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Do you ever siphon out the filtration chambers? Maybe detritus is getting trapped in there. An urchin would definitely help control the algae!
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teebone110
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+1 on Vibrant, will take care of both your algae issues and your high nitrates. Keep an eye that nutrients don’t get too low.
I know you have experience with it- should be worth another try
I know you have experience with it- should be worth another try
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- Chatham, Ontario
Urchins a great cleaner
Kids got me a Jack Skellington chia pet for Christmas. Growing nicely under the Radion.
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Embarrassing algae issue is almost gone. Just some diatoms to get rid of now. 3 day back out.
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Can’t be looking worst then mine lol , nothing to ever be embarrassed about bud ! I’ve had to buy 100 hermit crabs and a lawnmower blenny and my yellow eye tang can’t even put a dent in her ! I got some algae 1-2” long and I even have bacteria “clear” algae . I assume from to much microbact 7 lol .. whoops .. I’ve added corals and algae takes over the base and sides of the skeleton, it’s been like this for a year . Don’t feel embarrassed!Embarrassing algae issue is almost gone. Just some diatoms to get rid of now. 3 day back out.
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Look up hydrogen peroxide dosing Luke, never F'd any corals or fish, it's works(slowly) over months....months..but will destroy algea for a long time after, it will destroy some good bacteria during the daily process,but not all, it (good bacteria) populates faster than bad bacteria or algea populations
thanks @Shooter000 ill look into it !
Time to replace my mocha longfin clown fish. Just picked up a beautiful pair of longfins from Kevin at Xtremeclownfish Canada. He has been very helpful and knowledgeable. I can not say enough good things about him.
He just got a huge shipment of clownfish in and these babies are perfect. Getting a picture of these babies was difficult but they are beautiful.
Here is a link to his FB page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/656132292237916/
He just got a huge shipment of clownfish in and these babies are perfect. Getting a picture of these babies was difficult but they are beautiful.
Here is a link to his FB page. https://www.facebook.com/groups/656132292237916/
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Also got a great little shipment from Big Show Frags. Time to get this algae issue under control. I am on the verge of winning but with this shipment I should knock it out of the park. Thank you for the free samples. My fish love Fauna Marin soft pellets so much. These guys are great and I normally receive the order the day after it ships.
Sorry for all the posts but I also hate Innovative Marine's skimmers. My pump failed within warranty. They replaced it, which took months, and the replacement pump lasted 3 months before failing and now they will not replace it. I bought a wood block and the $5 woodblock and ran it into the skimmer. It makes a better foam and skimmate then the skimmer ever did with either of the 2 pumps.
Major fail on Innovative Marine
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Major fail on Innovative Marine
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Been a rough week. Power went out and tank did not start back up afterwards. Water was down to 70 and ended up loosing my longfin clowns, blood shrimp, star fish, and firefish. Guess it is time to officially do my tank reboot. Lots of happy corals still though.
Sorry for your losses, I was dosing vibrant for a while thinking it was bacteria not algicide and watched algae slowly take over my tank no matter what I did, then I learned the truth about vibrant and stopped using the crap, it's been a few months of blowing the rocks and manual removal and water changes and dosing good bacteria and I'm finally winning the algae battle. Some corals suffered but have bounced back, tank is looking good again.
Reboot keeps getting delayed but finally getting supplies in. Out with the old and in with the new. Replaced my RODI unit, I have new test kits coming (my current have expired) and chemiclean for some red cyano that I can not get rid of. I assume it is related to my old RODI. Bought the Twist one on a whim hoping for something quick and easy. Filters are way too much for it and hard to get. I also almost destroyed it when trying to remove some of the canisters. New one is only a 4 stage but I can upgrade it easily with more stages. I added my TDS meter to it and 135 in with 0 out.
Also switched out salt from IO RC to Red Sea Coral Pro Salt Mix. Salt is hard to get locally here and Red Sea can be ordered on Amazon. Plus they kept sending broken pails and replaced them free.
Out with the old:
In with the new:
Also switched out salt from IO RC to Red Sea Coral Pro Salt Mix. Salt is hard to get locally here and Red Sea can be ordered on Amazon. Plus they kept sending broken pails and replaced them free.
Out with the old:
In with the new:
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I had set up a few extra chambers with reusable DI resin, the colour changing stuff. It sort of insured that I NEVER got anything into the tank.
I swear as well, I only ever had problems when I switched out from reef crystals. Not sure if it was the salt, or the simple fact that I changed something after it was established. That's how I would do it if I was re-setting up. I believe at one point I had 3 DI stages. The third never expired if I kept up on the first 2.
I swear as well, I only ever had problems when I switched out from reef crystals. Not sure if it was the salt, or the simple fact that I changed something after it was established. That's how I would do it if I was re-setting up. I believe at one point I had 3 DI stages. The third never expired if I kept up on the first 2.
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