00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[Nor'easter Reefer]

Would we consider my tank and medium to heavy nutrient system or a stable, low nutrient system?:thinking-face:

 

[tbrown]

I prefer to treat them as "Stable, low nutrient"

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I'd call it 5-10 mL once a week to every other week as needed. I only use it when I start seeing red in the sandbed.

How do you even calculate how much waters displaced with rock lol

 

[luis angel]

 

[Üter]

I put a bottle or 2 of pods from algae barn in a long time ago and they have absolutely taken hold but I probably need more variety.. lemme see if I can find the bottle again so I can figure out which kinds I got

I think I dumped in a half gallon in my 112 three times of the snackel pack. It was every couple months. They have sales buy one get one sometimes. I would guess valentines might be one. I see tons of pods when I don’t clean the glass for a while.

 

[MindlessToxin]

That was just playing at my work(Ijust got off). I get excited when I hear it there because I been listening to it for awhile. Funny they play that at the local grocery store.

 

[Calmwaters]

Love this song!

 

[tbrown]

How do you even calculate how much waters displaced with rock lol

I usually do 80% but with my 135, I added 100 gallons, then added rock, then sand...

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I think I dumped in a half gallon in my 112 three times of the snackel pack. It was every couple months. They have sales buy one get one sometimes. I would guess valentines might be one. I see tons of pods when I don’t clean the glass for a while.

The first inch above my glass is littered. But all really tiny things. Nothing big at all. And seems to be all the same kind?

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I usually do 80% but with my 135, I added 100 gallons, then added rock, then sand...

So you did that thinking ahead stuff... seems like a hassle :grinning-face-with-sweat:

 

[Üter]

How do you even calculate how much waters displaced with rock lol

I filled my tank with water and mixed the salt directly in so I knew how much water there was then siphoned out a lot and placed into totes, put my rock in, then poured the saltwater back in. Then subtracted the difference.

 

[tbrown]

So you did that thinking ahead stuff... seems like a hassle :grinning-face-with-sweat:

Nah, just did the weirdo that counts things while he's working stuff and remember things like that.

 

[OrchidMiss]

Stomatella will totally out produce Trochus but they're easier prey for wrasses and other predator fish.

They have pretty, iridescent shells as they get large. Super cool dudes.

 

[tbrown]

They have pretty, iridescent shells as they get large. Super cool dudes.

Not from the Bad Boys tank I assume...?

 

[OrchidMiss]

Not from the Bad Boys tank I assume...?

Yes, but this was 2 years ago. If he's still in there, he's hiding well in the rockwork. I haven't gone down to spy at night lately.

 

[Calmwaters]

Ok I don’t normally look in my tank when the lights are really low like they are now and I kind of wish I hadn't. I have way too many bristle worms for my comfort level and some are pretty big. What can I put in there that will eat them but that isn't a jerk? I know they are great for clean up but they kind of freak me out when there's a many as I seen...

 

[Nor'easter Reefer]

I filled my tank with water and mixed the salt directly in so I knew how much water there was then siphoned out a lot and placed into totes, put my rock in, then poured the saltwater back in. Then subtracted the difference.

Yea.... I did not lay that much attention... probably should have for future dosing situations but I didn't know that would come in handy later on lol

 

[tbrown]

Tri Tip is getting close. Another 20-30 degrees internal temperature.

 

[kevgib67]

Ok I don’t normally look in my tank when the lights are really low like they are now and I kind of wish I hadn't. I have way too many bristle worms for my comfort level and some are pretty big. What can I put in there that will eat them but that isn't a jerk? I know they are great for clean up but they kind of freak me out when there's a many as I seen...

Arrow crab.

 

[tbrown]

Ok I don’t normally look in my tank when the lights are really low like they are now and I kind of wish I hadn't. I have way too many bristle worms for my comfort level and some are pretty big. What can I put in there that will eat them but that isn't a jerk? I know they are great for clean up but they kind of freak me out when there's a many as I seen...

Halichoeres garnoti, leucoxanthus, or chrysus.