With this author's suggestion to post, I post this on his Showcase.
Looking for Angels who are willing to donate to a good cause.
I am in Week 5 of the Residents Reef a 13.5 Gal Fluval Evo Xii. I Have been building this on a minimum budget for a group of long-term residents and I am worried I have bitten off more than I can chew already. There is not much in it but they are already enjoying it so much. I have been given some corals and got some deals on a couple of corals at a local Frag Show in Lansing MI. They weren't in the best of health and I'm trying to nurse them back to health but not sure a couple of them will make it mainly one of the hammer corals and a possible Goni that is mostly skeleton but it was worth a shot. I don't have the proper testing kits which is not a good thing but I haven't had the money to get them :thinking-face: I should have started with them but they add up. You know what they say Hindsight right? Learning the hard way SMH. Anyway, I've been battling a hair-algae outbreak. I have a CUC but they're not doing much about it. it consists of 10 snails, 3 hermit crabs, an emerald crab, and a peppermint shrimp. I have been doing weekly water changes, not sure what more I can do to battle this hair algae problem with the budget which is nil at the moment. Any suggestions other than what I am doing so far or maybe what I am doing wrong? I am just trying to do something nice for some residents. I think it needs to be upgraded with more flow and lighting and I need better testing supplies. if there are any angels out there who might want to donate to a good cause I have an Amazon list where you could donate things that I'm hoping to get for them. I could use some testing kits and a powerhead for more flow.
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3570CDTMQL0U4?ref_=wl_share.
if you already have gear lying in a closet somewhere you think might be of help and would like to pay it forward and help out that way that's fine too. I do plan on upgrading the tank in the near future to a 40-60-gallon tank. So if you have something you think might work for that, a donation would be appreciated as well. Send me a PM and I'll give you an address where it could be shipped. If you would like to follow the build I have a Build Thread which you can follow here.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/r...draising-build-for-elderly-residents.1029458/Also if for any reason this tank has to be taken down anything that is donated will be donated back to the reef2reef community on the pay it forward thread. To whoever reads this thank you for taking your time and your consideration. It's ok if this is not the right time for you. I believe in this wonderful Reef2Reef community and with the amount of members we have I think the support will be there. Feel free to share my build thread pass it around and watch it grow.
