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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    If anyone local wants to purchase or trade for my yellow tang and turbos pls text me. 267-761-1848
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Finally got my frag system hooked up to my sump. Finally have a area for frags, not too many but since I have lost lbs if corals I need to start trading or selling before purchasing new thing.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I am looking to get rid if this blue vat so need the remaining livestock gone. I have one yellow tang. He is healthy but has scars from being bullied. I also have maybe 5 or so large to medium size turbo and top crown snails. Does anyone know anyone that would trade the fish for high end...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Removed the socks since after vodka dosing the socks are clogging fast and not really getting cleaned by hand. This floss last barely 2 days before overflowing so not a good solution long term. Eventually I want to just get a fleece roller but that depends on how long I can get out of then roll.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I added a dosing Pump for vodka. Such a great feeling not having to dose by hand.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I used old bottle of absolute and recently purchased the cheapest vodka I could find. Aslong as it 80 proof 40% your good. MY phosphates bottomed out a few times so I stopped dosing lanthum chloride. I made a 50% waterchange and caused a bacteria bloom so had to dial back the vodka and add a...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I am going hard no creating a company and following my dreams, from my basement. I want to start selling corals from my house and eventually get into aquarium installations. I figured a good tool would be Youtube to build some credibility. I am working on some more detailed videos but my first...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I havent posted in a while but here goes. Since last year I have gotten my Phosphates under control dosing Lanthaum cloride contiuously into my skimmer. However, I didnt realize but by June 2023 my Nitrates had climbed to 100+ PPM. I started using filter socks, upgraded my return pump to...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    This wood look and color i find very attractive
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I have some dreams of very nice cabinetry. Not the basic stuff but kind of like RH style. Ive not seen any cabinetry online for aquariums that i actually liked. I feel this should look high end kitchen with flush inset cabinets with long low profile hinge. I like wirebrushed and light stain.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    When i turned on my return pump i decided to time how much it filled 2" of water. I am only getting about 450gallons from my return pump in 1 hour. Thats barely 1.2x turnover. When i calculated head i thought id get 3x but reducinga 2" outlet to 1" is taking away alot. I think this is a big...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I stopped overfeeding my frozen food and did a 120gallon water change. Hosed the detritus from the rock and siphoned 120gallon strait to the sewer
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Hahaha.
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Yikes. Phosphates out of control. I am considering liquid phosban. Never used GFO and prefer not to have too. I know my rock is for leaching PO bc It was high before adding fish. I have been overfeeding and my fish are happy and less aggressive. Gonna have to cutt back. I have 2 days of high...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    I cant bad mouth the ecotech battery back up since in 5 years Its probably saved me on 3 different times. I tested it after I got power back and of course the battery backup is working now - Maybe lose wire or something? If i get a stand alone generated I would probably need an electrician to...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Tank as of lasf Yeah I had about 3 power outages since I've been here and constantly worried about it, our grid is pretty weak!
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Woke up to lost power. And my ecotech battery back ups not working The area i am in seems to always have power outages and it creates a great deal of panic for me. I think a generac is only thing that would make my animals safe
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Tanks completely free of algae. Now i have another problem - making sure my inverts dont starve to death. I bumped up the lighting spectrum and intensity. These big snails and urchins need a good amount of algae so may have to move them to the sump where i can easily feed them algae sheets
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    So its been 1 month since i stopped feeding garlic. I have not done any water changes. I did clean the return pump, skimmer, removed locline on my return that increased sump turnover, added a large bag of chemipure blue, added 2nd MP60, removed seasweep, added a new UV (icecap 40w), increased...
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    Ash's 400 Gallon Reef

    Thank you
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