00W's AIO Smorgasbord

[Rocks reef]

What model did you go with?

I picked up a Clear Water 100, pump and stand on the dry goods forum for $400 shipped!! When it arrived, it didn't look like he even used it. This is the pic from the sellers ad.

 

[Rocks reef]

Anyone know what this red is on the side of my candy cane?

Looks like coralline..

 

[Rocks reef]

That. Is. Brilliant.

I try

 

[Rocks reef]

Yes there are several models and capabilities for whichever application you would need it for, and they are tailored to the amount of feeding you do. I think vintagereefer got in on the ground floor of this company as far as talking to them and I know he runs one.

He does

 

[Rocks reef]

Luis,

I'm not real big on chaeto reactors. I think that an algae scrubber is more efficient because GHA and slime algae take in nutrients faster than chaeto does and need less space to grow. I'd look at a drop-in scrubber. I don't remember, without looking for it, what size your tank is but I am thinking I remember it as being in the 30-40 gallon range.

I'm considering a Santa Monica Filtration Drop1.4 for my tank to replace the refugium and then remove the skimmer.

Good point. Chaeto isn't as effective, requires more "room" to grow

 

[Rocks reef]

All of this talk about mounting corals has forced me to actually do a little reef work. I got the plug splitter to put the pump and UV-C on the same outlet and plugged it in and I cleaned and peroxided a chunk of STAX rock for the favia. I'll move it onto the rock tomorrow as I want most of the peroxide to dissipate first. I figured out where I'll mount the digi and will do it right after the favia.

The peroxide won't hurt your tank. People dose it to get rid of dinos.

 

[Calmwaters]

Looks like coralline..

Ok so it's not a bad thing lol

 

[luis angel]

Luis,

I'm not real big on chaeto reactors. I think that an algae scrubber is more efficient because GHA and slime algae take in nutrients faster than chaeto does and need less space to grow. I'd look at a drop-in scrubber. I don't remember, without looking for it, what size your tank is but I am thinking I remember it as being in the 30-40 gallon range.

I'm considering a Santa Monica Filtration Drop1.4 for my tank to replace the refugium and then remove the skimmer.

90 gallons display + sump

 

[tharbin]

The peroxide won't hurt your tank. People dose it to get rid of dinos.

The rock is in the tank. I clean problem rocks with it from time to time and just plop them back in the tank.

I'm just waiting to move the favia onto it because some corals react negatively, at least for a while, to the peroxide. Once it dissipates I'll move the favia to it and then move the rock into position.

 

[tharbin]

90 gallons display + sump

Way off :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Santa Monica sizes their scrubbers by nutrient load rather than gallons so what size you would need depends on how heavily you feed.

I feed a 1/2 cube of Mysis, a capful of TDS and a pinch of Spirulina every day and a sheet of Nori every other day. I figure I am right around 1.25-1.5 cubes per day of feed. Maybe a little more.

 

[Üter]

@Nor'easter Reefer this looks vaguely familiar :face-with-monocle:

 

[luis angel]

Way off :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes: :beaming-face-with-smiling-eyes:

Santa Monica sizes their scrubbers by nutrient load rather than gallons so what size you would need depends on how heavily you feed.

I feed a 1/2 cube of Mysis, a capful of TDS and a pinch of Spirulina every day and a sheet of Nori every other day. I figure I am right around 1.25-1.5 cubes per day of feed. Maybe a little more.

I am currently feeding 1 cube a day for 12 fish, every other day I feed flakes or pellets, I still can't get my tang to eat nori.

 

[tharbin]

I am currently feeding 1 cube a day for 12 fish, every other day I feed flakes or pellets, I still can't get my tang to eat nori.

Processed Nori isn't a natural texture so sometimes you need to teach them to go for it. If your tang checks it out but doesn't pull at it you can try starving your tank for a day or so, leaving just the Nori in the tank. Once it figures out it's just seaweed it should pick at it.

My Foxface is an absolute junk-food junkie so it's all over the Mysis and TDO but it will only go after the Nori when it is all gone. I only feed it every other day as on the day there's no Nori it tends to go after the bubble algae between junk-food junkets.

 

[kingranch2003]

Suppers in the oven. Roasted garlic and cracked black pepper pork tender loin with baby carrots and potatoes...

Oh Dear Lord Amanda, how delicious does that look!?

 

[kingranch2003]

All of this talk about mounting corals has forced me to actually do a little reef work. I got the plug splitter to put the pump and UV-C on the same outlet and plugged it in and I cleaned and peroxided a chunk of STAX rock for the favia. I'll move it onto the rock tomorrow as I want most of the peroxide to dissipate first. I figured out where I'll mount the digi and will do it right after the favia.

@tharbin We would love some after pics I'd you get around to it, brother

 

[00W]

You have no idea how warm 44 degrees feels, well maybe the fellow northerners.

I'm in shorts.... :smiling-face: :rolleyes:

 

[Calmwaters]

Oh Dear Lord Amanda, how delicious does that look!?

It was really good!

 

[kingranch2003]

I am currently feeding 1 cube a day for 12 fish, every other day I feed flakes or pellets, I still can't get my tang to eat nori.

The 1.4 algae scrubber sounds perfect for you, and you can alter the length of time that it is scrubbing.
I believe it adds a benefit to ph stability as well Luis. PH tends to drop at night after lights out. The boost of water agitation within the box, and with the 0xygen increase, while you're scrubbing, and lighting in the scrubber, is going to lessen that night time ph drop an a create a more stable parameter, and PH is an important one too as you know. We all know in reefing, "stable" is sometimes better than "perfect".

 

[00W]

15 gallon change today.
Moved all the landscape around.
All of it.
Killed aiptasia for about 3 hours.
What a pain these things are.
Took out my whole overflow box.
Probably 100 in there.
Pictures later when the water clears up.

 

[00W]

A really big toilet??

That's a megajohn Tom.
A demijohn is an evil toilet, might clog a lot, overflow, etc ;) :thinking-face:;):rolleyes: