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[ReeferZ1227]

Cipro/amox at night followed by MB7 in the morning. Each day for 7 days. Same time. Thoery is replacing any "good" bacteria that the cipro/amox kill.

If thats the theory i would recommend using biodigest pro bio, more diverse set of bacteria. I do use mb7 periodically with my concotion. Just used chemiclean for first time in my tank as well, cyano wasnt getting better left alone.

 

[SaltySqueeble]

If you have an auto doser you can dose straight from the peroxide bottle. Try maybe 1.5ml daily for a week to see if it helps?

I will probably give this a try. Thanks for the input

 

[6t4nova]

that is a few fish. So, pellets, nori in between frozen? The frozen I feel would add more nitrate than phos.

lol yeah just a few. Yup, pellets, flakes, and nori.

Some of my phos is likely still residual from the tank move and live rock disturbance

 

[Zero_Cool]

If thats the theory i would recommend using biodigest pro bio, more diverse set of bacteria. I do use mb7 periodically with my concotion. Just used chemiclean for first time in my tank as well, cyano wasnt getting better left alone.

I just had a box of biodigest delivered today as I am wrapping up a chemiclean run. Between that, Zeobak, AF Probio S, FM Bacto Blend and Bacto Therapy I am covering as many bases as possible.

 

[SaltySqueeble]

The .34 in my chart was my mistake. Too much reef roids

No issues with coral growth and low phosphate

Nice, those are low numbers. You going for around .02-.05 in phosphate?

 

[SaltySqueeble]

I mix and dose loudwolf trisodium phosphate concoction

This stuff gives you the results you need? Do you dose it constantly? I’ve just been using NeoPhos to make sure I have at least .01

 

[billyocean]

Neophos is fine. I was just dosing like 30ml of neophos a day so even though it's cheap it adds up quick. This was just a cheaper solution

 

[robanister]

@Thuan I know you want this

 

[VintageReefer]

Nice, those are low numbers. You going for around .02-.05 in phosphate?

Yes typically 5 nitrates and .02-.05 phosphate.

I was hitting 0 for both for a few weeks in a row and while my colors and growth were good I felt I was riding a slippery slope. I increased my fish count and bioload significantly. A tang and 2 anthias that eat 4x a day will do that.

This increase in feeding has helped me keep numbers slightly higher where I’m more comfortable but I need to adjust my algae scrubber to compensate. I just added 1 hour to the leds 2 days ago and will see what I end up with. My phosphate crept up slightly higher than I’d prefer. I’m fine tuning.

I don’t run a skimmer, socks, mechanical filtration, and I have not done a water change in probably 5 years. All numbers are maintained / achieved by my algae scrubber. It’s a living filter that is adjustable and tunable and some people don’t understand that you do need to tweak it if you make changes to the system.

 

[billyocean]

Yes typically 5 nitrates and .02-.05 phosphate.

I was hitting 0 for both for a while and whike my colors and growth were good I felt I was riding a slippery slope. I increased my fish count and bioload significantly. A tang and 2 anthias that eat 4x a day will do that.

This increase in feeding has helped me keep numbers slightly higher where I’m more comfortable but I need to adjust my algae scrubber to compensate. I just added 1 hour to the leds 2 days ago and will see what I end up with. My phosphate crept up slightly higher than I’d prefer. I’m fine tuning.

I don’t run a skimmer, socks, mechanical filtration, and I have not done a water change in probably 5 years. All numbers are maintained / achieved by my algae scrubber. It’s a living filter that is adjustable and tunable and some people don’t understand that you do need to tweak it if you make changes to the system.

What takes care of element replenishment?

 

[VintageReefer]

What takes care of element replenishment?

I manually top off freshwater once every 5 days with all for reef added in

 

[VintageReefer]

My tank is 5-6 min of work per week. Including cleaning glass with the flipper.

 

[billyocean]

I manually top off freshwater once every 5 days with all for reef added in

Ok...so AFR. your mostly lps and what not right?

 

[VintageReefer]

Ok...so AFR. your mostly lps and what not right?

Yea it was part of the tanks design. I used to keep sps but it was a lot of anxiety and heart breaking if a colony got rtn and just died overnight.

I fell in a personal slump when I lost everything from an extended power outage. And then lost a career. And had a child. And my life was extremely busy starting a new job and new path

I wanted my reef back but I didnt want my life controlled by my reef so I set out to build something visually stunning about 2.5-3 years ago and my whole concept was as low maintenance as possible. To inspire myself one of my first corals during my rebuild was my dream coral. A banana holy grail. Told myself I will rebuild, I won’t let this die lol, and there are incredible lps out there if I’m selective.

 

[Thuan]

@Thuan I know you want this

Nice. Where and how much

 

[billyocean]

Yea it was part of the tanks design. I used to keep sps but it was a lot of anxiety and heart breaking if a colony got rtn and just died overnight.

I fell in a personal slump when I lost everything from an extended power outage. And then lost a career. And had a child. And my life was extremely busy starting a new job and new path

I wanted my reef back but I didnt want my life controlled by my reef so I set out to build something visually stunning about 2.5-3 years ago and my whole concept was as low maintenance as possible. To inspire myself one of my first corals during my rebuild was my dream coral. A banana holy grail. Told myself I will rebuild, I won’t let this die lol, and there are incredible lps out there if I’m selective.

ok..I was wondering because that method won't fly in an acro heavy tank. By method I mean just the dosing afr every 5 days..lol. you can run sticks successfully without skimmers, reacters....etc... but those elements get taken up fast

 

[steveschuerger]

@Thuan I know you want this

Did you steal this from the set of The Suicide Squad?

 

[VintageReefer]

Miss having stuff like this

But these days this is the extent of my stony coral lol

I had a 300 par shelf that didn’t agree with lps and was empty so I added some easy ones and encrusters

 

[VintageReefer]

ok..I was wondering because that method won't fly in an acro heavy tank. By method I mean just the dosing afr every 5 days..lol. you can run sticks successfully without skimmers, reacters....etc... but those elements get taken up fast

I have dosing pumps and could dose 2 part and there are people also dose AFR multiple times a day. Wouldn’t be too hard to adjust methods to compensate for element consumption. But I’m out of space in this tank anyway

But…shhhhh…I don’t know what the future holds for my next project

 

[billyocean]

I have dosing pumps and could dose 2 part and there are people also dose AFR multiple times a day. Wouldn’t be too hard to adjust methods to compensate for element consumption. But I’m out of space in this tank anyway

But…shhhhh…I don’t know what the future holds for my next project

Nice! I went the lps and zoa route for a few years and got bored. Now I'm just a glutton for punishment...lol