I just cant keep my rocks clean for the life of me

[LegendaryCG]

Cyano isn't choking my corals and nems out though. I got more cuc on the way and I'll do another deep clean I get the time.

If you can remove any of the rocks and apply some hydrogen peroxide directly to it that will kill it fast.

 

[MohrReefs]

If you can remove any of the rocks and apply some hydrogen peroxide directly to it that will kill it fast.

Luckily I never glued my rocks to eachother! Shouldn't be a problem.

 

[KrisReef]

Seven fish, I thought it was 5?

You need more nutrient export than you currently have. And it will take time with dead rock. Pray, and then invest in equipment.

 

[MohrReefs]

Seven fish, I thought it was 5?

You need more nutrient export than you currently have. And it will take time with dead rock. Pray, and then invest in equipment.

Sorry I can't math.

 

[Dkmoo]

Doable with a tempered glass rimmed pentagon tank? Do I need to find a way to get a skimmer and a refugium under the tank?

Got a shot of the full tank and current cannister plumbing? There should be ways to do this without drilling holes in the tank.

 

[MohrReefs]

Got a shot of the full tank and current cannister plumbing? There should be ways to do this without drilling holes in the tank.

 

[MohrReefs]

Seven fish, I thought it was 5?

You need more nutrient export than you currently have. And it will take time with dead rock. Pray, and then invest in equipment.

Serious question, let's say I yank all the dead rock and do a full replacement with live rock. Good idea?

 

[DE FISH]

Serious question, let's say I yank all the dead rock and do a full replacement with live rock. Good idea?

It would be a very bad idea to remove all your rock at once

 

[MohrReefs]

Anyone have any recommendations for a better nutrient export system that would be compatible with my tempered rimmed tank? I've seen a HOB skimmer and algae refugium, any brands you'd recommend? Budget probably isn't a concern to me at this point, over the pest algae.

 

[KrisReef]

Serious question, let's say I yank all the dead rock and do a full replacement with live rock. Good idea?

No, that could easily cause more problems than you will solve. Be patient and the evil will pass.

 

[MohrReefs]

It would be a very bad idea to remove all your rock at once

I would do it piece by piece.

 

[Ippyroy]

Add a small amount of live rock. Just a couple of pounds of it, even rubble, will help your tank to mature quickly.

 

[KrisReef]

Anyone have any recommendations for a better nutrient export system that would be capitals with my tempered rimmed tank? I've seen a HOB skimmer and algae refugium, any brands you'd recommend? Budget probably isn't a concern to me at this point, over the pest algae.

You should upgrade the whole setup. It's in your future!

 

[Ippyroy]

By adding a small amount of live rock the dry rock will become the same as the live rock. The bacteria and everything else will populate on the old dry rock.

 

[MohrReefs]

You should upgrade the whole setup. It's in your future!

Only one major issue with that route even though I've been saying that for 2 months. The wife lol. I want to upgrade to a 4' tank with nice plumbing and everything under trust me. I just gotta work with what I got right now.

 

[Jeffcb]

You need flow. Rock is your bio, Ehiem is mechanical only. Don't run Eheim more than 21-25 days, take it out clean and leave out for a week and go again. Need a lot of flow around rocks structures.

 

[Dkmoo]

How thick is the rim? If you can fit a HOB overflow box on the side of the bookshelf where u currently has the heater, then you can run that down to under the tank where it look like you should have room for a 5 to 10G tank to DIY a sump/fuge.

If you can't figure out a way to run a hob overflow box. Then wat you can do is, keep your canister, remove the mechanical filtration (or keep it, doesn't matter at this point since algae reactor will control no3 absorption) , plumb an algae reactor next to it, connect the canister out to the reactor in, and connect reactor out to the tank return line.

 

[cmmatxh]

get a few throchus snails

 

[MohrReefs]

You need flow. Rock is your bio, Ehiem is mechanical only. Don't run Eheim more than 21-25 days, take it out clean and leave out for a week and go again. Need a lot of flow around rooks structures.

I have two powerheads that whip up a fierce current in there. I will say there's something to what you are saying though because the areas that have the most flow do not have the gha issue.

 

[Dkmoo]

Excess nutrient is the source of your problem. More flow, more cuc, more peroxide just masks/delays the problem