What's the one most beneficial change you have made to your tank?

[seapug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12649027#post12649027 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by delsol650

Phosphate is only really bad for the reef as it feeds all PEST algae??

Nitrates and ammonia can be processed by live rock and easily controlled with water changes. Not so with Phosphate.

Apart from being pure algae fuel, it's also a poison to the calcification process in stony corals, drives down pH and Alkalinity, causes browning of coral pigments, and gets absorbed into calcerious substrates in the tanks (sand & rocks). It's also ubiquitous in rish foods and most tap water so it's almost impossible to avoid in a closed system aquarium.

It's nasty stuff, so take steps to eliminate it and the health of your tank will improve.

 

[Slakker]

Switching from "conditioned" tap water to RO/DI.

Hands down, kids, hands down

 

[capture]

Good stuff, seapug and delsol.
were the changes you speak of with the addition of the phosban reaactor instantaneous? or more slowly over time?

 

[cthedaytrader]

Controller
Already had ato and phosban but I put on AcJr first time using a controller on my tanks hands down best thing, controls temp, lights, pumps and soon ca reactor what a difference in stability

 

[650-IS350]

I've been playing with the idea of a small hang on phosphate reactor. Sux with having a 37cube, not my realstate to hang stuff on the back. Since the MCE600 already resides there.

 

[seapug]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12649821#post12649821 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by capture
Good stuff, seapug and delsol.
were the changes you speak of with the addition of the phosban reaactor instantaneous? or more slowly over time?

It took my 90 gallon about 8 weeks with one media change at 4 weeks to really see results, but once the phosphate level went below the "algae threshold" it all died and disappeared in about 5 days. It was pretty amazing. The color improvement on the corals was a bit slower to occur but was very noticable.

 

[650-IS350]

I'll look into getting one once my 37 cube is done in 2 weeks and done tearing down my 100gal. Do you have a specific model/brand I should look at? I'm looking more for a Hang on the back type.

 

[MAMGM]

2littlefishes and kent are the least exspensive hob that I found

 

[crazyfrog]

how about additive products? what additives do you guys use for zoos?

i only used iodine before and started adding strontium they corals look "meatyer" and bigget. maybe its me

 

[capture]

crazy, when you say your corals you talking just zoanthids or all your corals in the tank? just curious.

 

[fishfanatic06]

Staying off reefcentral, so I stop getting new ideas that make me go change my tank all the time so nothing does well. lol

 

[Nereaga]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=12646854#post12646854 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by ILoveReefer
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2nd that!

Brad

 

[kiran523]

Of all the the recent changes I have made (a lot) I would say the biggest change came from my H&S skimmer. It is is a beast. It allowed me to feed my corals much more often.

A funny mistake would be the first time I fed the tank with the H&S. I had my hand in the tank spot feeding as I usually do when I start to hear a faint splatter. I look over and see my skimmer (whose cup I had just emptied) overflowing like Niagara Falls. Doh!

 

[DML08]

went from PC to 6 T5's.. gonna upgrade to a bigger tank next week 55tall... I'm also interested in what additive people are using in there tank.. not just for zoa's but coral's in general.

 

[Auntbeez]

What's the one most beneficial change you have made to your tank?

Changing from PC lights to T5s. I only wish I had known enough to get a 6 or 8 bulb fixture instead of the four. When funds permit I will upgrade.

 

[seafansar]

Just thought those of you who were looking into phosphate reactors would like this little DIY. http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=77999&st=0

My biggest change was manually removing all my hair algae and adding a big clean up crew. Now my zoas aren't being smothered by algae anymore.

 

[Pufferpunk]

LOL, can any of you guess what I'm gonna say? It starts with a "C"!

 

[seafansar]

Well the link I was trying to post was a DIY phosphate reactor. Pretty much you take a gatorade bottle, drill a hole in the cap to fit a pipe in and little holes around that one to let the water out. Have the piping go down in the bottle to the bottom. Fit a valve on the pipe and fill the bottle with phosphate remover. Pipe water down into the bottle and let it go up through the phosphate remover and out the little holes in the cap.

 

[MUCHO REEF]

Capture wrote

What is the most beneficial change you have made to any of your tanks in the past and/or recently? Of course, keep in mind your zoanthids.
I'm thinking everything in the way of equipment, clean-up-crews, livestock, removal of anything from your system, etc. It can be anything.

I recently changed my lighting from PC to Halide and increased my tank size from a standard 10 to a 16 bow. Not sure which I think is better yet. I'll have to come back to this later.

Share why you did it to begin with, what it was or is, what the overall benefit was and how long it took to see the end result (instant or more long term).

 

[jcw]

It took my 90 gallon about 8 weeks with one media change at 4 weeks to really see results, but once the phosphate level went below the "algae threshold" it all died and disappeared in about 5 days. It was pretty amazing. The color improvement on the corals was a bit slower to occur but was very noticable.

Yeah! I'm 3 weeks in and have made my first media change in my brs reactor. I hope i see the same results soon.

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