrimp (frozen) to his diet. These are foods that I was feeding my clowns and peppermint shrimp, so it wasn't a issue.
I started by turning off all the pumps and dropping the food around the tank. Then, the floor bed in front the mandarin. Well, first day of the attempts was a fail. My thought was "he's probably just settling in."
This morning, I attempted it again. Everyone was eating...even the mandarin! He was slower, but he was sucking the bloodworms out of the floor bed!
I'm gonna try to feed him twice a day. I will keep you guys posted if your interested!
Couple days ago I went ahead and pull the trigger on a Mandarin Dragonet. (Contrary to everyone's thoughts, I really don't care) I figured it's better in my tank, than swimming in the fish stores tank.
I've been keeping my pod population seeded twice a week, since my tank was cycled. So I know I have a steady pod population.
I wanted to add something to his diet, so I started supplementing bloodworms and brineshrimp (frozen) to his diet. These are foods that I was feeding my clowns and peppermint shrimp, so it wasn't a issue.
I started by turning off all the pumps and dropping the food around the tank. Then, the floor bed in front the mandarin. Well, first day of the attempts was a fail. My thought was "he's probably just settling in."
This morning, I attempted it again. Everyone was eating...even the mandarin! He was slower, but he was sucking the bloodworms out of the floor bed!
I'm gonna try to feed him twice a day. I will keep you guys posted if your interested!
OsiViper
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Nice to see it eating. Get lucky with that. Most won't eat anything you give it
diatoms update.
diatoms update.
My tanks been running for 6 months now so it is new. I used nutrisea with live sand and 50% live rock. Yes I am skimming and have just replaced the crap provided media baskets with 2 socks of marine pure biofilter media. I have a firefish aswell as the wrasse. I feed them once a day amd alternate between flake and frozen brine. Corals get feed once a week. Ive cut my lights to 7 hours a day. My nitrates were a little high but lowered with 25% water cx and the skimmer being added. I usaully do 10% once a week. The only other thing I can see is my alkalinity is a little low at 6.7 dkh. Ill add some buffer to raise this. I left lights off for last 2 days and that has helped. Like you said though, want to find underlying issue
diatoms update.
My tanks been running for 6 months now so it is new. I used nutrisea with live sand and 50% live rock. Yes I am skimming and have just replaced the crap provided media baskets with 2 socks of marine pure biofilter media. I have a firefish aswell as the wrasse. I feed them once a day amd alternate between flake and frozen brine. Corals get feed once a week. Ive cut my lights to 7 hours a day. My nitrates were a little high but lowered with 25% water cx and the skimmer being added. I usaully do 10% once a week. The only other thing I can see is my alkalinity is a little low at 6.7 dkh. Ill add some buffer to raise this. I left lights off for last 2 days and that has helped. Like you said though, want to find underlying issue
Reduck
Because I can....
Be careful. Carbon will feed diatoms and cyano! Nopox is real hard on pumps and tubing too. I've read it's melting joints on DDR. I believe I read it's due to methanol in nopox.
If you have a nitrate issue may I suggest azno3? It's still carbon dosing, minus the solvent...
If you have a nitrate issue may I suggest azno3? It's still carbon dosing, minus the solvent...
Reduck
Because I can....
Reduck
Because I can....
Very good then. Try feeding less frozen to the fish. Maybe once or twice a week. Also which flake are you using? Some are very high in phosphates. And buffer up the alk slowly so the coral don't notice. 1.0 point a day or so over the course of the day...
GB had a good day today with Lewis winning Silverstone!! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
GB had a good day today with Lewis winning Silverstone!! I thoroughly enjoyed it!
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I did read that, I am just curious on what effect it will have. I am manually dosing right now and will see what avenue I want to go down in the future.
Thanks for the heads up.
Thanks for the heads up.
Reduck
Because I can....
I was. And that's awesome. Glad you got a solution! I've been studying up on it to see if it would be worth it for my new tank. Right now I'm only using 20/20 a day. My alk has been so steady at 10.5 and cal at 450, I hate to break it up with a change...but we will see how this all works out when the tank changes! I have feeling it may require a bit more, but not that much. RSCP has worked out real well for me. Fresh mixed is so close to tank water I see almost no change in anything.
I'm all ready for the tank... Sand is rinsed, rock is soaking...100g of rodi. Just need the freakin truck to show up...and some muscle to get it in place..
That's very encouraging to hear that he's eating well. Please do keep us posted! Beautiful fish for sure.
A few quick updates after we returned from CLT for a quick visit with my wife's longest-time friend:
1. I am looking forward to returning to work to get a break. Traveling with three women ranging in age from four to 33 means my ears have heard world record-setting number of words over the last three days and have not had an opportunity to say more than one sentence about every four hours.
2. I came home to find a nice film of light-brown algae on most glass surfaces. A day overdue for a water change and probably three days overdue for routine glass cleaning, but I didn't expect it to grow so fast. Time to check phosphates, clean the glass, and do a good water change.
3. Reduck - I was wrong about low water pressure being the sole cause of problems producing RODI water. I received the Typhoon III filter from Air, Water, and Ice on Friday before we left town and got it installed this evening. It's making water much more rapidly than the under-sink Watts Premier, so I shouldn't have any problem making enough water now. I also managed to get it installed in our combination pantry / utility closet thanks to some old plumbing that was still in place in that room from when it was used as a laundry room by the previous owners. So no worries about having the filter in cold weather now!
4. My little zoa colony that started out as four or five polyps is now up to 13. Nothing amazing to look at, but encouraging to see that so far it seems to be healthy and happy.
1. I am looking forward to returning to work to get a break. Traveling with three women ranging in age from four to 33 means my ears have heard world record-setting number of words over the last three days and have not had an opportunity to say more than one sentence about every four hours.
2. I came home to find a nice film of light-brown algae on most glass surfaces. A day overdue for a water change and probably three days overdue for routine glass cleaning, but I didn't expect it to grow so fast. Time to check phosphates, clean the glass, and do a good water change.
3. Reduck - I was wrong about low water pressure being the sole cause of problems producing RODI water. I received the Typhoon III filter from Air, Water, and Ice on Friday before we left town and got it installed this evening. It's making water much more rapidly than the under-sink Watts Premier, so I shouldn't have any problem making enough water now. I also managed to get it installed in our combination pantry / utility closet thanks to some old plumbing that was still in place in that room from when it was used as a laundry room by the previous owners. So no worries about having the filter in cold weather now!
4. My little zoa colony that started out as four or five polyps is now up to 13. Nothing amazing to look at, but encouraging to see that so far it seems to be healthy and happy.
mystikal
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I will! I honestly believe it will work out with this beautiful specimen. Just takes alittle time at the beginning, since he's just settling in.
On the advice of a friend and yourself reduck I've stopped the flake and replaced it with small sinking pellet. The flake is very messy in terms of getting in baffle/sump areas. I started buffer today. I'm doing it very slowly so as not to shock. Let you know how it's going. I've turned my heater right down too as I noticed my temp creeping up fairly quickly due to the exceptionally good weather were having here.
Haha yeah not too bad a day. Best tactically call ever made getting on the wet tires early!!
mystikal
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Tried recording while doing multiple thing for the no believers lol
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sRWFevrVI44
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=sRWFevrVI44
Reduck
Because I can....
quite cool indeed.
That's awesome! He's not at all shy about eating. I like the shrimp photobombing in the background. Hope he continues to do well!
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