Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[Katrina71]

@living_tribunal bacteria should either starve or consume what's bottoming out your phosphate. @Robin Haselden do you agree?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Oh my, fancy!! I would say perhaps more WC more often, and an additional member or 2 for the CUC? Oh, and your stand is fantastic! It’s making me want to build a new one for my tank lol

Go check out the build thread where you can see me "make" the stand. It was the stand under my 90g reef, but that stand warped and the tank cracked. I cut it apart and put it back together innthe size I wanted.

 

[living_tribunal]

@living_tribunal bacteria should either starve or consume what's bottoming out your phosphate. @Robin Haselden do you agree?

I don’t think bacteria can consume calcium carbonate rock lol.

 

[Katrina71]

I don’t think bacteria can consume calcium carbonate rock lol.

Show me a pic of your rock. Let's see if we could find a better solution. You shouldn't have to dose a young tank.

 

[living_tribunal]

Show me a pic of your rock. Let's see if we could find a better solution. You shouldn't have to dose a young tank.

Lights are off. It’s pretty simple what’s going on. Phosphate is binding to the rock, so I need to saturate the rock until it’s at a level I like.

The reason I’m hasty is because of the Dino. Need phosphates to eradicate Dino. I’ll figure it out one way or another, I’m hijacking this thread lol.

 

[SashimiTurtle]

@living_tribunal bacteria should either starve or consume what's bottoming out your phosphate. @Robin Haselden do you agree?

My answer to just about everything anymore is bacteria, phyto and pods.

Cant build a house starting with shingles. You gotta lay that foundation first, then build the frame.

 

[living_tribunal]

Last thing, I believe the proliferation in Dino outbreaks we’ve seen in recent years is directly correlated, and potentially caused, by using dry rock instead of live rock.

Everyone I speak to about this or references Randy-Holmes thread have this epiphany “oh ya, the first time I used dry rock was when I got Dino”.

It all makes perfect sense.

 

[Katrina71]

Lights are off. It’s pretty simple what’s going on. Phosphate is binding to the rock, so I need to saturate the rock until it’s at a level I like.

The reason I’m hasty is because of the Dino. Need phosphates to eradicate Dino. I’ll figure it out one way or another, I’m hijacking this thread lol.

No, it's not hijacking at all. It's learning. It's a good thing.

 

[living_tribunal]

No, it's not hijacking at all. It's learning. It's a good thing.

Even my lfs didn’t know about new calcium carbonate rock binding phosphates. It’s kind of a crazy thing you wouldn’t expect to happen.

 

[NotFishyFishGuy]

Freshwater tank pics :)

 

[Katrina71]

@living_tribunal ok, so you add a bottle tonight. Nothing else. Document your findings in 48hrs. Seriously. What do you have to lose in 48hrs?

 

[living_tribunal]

Here’s a dark pic if you do want to see the tank.

I added a new sock yesterday that was overflowing by morning.

The uv also cleared up the bacterial infection overnight.

I guess the hope is that maybe algae can grow with very minimal phosphate levels and phosphate levels that go in and out from .03 to 0 every hour.

 

[living_tribunal]

@living_tribunal ok, so you add a bottle tonight. Nothing else. Document your findings in 48hrs. Seriously. What do you have to lose in 48hrs?

I added a whole thing of fritz two days ago lol!

 

[Katrina71]

@NotFishyFishGuy those are Gorgeous!

 

[Magellan]

Last thing, I believe the proliferation in Dino outbreaks we’ve seen in recent years is directly correlated, and potentially caused, by using dry rock instead of live rock.

Everyone I speak to about this or references Randy-Holmes thread have this epiphany “oh ya, the first time I used dry rock was when I got Dino”.

It all makes perfect sense.

Only dry rock in my aquarium. No pests, and no Dino’s. If you’re that positive your rock is giving you all that trouble, why not take it out and get better rock?

 

[Katrina71]

I added a whole thing of fritz two days ago lol!

Have any Biospira?

 

[Katrina71]

Only dry rock in my aquarium. No pests, and no Dino’s. If you’re that positive your rock is giving you all that trouble, why not take it out and get better rock?

We started our tanks with dry rock too

 

[Magellan]

Freshwater tank pics :)

Oh is it freshwater pictures time??

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Last thing, I believe the proliferation in Dino outbreaks we’ve seen in recent years is directly correlated, and potentially caused, by using dry rock instead of live rock.

Everyone I speak to about this or references Randy-Holmes thread have this epiphany “oh ya, the first time I used dry rock was when I got Dino”.

It all makes perfect sense.

About all we can use anymore. I prefer to use what I like to call aquacultured live rock. None of the pests, all of the bests... I may have just come up with a business slogan. Anyone interested in becoming a potential investor?

 

[SashimiTurtle]

Oh is it freshwater pictures time??

Freshies!