Hello everyone, I am looking for help/opinions on how to re-build and aquascape my tank. Currently I have 2 Nero 3. And one other wavemaker pushing 1000 GPH. So In-total 5000 GPH in a waterbox 50.3 aio. Now obviously they aren’t brand new so they may not be pushing that anymore so let’s just say 4300 GPH. And I do run them at full. But in January I had a Dino breakout and it wiped out my whole tank except fish due to lack of knowledge and not knowing what to do to control and prevent it.now things have changed and I am looking to build an SPS dominant tank of just easy going sps/acros. And maybe some small lps. For the past couple months I’ve only been running one Nero and one other pump so I’ve only had 2500 GPH of flow going. Since my other Nero broke and I am finally sending it to repair. I was also having a nutrient problem for a little while where my nutrients were too high and I kept having to do gha treatments and cyano treatments. But now I’ve learned from mistakes and plan on not using any medication and take the natural way because it is better in the long run. The only thing going in the tank was a cube of mysis shrimp for 3 clowns, and one tiny wrasse. For about 1-2 months I wasn’t running my protein skimmer because I was doing treatments. I just tested the water today and these were the levels. I have cleaned and turned on my protein skimmer now and it is really pumping stuff out. I am in the middle of a water change right now and will update once it is done.
07/25/23: 50.3
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 40 ppm
Phosphate: .50 ppm possibly
No skimmer active and loss of flow
I want to change my rock around for my sps in the future to provide even flow everywhere. How should I aquascape with the rock I have in here? I will also attach my 90 gallon aquascape so you can see that aswell. And where should I put my flow? I will circle where I had flow as of right now. What is the best way to clean all the rocks as you can see all the gunk on them right now. And for my lighting. I haven’t necessarily figured out my lighting yet either. I have two ai hydra 32hd and when I had all my corals I use to run them on 60-70%. But now with nothing in it I don’t really run them at all, because it’s just fish. When I went on vacation recently I cleaned the whole tank down, and started the skimmer and within a couple days of me being gone the whole tank exploded in cyano. Is it because I had high nutrients and running the lights at their normal speed gave them a massive boost? And last thing since I do not have any corals or anything in the tank, should I turn my dosers off they are running alk and calcium? They’ve been on ever since the crash and nothing has happened just wasn’t sure. And how does kalkawasser work I would like to use that instead of my 2 part dosing because I hear it’s easier. I did watch YouTube videos but I need someone to put it in highschool terms for myself thank you so much!
07/25/23: 50.3
PH: 8.2
Ammonia: 0.25ppm
Nitrite: 0ppm
Nitrate: 40 ppm
Phosphate: .50 ppm possibly
No skimmer active and loss of flow
I want to change my rock around for my sps in the future to provide even flow everywhere. How should I aquascape with the rock I have in here? I will also attach my 90 gallon aquascape so you can see that aswell. And where should I put my flow? I will circle where I had flow as of right now. What is the best way to clean all the rocks as you can see all the gunk on them right now. And for my lighting. I haven’t necessarily figured out my lighting yet either. I have two ai hydra 32hd and when I had all my corals I use to run them on 60-70%. But now with nothing in it I don’t really run them at all, because it’s just fish. When I went on vacation recently I cleaned the whole tank down, and started the skimmer and within a couple days of me being gone the whole tank exploded in cyano. Is it because I had high nutrients and running the lights at their normal speed gave them a massive boost? And last thing since I do not have any corals or anything in the tank, should I turn my dosers off they are running alk and calcium? They’ve been on ever since the crash and nothing has happened just wasn’t sure. And how does kalkawasser work I would like to use that instead of my 2 part dosing because I hear it’s easier. I did watch YouTube videos but I need someone to put it in highschool terms for myself thank you so much!