Aquadudes build thread

[Aquadude1]

This tank is a 15 gallon IM cube tank.
Its been set up since January with older established rock.

The filtration and approach have been centered around an algae scrubber and keeping nutrients measurable.
I also run UV for ich management and have found success with that.

Please excuse my photos, this is my fourth tank but I have never really documented the process.

Current stocking is focused on my two clowns Jimothy and Darla and my bicolor dotty. If you ever see him in photos he looks weird because he had a prolapse of some kind I think.

 

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[Fish Fan]

Good looking 15, that went quickly with the mature rock!

 

[Aquadude1]

Good looking 15, that went quickly with the mature rock!

Yeah it definitely helped. Ive had several tanks I've built up a collection lol

There were definitely some algae outbreaks but I didnt document well.
This is it newly setup.

 

[Aquadude1]

Tank is consuming around 3 to 4 ish ppm of nitrate a day, so I have put ammonia on a doser.

Po4 on the other hand is still over 1. Currently changing out rowaphos every 3 days.

 

[Aquadude1]

Dosing 8 ml of ammonia a day atm. Nitrate is starting to hold steady. Po4 is down from about 1.4 to 0.5. I still want to get that down lower but I am slowing down as the coral are starting to stress.