saltwaterpicaso sc aquarium 120g build thread

[saltwaterpicaso]

Water change taking a few pictures while I'm up here

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Not a lot has changed tank is in grow out mode lost 4 torches for no apparent reason waited a few weeks and added a few more recently started this rock flower mushroom garden.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Picked up this neon green goni it's insane how bright it is I also have a baby jawbreaker mushroom growing out in the frag tank that I will add to the system soon

 

[dbl]

That is looking great.

 

[dantimdad]

I would love to have that goni

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

corals.com had 2 of them there might be one left I have seen some bright green corals in my time and this thing is insane it does not even look real its so bright

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Well I lost all my torches recently and think it was from high nitrates. I cannot get cheato to stay growing in the arid reactor so I sold the reactor then I tried cheato in the refugium and it to slowly died off. So in left the refugium light on for a few weeks and hair algea grew so now I have a hair algea refugium that has brought my nitrates into check. I have a rain2 algea scrubber on order that should be delivered soon. Here is a picture of a recent algea cleaning out of my sump. So far in happy with what the hair algea is doing in the refugium

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Feeding

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Green mushroom

 

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zoanthids growing out

 

[Matt Carden]

I ended up with the same in my sump

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

I recently got 2 baby jawbreakers pictured on the left the center being the mother

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Rockflower

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

feeding

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Here is my hair algea sump doing a great job of nutrient control

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

It works very well cleaning is not to bad either. This is a week of growth since I cleaned it last. Rain 2 scrubber will be here Tuesday. What blows my mind is I never have had algea in my display. I just cant believe how much is growing and so well in the sump

 

[Matt Carden]

Mine never growed that well in the sump, instead I had every variation of algae in my DT.

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

I would relocate all corals and do lights out until dt is wiped out of algea while supplying refugium with all the light it needed to outcompete the dt

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Well for some reason tracking said it was supposed to arrive tuesday but it was on the porch this morning so off to lowes to get piping to get it up and running

 

[saltwaterpicaso]

Light test will be reconfiguring the lights for better coverage