The "How to go Barebottom thread."

[King-Kong]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6437806#post6437806 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SeanT
Why the nudis?

Because of a good ol' friend called Bryopsis.

I am turning the tide on it (I am using a toothbrush on every exposed patch and wearing it down) but I need help for areas I cannot reach w/ a scrubber. I blow those areas off but it takes more to actually KILL/REMOVE the algae.

 

[SeanT]

Ahhh ok, I thought you "cooked" your rock.

 

[King-Kong]

hahahahaha.....waaa waaaa.... I was an idiot and went bare bottom without realizing there was a lot more to BB than just not having sand.

now I am paying for it. also considering adding an additional skimmer (rather than replacing). I can fit another ASM G-2, or probably an ASM G-3.

 

[smokez01]

well, i jsut spent the past 8 hours emptying my tank, cleaning all of the powerheads and such, and filling it back up

nothing looks happy at all, in fact, a few of the frags seem to be sliming up pretty well, and look like they are out the window,

but one thing i have to say is, when i was taking the sand out, the water turned black, i definatly like this, but it seems like a frag tank, and just a brand new tank all together, except, the corals look like ****

 

[SeanT]

Be sure the temp an sg are correct.
I would also lower your photoperiod for a few days.

Sean

 

[smokez01]

yes, i made sure the s.g. was at 1.025 and that the temp was at 78

a bit on the low side, but its been chilly the past few days, the temps usually range from 79-81

and yes, the lower photoperiod sounds like a good idea... hopefully these frags will do okay for a few months while the rock is cooking,...

its just so strange to look at the tank this way, i definatly like the idea of cleanliness,

you should have seen the look on my mom and dads faces when they came home to see what i did to my tank =/

 

[SeanT]

Did you take before and after pics for us?

 

[REEF-DADDY]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6472396#post6472396 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by SeanT
Be sure the temp an sg are correct.
I would also lower your photoperiod for a few days.

Sean

Lowering the photo period is key, I fried my coral with the extra light getting through the clean water.

 

[smokez01]

hahaaha, pictures, yes i have befores... ill take after pictures later in the day when the light is on

 

[smokez01]

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[smokez01]

before

after

i am quite sad, while looking at the before pic, you cant see it, but there was hair algae growing everywhere,... and cyano starting to also

i am def happier with the BB, just .. i want cooked rock and thriving corals already, damnit

one question, those are two seio 620's, plus a rio 2500 return, its about 69x turn over rate

i like it when i see the polyps on the acros go NUTS, would it be over kill if i were to add a seio 800 or seio 1100 ?? or is what i got perfectly fine?? if i were gona replace one, probably the one below the overflow box

also, what do u guys think of the new pic??

 

[SeanT]

also, what do u guys think of the new pic??

I think you need to take that sticker off.
Other than that, you are right, I can't see any HA.
Where are your LPS at?

 

[smokez01]

i moved the LPS to my 75g, they seem to be doing pretty good, its alot easier to feed the sun coral in there too without shrimp stealing everything

my brother asks me about the sticker all the time, lol, i guess i just havnt goten around to it,

how is your tank coming along sean? last i read you had a huge crash

 

[SeanT]

It could have been hug(er)...but my Reef Ninja skills paid off.

 

[GROSSR]

Hello all. I have been cooking my rocks for almost 4 weeks. I noticed the rocks at the bottom have a greenish color and that green coraline algea is growing.

Is all this green ok?

rich

 

[SeanT]

Hi Rich,
Is the green slimy to the touch?
Sean

 

[GROSSR]

No, it is not. Just the rocks are getting a greenish color. I do see some green coralinge growing, it's almost as it the rock is colored green.

I do have a rock with hair algea on it, I scrubbed it last time, and saw it again, and scrubbed it again. So I know what you mean about slimy.

All three tubs have this going on with the rocks. I am using ro water with a TDS of zero. Salt is 1.21.

rich

 

[easttn]

You removed the light source from the coralline algae, it is just trying to survive. When the rocks are exposed to a light source again whatever coralline that survives will return as red or purple. That is if this is not NA.

 

[GROSSR]

What is NA? I know some sort of algea but which is N?

rich

 

[causeofhim]

NA = nasty algae