120g Acrylic Acropora Addiction (1 Viewer)

[Chris Goetz]

Oh no! Say it ain’t so!

 

[Varig]

So brutal man. What a hero you are for taking the time to save your hawkfish.



I tried a couple times to actually get it to put a flame hawkfish in the picture...then I got tired of it getting it wrong. You get the point

 

[asifiqbal2]

Holy holy … at least all your stuff comes out like that. I’m guessing you got it out

 

[.Marshall]

Oh no!! What kind of Anthia was that? or was it the cleaner?

 

[spsick]

Oh no!! What kind of Anthia was that? or was it the cleaner?

It was an adult male Lyretail. He was doing ok and then BAM!

 

[Fishfoo]

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When a new fish turns into a terrorist with a thirst for blood

Been here before, many times The best is when I ask my wife for help and she inevitably gets mad at me for shouting at her for being too slow with the net.

 

[asifiqbal2]

@Fishfoo there will be so many that will relate

 

[Varig]

I remember watching a Jake Adams video where he was talking about catching fish in a clear plastic container. Because they can't see it in the water. With a helper to kind of help guide them he caught 5 or 6 yellow tangs in one go. It was awesome/hilarious to see. I wish I had a link to the video.

 

[spsick]

Don’t buy an acrylic tank unless you want a part time job scraping coralline

This is one week of not cleaning the back.

 

[asifiqbal2]

Oh no

 

[spsick]

Ok all cleaned up.

Not much else in updates. I’ve chopped back corals a few times.

Red Sea had a second price increase in a year, so bought a few buckets of Reef Crystals to give a try, but now I’m a bit gunshy. Mixed up a bucket really well before making a test batch, and it still came in even higher than expected.

Ca: 500
Alk: 10.9dkh
Mag: 1440

I’m doing about 15g AWC a week. I asked Randy Holmes Farley and he said it would have a negligible impact on pH and levels, only equivalent to 5ml/day of my 2 part (currently dosing 85ml of each). So I may let her rip, otherwise I’ll give Nyos another crack.

 

[asifiqbal2]

You sir are an artisan
Love the baby groot slimer.

 

[spsick]

Crazy how much different corals prefer different conditions. Nitrate was trending down (probably due to skimmer cleaning) and bottomed out.

I noticed something was off as the heartbreaker was looking less vibrant and turning more green between polyps.

Put Ammonium Bicarbonate dosing back online and within a week it woke right up and looking vibrant as ever.

 

[asifiqbal2]

What a heart breaker, water clarity is impeccable
Are you running UV or Ozone ?

 

[spsick]

What a heart breaker, water clarity is impeccable
Are you running UV or Ozone ?

Nothing! Skimmer is my only filtration. I think the vermatids and sponges keep the water so clear

 

[spsick]

Writing this down for later reference (or torment).

Switched to Nyos salt. @Varig pointed out to me that Nyos has Iron. Iron feeds algae. My persistent bubble algae problem is pretty well controlled as of late. Let’s see in 6 months if it goes nuts

 

[asifiqbal2]

Iron will be fine, bubblies love higher nitrates.
I have been experimenting with the refugium, Isol8 MT and Nitrates/Phosphates
It loves above 15ppm ( for me )

 

[Jposch]

Iron will be fine, bubblies love higher nitrates.
I have been experimenting with the refugium, Isol8 MT and Nitrates/Phosphates
It loves above 15ppm ( for me )

Can concur. And it REALLY loves ammonia. Aptasia too. Something the "Gurus" never mention when they talk about dosing ammonium bicarbonate.
The isol8 MT is pretty good, but it can be a bit high on iodine. With a turf scrubber, I end up low in manganese, iron, and a couple others. It doesnt include "major" elements like boron, fluorine, potassium or strontium, otherwise is a good and affordable solution for most of your trace elements.

 

[spsick]

Can concur. And it REALLY loves ammonia. Aptasia too. Something the "Gurus" never mention when they talk about dosing ammonium bicarbonate.
The isol8 MT is pretty good, but it can be a bit high on iodine. With a turf scrubber, I end up low in manganese, iron, and a couple others. It doesnt include "major" elements like boron, fluorine, potassium or strontium, otherwise is a good and affordable solution for most of your trace elements.

Awesome, I am currently dosing ammonia to keep nitrate above zero

 

[asifiqbal2]

Can concur. And it REALLY loves ammonia. Aptasia too. Something the "Gurus" never mention when they talk about dosing ammonium bicarbonate.
The isol8 MT is pretty good, but it can be a bit high on iodine. With a turf scrubber, I end up low in manganese, iron, and a couple others. It doesnt include "major" elements like boron, fluorine, potassium or strontium, otherwise is a good and affordable solution for most of your trace elements.

Agreed, I dose of MT a drop every few days lol
Captivate Aquaculture products and pretty solid and potent