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stopped over reacting to issues
Water changes. As a beginner I'd read a lot about how bad nutrients were for a reef tanks, but didn't realise what would happen if you have no nutrients. A serious attack of the gunge put me on the right track, and I now dose AFR and only change enough water to keep nutrients at the right levels.
There was never a specific thing I was doing, but I'm just OCD when it comes to tests, tank layout, equipment cleaning.....everything lol. I just learned to let it be and only feed and clean equipment when needed. As long as everyone is fed, and looks happy and the glass is clean everything will be fine. Took almost a year to get here but eventually leave your tank alone and just enjoy watching the animals interact with their environment!
I have low nutrients, what is AFR?
^^ This!Stopped testing everyday trying to get perfect numbers - caused stress and too much tinkering now I just dose kalk via top off and essential elements weekly. The corals will tell you if something is up!
How big are they, and what are they killing? I have two that have been long-term peaceful residents in my tank, and I love watching them bop around. They are, however, getting much bigger — now I’m a little worried.Right now my only obsession is trying to decide what to do with or how to rehome my murderous scarlet-legged hermits. In addition to being cold-blooded killers, they also perch on top of all of my sps corals at night. I need them gone.
“The Reef Aquarium”. Volume 3 I believe is the most updated.Which particular book did you read? Sprungs has many.
Three slow fish, three ping pong ball-sized urchins, and they've picked an LPS to death. They're enormous and were plucked from the ocean. I over feed the tank to make sure they've got plenty to eat, but they also keep killing each other as well. At least twice a week I see a new hermit body torn from its shell lying on the substrate.How big are they, and what are they killing? I have two that have been long-term peaceful residents in my tank, and I love watching them bop around. They are, however, getting much bigger — now I’m a little worried.
Totally agree with this. Keeping your hands out is one thing, keeping your bare skin out is a different level. No unknown oils, chemicals, whatever you might have on your skin.I'm a newbie and am try hard not to as well. So I bought gloves. Still trying
1. What is something that you QUIT doing that caused your reef tank to do and be better?
do weekly water changes. I have not seen the benefit of doing them. At the moment the plan is to do quality unless something prompt me to do it…
2. What do you obsess over when it comes to your tank?
I am obsessed with every little peace of life in my tank. Almost know the number of the polyps of each corals. The swimming pattern of my fish and. Where are hiding my crabs
I just like to stare my tank whenever I am near by. This is my favourite do nothing box.
Just keep in mind there is no symmetry in the nature- or did I just stare a new obsession?I have a VERY annoying habit of trying to make everything in my tank perfect. I.e. a coral that absolutely has to be 1'' to the right or that rock that's just a teeny tiny bit too far to the left. Even worse are those times that I have visitors coming and I'm thinking ''if that rock isn't exactly there they will not like the tank'' or whatever.
So what I do now is I glue everything in place with 2 part putty, making it almost impossible to remove or move anything lol. To be fair it isn't nearly as bad as it used to be fortunately.