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My First Tank
jason the filter freak replied to mexicanjavafish's topic in Dedicated Tank (Build) Forum
I'm like 98% sure any and all photos this old got burned in forum migration right? If not is there a way to locate any pics from this thread? -
I've never seen blue sun coral before..very cool
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My Coral Rehabilitation Project
jason the filter freak replied to ReefdUp's topic in Conservation & Sustainability
If you preface that 1. You are not saying to dose Cipro as you're not a Dr./Vet 2. State that Cipro is a prescription medication and 3. You're not saying that Cipro is THE solution and do it your own risk. I would absolutely post it for the simple reason that there really isn't much profit/interest in active research on using medications in advanced applications so not being researched that much. It's really helpful to get the information out there. -
I swear I had a thread on this already... Interested in hearing people's successful* methods of killing Zoa and Paly without removing rock nor the zoa/paly from the tank. Also if you're killing more than a couple of polyps do you find that water changes, carbon, other methods of toxin export are crucial? If you're killing Zoa/paly adjacent to others do you change your methods? *successful being things like: Effective in killing off polyps, doesn't result in a huge mess, repeatable etc. Ideas so far. F Aptasia -Expensive and doesn't work on vertical surfaces well. Boil tank water and inject polyps- May release large amounts of toxin into the water column, may not be effective? DIce polyps with scalpel and use gravel vac to try to siphon parts as I go- may have same toxin releasing effect and requires 3 hands and may not fully remove polyp
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My Coral Rehabilitation Project
jason the filter freak replied to ReefdUp's topic in Conservation & Sustainability
@ReefdUp this is incredible work! -
Getting ready to start a micro tank, 0.5 total gallonage. Im looking into a mechanical ATO like the following. Question is, are they more functional than gimmicky I don't often trust Amazon reviews. People have already mentioned ionic diffusion isn't an issue. I'm highly doubtful a mechanical/electronic ATO will fit and If it would hose routing would be huge vs tank size, pump output out size of a small doser would be too fast to fill and frankly I don't feel like spending $100-200 on an ATO.
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Hello
jason the filter freak replied to Tankerman's topic in Welcome to WAMAS: FAQ / FYI / Hobby News
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Hello New to WAMAS
jason the filter freak replied to Ricksreeefs's topic in Welcome to WAMAS: FAQ / FYI / Hobby News
Welcome to a wonderful world of knowledge and support with a local flair. -
My Nitrates are too low... Now what?
jason the filter freak replied to jason the filter freak's topic in General Discussion
I posted the wrong results. That screen shot I was asking randy Holmes Farley about. I have Caribsea Hawaiian Black sand in my tank Wich is very ferrous. Randy indicated it's pretty much a non issue. I'm strongly considering ending the Chaeto Brightwell dosing. I suspect the Chaeto dying had more to do with the low nitrates and Phos than anything else. Here's those levels I've just doubled the amount of AB+ I'm using and plan to go back to feeding reef roids 2x a week. -
I'm wondering how anyone heats a micro aquarium? 0.5-1.0 gallon I think even 5 watts may be too much at a 74-76 ambient temp.
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My Nitrates are too low... Now what?
jason the filter freak replied to jason the filter freak's topic in General Discussion
Occasionally. Zoas shrinking/dying off and becoming less colorful is definitely and issue. Cyano/dino blooms are few and far between. -
My Nitrates are too low... Now what?
jason the filter freak replied to jason the filter freak's topic in General Discussion
Losing corals, losing color on corals, chaeto dying, intermittent cyano/diatom blooms. -
So I've been skeptical about my Salifert and TropicMarin kits reading zero for Nitrates. So I sucked it up and spent the $$ on a Hanna LR Nitrate checker. Sure enough after running the test correctly* twice, I get 0.00. I'm blown away my Nitrates are 0. Hanna checker ULR Phos says my level is 0.5. After years and years of NITRATE BAD PHOSPHATE BAD. I'm hesitant/flabbergasted to think I might need to dose those. Can I feed more? Get a diamond goby to stir up my sand bed? Stop doing water changes? BIO LOAD (LIVE STOCK): I have around 80 gal of volume with adult 2 Bangii, 2 nearly adult Ocellaris, nearly adult Azure damsel, juvi-adult royal gramma, a juvi-adult potters angel and a antenna goby. Cleaner shimp, porcelain crab, misc CUC. BIO LOAD (FOOD): I dose 10mL AB+ daily, feed a healthy heap of New Life Spectrum daily (though I try to make sure the majority is consumed by the fish and not end up on the sand bed. FILTRATION AND MAINT: I do around a 10 gal w/c with Reef Crystals once a month.Before I started checking levels I dropped my filter sock changes to 2 x a week because my skimmer (reef essence 130) wasn't pulling much and my chaeto was dying. Now I use Brightwell Cheato for the cheato and it seems to be helping. I also run rox carbon for water polishing. Change it every 1-3 months (aka when I remember to) CORAL: Tank is 95% zoa and Paly (the rest is anemone, no SPS/LPS. I have noticed some die off but I was attributing to my lights being too strong, finicky nature of some coral, and possibly tank wide chem warfare from other paly/zoa.