I have been trying to get some reef tank services to come and consult me on how I should improve my tank but nobody has gotten back to me. I guess they are too busy.
Information I will include hoping it will give you guys an idea of where I should go from here :
*Lighting/Tank/Pumps etc
*What food I use and my feeding schedule
*My entire history of testing/water changes etc in a spreadsheet (also includes what is in the tank)
Gear:
13.5 Evo Tank
Fluval Marine NANO LED
PS2 Mini Protein Skimmer
Stock return pump (the sponge inside the pump has been removed)
Just this past week I added the Vortech MP10 Powerhead.
Chemi-pure blue for my carbon filtration
Stock biological media and the foam mechanical filtration (I rinse this a every other week)
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Feeding/Dosing: (pictures of brands and example size of food I put in)
Every other day I feed the fish/corals a pinch of ZoPlan coral food, a small piece of frozen brine shrimp, 2 milliliters of Kent Marine Phytoplankton and 2 milliliters of AB+ Coral Nutrition.
Every other day I do extremely small shavings of the frozen brine shrimp to keep my 6 line calm... (I needed him for flatworms and he did his job well)
Twice a week I do a half a cap of "Purple up"
Examples of portions below:
I try and spot feed the small gonipora, chalice and Aussie lord I have with a turkey baster.
My water change/test History:
I use premixed sea water by "Caribsea Sea pure" for the water in my tank. RO/DI for evaporation. If my pH is low I dose 8.4 pH and add a VERY small amount to bring it back up. Like a half a milliliter.
My most recent images of my gross tank as of 5/23.
^^^ This gunk is almost covering 60% of my sand bed and feels like a one big carpet of gunk that can lift sand if you try and remove it.
I am a little overwhelmed and lately I have gone through some rough couple of months so I have been a little out of sorts. As you can see my tank has gotten away from me a bit. I try to make sure I take the pump/skimmer apart, rinse it and clean it on a regular basis. I think I might be overfeeding but I wanted some input. My 6 line wrasse got bored after two weeks of eradicating my white flatworm population and started picking on my watchman goby. My fix for that was putting up a small mirror on one side of the tank and do some SMALL shavings of frozen shrimp every day to keep him fed. It has worked so far but I think my tank has suffered for it. Maybe not? I don't know.
I can be a little thick headed when it comes to problem solving and I am little stuffed mentally these days.
If this was your tank what would change? I'm not overly sensitive to criticism.
Sorry that this is my first post, "HEY I'M NEW HERE. HELP ME OUT NOW!" I cannot have an experienced set of eyes on my tank right now if my life depended on it.
P.S. I included some pictures of my tank through it's multiple stages. That acro is dead and I knew it was dead when I put it in there. My boss had a big hunk of it and let me take a piece to decorate my tank. Hoping some coralline algae sticks to it.
Thanks for your time.
- Dan
Information I will include hoping it will give you guys an idea of where I should go from here :
*Lighting/Tank/Pumps etc
*What food I use and my feeding schedule
*My entire history of testing/water changes etc in a spreadsheet (also includes what is in the tank)
Gear:
13.5 Evo Tank
Fluval Marine NANO LED
PS2 Mini Protein Skimmer
Stock return pump (the sponge inside the pump has been removed)
Just this past week I added the Vortech MP10 Powerhead.
Chemi-pure blue for my carbon filtration
Stock biological media and the foam mechanical filtration (I rinse this a every other week)
___________________________________
Feeding/Dosing: (pictures of brands and example size of food I put in)
Every other day I feed the fish/corals a pinch of ZoPlan coral food, a small piece of frozen brine shrimp, 2 milliliters of Kent Marine Phytoplankton and 2 milliliters of AB+ Coral Nutrition.
Every other day I do extremely small shavings of the frozen brine shrimp to keep my 6 line calm... (I needed him for flatworms and he did his job well)
Twice a week I do a half a cap of "Purple up"
Examples of portions below:
I try and spot feed the small gonipora, chalice and Aussie lord I have with a turkey baster.
My water change/test History:
I use premixed sea water by "Caribsea Sea pure" for the water in my tank. RO/DI for evaporation. If my pH is low I dose 8.4 pH and add a VERY small amount to bring it back up. Like a half a milliliter.
My most recent images of my gross tank as of 5/23.
^^^ This gunk is almost covering 60% of my sand bed and feels like a one big carpet of gunk that can lift sand if you try and remove it.
I am a little overwhelmed and lately I have gone through some rough couple of months so I have been a little out of sorts. As you can see my tank has gotten away from me a bit. I try to make sure I take the pump/skimmer apart, rinse it and clean it on a regular basis. I think I might be overfeeding but I wanted some input. My 6 line wrasse got bored after two weeks of eradicating my white flatworm population and started picking on my watchman goby. My fix for that was putting up a small mirror on one side of the tank and do some SMALL shavings of frozen shrimp every day to keep him fed. It has worked so far but I think my tank has suffered for it. Maybe not? I don't know.
I can be a little thick headed when it comes to problem solving and I am little stuffed mentally these days.
If this was your tank what would change? I'm not overly sensitive to criticism.
Sorry that this is my first post, "HEY I'M NEW HERE. HELP ME OUT NOW!" I cannot have an experienced set of eyes on my tank right now if my life depended on it.
P.S. I included some pictures of my tank through it's multiple stages. That acro is dead and I knew it was dead when I put it in there. My boss had a big hunk of it and let me take a piece to decorate my tank. Hoping some coralline algae sticks to it.
Thanks for your time.
- Dan