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    Mr Aqua 22 Long

    in Dedicated Tank (Build) Forum

    2 hours ago, AlanM said:

    I visited Reef Escape last week and got a few hermits to have something moving around in there and bought an mp10 while I was there.  I'll put another on the overflow wall like you did.  I put the pink fake nem in there to see how much flow gets to that end from the powerhead, and it's not much unless I really blast it on the far end.

     

    Doing the reverse of what I did, I started with a MP10 on the back wall, then as the need grew HAD to add the MP10 on the "front." By the time you get rock and heavy sand in there, you'll have both running. 

     

    FWIW, I was able to keep a heavily stocked mixed reef, including acro for a few years before adding the additional MP10. 

    Adding additional tank to system- plumbing help.

    in General Discussion

    4 minutes ago, GOSKN5 said:

    I can adjust the sump volume some to give some more headroom for back flow- all that will flow back in there is what’s in the plumbing from the refugium tank (it’s a 40 cube) and the plumbing from the display- which already flows back- I don’t think there is much to flow back, right?

     

    Depends how high up the water line is on the 40 cube. Whatever you have right now that would drain in if there was no power, plus whatever would drain out of the 40. 

    Adding additional tank to system- plumbing help.

    in General Discussion

    At first blush, I'm thinking you're going to want to make sure your sump can handle the additional overflow from the refugium if you lose power. Based on the way you've drawn this though, I'm presuming return pump goes into the display, drain passes through the refugium then into the sump? 

     

    I did this on my old 150 in "Two Tanks, One Room." IIRC, I used the same sump, but two separate return pumps. I only added a 20L, so didn't need a ton. 

    Bubble elgea

    in General Discussion

    38 minutes ago, rrubberbandman said:

    Sublime,

    When youve used ReefCleaners did you utilize their free shipping , which is not overnight....and if so did everything arrive healthy?

     

    Most times. If you get anything outside of the free shipping parameters that does require overnight, then you have to pay it. For the most part, everything has been OK, with the occasional losses. Over covid times I know John had trouble with delivery's getting delayed, and when I did have a pretty big loss due to it, he refunded. He also advised me that I should pay for the overnight shipping. That's when I started trying other companies for CUC, as most others will ship overnight free if you spend up to a price point, but I haven't found anything that matches RC's quality of product yet. 

    Bubble elgea

    in General Discussion

    On 12/26/2022 at 9:28 AM, rrubberbandman said:

    There is also a lesser known specie, the Pitho Crab who is said to like bubble algae.

    I am seeing that its either the males or females emeralds that prefer the BA? anyone else seen or heard that?

    Also I've always been intrigued about the popping of the bubble algae that creates the spread? I am sure the emeralds pop them? Also?

     

    B.

     

    The pitho will eat bubble algae. Emerald crabs are more common. 

    I don't think it's the gender of the crab, I have used reef breeders for about the past decade

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    I think there's something to do with the size of the spores/size of the bubble algae and it's ability to spread, there was a discussion on it a long long long time ago. 

     

    16 hours ago, nburg said:

    If your tank is big enough, some tangs and rabbit fish eat them. My yellow tang destroys them. 

     

    I had a purple tang that loved bubble algae, was great! 

     

    14 hours ago, cdw79 said:

    Has no one had negative experience w Emerald crabs? I haven't experienced this myself but have heard stories / seen pictures of them chowing down on some (sometimes very expense) LPS, which has made me swear them off purely out of an abundance of caution

     

    I have never experienced this myself. correlation does not equal causation. All speculation on my end, so with a grain of salt, but I'd be more inclined to believe that the crabs are going after algae on the coral, or stealing food out of it (ever tried to feed LPS with shrimp around?!)

     

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    Living Room Nano Peninsula

    in Dedicated Tank (Build) Forum

    5 hours ago, nburg said:

    Let me know how the skimmate fertilizer thing goes. I have banana plants in my place that need lots of fertilizer but I imagine the salt might make them unhappy. 


    i dilute with fresh water, been doing it for the whole summer now for outside, still figuring out fit inside, as it doesn’t smell great.

    Switching from Internal to External Overflow???

    in General Discussion

    1 hour ago, Aquastudent said:

    That looks fantastic and exactly what I was thinking. I was also debating between doing bulkheads and silicone plate glass over it but I feel like getting schedule 80 bulkheads is better. Maybe I can even hook up a drain to it. 

     

    Did you end up having to reseal the tank after cutting out the weird?

     

    Also, thank you so much for uploading the photos. It's a gorgeous tank and the visuals help!


    Thanks. I just did the plugged bulkheads. You can order them on BRS. 
     

    i don’t know how old the tank was, but I didn’t have to reseal. 

    Green Cyno Bacteria Help

    in General Discussion

    28 minutes ago, howaboutme said:

    Can't figure out what coral is on there that you couldn't detach? I can't actually see any corals on there at all.

     

    One though is if your frag tank doesn't have this, will it go away by itself and w/ some help from algae eaters?


    I guess I should say coral and rock. That photo is the frag tank. It’s also in the display. 
     

    There is coral on that frag tank rock pic, not visible from the angle snapped. It’s growing fine, despite the cyno around it. 
     

    also to note, its only sticking to what it came in on. Like I mentioned, it might slowly just resolve itself. I have cleaned everything off in a bucket with NSW, and it heads back pretty quickly.

    Living Room Nano Peninsula

    in Dedicated Tank (Build) Forum

    13 minutes ago, howaboutme said:

    Looks nice! How big is that clam? It looks huge!


    It’s pretty big. It’s like 7 years ago when you used to get the big 8” maxima’s from Dr. Mac. It’s easily 8”+. I’ll have to look at old photos of my PEA 3” maxima grab and see if it’s grown any over the years!

    Switching from Internal to External Overflow???

    in General Discussion

    If you can, I'd go with option #2. If you have space for the livestock/rock/corals, etc, and can get it dry and cleaned up, I would absolutely do that. I'd make sure of a few things first, like making sure the glass isn't tempered. I'm of the opinion that most tanks should be done this way, those old school overflows take up so much space, and option #2 is soooo much cleaner looking. 

     

    I recently did this, but with a tank that was dry and I was not in a hurry to get setup. I took my Deep Blue 80g rimless, and pulled out the internal overflow. I plugged the holes with bulkheads with the intention of aquaspacing over them so they were not an eye slight. I drilled the side of the tank (wanted to run a peninsula style) and used a Fiji Cube overflow. 

     

    The original tank format:

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    Cleaned up, drilled, plugged:

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    Nobody ever notices the plugs:

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    Green Cyno Bacteria Help

    in General Discussion

    Hello WAMAS,

     

    I've picked up a couple of pieces of coral over the past few months that came from a tank that had a huge green cyno issue. Against my better judgment, I put the rock and coral directly into both of my tanks. I'm not terribly concerned, as it remains exactly on the rocks or corals it came in on, and has not spread anywhere else. It is, however, and eyesight in the places where there does not seem to be progress, which is really just a few spots. 

     

    I'm not going to use chemiclean, but have been considering adding another bacteria to out compete. I was considering using Microbe Lift, but it all feels a bit like snake oil. Does anybody have any thoughts or experience in this department? FWIW, I believe that over time this will remedy itself, I am seeing very (emphasis on very) slow progress with it's dissipation. 

     

    Here is a picture of the frag tank, with the rock that is the absolute worst out of anything that was covered in it. It has not spread to anything else, just what came in with it. 

     

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