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You need a herd of anthias. And some wrasses!
I have seven Scribbled Anthias - love them and not aggressive with each other. I'm not sure if they are considered particularly exotic though.Ordered some stuff today actually.
Anthias is next.
Looking for some real nice exotic ones!
Any recommendations ??????????????
-Andre
Can you explain what VSV actually stands for? I know you are dosing multiple carbon sources, but can you let us know what they are (vinegar/vodka)? Do you dose Microbacter7 or another bacteria?
Lovely tank. You were going to discuss VSV - I've read the entire thread and didn't spot it?
If you want multiple, I'd go with lyretails. Subtle, but beautiful fish.
If you want a single, borbonius or sunburst are my picks. Borbonius is kinda alien looking, I want one. Ben has (had?) a real nice one in his nem tank.
Oooohhhh, Borbonius is agressive but a beauty!Earth to @Diesel !!!! Need Reefsquad leader skillset here, lol.
For 2017, I have more fish in mind.
Any pictures of your Borbonius ?
I know you are selling fish out at the minute to close out the tank ;-(
ALso any other recommendations for beautiful fish that is reef safe?
-Andre
I'm going told you to that haha.@griff500 , @Denali08 , ugh.................. VSV Carbon dosing is quite complex to explain.
I have done some prework and explanation on this subject.
I know I owe you guys more info on it, coming soon promise ;-)
VSV (Vinegar, Sugar, Vodka), For maintenance dosing of bacteria I use Biodigest ampules weekly.
Also I use now SIPORAX as well as a host for the bacteria and reduced VSV amount.
More about this then later.
-Andre
Earth to @Diesel !!!! Need Reefsquad leader skillset here, lol.
For 2017, I have more fish in mind.
Any pictures of your Borbonius ?
I know you are selling fish out at the minute to close out the tank ;-(
ALso any other recommendations for beautiful fish that is reef safe?
-Andre
@griff500 , @Denali08 , ugh.................. VSV Carbon dosing is quite complex to explain.
I have done some prework and explanation on this subject.
I know I owe you guys more info on it, coming soon promise ;-)
VSV (Vinegar, Sugar, Vodka), For maintenance dosing of bacteria I use Biodigest ampules weekly.
Also I use now SIPORAX as well as a host for the bacteria and reduced VSV amount.
More about this then later.
-Andre
If you want some great fish that stand out we need to talk.
Borb's are awesome fish as long you keep just one or if you can find a pair do that.
I ordered two from Michael @NYAquatic and they did ffine for six months but after that the female became a B***H.
Move one in the 202 Diesel tank and kept the larger one in the 60 nem cube.
Settle for a Gem and a Interruptus, they will become focal points in your reef.
I need to put pics up again on my build thread from the Neo 202 Diesel tank
Here is a pic that Tony Vargas took when he was in Houston to see my system.
I was more interested in your previous comments about using it with UV, but some details about your use of carbon dosing will be of interest as well.
Where do you keep the siporax in your sump? Hi flow, low flow, reactor ?
So you are just using standard VSV and not particularly concerned about UV killing sufficient levels of desirable bacteria for it to be an issue. In other words, you perhaps view the negative effects of UV as being somewhat overstated?Got ya. Well check my earlier post about the need of UV in a Reef tank. The answer is between the lines.
The UV kills the undesired bacteria and bacterial diseases in reef tanks. Well many people forget that Carbon dosing also drives "bad" bacteria, not just the "good" ones.
On the other hand, a sudden bacteria bloom, you can avoid via UV and it may safe your tank one day.
-Andre
Not really, running the UV on a separate pump and water stream back into the tank, the other pump will distribute bacteria between sump and tank.So you are just using standard VSV and not particularly concerned about UV killing sufficient levels of desirable bacteria for it to be an issue. In other words, you perhaps view the negative effects of UV as being somewhat overstated?