Hey guys I don’t think I ever started one of these because my tank was never pretty or clean but now that it’s been a year my 36 gallon fluval m90 is really taking off!
Some info on the equipment. The fluval m90 is a (regrettably) sumpless “AIO” which just means they make the display smaller to give you a space behind a panel to put equipment, which I have come to dislike. It is very hard to work back there as a 5’0” person and the tank is against a wall. Even with a step stool. I have a tunze 9001 skimmer and ATO. I have a media tumbler which I don’t use. Some fluval ceramic media, new marine pure media, and a pump that is on the fritz currently.
Inside I’ve got too many corals, some macro algae, a pair of clowns, a sixline wrasse, bicolor blenny, two rock anemones, a red brittle star that I can’t catch and is way too big now, and one rainbow bubble tip.
Past hurdles:
-not knowing about tds that caused my RODI to make ammonia water and then Nitrate shot up to 100
-green slime algae that didn’t die out after removal, 5 day blackout, and then huge waterchange-> solution was raise alk. I have no idea why
-VERY low alk. I’m talking 4.5. Red Sea kit was hard to read at low levels-> solution was a Hanna checker & two part
Current hurdles:
-too many corals
-alternatively, too small tank
-some hair algae
-coral addiction
Right after I added the clowns 1 year ago:
Before dosing:
After dosing and rescape:
I finally see growth now that I dose too-
Before dosing:
After 1 month dosing:
Another few weeks dosing:
I’m glad I kept with my reef tank. It went from being a chore to being a beautiful and clean underwater landscape.
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