The Miracle Tank

mrlavalamp · Apr 27, 2020

Fin said:
LOL!

The good news is the liquor stores all deliver now!

Katrina71 · Apr 27, 2020

NS Mike D said:
I think the dinos are back. :(

Microscope is arriving monday. Just turned the lights and skimmer off. Sump lights are on.

Pic?

Katrina71 · Apr 27, 2020

mrlavalamp said:
The good news is the liquor stores all deliver now!

Not here. :(

Katrina71 · Apr 27, 2020

mrlavalamp said:
The good news is the liquor stores all deliver now!

Freaking gorgeous tank btw!!! And your name...my son has 13 lava lamps. Serious collector.

mrlavalamp · Apr 27, 2020

Katrina71 said:
Freaking gorgeous tank btw!!! And your name...my son has 13 lava lamps. Serious collector.

Thank you!

I have a small collection myself, but 13 is impressive, very nice!

Katrina71 · Apr 27, 2020

mrlavalamp said:
Thank you!

I have a small collection myself, but 13 is impressive, very nice!

He's 12. A hippie already. I might know where he gets it from ;)

NS Mike D · Apr 27, 2020

Katrina71 said:
Pic?

I'm pretty sure I had dinos on the cheato in my HOB sump. I was removing it. as it was fairly well confined and easily rinsed off the cheato - either dinos or cyano.

I was hoping the stuff in the DT was diatoms.

But, my NO3 was climbing up to 64ppm last week, so I started carbon dosing (v/v) and that triggered a massive bacterial bloom and my NO3 crashed to zero in a matter of days. Just the bacterial imbalance the dinos needed to get going.

I could see the tell tails on a power head and bubbles forming on 2 rocks I hadn't sterilized. The kenya tree is the kicker, I've seen this before. It closed up sometime Friday and hasn't reopened, and the brown killers are taking it over. The cleaner shrimp died Saturday morning as well.

I siphoned the sand bed clean last night and gave it a stir clearing off the morning dust but by lunchtime it had covered the entire bed. It's thicker to the eye than the pic. The rocks under white were mostly faint green, but now you can clearly see the brown.

It's early this time around. I unplugged the DT light and skimmer. The microscope arrives Monday. No water changes. Phyto culture is started and pods on their way. Pods in the HOB are active, a couple of adults and lots and lots of kids.

And I have my post in the dino thread.

Why-Me · Apr 27, 2020

brett_schn said:
I would need 2 of those sadly. I could do 2

Going to keep doing my research and taking everyone’s advice into consideration

I run a single xr15 over a 40 breeder and everything grows well, but if you need more par place your corals directly under the light and not at the far ends of the tank.

Katrina71 · Apr 27, 2020

I'm looking to do a mixed zoa rock in the Miracle. Lots of color. Any inexpensive ones that look good together?

Why-Me · Apr 27, 2020

Katrina71 said:
I'm looking to do a mixed zoa rock in the Miracle. Lots of color. Any inexpensive ones that look good together?

Pretty much personal preference there.
Whatever floats your boat!
Personally I'd try to match inside color to outside color next to each other.
For instance...Whammin Watermelon next to Rastas might look really cool.