Unlabelled Reef Tank - Aquariums - Weekly quick asks thread - March 27, 2020

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Reef Tank - Aquariums - Weekly quick asks thread - March 27, 2020

Weekly quick asks thread - March 27, 2020

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 06:14 AM PDT

Here is the place to post questions about pest ID, coral/fish ID, your cycle, or any other questions that generally wouldn't start up a conversation. If you have an interesting or unique question please create a new thread so everyone can discuss it in length!

These are some great resources for ID's of pests/algae.

The Holy Tome of ID

THE ULTIMATE ID THREAD

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My clown started hosting the gsp! He's obsessed

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 02:55 PM PDT

my frogspawn has been looking happy recently..

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 07:10 PM PDT

My crab decided he no longer wants to walk

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 07:20 AM PDT

What do you think of my rock structure in my marine tank? (This is my first marine tank)

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 04:13 PM PDT

One of my nems is looking good from all the extra quarantine TLC.

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 06:14 PM PDT

15 year old 105 gal, time for ‘home makeover’ this weekend, any suggestions other than less mushrooms?

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 06:51 PM PDT

My 400 Gallon

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 11:49 PM PDT

My rainbow trachy eating mysis shrimp.

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 08:36 PM PDT

They call it angry birds! Crazy polyps

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 04:51 PM PDT

Feeding time

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 08:35 AM PDT

3 months old today :) Still some work to do but it’s getting there!

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 01:57 PM PDT

Added a new friend today! He is so tiny.

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:52 PM PDT

If you haven't seen this yet watch it. The "control room" is INSANE! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_JzYu_uh3w

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 01:27 PM PDT

My clowns have been hanging out so close together!

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 11:42 PM PDT

Pc rainbow and garf bonsai

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 09:41 PM PDT

First saltwater tank! Getting it ready now!

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:58 PM PDT

Just installed an RO/DI and I'm filling a can up now to mix saltwater. I'll put my live rock in there to begin cycling and a little bit of quick start bacteria, keeping it closed and out of light for now.

150 gallon tank with stand and sump come on Tuesday. I've got crushed coral to rinse, much more salt water to mix.

Here's my plan to cycle;

2 weeks no lights on, just light from the room it's in. Following instructions on adding quick start daily and phantom feeeing.

Clown fish goes in.

I'll wait 2 weeks from then, one month, and try my first coral.

2 weeks after that a yellow tang or 2.

Anything else or tips or pointers for a noobie?

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Brought this tank up to work and didn't even ask my boss, let's just say he bought the two clowns.

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 11:16 AM PDT

[ID] What is the long white tube with a feather at the end? Friend or foe?

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 04:48 PM PDT

Struggling with this hobby. Please help. :(

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 06:30 PM PDT

Hi guys,

I started my first salt water tank about 4 years ago. I took my used 20 gallon long and suited it to reef keeping based on what I read and a bunch of Youtube videos. At first I just had some fish with a coral or two here and there. I was not the best reef keeper in the beginning, but have become much more knowledgeable as I've progressed. After getting more into the hobby and learning more I upgraded my lights and filter, added a skimmer and got more corals. I have just not had luck with it. I was constantly struggling with high nitrates (API 40-80 despite even doing 50% water changes every 5 days. They never got below 40. After months of trying to get them down and having a few corals die (xenia, hammer, duncan), I upgraded to a 32 gallon biocube in January. I used some of the live rock from my old tank, used new live sand, and added more dry rock. There's a lot of rock, maybe 40-50 pounds. I let it fully cycle (~3 weeks with bacteria starter) before moving corals over, moved a few snails, hermits and clown pair after a week. Got everything moved over in the span of about 2 weeks to make sure things were stable. Things seemed to be doing well for a while, but my most of my corals are just not growing and I have again lost a couple, with a few more on the edge. I also just lost a sea hare - was taking care or a slight hair algae problem.

Corals doing well, growing: green bta, rainbow bta (splitting), blastos, frogspawn, pipe organ, galaxea, hairy mushroom, candycane

*I know anemones are only supposed to be added to a well established tank, I already had them before getting the new tank*

Corals doing ok but not growing: GSP, clove, zoanthids, ricordia, acan (eats very well)

Corals not doing so hot: rainbow bta, favia, ricordea, candy cane

Recently lost: Xenia, 1 zoa, duncan, clove

Fish - pair of clown, orchid dottyback - all doing well

Other Inverts: many snails and hermits, 1 fire shrimp, 1 peppermint shrimp

Tank set up in back of tank: 1st compartment - heater, 2nd compartment - Intank basket 1 (filter floss, chemipure blue, purigen) Intank basket 2 (matrix, NO2cubes, phosguard), 3rd compartment - return pump, temp probe.

Params since cylced (I check at least twice a week, usually 3-4):

Calcium: 360 (water change tomorrow should bring this up) (This ranges from 340-420, add calcium or do water changes as necessary) - Use either API or Hanna

Nitrate: 5 (range 5-20) - API

dKH: 8 (range 7-9)- API or Hanna

Phosphate: 0 (always 0) - API, occasionally Hanna

Ammonia: 0 (range 0-0.25) - API, water change if high

pH: 8.2 (range 8-8.2) - API

Nitrite: 0 (always 0) - API

Salinity: 1.025 (range 1.023-1.026) - refractometer

I use an RO buddy with DI attachment, water comes out to 0 or nearly 0 tds before adding salt. Using coral pro salt, mixing with powerhead and using heater before adding to tank. I do about an 8g (don't fill 5g buckets to the top) once a week, gravel vac sand.

Please help, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I watched hundreds of videos online and read so many forum posts. Even my LFS doesn't know what else to do. :(

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Open-Source Professional-Grade Aquacontroller

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 01:52 PM PDT

All,

Due to the state of global affairs, I've taken advantage of my downtime to start a project I've been wanting to work on for a long time: A replacement for my Neptune Apex!

Using the P1AM-100 module from AutomationDirect.com ($49) I created a platform with a collaborative task scheduler, Asynchronous MQTT messaging system for IOT integration, Micro-SD datalogger, NTP time synchronization of the internal clock, and a few other nifty tools.

I wasn't terribly excited about a lot of the existing open-source aquacontrollers for a few reasons: Hobby-grade hardware, potential for the controller to "hang" on certain operations and block critical functionality, and you were limited to the 3.3V-5V digital and analog IO on the Raspberry Pi/Arduino. The P1AM is a HUGE improvement in terms of durability, longevity, and expandability of hardware (e.g. 120/240V relays, Sinking vs. Sourcing inputs and outputs, high-power IO) especially when you consider the price point is just barely above the arduino (~$25 for an Arduino vs. $49 for the P1AM).

Note that this does require a certain level of technical understanding, but I will definitely be working on "lowering the bar" in future updates with better documentation and eventually compatibility with graphical programming languages (Ladder Logic).

Link: https://github.com/JohnnyG89/SeaDragon

Deuces,

-TheReefySeaDragon

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My Copperband butterfly happily munching on frozen food.

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 07:32 AM PDT

You guys adviced me to take the gsp off my main rock structure and give him his own little rock, so I just did... He's already opening up a bit. Can't wait for it to be a little ball of gsp

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 05:41 AM PDT

Does RO saltwater go bad if left out in a bucket? If so, how would it last this way?

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 10:44 PM PDT

Trying out macro photography with extension tubes

Posted: 27 Mar 2020 09:54 AM PDT

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