Rovster's Custom Reef Savvy build......FINALLY!!!
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AquamanE
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Lol, if you'll take a nub I can get you one quick. If you want an "Eddie frag" you'll have to wait , haha! Anyway, just let me know would give me an excuse to go check out these "changes"
Ok how about a compromise. Some thing in between a nub and an"eddie frag"?. Early this coming week is good. Ill be testing my recently arrived Maxspect Genre 150. You can come play with me. LOL.
rovster
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Eddie your frag is ready. I have also confirmed that those suspicious circles on that Aussie Pink Tip are in fact new polyp buds. That frag has been sprouting little buds like crazy! Checked some parameters today. Alk has been rock solid. Phos started to creep up on me again since I'm feeding like a mad man. GFO seems to go about 3 weeks before being spent. Going to increase from 1.5 to 1.75 cups tomorrow. Does that sound like a lot to you guys? Seems like a lot. Nitrate still pegged at 0.
Still have some snot and some cyano. I started adding a capful of microbacter7 I had left over once a week to see if I can either get a leg up on either the phos or the cyano/snot situation. The cyano/snot on the rocks has improved substantially, but it still remains on the sand.
I remember with my first tank it took 6-8 months for the cyano to go away. I'm hoping for the same.
Still have some snot and some cyano. I started adding a capful of microbacter7 I had left over once a week to see if I can either get a leg up on either the phos or the cyano/snot situation. The cyano/snot on the rocks has improved substantially, but it still remains on the sand.
I remember with my first tank it took 6-8 months for the cyano to go away. I'm hoping for the same.
rovster
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Yeah, it's called Chemiclean. For the moment I'm going to hold off on chemicals and quick fixes being that my tank is 5 months young. Although the cyano is an eyesore it really doesn't bother me because I have faith it will one day disappear. My corals are looking good, coloring and steadily growing albeit slow. I'm in the process of increasing the light because to my eye some of my corals are asking for more. If I hit the 1 year mark and there is still cyano I'll try something else. For now it's just my routine weekly waterchanges, and trying to keep the water clean. I've been there done that and I realized it's hard to fight these things so I don't bother. The brown snot is 90% gone or more which is great. Cyano will be next to follow. The wierd thing is I have never seen a spec of hair algae since the get go. I think I did get some of Eddie's monster bubble algae though, but fortunately it's sparse for now
sahin
Ultimate Reefer
Yeah, it's called Chemiclean. For the moment I'm going to hold off on chemicals and quick fixes being that my tank is 5 months young. Although the cyano is an eyesore it really doesn't bother me because I have faith it will one day disappear. My corals are looking good, coloring and steadily growing albeit slow. I'm in the process of increasing the light because to my eye some of my corals are asking for more. If I hit the 1 year mark and there is still cyano I'll try something else. For now it's just my routine weekly waterchanges, and trying to keep the water clean. I've been there done that and I realized it's hard to fight these things so I don't bother. The brown snot is 90% gone or more which is great. Cyano will be next to follow. The wierd thing is I have never seen a spec of hair algae since the get go. I think I did get some of Eddie's monster bubble algae though, but fortunately it's sparse for now
+1 for letting Cyanno run its course. Chemiclean works fine as I used it in the past. But one time, when the Cyanno died, it was replaced by Dinos...a nightmare much worse. :facepalm:
rovster
New member
Dude, I'm soooo bummed right now. Everything was looking amazing. I get home yesterday and tank is cloudy, alk is elevated. Day before I did a waterchange and change GFO because I'm going out of town TODAY! Last night corals looked fine, just the cloudy water. Temp was fine. pH was a little low, but at 8.1 not terrible.
This morning water is even cloudier, some corals look angry, and I had a couple frags that were teetering on edge and those bleached overnight. Fish acting normal for now.
I made a bunch of RO overnight and mixed up some salt water this morning. On my way home I plan on picking up a UV sterilizer and doing a large waterchange when I get home and pray while I'm at Disney with the kids. What timing huh???
Anyway, I have a thread going in the Chem section if anyone is interested. It does seem like a bacterial bloom. 2 Theories I have:
1. Adding the microbacter led to an explosion on a particular strain of bacteria. I only added like 3-4mL total, so I can't imagine how that would do that.
2. Recently, my 30 gallon crashed from neglect. Had a huge bacterial bloom. I pulled a small rock with GSP and a few zoa frags to try and save them and threw them in my sump. I'm wondering if I introduced a particularly virulent strain of bacteria and that went out of control.
Wish me luck and pray!
This morning water is even cloudier, some corals look angry, and I had a couple frags that were teetering on edge and those bleached overnight. Fish acting normal for now.
I made a bunch of RO overnight and mixed up some salt water this morning. On my way home I plan on picking up a UV sterilizer and doing a large waterchange when I get home and pray while I'm at Disney with the kids. What timing huh???
Anyway, I have a thread going in the Chem section if anyone is interested. It does seem like a bacterial bloom. 2 Theories I have:
1. Adding the microbacter led to an explosion on a particular strain of bacteria. I only added like 3-4mL total, so I can't imagine how that would do that.
2. Recently, my 30 gallon crashed from neglect. Had a huge bacterial bloom. I pulled a small rock with GSP and a few zoa frags to try and save them and threw them in my sump. I'm wondering if I introduced a particularly virulent strain of bacteria and that went out of control.
Wish me luck and pray!
sahin
Ultimate Reefer
My tank is crashing
Oh no man...that's bloody terrible! I cant think of what could have caused it other than some kind of bacterial bloom.
Do you have snails in the tank? Could they have spawned?
If you're dosing, could one of the dosing units have overdosed?
Anyone/kids thrown something into the tank or sump?
Hope you dont lose any Acros man...arrrghh this hobby is so frustrating at times...
rovster
New member
Well got home and good news is things are no worse. Skimmer is pulling some nasty stuff. I overpaid for a UV at the LFS and left it running. I won't see my tank until Sunday. At this point nothing more to do. I had turned off my dosers this morning and alk is holding stable. I'll check qhen I get back and go from there.
Oh and no Bayer recently
Here is a pic. It looks much worse in person....
Oh and no Bayer recently
Here is a pic. It looks much worse in person....
nivram
New member
I've had that happen when I overdosed my "fuel" for the bacteria, methanol in my case. If you haven't already left yet. It wouldn't hurt to throw an airstone in the tank.
You are a bit far from me but I should have about 100 gallons of RODI made up if you needed it tonight. And maybe 40 gals of salt water made up.
Marvin
You are a bit far from me but I should have about 100 gallons of RODI made up if you needed it tonight. And maybe 40 gals of salt water made up.
Marvin
