Flippers reef 125 gallon

[Murica]

Unless I’m missing some it looks pretty good’

 

[Flippers4pups]

 

[TriggerFinger]

Are you concerned the daylight from the windows could be playing against your efforts?

 

[RichtheReefer21]

Well done flip...

Thanks for sharing the game plan and execution as u handled the situation. Those are the type of posts that are gold. So much information shared around this place.

Thanks for taking the time. I now have a solid plan of action. And a plan b if I ever run into them myself. Cheers.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Are you concerned the daylight from the windows could be playing against your efforts?

No, during blackout the tank was double wrapped, including the sump down stairs. The amount of ambient lighting from the windows is minor. Direct sunlight would be a no go.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Well done flip...

Thanks for sharing the game plan and execution as u handled the situation. Those are the type of posts that are gold. So much information shared around this place.

Thanks for taking the time. I now have a solid plan of action. And a plan b if I ever run into them myself. Cheers.

Thanks, trying everything holistic I can without resorting to a chemical approach.

 

[Flippers4pups]

Well as expected the black out didn't completely eradicate them. With the lights on as low as they can go, it's still on the sand. Not nearly as bad, as expected. I'm still waiting for algae barn to send my phytoplankton and pods to me. Hopefully it they will be here early this coming week.

So at lights out using my phone's light in front of the tank looking from the side, you can see them suspended in the water column everywhere like snow.

So with that said, I bought a small utility pump from Petco and replumbed the UV on the DT, not on the sump. I just don't think they can easily go down the drains to the sump and tend to stay in the DT.

Now armed with the UV on the DT with them being the type that releases from the sand bed, I might have a fighting chance to really drive their numbers down now. We will see!

 

[Flippers4pups]

 

[Flippers4pups]

Well after one night with the UV on the DT there is a considerable reduction in dinoflagellates on the sand bed. Almost all white! Well see as the day progresses.

 

[Victoria M]

Cool! And hopefully not coolio!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Been working in the front landscape with the wife. Soil here is from hell. Clay with little rocks. The Holly bushes we took out were huge and needed to go.

Got set the landscape lights set after we are done planting and mulch again.

 

[Flippers4pups]

 

[NDIrish]

Looks nice. My front is completed. In the back, I have the plants planted. Have to put down my edging blocks then backfill with river pebbles.

 

[Flippers4pups]

 

[Victoria M]

landscaping is looking nice. ours is getting lots of work this spring too. ;Woot

 

[Flippers4pups]

We have Pods!

 

[Flippers4pups]

Okay, I finally made a decision to make the refugium area in the sump a frag holding area.

Chaetomorpa has not been growing and I'm ready to move on. It's coming out and in its place I'm going to make a frag rack out of egg crate.

Ordered the following to make this happen:

100 ceramic frag plugs.

Three 20 oz tubes of super glue gel.

1 165w Viparsectra led fixture (why not another Mars Aqua? The Viparsectra's spectrum is closer out of the box to my modded Mars and it's a little cheaper!)

Once I have all the stuff, "Operation Flipper Frag" will commence! Lol

 

[Flippers4pups]

Pods are in. Phytoplankton is in.

 

[Flippers4pups]

 

[robinhood639]

After reading 1717 posts, all I have to say is WOW! :-) Well done! I do have one question though... Dosing bacteria and then using a UV sterilizer at the same time... Seems counter productive. Am I missing something?

Thanks for documenting your nearly 3 year journey so well!

Looking forward to getting back home and modding my CBBs!