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I’m trying to figure out a good water change schedule either 10% weekly or 20% bi weekly
JBJ 20 gallon AIO reef tank
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Im doing 10-20% biweekly right now and thats only because idk whats happening with my trace elements until I send in testing. I'm only using water changes to help control Nitrates honestly. With your bioload right now that should be plenty efficient for what your doing as long as your not overfeeding and elevating nutrients too much.
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Sweet ! Yes I feed daily the fish and then I’ll feed reef roids they day before my water change. I’m gonna test again when I get home today to see if anything has changed
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It’s kinda exciting to see how easy it was to restart this tank
Its amazing what a total reset does! 100% puts you back in control and basicly allows tank to catch up and mature.
Did you say if you had a 5 micron sock?
Its extremely helpful when there is no need for water change. Its nice to have to siphon out the detritus and filter into sump or bucket and just reuse it.
Yes test everyday for a few weeks and see what things are doing just so you know what tank is doing.
Your 100% doing things correct from the gate. Cant wait to see tank in a few months man!
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I do have a micron sock ! This thing works wonders. If I can just get my hands on some gsp my back wall will look amazing in a few months but if my Xenia fill in I’ll use those instead there a great way of sucking nutrients up
Don't over feed tank. Feed just enough to keep a nice, healthy belly on fish and allow a little to fall to the critters.
Use water changes to manage what you need from feeding.
Your main goal for CUC right now is to make them go looking for food. Get them all over your surfaces of tank keeping surfaces spotless before the algae even has a chance to grow back
Use water changes to manage what you need from feeding.
Your main goal for CUC right now is to make them go looking for food. Get them all over your surfaces of tank keeping surfaces spotless before the algae even has a chance to grow back
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Yes I love watching them at night pretty cool what they do . My crabs also pick through my zoas
I love my hermits now. My shrooms actually lift skirt to give them better access to cleaning there shoes haha. Definetely doesn't bother them keeping feet clean
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I love this thread. Your seeing everything ive seen from deep clean.
You skipped 0 steps
Thoroughly followed directions and cleaning protocol and going to reap all the rewards for that.
Yessir I have literally watch coraline grow over night when lights came on.
Your getting rid of the bad and in with the good in its place.
Just keep doing what your doing and keep balance in check.
Don't get complacent. Monitor params, tidy up with sock and change water when you need to.
Done deal now.
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Yeah I got rid of all the bottles haha there in a box in the basement I only kept iodine haha ! No more adding anything into the tank
and thank you for liking the thread lol
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@fishguy242 i think it’s time I call it quits on this favia
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Question for you guys the new favias I got it’s kinda hard to tell if there happy besides the one that obviously looks bad. But other then that what signs should I look for ? Can they adjust to my flow ? Everything else looks good my zoas Kenya even my Xenia. I’m not gonna touch the nero3 but what signs should I look for
IMO one of the hard things to learn is to know when a certain coral is happy.
Favia polyps should look full and fluffy. When stressed you can see the skeleton ridges beneath the tissue.
here is a very happy Favia. Full, puffed up and feeding tentacles out.
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IMO one of the hard things to learn is to know when a certain coral is happy.
Favia polyps should look full and fluffy. When stressed you can see the skeleton ridges beneath the tissue.
here is a very happy Favia. Full, puffed up and feeding tentacles out.
also how much flow do they like ? I have them at the bottom but my nero 3 is on a pulse mode on the back wall
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@LRT Here are my tanks test results for today !
N03 : 5
Phosphates :.03 still
Alk: 8.3
Calcium:450
Also coral spam here !
Poor favia i hope it pulls through
N03 : 5
Phosphates :.03 still
Alk: 8.3
Calcium:450
Also coral spam here !
Poor favia i hope it pulls through
Looks super clean and healthy man those are great numbers honestly.@LRT Here are my tanks test results for today !
N03 : 5
Phosphates :.03 still
Alk: 8.3
Calcium:450
Also coral spam here !
Poor favia i hope it pulls through
What does your alk sit at day after water change typically?
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Everything was the same besides alk it went down 1 it was 9,3 on Monday and now it’s 8.3
But I heard your suppose to take them at the same time every day ? I took the first results at 7pm and theses one at 9pm
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