Fudsey's 135.4 Box of Water

[Raege]

Somebody say leather?

Daddy likes! Beautiful piece

 

[Katrina71]

It looks like something Walt Disney would create.

 

[Crabby48]

Daddy likes! Beautiful piece

Now wash your hands weirdo

It looks like something Walt Disney would create.

So true! I’m waiting for the cartoon figure to start popping out

 

[Scurvy]

My bet would be on the rising Nitrates, I think you said they’ve shot up pretty high not super fast but in the grand scheme a relatively a short period. I’d run a cup or two of carbon for a week then cut that in half for another week or two.

Maybe a couple of larger than normal water changes over the course of 7-10 days. Ive had hammers do the same thing and just slowly drop a head every couple weeks. Never pinned down an exact cause but new water and carbon may put a dent into whatever the cause is.

 

[najer]

Have you tried an Iodine dip or possibly a Potassium dip?

 

[Katrina71]

In the future, I'll try iodine for sure.

 

[Lowell Lemon]

Exactly the same with mine (as your photo in post 2539) but I suspect my filefish. I took it out yesterday - the coral he/she picked looks better but the torch still have problems. All my euphyllia have been a little "down" - today (with exception of my torch) they looks better - more expanded. I have reacted to my ICP report and have dose according to recommendations. @Sallstrom will kick my *** because I as always does more than one thing at the same time, hence - it is difficult to isolate the real reason. At this website you can calculate your salinity with help of the ICP tests. My show up to be around 36 psu (36 per mille). I have adjust this. I also discover that the Triton DOC test can be very helpful. It shows up that I probably had a huge imbalance between inorganic nitrogen and organic nitrogen as proteins/amino acids. I skim very dry and after this I change to a more wet skimming.

One question - do you have any cyanobacteria mats for the moment - the same question to @Katrina71 and @Lowell Lemon . A long shot

Sincerely Lasse

No cyanobacteria mats at all but probably low N K P levels. No fish in the tank just snails and hermit crabs. I am way over due for a water change using natural sea water from Petco. Just finished a successful battle with Valonia (bubble algae) using Vibrant. so probably nutrient low right now.

 

[Fudsey]

Today's tank job was to clean out the sulfur denitrator and fire it back up. Man do I hate that smell.... Was nasty to say the least, but it's done and running. Maybe now the NO3 will start to drop.... maybe....

 

[Raege]

Today's tank job was to clean out the sulfur denitrator and fire it back up. Man do I hate that smell.... Was nasty to say the least, but it's done and running. Maybe now the NO3 will start to drop.... maybe....

Interested to see how long before it shows results. I haven’t seen huge results from the denitrate reactor I’m running but I may not be as regimented as needed feeding it vodka and playing with the flow weekly.

 

[Fudsey]

Interested to see how long before it shows results. I haven’t seen huge results from the denitrate reactor I’m running but I may not be as regimented as needed feeding it vodka and playing with the flow weekly.

I have used it before on my FOWLR tank and it lowered my nitrates from over 160 to 20 but it take 2-3 weeks before you see 0 effluent.

 

[Raege]

Excellent point ! I was going to check effluent on my reactor totally forgot about it! Ty for the kick in the memory I needed. ;Happy

 

[Scurvy]

Hows the CBB settling in?

 

[Fudsey]

Still with us I got some Mastick and he loves it. I have seen him eating some LRS RF but will go right at the mastick once I put it in the tank. Clown has even lightened up on him and me. I actually hand fed her tonight. Surprised the crap out of me

 

[Fudsey]

I ran out of ROX and needed to change out the reactor. I had to put GFO in on it's own, never done it that way. The MJ1200 pump has very little power to keep it tumbling though. Kinda strange. I think I might need to pull the whole setup and clean the pump and tubes of sponges. I am really thinking about setting up a manifold with the extra Eflux 3170 I have to run all the reactors off of.

 

[Crabby48]

Do you add anything to the mastic? I like the concept and pondered trying it.

 

[Fudsey]

It come as a powder and I do 1/2 tsp to 1 ml tank water and mix it. It makes a paste you can then stick to the glass.

 

[PanchoG]

Still with us I got some Mastick and he loves it. I have seen him eating some LRS RF but will go right at the mastick once I put it in the tank. Clown has even lightened up on him and me. I actually hand fed her tonight. Surprised the crap out of me

I am so jealous now !

 

[Fudsey]

Great new Joe Bonamassa live from Sydney Opera house.

 

[GoVols]

It come as a powder and I do 1/2 tsp to 1 ml tank water and mix it. It makes a paste you can then stick to the glass.

FWIW:
TSM Corals loves that stuff, too.

 

[Scurvy]

Funny, I forgot I had bought some mastic to try for the blind clownfish. I figure if its stuck to the glass he may have a better shot at finding food. Need to find where I put it.