Keelo’s IM100EXT Build Thread

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Small update for anyone interested think the uglies are starting now!

Tank is over 1 month into the fish in cycle so this weekend I’ll be grabbing my clean up crew and potentially my next fish. Does anyone have any recommendations on CUC members to get and how many ? I wanted to shoot for 5 trochus snails and 5 hermits to start and maybe if my LFS has any beginner friendly fish grab a third addition.

 

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Tester frags are in!

 

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Update for everyone, after introducing a wrasse and lawnmower blenny i got some sort of disease.My blenny went first didnt eat then died shortly after, secondly my clowns died. They developed a white fleshy outerlayer and went from being fine one day to dieing the next day. So far only my wrasse is alive and im debating of taking him out due to him still carrying the disease. what is everyones thoughts ?

 

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Also going through the uglies at the moment, my nitrates are at 0 and my phosphates are hovering around .03ppm. So far i have turned on my UV which helped drastically with Dinos in the tank. So far the algae i have is what seams to be cyano and hair algae ? what is everyones thoughts on that. should i dose nitrates to bring them back up and then turn on my refegium with cheato to outcompete the algae in the tank ? I also want to beef up my biodiversity. i have not dosed anything in the tank but id like to add something. i dont have room nor do i want more rock so it would be something from a bottle and/or pods. Aside from adding more coral but i dont want to add more coral until i get my algae undercontrol