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idk bubbles on the glass and everything in the tank. just started happening along with the excessive surface scum. could be from shutting off the uv or maybe because I started dosing stability. going to order low range no3 and po4 test kits see if can tweak it further.
tank running approximately 6 months
no fish or inverts were QT in this tank
29G Biocube
100w Nicrew (2 channels - keep blue on 2nd highest setting and whites off)
refugium in the first chamber, return in last chamber, heater and biomedia in middle chamber - was running uv there but dosing...
I think we'll probably be ok with what we got for now but man that keep pulling $@+& out of their pocket.
first I bought Marine pure block, then it had aluminum and falls apart. then bought brightwell bricks - guess ok but falls apart, now just bought maxspect nano tech....
pro mode in samsung phone is pretty good to get the blue out, change the settings to make it like orange or just google best settings for reef pictures. idk about apple?
purit is supposed to be the new best carbon. i still have a bottle of seachem matrix carbon and havent even got into my rox yet. wish theyd stop making the better than the best stuff lol
hydra 32 is only about 350 new and will last more than 2 years. probably many people on here can comment on their longevity as i dont have them but they are a good bang for the buck in my study of purchasing lights. i dont know what chinese black boxes you are getting for $100, but i bought a...
I guess we'll know in a couple of days then. Either they will live or they will die - the 29g is a short term solution until I get the larger tank under control. If you are talking about a long term slow death over the course of a year from starvation? They will not remain in the 29 more than 30...
hopefully not, that would be sad. this tank seems very stable to me, nitrates and phos are very low. i'll check ph swings this evening, but i keep my refugium lights on 24/7 so maybe the swing will not be that bad
ok so I just put everything in the 29 because the water is much better and my skimmer took a crap in the 125. it was a sign that it broke right when I was floating. need a new impeller. have a bank up for now but it's smaller.
the bubble is starting to look good after floating for 30 and...
package arrived. usps left it on the deck and didnt ring the bell. packaged well, shipped from cis international, tropical fish international.
package contained 1 small green anemone, who looks in bad shape. and 2 blue linckia stars (i only ordered one)
bags are floating now. didnt get to do...
update the BTA is here in NJ. hasnt reached lakewood from newark, so i called ups and asked for a hold. i always hold all my fish just because ups and fed ex suck. they said OK but they couldnt process a hold until it had an out for delivery scan. gave me a reference number and asked me to...