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Got the ICP test back today.
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I’m still waiting for the results from the before bacteria test. When do you want me to send in the after bacteria test? It’s been two weeks now since the last rip clean.Jon if I’m not mistaken, is that a darn perfect reading, in line with the best hands off mode tanks we see posted on here
wow / chemical tests are looking sharp if I’m not wrong
the tie-in for me is the filtration base supports the gross action that resets water params to nearly ideal
Great I’ll send in the test now. Scrubbing the rocks and using peroxide definitely helps with GHA. I used to do that monthly at year two and three but never did all new water. Do people ever blast the rocks with the garden hose? How much cleaning is too much at one time? My next rip clean I’ll probably scrub the rocks.whichever time you think is ok, even two weeks after such a storm event is a fine test rebound time, they have lots of pre-rip clean data to source some patterns from I think it will measure in some ways different from heavy organic-laden pre rip clean systems, which is every measure they're taking so far.
I sure have been linking your thread a bunch to rip cleans large and small, plenty are sticking! we're getting lots of work. when their rocks are covered in algae, we're having them scrub + peroxide during disassembly and only reassemble compliant live rocks driven back to clear.
I’m going to send in another ICP test but I’m wondering if the DOC test is necessary or worth doing now?Jon if I’m not mistaken, is that a darn perfect reading, in line with the best hands off mode tanks we see posted on here
wow / chemical tests are looking sharp if I’m not wrong
the tie-in for me is the filtration base supports the gross action that resets water params to nearly ideal
I have four wrasses that need sand. I did remove all the sand and went two years without sand. I spent more time keeping the bare bottom clean than I do now with sand.Maybe I missed it, but what was the reasoning behind adding the sand back to the system. You worked very hard to get it out and saw how murky it gets, why not leave it out totally?..Just asking because I am on the fence with removing my sand bed with something similar to this..just curious..learning
I have four wrasses that need sand. I did remove all the sand and went two years without sand. I spent more time keeping the bare bottom clean than I do now with sand.
Yeah I must have OCD I was sucking detritus off the bottom every few days. Now I’ll just go nuts every few months. Out of sight out of mind is working for now.Really that hard to keep the bare bottom clean?
I’m unpacking a order of Garf Grunge and I’m smelling the same death as when I let my sand sit for a few days during the first rip clean. They shipped Monday along with a bag of bugs different boxes. The bugs got here yesterday and were alive the sand just got here now, last night it did get cold here and I’m not sure if I should rinse the sand before I add to the DT?Perfect
it indeed could be left out easily when reassembled, this method above is what is used to disassemble reefs so we can move them, upgrade insides into another reef tank, or wipe out invaders, or go instantly bare bottom agreed
the sand is kept for people that dont mind doing this work so they can keep wrasses or just like the looks of sand
after a big deep clean, many with sand begin weekly deep stick stirring to eject new waste and stave off having to do tank surgery again
this thread shows the bacteria in sand aren’t critical to the system as the hobby once thought; only rock bacteria is critical so rocks are always handled in saltwater. Tap rinsing a sandbed or removing it altogether, same, you could do that if you have typical live rock included
i use a six inch deep sandbed because it holds my rock stack up tall and balances out the visual zones better, it’s just deep cleaned occasionally to reduce pumping out nitrate from waste