Hey all! So I've had this fuge chamber in my sump for the 90 that I have 100% ignored for the last year. When I first got the new sump I tried to transfer my chaeto over from the old one and quickly realized the flow in this chamber leaves much to be desired. Soooo, it sat, empty, and eventually became covered in coralline algae.
In August I was "gifted" some mangrove pods, and figured *lets see* well --- they're all leafy now with roots headed to nowhere, so I feel obligated to make some changes.
I was able to scrape all of the coralline off the front, I didn't bother with the sides. I moved my carbon reactor to the side so I have a better view (I got this one for the sake of creating some flow in the chamber without overdoing it).
I discovered that the xenia I thought melted away at one point in my tank did not, and is in fact growing in one of the drains into this chamber, I'll need to handle that soon still.
I added some miracle mud, so that it's about an inch thick. To do that, I turned off the return, skimmer, and carbon reactor for about 2.5 hours. It settled beautifully and the display stayed clear the entire time.
I dug out my old red light, I'll set that up this evening.
Next I'll move some cuc down there to help maintain the area and order some macros? I don't think chaeto will do well, there's still not a lot of flow. Any recommendations? It's in a cabinet so not super visible, but I'd still like it to look somewhat presentable for a change.
In August I was "gifted" some mangrove pods, and figured *lets see* well --- they're all leafy now with roots headed to nowhere, so I feel obligated to make some changes.
I was able to scrape all of the coralline off the front, I didn't bother with the sides. I moved my carbon reactor to the side so I have a better view (I got this one for the sake of creating some flow in the chamber without overdoing it).
I discovered that the xenia I thought melted away at one point in my tank did not, and is in fact growing in one of the drains into this chamber, I'll need to handle that soon still.
I added some miracle mud, so that it's about an inch thick. To do that, I turned off the return, skimmer, and carbon reactor for about 2.5 hours. It settled beautifully and the display stayed clear the entire time.
I dug out my old red light, I'll set that up this evening.
Next I'll move some cuc down there to help maintain the area and order some macros? I don't think chaeto will do well, there's still not a lot of flow. Any recommendations? It's in a cabinet so not super visible, but I'd still like it to look somewhat presentable for a change.