Probably the best idea haha
So update. Crab and blenny now friends apparently. Came back from work and found them next to eachother just hanging around, crab eating some mysis he found. Crab walked right past him afterwards, blenny unbothered. My guess was the crab was being defensive in all new surroundings. They seem perfectly fine now.
May I ask the reason for ditching the dual nozzle? Im open to going to single just curious the main benefit. I also was planning on upgrading the pump soon.
For me, even with the sicce pump it doesn’t have enough flow to actually push the rfg to make it do what it’s supposed to. They’re rated for 160 gph plus. The sicce is 158 gph. With the single rfg (I’m not using a vca, but rather the original rfg) it actually looks like there is a wavemaker in the tank. Excellent random flow through the tank.
No worries! I am new to this so I am taking in all the advice that I can. I see what youre saying about the rfg, and I did end up ordering the 158 gph sicce pump. Seems like the best fit for the tank. I will try the single outlet once that pump comes in tomorrow.
I ran the big pump on mine with a dual nozzle for a couple weeks and hated it. Now I run a Sicce nano with a single nozzle and love it. I based my build own some of the ones I have seen around and they are way too overpowered in most categories. Flow, filtration, light etc.
I really love the kessil lights on these tanks, really feel like they were almost made specifically for these tanks. Then there's the simplicity, and I'm a simple minded guy, so...I ran the big pump on mine with a dual nozzle for a couple weeks and hated it. Now I run a Sicce nano with a single nozzle and love it. I based my build own some of the ones I have seen around and they are way too overpowered in most categories. Flow, filtration, light etc.
I think the setup now is perfect. I basically did a tear down in my office and started from scratch. My pump was too powerful (IM Mini) and there was too much rockwork. Downside to that was it was reducing my water capacity. I also run the Kessil and love it. Have one on my fusion 20 as well and the corals love it.
Some may not agree with this advice, but keeping some seachem prime around is a really good idea. It will detoxify ammonia for 48 hours. Small tanks need small feeding with little waste IMO.
Seachem prime, worth keeping around. Another thing I use it for personally is for when I acclimate fish. Whenever I start the drip (my fish generally end up spending a pretty good amount of time in the bag) I throw some in the container. The ammonia in the bag turns toxic pretty rapidly after opening it. I can't remember exactly how the chemistry works, I just remember having read that. So I use the Seachem Prime to detoxify that ammonia quickly seeing as how I can't just remove that fish from the original water and put it directly in my clean water.
I purchased ammonia remover although thinking about it longer I don’t think that’s the main thing that killed him. I do plan on getting another blenny but I need some time to get my confidence back with fish at least. Looking at it I’m wondering if it was because of the way I did the water change the parameters shifted very fast. Either way lesson learned. I won’t be getting corals for at least another month and half maybe two months which was the plan anyways.
So it was roughly a 1.5-2gallon water change. I pick up RO/DI water from my LFS. As far as mixing saltwater I have a 5 gallon bucket that I stick a eheim heater and return pump in to circulate. Temp is always matched to tank temperature and I let it mix for about 3 hours. As far as time I know I should let it mix around 24 hours at least which is one of my screwups. Rushed through this change.
What salt are you using by chance? Not all salts require a 24 hour mixing time. It's unrelated, but a good lesson in not everything being what we think it is. I use coral pro salt in several of my tanks which actually requires a maximum mixing time of 4 hours. Also use red sea blue bucket, which is essentially indefinite. I don't think it could be the cause of the issue, but high alk salts could also impact pH, which could cause stress to your fish. I don't think (I want to reiterate that) it's the issue, but a possibility. High alk salts would be anything over 10 dkH in my book, coral pro, reef crystals, etc.
