Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[living_tribunal]

I'd be going the airstone route myself..

It’s a whole lot of oxygenation, worse than that stupid hob skimmer that added thousands of micro bubbles everywhere.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Do you think this is enough oxygenation? I took the other pump offline as I think the flow was wayyy too intense in there and don’t have space to move the Duncan down to the lower rows.

Since taking the other pump offline, the Duncan has opened up slightly.

I'd be going the airstone route myself..

Air stone. You said you have a HOB filter? Stick it in there. Tank will be cloudy but that's actually a good thing.... look up microbubbling.

 

[living_tribunal]

I’m just happy this guy has opened up again. It had to have been too intense of flow.

I think the two koralias will be great for the 25, it was a little difficult in the 10.

If someone offered a 75gph pump I would buy it.


It’s the poor scolys first day here and he gets a crap tank! Poor guy lol

 

[living_tribunal]

Air stone. You said you have a HOB filter? Stick it in there. Tank will be cloudy but that's actually a good thing.... look up microbubbling.

I think this will be more than enough, thousands of micro bubbles.

Side note: the trachy is loving the display, a hermit has decided to make her body a home though!

 

[living_tribunal]

Air stone. You said you have a HOB filter? Stick it in there. Tank will be cloudy but that's actually a good thing.... look up microbubbling.

I do have an air pump right next to the frag tank that’s running the sponge filter. I don’t have another sponge filter to connect the airline tube to though.

Is there something I could do with just the airline tube

 

[Magellan]

I dose just 2ppm of nitrate and the tank looks like this lol, Duncan still isn’t very happy. I think it’s too much flow. The wilsoni also has a little bit of recession.

Even the dang Kenya tree is limp.

New tanks smh

What’s your alk on that tank, and are you doing anything for magnesium?

 

[living_tribunal]

What’s your alk on that tank, and are you doing anything for magnesium?

13dkh and no, I don’t messs with that stuff nor dose, I don’t have to.

Is there a setup I can do with just airline tube @JoshH @Robin Haselden

 

[Magellan]

13dkh and no, I don’t messs with that stuff nor dose, I don’t have to.

Is there a setup I can do with just airline tube @JoshH @Robin Haselden

Whoa! 13?

I didn’t either until last night. The 2 part has mag in it, today my zoas were larger and more colorful than they have ever been, and I had the longest polyp extension on my sps that I have seen at any point. Just curious..it wasn’t something I had ever worried about before, or thought I needed to.

this product worked as advertised. Used it a couple times several months ago, my tank was completely fine and it destroyed the cyano.

 

[living_tribunal]

Whoa! 13?

I didn’t either until last night. The 2 part has mag in it, today my zoas were larger and more colorful than they have ever been, and I had the longest polyp extension on my sps that I have seen at any point. Just curious..it wasn’t something I had ever worried about before, or thought I needed to.

this product worked as advertised. Used it a couple times several months ago, my tank was completely fine and it destroyed the cyano.

I think this and chemi clean do the same thing.

I just need to know if I can use this airstone without a sponge filter or something to connect it to if anyone is willing to help

It would be nice to return the pump to its normal position and use this air pump somehow.

 

[living_tribunal]

No one has any setups or ideas I can do to use the air pump? Maybe there is a cylinder I can create to have it make bubbles?

I could use the help :/

 

[Magellan]

I think this and chemi clean do the same thing.

I just need to know if I can use this airstone without a sponge filter or something to connect it to if anyone is willing to help

It would be nice to return the pump to its normal position and use this air pump somehow.

I’m fairly certain it does, just have never used chemi clean and wouldn’t recommend something that serious without experience.

for your air pump: it seems logical that you could just plug the end of the hose, then poke tiny holes in the hose. To get more diffusion you could even put it inside a bowl or cup with small rocks inside.

to be safe, you need this tiny 98 cent part, a 1 way check valve so water doesn’t come back through the hose. Could probably use it temporarily without one though.

 

[living_tribunal]

I’m fairly certain it does, just have never used chemi clean and wouldn’t recommend something that serious without experience.

for your air pump: it seems logical that you could just plug the end of the hose, then poke tiny holes in the hose. To get more diffusion you could even put it inside a bowl or cup with small rocks inside.

to be safe, you need this tiny 98 cent part, a 1 way check valve so water doesn’t come back through the hose. Could probably use it temporarily without one though.

I have one of those! And a splitter. My only concern is to make sure not to contaminate my fishes qt with coral tank water or vise versa.

I also have a little powerhead with one of those long cylinder heads that have a bunch of holes in it that creates a ton of bubbles.

 

[Magellan]

I have one of those! And a splitter. My only concern is to make sure not to contaminate my fishes qt with coral tank water or vise versa.

I also have a little powerhead with one of those long cylinder heads that have a bunch of holes in it that creates a ton of bubbles.

Full disclosure: I didn’t do anything to add extra oxygen except take some water out. The baffles in the back and gas exchange at the surface where it’s kinda choppy are the only way oxygen gets in my tank. Lowering the water level produces tiny bubbles though and this was obviously enough.

 

[living_tribunal]

Full disclosure: I didn’t do anything to add extra oxygen except take some water out. The baffles in the back and gas exchange at the surface where it’s kinda choppy are the only way oxygen gets in my tank. Lowering the water level produces tiny bubbles though and this was obviously enough.

That’s what I’m doing now but it’s lowered the flow a lot, especially with the other pump out. The oxygenation is definitely enough but I want to lower the stress on the frags. There have been too many changes the last couple of days.

 

[Why-Me]

@living_tribunal
I've heard of others running their skimmer with the lid off to add air during red slime remover or chemi clean.
I believe when using airstones reefers like to use the limewood ones??
Can anyone verify this info??

 

[Why-Me]

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[living_tribunal]

Lookey what I got on my doorstep today....somebody likes me!!

Now you got the full lt feeding regiment :)

 

[living_tribunal]

@living_tribunal
I've heard of others running their skimmer with the lid off to add air during red slime remover or chemi clean.
I believe when using airstones reefers like to use the limewood ones??
Can anyone verify this info??

I’ll figure something out where I can move the pump back in place. I just have the pump and airline tube though.

Could I almost just stick that in my hob filter with like a small pump outlet thing? I think the air pump just pumps little bursts of air.

 

[Why-Me]

Could I almost just stick that in my hob filter with like a small pump outlet thing? I think the air pump just pumps little bursts of air.

I would try that

 

[sfin52]

Lookey what I got on my doorstep today....somebody likes me!!

Secret santa?