my new baby... AKA The Café

[rmorris_14]

absolute devastation happening over there, look out

I'm already hooked

 

[Nate Chalk]

Dropped a filter sock in the sump, used my pump and hose tube, siphoned out a bunch of detritus. some sand. and a ton of my dwarf ceriths, was like panning for gold only theres 300-400 gold nuggets and you want to collect them all.

Good Idea @Lost in the Sauce on the sump sock. I was doing into a bucket and water changing, as @fishguy242 would say.... ffffff thattt

 

[Lost in the Sauce]

Dropped a filter sock in the sump, used my pump and hose tube, siphoned out a bunch of detritus. some sand. and a ton of my dwarf ceriths, was like panning for gold only theres 300-400 gold nuggets and you want to collect them all.

Good Idea @Lost in the Sauce on the sump sock. I was doing into a bucket and water changing, as @fishguy242 would say.... ffffff thattt

I've got some junk filter socks that came with my sump kit That work really well for this.

I honestly have no idea how sand always gets onto the bottom of my my frag tank but it does...

 

[Nate Chalk]

I've got some junk filter socks that came with my sump kit That work really well for this.

I honestly have no idea how sand always gets onto the bottom of my my frag tank but it does...

its like glitter in the art world. lol

but seriously i need a little better method for sorting out the dwarf ceriths from sand and detritus. Wonder if a media bag would let me clear that up? and just get sand and snail

 

[fishguy242]

good afternoon all...
Throwback Thursday ...

am on the lookout for a piece of slimer and purple tort,just sayin'...

 

[Nate Chalk]

good afternoon all...
Throwback Thursday ...

am on the lookout for a piece of slimer and purple tort,just sayin'...

that looks really good

 

[F i s h y]

good afternoon all...
Throwback Thursday ...

am on the lookout for a piece of slimer and purple tort,just sayin'...

I may have some cali tort at some point soon.

 

[najer]

Got nothing except I have been telling people to siphon in to socks in the sump for years, because I don't do water changes everything disturbed takes a long time to settle again even with floss, watch your corals and fish, lots of people on here know but it does take time, you will get a feel for your tank, don't stress nutrient levels unless they are low, everything needs to eat.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Got nothing except I have been telling people to siphon in to socks in the sump for years, because I don't do water changes everything disturbed takes a long time to settle again even with floss, watch your corals and fish, lots of people on here know but it does take time, you will get a feel for your tank, don't stress nutrient levels unless they are low, everything needs to eat.

Mine are low boosting them back up

 

[Nate Chalk]

i spotted a micro brittle star today

 

[fishguy242]

Dirty pic...

and upside down...

 

[Nate Chalk]

Dirty pic...

and upside down...

ur water is gonna leak out like that

 

[fishguy242]

ur water is gonna leak out like that

less evaporation ...

 

[Soren]

Dirty pic...

and upside down...

...must be the clown tank!

 

[Nate Chalk]

The only thing acting weird in the tank is the octo/frogspawn which is why I questioned the nutrients. Only thing new is the added light bars.

it looks healthy tissue wise on skeleton. Maybe its splitting?

other hammers and octos are fine, no signs of pests either

 

[Nate Chalk]

Paranoid testing nitrate now again .2 guh…
Better than zero

been feeding the crap out of the tank, more skimmate i guess frank

 

[Smirkish]

Paranoid testing nitrate now again .2 guh…
Better than zero

been feeding the crap out of the tank, more skimmate i guess frank

Feeding the tank more is mostly going to increase your phosphates- you won’t really see a boost in nitrates without adding in additional livestock (which will also increase your feeding/phos) until the fish you have grow. Depending on how Clean your system is running, it could take a much bigger bioload to bring it up where you want it. Have you considered dosing? Brightwell is supposed to make a good additive for this.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Feeding the tank more is mostly going to increase your phosphates- you won’t really see a boost in nitrates without adding in additional livestock (which will also increase your feeding/phos) until the fish you have grow. Depending on how Clean your system is running, it could take a much bigger bioload to bring it up where you want it. Have you considered dosing? Brightwell is supposed to make a good additive for this.

Yep! thats what ive been using. local reef store is having a sale this weekend, might go see what if any wrasses they have. but @Mibu scared me saying my purple tang will become evil

 

[Goaway]

Yep! thats what ive been using. local reef store is having a sale this weekend, might go see what if any wrasses they have. but @Mibu scared me saying my purple tang will become evil

They dang well can be.

 

[Nate Chalk]

They dang well can be.

I'll have to ask them what their restock policy is, worst thing i want to do is bring home a fish. have it beat up and no where to go.