My RSR 425xl Re-build is Now My Waterbox 220.6 Dream Build..Goodbye 2020!!

[Dolelo96]

I really am over all this. There is no way I can remove/dip/scrape off 5 years worth of corals.

 

[najer]

I really am over all this. There is no way I can remove/dip/scrape off 5 years worth of corals.

Can't really help, I would dip and scrub each rock and deal with whatever pops up later, jmo.

 

[fishguy242]

you can do this ,use separate dip buckets ,to clean and dip at your own pace..

 

[Dolelo96]

you can do this ,use separate dip buckets ,to clean and dip at your own pace..

;Shifty ;Shifty ;Shifty

 

[Dolelo96]

Any idea why the new tank water is still cloudy?

 

[fishguy242]

Any idea why the new tank water is still cloudy?

it's pouting ,waiting for your coral.
on serious note,bacterial bloom? have you tried a sack of carbon? chemipure ? should clear in a day ?

 

[najer]

it's pouting ,waiting for your coral.
on serious note,bacterial bloom? have you tried a sack of carbon? chemipure ? should clear in a day ?

What the boy means is have you added carbon of an appropriate amount to water volume, currently running half a cup of carbon in approx 125G water volume due to a leather letting go, maybe do a cup?
(Frank will forgive me!)

 

[Eagle_Steve]

Everything I’ve read says the skimmer goes nuts if it runs during treatment. Also, I have a co2 scrubber attached to the skimmer. If I don’t run it my ph will drop to 7.5-7.77.

Is your co2 scrubber recirculating? If not, just remove the cup. Same principle as a pump, but cannot over fill and cause a mess.

Also, you can do a few hour soak and then rinse the corals off in untreated water.

I can say this, I have bought a full tank of corals from a severely neglected tank with a ton of Cyano. I just rinsed and quickly scrubbed them and plopped them in the qt tank with no issues.

Remember, it is always in every tank. It just goes nuts when it has tons of food and not much flow. New tank has flow and no excess nutrients. So it should not promote the cyano growing out of control.

 

[Dolelo96]

it's pouting ,waiting for your coral.
on serious note,bacterial bloom? have you tried a sack of carbon? chemipure ? should clear in a day ?

Ha Ha Didn’t think I should run carbon on a new tank. Didn’t have this problem on my last two tank

What the boy means is have you added carbon of an appropriate amount to water volume, currently running half a cup of carbon in approx 125G water volume due to a leather letting go, maybe do a cup?
(Frank will forgive me!)

I have carbon..thought it would kill good bacteria too

Is your co2 scrubber recirculating? If not, just remove the cup. Same principle as a pump, but cannot over fill and cause a mess.

Also, you can do a few hour soak and then rinse the corals off in untreated water.

I can say this, I have bought a full tank of corals from a severely neglected tank with a ton of Cyano. I just rinsed and quickly scrubbed them and plopped them in the qt tank with no issues.

Remember, it is always in every tank. It just goes nuts when it has tons of food and not much flow. New tank has flow and no excess nutrients. So it should not promote the cyano growing out of control.

Great minds think alike…I had my little assembly line..dip & scrub, quick rinse, final rinse and in the tank they went. These corals have gone through too much to start messing with peroxide. I didn’t move everything..started working on things that weren’t attached to rock. Not sure how to handle my trachy..he’s BIG..was about 9 inches when he went into the tub four months ago;Woot

 

[Dolelo96]

Found these on Amazon..loved them! Had one with with the dip and one with rinse water. The strainers made it a lot easier

 

[danieyella]

Found these on Amazon..loved them! Had one with with the dip and one with rinse water. The strainers made it a lot easier

no photo attachment?

 

[Dolelo96]

no photo attachment?

Ugh...;Dead

 

[danieyella]

Ugh...;Dead

Genius!!

 

[Dolelo96]

I think it was $20 for both

 

[Dolelo96]

Not disappearing again. Wasn’t able to move anymore corals..ALLERGIES…I really dislike pollen, dust & migraines ;Shifty;Shifty;Shifty;Shifty

hope everyone had a good day

 

[Dolelo96]

Getting my lights set up on my custom bracket/bar;Happy

 

[Reefing_addiction]

Not disappearing again. Wasn’t able to move anymore corals..ALLERGIES…I really dislike pollen, dust & migraines ;Shifty;Shifty;Shifty;Shifty

hope everyone had a good day

I am right there with you especially the migraine part.

 

[JoshH]

SPBLAM!!!

 

[ctopherl]

I admit I skipped over 58 pages of updates, so this may be buried somewhere, but how do you like the Waterbox in comparison to the Red Sea?

 

[Dolelo96]

Surprise..I’m back again

Lot’s been happenin…I’ve been sick, family stuff, etc. I’ll fill in the blanks later.. I’m still not 100%, but didn’t want to leave people hanging on the tub/tank status. I’ll give it to you in pics…

Moved some of the healthy looking corals.

Started taking tearing down and moving what coral I had left..

close up of the crud that accumulated

lfs packed up the live rock left..check out the color of that skimmer. The smell was horrendou.

The tub room before the tub

after

the 425xl

LFS took the large monti, and the big favia on the left..He’s going to cut for me. I gave him my limelight hydnophora..it murdered everything it could reach. other than that, this is what’s left and is now in the new tank

Lost most of the acros, palys, & zoas. Also, one of my gonipora. He found a couple pieces he thinks are still alive..I’m not convinced. My milka stylo and tyree stag have a good chance. Five of the frags are from reef-a-palooza. What started in December, exploded in February, is finally over..except for the cleanup;Dead

Migraine taking over, so I’m off. I hope everyone is well..miss you all!!! Hopefully, I’ll be able on tomorrow.