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I’m looking forward to seeing it’s impacts! For now I can definitely tell that the shrimp notices when I dose it.
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I’m looking forward to seeing it’s impacts! For now I can definitely tell that the shrimp notices when I dose it.
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In other news - I’m going to get an RODI water saver from BRS because I feel terrible every time I make 4 gallons of waste water for every gallon of tank water. I’ve been using the waste to water plants and do laundry, but still.
I’m also thinking of getting either a sicce .5 or 1.0 pump and either a spin stream or random flow generator from vivid creative aquatics. My goal is to get rid of the wave maker if possible, like @tehSAC has done in his 10 gallon IM. Any advice about which pump and which nozzle I should get would be appreciated!
I’m also thinking of getting either a sicce .5 or 1.0 pump and either a spin stream or random flow generator from vivid creative aquatics. My goal is to get rid of the wave maker if possible, like @tehSAC has done in his 10 gallon IM. Any advice about which pump and which nozzle I should get would be appreciated!
I love my Sicce .5 and Spinstream combo. The only problem is I have a dead spot right under it. However a low light, low flow coral would thrive there. Just haven't found one I like to put there yet.
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I love my Sicce .5 and Spinstream combo. The only problem is I have a dead spot right under it. However a low light, low flow coral would thrive there. Just haven't found one I like to put there yet.
Thanks so much - I think this combination is what I’ll do too, just wondering if a 1.0 would be a better option for me.
Do you think the .5 and spin stream is strong enough for the montipora, gsp and Goniopora? They’re the corals that seem to appreciate flow the most.
I had a monti for awhile and it did well. Also my GSP did well with this combo. Never had a Goni, so I cannot answer that. As long as everything is placed in the right spots I wouldn't see why it wouldn't work.
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Beautiful! Thanks so much
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Yup that’s what I was worried about- good to know it breaks in to be quiet!
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Thanks!
Mine took a couple weeks if I remember correctly. To be honest I didn't pay much attention because my tank is in my living room and I have kids. So those noises were washed out.
As far as a vinegar bath. Never done it. When I see that the flow has reduced a bit, I pull it off and pull the pump. Scrub them both down in some old tank water, and put them back in. Flow increases and everything is A-OK.
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Good to know
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This was a big weekend for the good little tank (GLT?) and I can finally say what the big thing was from two weeks ago! A few days after we got the tank my husband signed up for a woodworking workshop to make a stand for it. We varnished the stand and let it dry out last week and this weekend we moved the tank off the floor and to its final (I hope) place. The stand is engraved with a little fish too.
I was a bit worried about putting the tank where so much natural light could reach it, but it has been basically fine for the last 3 weeks. I've been sheltering it with the curtain when I leave for work in the morning.
I was a bit worried about putting the tank where so much natural light could reach it, but it has been basically fine for the last 3 weeks. I've been sheltering it with the curtain when I leave for work in the morning.
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While transferring the tank to its stand we re-did the aquascape and glued down the rocks and some corals. I love the new scape, which has more caves but also fewer shadowed areas. My husband moved the lepto toward the back of the tank to give the tank more depth and I moved the Acan off the sand, it seems to like its new home so far. Side note, ever since we've started grinding the pellets we've been feeding so that the cleaner shrimp isn't the only one to get food (the hermits and the nassarius snail need food too), I've noticed the Acan seems to extend its feeding tentacles when at feeding time, which is really cool. I'll post a FTS and side shot below. If things are fine next week we'll probably go get our first fish and some more snails for a CUC.
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