Jay's New Bigger... But Still Little Ocean - 600 gallons.

[JaysLittleOcean]

hey all it’s been super hectic in my life for the last few months and to top it off I am dealing with a hair algae issue that I may finally be getting ahead of. But I wanted to share some photographs of the Sea Lettuce that I have been successfully growing in my smaller Pax Bellum reactor. I filled an entire gallon ziplock bag with what was harvested. Too bad my tangs only want the fast food version of algae.

 

[Devaji]

show is the tank and whats in it.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

hey all it’s been super hectic in my life for the last few months and to top it off I am dealing with a hair algae issue that I may finally be getting ahead of. But I wanted to share some photographs of the Sea Lettuce that I have been successfully growing in my smaller Pax Bellum reactor. I filled an entire gallon ziplock bag with what was harvested. Too bad my tangs only want the fast food version of algae.

Nice looking reactor!

 

[JaysLittleOcean]

Nice looking reactor!

Thank you, that is the smaller Pax Bellum reactor.

 

[JaysLittleOcean]

Here's a little sneak peak at my aquarium from a few weeks ago.

Jay’s Little Ocean

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[JaysLittleOcean]

Finally decided to do some rearranging to place my dosing and testing equipment into a better configuration so I wasn't leaning over them to get to my sump.

 

[legalizedreefer]

How are you liking the GHL stuff?

 

[JaysLittleOcean]

How are you liking the GHL stuff?

I had a specific want in my mind when focusing on how many chemicals I wanted to dose, keeping additives mixed accordingly and testing. The GHL equipment fit better than other options available on the market. The experience regarding the ION Director and availability of probes leaves a bit of a salty taste in my mouth but after almost 3 years I have a working probe and I'm still waiting on two other probes that were purchased, one within a week of receiving my ION Director 3 years ago from a vendor in Canada (I live in the US) and one that I ordered more recently from GHL, of which their turn around times on the webpage are absolutely incorrect. My dosers are 2.1 dosers and not the new 2.2 version so they have been solid. and I have no complaints about my KH Director.

 

[Mikeltee]

Sweet Reef! A little tip on the phyto... it needs to be shaken everyday. RN phyto Feast is 100x concentrated so you can get the most for your money but Sustainable Aquatics is the only phyto that I know that does not need to be shaken. Phyto Feast is so thick that you can get away with shaking every 3 days. I culture pods and phyto but supplement with a little Phyto Feast because it's awesome. It also had a 6 month shelf life. I'd add about 15ml to that tank. 1-3ml/gal for normal phyto. It really helps. I attribute the lack of dinos and minimal algae to my new Reef because of tons of pods and phyto. Another tip... Tigger Pods are a waste of money. Stick with apocylops and tisbe. Tiggers stay in the water column so are in your filter socks and skimmer within hours. They are too large for mandarins to eat but wrasse will munch on them while they are about. I am a firm believer that the only reason they are sold is because they are easy to be seen in those little tiny bottles.