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They finally got back to me !!!
JBJ 20 gallon AIO reef tank
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They finally got back to me !!!
I would advise heavily against removing your current recycled rock and replacing it.
Luckily, most of the rock we use as live rock is not super strong. You will likely be able to break the cement bond just pulling them apart at the right angle.
Do you have additional rock you are wanting to add or just using the same exact pieces, and reorienting them?
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Reorienting them I feel like I don’t have a lot of usable rock space since most is very shaded and if i can’t really use the sides much for coral either. I do have extra rock and different pieces to mess around with. I just gotta figure out the scape I want
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I do not understand what as gone off here, maybe it's the tug boat you are carrying aquarium to aquarium? You aquriam has been looking great since January, am I missing something here like being a total arsehole grants you anything? , Where is your tugboat now Patrick (meaning starfish)
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Let me get you up to speed
I have 1 tank that is the cube this is the most recent update.
the submarine is something my wife added to the tank “for her liking” she doesn’t know a lot about saltwater since we have been keeping freshwater tanks. All those other pics are before my tank crashed and went out of control. I ended up doing a rip clean ( meaning rinsing sand rock all the above )to try and save what I had left it’s been 1 month and my tank is currently in good standing to the point where I can put in more coral
There's definitely a balance between aesthetics and function. Before starting my recent scape, I knew generally what I wanted to come across at the end and tried using the rock available, to make it happen. I spent a lot of time with dry hands thinking about it and envisioning it before touching rock .i'm not quite there yet as there are two pieces that I think need to move yet.
The next scape doesn't have to be the Final one. So long as you're moving in the right direction and not moving things often, you'll find that one setup that you love and is functional.
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Yes ! Thank you I hope I can get something nice or something around there again it’s gonna be covered in corals but I wanna make sure I give them space to grow
Thinking to the future of what you want it to be in 6 months to a few years away will help from the beginning . Now you know to watch for heavy shading if you run one LAMP.
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Yes don't get me wrong it looks great in pics but maybe find the reason why you had to rip/ replace, I think you are doing more harm then good and honestly all the gear and no idea approach, I could be wrong, I hope I am wrong but I will follow and hopefully you will have a successful aquriam
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I only have ever had one Goni and it’s the one I have now (next to BTA on rock ) mine didn’t open for two weeks starting out - I had on top of rocks , put to sand bed and it slowly came out with very high flow plus daily dosing of ab+ , I’ve heard gonis struggle because usually they like the tank dirtier /require feedings I was also dosing phytoplankton for two months. Take my exp with grain of salt lol I’ve found it very hardy I just glued it down , before the urchin / snails would knock it over daily face into the sand@MibuI’m not sure just because there isn’t a lot of nitrates in the system that’s why it’s not coming out
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I think you could make a really cool “crash scape “ with the tugboat half way into the sand next to a cliff , I’m sure fish love using it as a home. My orchid dottyback sleeps in dead clam shells every night
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That was the exact reason for the rip clean I really messed up in the beginning adding a bunch of stuff moving a bunch of stuff cemented rocks together not knowing what I wanted. The rip clean gave my tank stability and got rid of all the mistakes I made (hopefully) I won’t know for a few more months if it helped. Trust me when I say I learn from my mistakes it’s going to be better this time
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I was thinking that too ! I’m gonna try convincing my wife if I can just move it to one of my fresh water tanks. If not I’ll just grow gsp on it so it looks cooler I was thinking a cove scape then I can place the sub in the center and have rocks surrounding it. Idk I’ll have to draw it out
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Either way I think it’s pretty cool and it allows her to be apart of it , this was my fiancé’s tank , the fake coral is currently in my tank lol
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Yes that’s why I keep it in there she likes when the snails and fish use it , she feels proud lol
here is an update on my coral YALL
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No clue what zoas these are but there open
GSP matte is stretching more and more a few new poly
@Mibu the Goni is being shy he wants to come out but is scar
The flow is probably a little too muc
I believe these are palythoas ever since I changed my lights they have been getting wider and wider
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Definitely when I rescape he will be moved off the sand bed ! There so much unusable rock because of the shade I made ! Also if my blasto grows quickly I’ll frag and ship haha
I'm actually running mine lower than suggested. I was told 200 par in system it came out of but its sitting around 170 atm. It actually may not be enough.
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