20 Normal Questions

[Sharkbait19]

Here are the rules:
Ask normal questions, and give normal answers.

And maybe some zany ones too. :p

And please, let's keep the jokes friendly. We are not here to insult anyone.
Please remain respectful to fellow reefers at all times.

With that said, welcome to the 20 Short Normal Thread!
Feel free to make plenty of comments and funny posts! And of course, some normal questions here and there.

 

[Miami Reef]

Are we going to have 20 “20 questions” threads?

 

[NashobaTek]

Awesome! Some place to get crazy

 

[Sharkbait19]

Are we going to have 20 “20 questions” threads?

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Here are the rules:
Ask normal questions, and give normal answers.

And maybe some zany ones too. :p

And please, let's keep the jokes friendly. We are not here to insult anyone.
Please remain respectful to fellow reefers at all times.

With that said, welcome to the 20 Short Normal Thread!
Feel free to make plenty of comments and funny posts! And of course, some normal questions here and there.

Why can’t people make up their mind?

 

[NashobaTek]

Serious question though, which is better... A skimmer or UV. I have neither

 

[Sharkbait19]

Serious question though, which is better... A skimmer or UV. I have neither

I have neither either! :p

 

[NashobaTek]

I have neither either! :p

But your tank is smaller than mine lol

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Serious question though, which is better... A skimmer or UV. I have neither

Depends on the tank and husbandry. Water changes can replace both. Large tanks with large loads need skimmers. UV is not a requirement and is typically used to manage ich or alage/bacterial blooms.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Why can’t people make up their mind?

Normal answer:

My answer:

 

[Sharkbait19]

UV is good for breaking down stuff and controlling bacteria, whereas the skimmer is good for catching the unwanted food

 

[NashobaTek]

Depends on the tank and husbandry. Water changes can replace both. Large tanks with large loads need skimmers. UV is not a requirement and is typically used to manage ich or alage/bacterial blooms.

It's a 125 with 6 fish, and 1 toadstool, but gha is seriously getting outta control.

Phosphate is high as well, but trates are 5

 

[Eagle_Steve]

It's a 125 with 6 fish, and 1 toadstool, but gha is seriously getting outta control.

Phosphate is high as well, but trates are 5

What’s the po4?

 

[Sharkbait19]

It's a 125 with 6 fish, and 1 toadstool, but gha is seriously getting outta control.

Honestly, I just solved it by plucking it off the rocks and leaving the rest to my CUC, but again, mine is waaaay smaller.
Although.....

 

[NeonRabbit221B]

Why am I unable to do a phyto culture? I sanitize everything, boil the water and let it get to room temperature and have consistent lighting a flow. EVERY TIME at my 2nd split the culture starts to die off. I have tried new bottles, different sanitization methods and everything under the sun I can think about outside of purifying the incoming air. WHY?

 

[NashobaTek]

Oh yeah the only big fish is the batfish at 10" top to bottom fin.

 

[Sharkbait19]

I love batfish....

 

[Sharkbait19]

You could try reducing PO4 with phosguard. I never tried that but I heard it works well, especially for larger aquariums.

 

[NashobaTek]

What’s the po4?

Over 10!!!!

Don't shoot me

 

[Eagle_Steve]

You could try reducing PO4 with phosguard. I never tried that but I heard it works well, especially for larger aquariums.

It stands a chance of leaching aluminum. Some have issues and some don’t.