Returning to what I love - My new 180 Rimless
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Fsurocks99
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Beautiful stuff right there! Nice work!
dvanacker
DID I SOUNDS SMRT??
Hey Jon....simply stunning shots. Your colors are popping and your coral choices are superb.
My tank is zooming along. I have moved some stuff around lately and sold off my x-large squamosa and a few other corals to make room for the grow out of some top end stuff.
My tank is zooming along. I have moved some stuff around lately and sold off my x-large squamosa and a few other corals to make room for the grow out of some top end stuff.
Thanks Bro! There are some pieces that I would like to get my hands on....i.e 30k lokani, extreme Strawberry shortcake, strawberry fields, Aussie blue enchinata...
I will get to that point with my blue Squamossa as well.. It growing really fast. It will be very difficult to part with...
I will get to that point with my blue Squamossa as well.. It growing really fast. It will be very difficult to part with...
REEF SMAC
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Even if you did get your hands on all those, it sure doesn't look like you have very much room for them.
Whether or not the squammy goes.
Your pics are stunning as always, colors are amazing.:thumbsup:
Reef_Noob
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Hi Jonathan,
The reef is looking super!!
Beautiful colors and amazing growth.
The corals look happy and at home under your care
Thanks a lot for your kind words of compliment on my thread. Those words coming from someone like you with such a successful reef really means a lot.
I have a few questions:
Are you still using Ozone?
What's your dosing quantity/schedule?
Is it advisable to add ozone to a system in which Prodibio is being dosed?
I have used ozone in my previous tanks, the fishes were disease free and water crystal clear. But I'm unsure about ozone addition in my current tank as I'm dosing Pribibio and worried if ozone will cause a bacterial imbalance.
What's your take on it ?
I apologize for asking so many questions
Happy Reefing!!
The reef is looking super!!
Beautiful colors and amazing growth.
The corals look happy and at home under your care
Thanks a lot for your kind words of compliment on my thread. Those words coming from someone like you with such a successful reef really means a lot.
I have a few questions:
Are you still using Ozone?
What's your dosing quantity/schedule?
Is it advisable to add ozone to a system in which Prodibio is being dosed?
I have used ozone in my previous tanks, the fishes were disease free and water crystal clear. But I'm unsure about ozone addition in my current tank as I'm dosing Pribibio and worried if ozone will cause a bacterial imbalance.
What's your take on it ?
I apologize for asking so many questions
Happy Reefing!!
Thank you RN! I really appreciate your kind comments! Your tank is going to spectacular jugging by how you're going about it! Can't wait to see it develop and you can ask as many questions as yo like!
I am still using Ozone.. I think that it is a great aide in helping to keeping fish healthy and the overall system through its effects on free floating radicals; especially when you don't have the best quarantine practices like me.. I believe my unit is a 200mg/hr ... I usually leave it between 50 and 60 percent of full strength 24/7. Although I'm not using Prodibio, I do carbon dose via Vodka or Vinegar and sometimes a mix of both. So the premise is the same. I have not found any negative effect of using Ozone on carbon dosing. What I will do, is turn the Ozone off when I am dosing a live bacteria and give it time to settle.. I have read a few articles that state that the lion-share of the cacteria in our systems in NOT in the water column, but in the rocks and substrate. So this should lower any concern about destroying the bacteria in our systems by using Ozone... Also remember, Ozone has a very short life of only a few seconds in saltwater. By the time water that has come in contact with the ozone is back in your display, the O3 has done it's job already and dissipated...
I hope that addresses your concerns
I am still using Ozone.. I think that it is a great aide in helping to keeping fish healthy and the overall system through its effects on free floating radicals; especially when you don't have the best quarantine practices like me.. I believe my unit is a 200mg/hr ... I usually leave it between 50 and 60 percent of full strength 24/7. Although I'm not using Prodibio, I do carbon dose via Vodka or Vinegar and sometimes a mix of both. So the premise is the same. I have not found any negative effect of using Ozone on carbon dosing. What I will do, is turn the Ozone off when I am dosing a live bacteria and give it time to settle.. I have read a few articles that state that the lion-share of the cacteria in our systems in NOT in the water column, but in the rocks and substrate. So this should lower any concern about destroying the bacteria in our systems by using Ozone... Also remember, Ozone has a very short life of only a few seconds in saltwater. By the time water that has come in contact with the ozone is back in your display, the O3 has done it's job already and dissipated...
I hope that addresses your concerns
Reef_Noob
New member
Thank you RN! I really appreciate your kind comments! Your tank is going to spectacular jugging by how you're going about it! Can't wait to see it develop and you can ask as many questions as yo like!
I am still using Ozone.. I think that it is a great aide in helping to keeping fish healthy and the overall system through its effects on free floating radicals; especially when you don't have the best quarantine practices like me.. I believe my unit is a 200mg/hr ... I usually leave it between 50 and 60 percent of full strength 24/7. Although I'm not using Prodibio, I do carbon dose via Vodka or Vinegar and sometimes a mix of both. So the premise is the same. I have not found any negative effect of using Ozone on carbon dosing. What I will do, is turn the Ozone off when I am dosing a live bacteria and give it time to settle.. I have read a few articles that state that the lion-share of the cacteria in our systems in NOT in the water column, but in the rocks and substrate. So this should lower any concern about destroying the bacteria in our systems by using Ozone... Also remember, Ozone has a very short life of only a few seconds in saltwater. By the time water that has come in contact with the ozone is back in your display, the O3 has done it's job already and dissipated...
I hope that addresses your concerns
Thanks a lot Jonathan for patiently answering my questions!
Me too am a proponent of ozone. If used carefully it's benefits are very good.
I get what ya mean and i think il also give it some serious thought once down the line. I like your idea and schedule for ozone addition.
I really appreciate your kind words regarding my new setup. It's still catching up and hoping one day I can join the ranks of successful reefers like you
Eagerly awaiting your updates
Happy Reefing!!
Thanks a lot Jonathan for patiently answering my questions!
Me too am a proponent of ozone. If used carefully it's benefits are very good.
I get what ya mean and i think il also give it some serious thought once down the line. I like your idea and schedule for ozone addition.
I really appreciate your kind words regarding my new setup. It's still catching up and hoping one day I can join the ranks of successful reefers like you
Eagerly awaiting your updates
Happy Reefing!!
You got it buddy.. Stop through anytime! I wish you continued success with your Tank!
Thanks a lot pulit
chrishayes
New member
ugghhh, finally, Ive been reading your thread for weeks! Finally sat down and gobbled up the last 15 pages! First and foremost, I am truly sorry to hear about the loss of your father. I have a deadbeat one and now I am a father to a near 2 year old and I cant imagine what a loss that mustve been now that I know what it means to have the honor of being a great father.
Now, to the ups and downs youve had. Man, lots of bad buzzes for a tank that through it all remained stunning. Its almost unbelievable. Really, had you not said you had or did what you did, no one woould know! So I take it you live with the aefw?
I am fearing that I may have something brewing in my tank. Just some odd things happening to some of my corals and tricolors are the hardest hit. Ive had several frags of a once beautiful tri that browned in my QT that have done nothing in my new system. THey remain brown and lack PE and look overall, bad. Then theres others that have paled and lost PE for no good reason. Ive basted and seen nothing but some detritus from the rocks blow off so I may be missing them. Is it really apparent when you have them? I see no bite marks at all. Can you take a pic of a coral that is effected to show me what to look for other than the bitemarks that weve all seen?
Now, im at the point of looking to carbon dose again in this tank. Ive used MB7 since the tank was born and up until recently its held PO4 to 0 on a hanna and NO3 to >5 so I had no need to dose. But now I have had some browning and slowed growth. I tested today and PO4 has risen to .02 and NO3 to <5 so I have upped my wc % and will refresh gfo. Im just thinking it might be time. I love the look everyone gets once they get their dosing down pat. It just goes against the kiss method that ive strived for on this tank. Im open though and of course like all of us, im looking for more. Whatda ya think?
Im having a spinal fushion at the end of the month so I dont want my wife to have to dose it for me for however many months ill be recovering. Therefore, pellets would be a better option unless I setup a dosing pump for it which im not apposed to.
Sorry for the novel but you seem open to discuss these things so I figured what the heck. ALso, kalk has done your system a world of good! I stopped using it since I use two part now that I exceeded kalks limit. Ive thought of bringing it back too but itd be another chore for my poor wife to do when im lame.
Great tank and thread, keep it going cause its working AEFW and all!
Now, to the ups and downs youve had. Man, lots of bad buzzes for a tank that through it all remained stunning. Its almost unbelievable. Really, had you not said you had or did what you did, no one woould know! So I take it you live with the aefw?
I am fearing that I may have something brewing in my tank. Just some odd things happening to some of my corals and tricolors are the hardest hit. Ive had several frags of a once beautiful tri that browned in my QT that have done nothing in my new system. THey remain brown and lack PE and look overall, bad. Then theres others that have paled and lost PE for no good reason. Ive basted and seen nothing but some detritus from the rocks blow off so I may be missing them. Is it really apparent when you have them? I see no bite marks at all. Can you take a pic of a coral that is effected to show me what to look for other than the bitemarks that weve all seen?
Now, im at the point of looking to carbon dose again in this tank. Ive used MB7 since the tank was born and up until recently its held PO4 to 0 on a hanna and NO3 to >5 so I had no need to dose. But now I have had some browning and slowed growth. I tested today and PO4 has risen to .02 and NO3 to <5 so I have upped my wc % and will refresh gfo. Im just thinking it might be time. I love the look everyone gets once they get their dosing down pat. It just goes against the kiss method that ive strived for on this tank. Im open though and of course like all of us, im looking for more. Whatda ya think?
Im having a spinal fushion at the end of the month so I dont want my wife to have to dose it for me for however many months ill be recovering. Therefore, pellets would be a better option unless I setup a dosing pump for it which im not apposed to.
Sorry for the novel but you seem open to discuss these things so I figured what the heck. ALso, kalk has done your system a world of good! I stopped using it since I use two part now that I exceeded kalks limit. Ive thought of bringing it back too but itd be another chore for my poor wife to do when im lame.
Great tank and thread, keep it going cause its working AEFW and all!
