Ricksreeefs

Interested in the spinefoot rabbit. Message sent

Bought as a gold hammer 2 years ago. Is it common for hammer to bounce sometimes ? or is it a unique bouncy hammer?

This is what I use for my MP40. it has a nem guard. I cannot convert it to MP60. Unfortunately, l do not have the original file, I have only one STL file I have been using for a while. It does not screw into the power head it is only stay by friction but it worked for me.

Thank you for your feedback. Since I started the nitrate dosing, now at about 1.7ppm. I will be restarting the skimmer 24/7 benefiting not only from the skimming but also, as you mentioned, for the air exchange.

I used to have filter socks and a skimmer running 24/7. I removed first the socks, reduced the skimming time and I increased feeding, that did not increase my nitrate or affect the cyno. A couple of months ago I completely removed the skimmer to house the baby blennies. I could be wrong, but I think the amount of rocks start the tank with was excessive and still not covered by coral. I am planning on using the skimmer again when the blennies are in the DT

Ok, I will slow dosing until I reach my 7-10 ppm goal in a 2-3 months. My yellow tang is spoiled and does not eat bubble algae and I am not sure how much my snails are consuming but I have 4 baby Molly Miller Blennies in the sump waiting until the grow a little more before I place them in the DT. I hope they will have a taste for it. Thank you both for your help!

Thank you for the feedback! Your system is bigger than mine and your concentration is at 1/2 of what I am using, I am dosing 14ml per day and you are at 4-6ml per day. It seems I am a little over dosing. Today I got .8 nitrate reading, so things are improving. I feel that bubble algae and cyno are consuming a lot of nitrate and I have to break this cycle by stabilizing the nitrate and manual removal of algae. Any thing else I should be doing to break this cycle of algae and cyno growth and low nitrate?

Great, thank you for your help!

My phosphate doesn’t exceeds 0.1 usually less. I use Hanna instruments and every few weeks lfs to confirm the readings. I add micobacter 7 and clean few times a week to help control the cyno. Vodka, I was thinking about it celebrating the New Year with the corals lol. I used 50g sodium nitrate per 1 liter of water for my solution. According to my calculations, it is about .25ppm per 1 ml. Today I dosed 14ml, I have been increasing the dosage 4ml a day. so now I am dosing about 3.5 ppm. If you are using the same concentration of sodium nitrate, It seems that I am on the right track if I continue that path since you are using 40ml per day. My corals seems happier since I started dosing but I am still concerned not to make a costly mistake.

I am trying to raise nitrate level in my 130G mainly soft and LPS tank. The system is about 3 year old and Nitrate has been 0 for a while. Feeding the fish more often increased the cyno outbreak. According to my calculations, I am doing about 3.5 ppm sodium Nitrate daily for the last few days using an auto doser. I have been testing daily and the nitrate is still 0, I am seeing an increased in cyno since I started dosing. I am concerned that the cyno will continue to increase until the nitrate reaches a detectable level. Should I gradually increase the dosage daily by 1ppm or stop and wait for a detectable increase in nitrate?

Very cool, thank you for sharing!

I have a small space invader far from other corals but a rainbow is on future list. Thanks

Very nice pectinia. Did you get it from a Wamas member?

Mine just keeps laying and laying and laying eggs. Only seen one growing up though. Hopefully you will get some!

This is truly amazing! If you have sea horses or the pipefish that you are ready to sell I’m definitely interested in getting some! My one blue stripe needs a buddy! ?