Recent content by Rob_Reef_Keeper

Going to tear it down. Trying to see how much I can get for it all.

What about aiptasia? Filefish is not touching it. Tried a peppermint shrimp a little while back - my guess the flame hawk got to it. Can’t get berghai nudibranchs due to the melanarus wrasse

This is what I don’t get. Was f Told to feed more to get nitrates up and help the coral. I did and now a mess. When I was feeding 1 cube every other day there was no hair algae. Had a ulva outbreak a few months ago and add pincushion urchins that helped but all removed most coraline algae...

Are you saying remove/siphon out the sand bed?

I still do not know how these levels got bad to begin with. I do. It think I am over feeding the tank with 2 cubes of frozen mysis every other day. At one point I was adding some small pellets every few days that the fish devoured instantly. I run the skimmer. Use RO/DI. Red Sea blue...

Do you think this is a year long process to see results? I just want to set my expectations. I know it won’t be fixed in a month. I do have a phosban reactor what I will run Rowaphos through. To scrub the rock probably means taking it out piece by piece as it’s all over the rock...

How are you maintaining Alk? I tested 3 times last week. 7.9 after a water change. Then a few days later it was 7 then a few days later 6.9. This is where the tank normally sits at 6.9. I saw a post on downing baking soda to raise it. I could try that and add somehow slowly. Maybe a...

Still don’t understand what is fueling the algae if the nitrates are zero and po4 is not that bad. I guess possibly allot more scrubbing and water changes to get it out. Taking the rock out to scrub? For the aiptasia I guess I can try the aiptasia-x for the ones I can reach. Or pull the rock...

Anyone know of an aquarium service company to come look at a reef tank and/or tear it down and rebuild? I am missing something and would like some help to to establish a good reef tank.

Pics of some corals that don’t change/grow.

Retested the tank PO4 0.14. (Need to lower) Nitrate 0 ( tested with Hanna and Salifert) Alk 6.9 (low) Ca 430 Mag 1230 Sal 1.024

The tor he’s were lid level and had flow. The 2 corals outlined are a blasto and a similar coral ( can’t remember at the moment). I will re measure all again tomorrow. There was a time when nitrates were about zero and did not. Change anything

PAR readings are earlier in this thread. Showing with glass and without glass. The glass tops I removed some time ago really restricted PAR. The glass is now removed. I have 2 Radion XR15 Blues (IMO not great for asthetics as it’s too blue). The few mushrooms are all on the bottom left...

Some pics. The white is temporary as I turned off all the blue leds for the pic

Update. Devils hand, green sinularia, some Zoas have grown and some have not. Tried a green slimmer frag - lasted a few weeks. Mushrooms still don’t spread, frogspawn or hammers just wilt away. Water parameters Alk 8.5 Cal 400 Msg 1200 Amon 0 Nitrate 20 PO4 0.03 Temp 77-78 ph 8-8.1 Sal 1.024...