Gearing up to rebuild: 125g

reefkprz

reefkprz

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I put my chemi pure into a HOB filter to try and force more water flow through it.. I dont think it was getting enough flow just sitting in my sump.
tested my calcium today to check
500 no worries there
tested my alk today as well it was a bit low at 8 so I dosed enough to bring it up to 8.5 tommorrow I will dose again to bring it up some more. I dont want to go too high though and force calcium out of solution.
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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yay tracking my new light bulb says it should be here tommorrow....
I seem to be making little headway in my battle against the cyano, its rather frusterating. the problem as i see it s most of the phosphate is tied up in the cyano so the phophate media cant absorb it. so i have decided to chemicly treat the cyano to kill it and allow the media and other algaes to absorb the phosphate without contending with the cyano. which unfortunately is exceedingly efficient at trapping it.
 
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well take a picture with the new bulbs so i can see :) when you get them in,..,
 
snakeblitz33

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I hope all goes well with the red slime antibiotic treatment... Update us ASAP.
How's those SPS frags still doing?
 
reefkprz

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the acropora RTN'ed the day I added the chemipure to the HOB filter, it was in the down wash coming off the chemipure filter. this I found very unusual as I have used chemipure before with SPS and never seen anything like it. maybe coincidence. I tried to frag it and save it but it was too late. I believe it was caused by the chemipure "dust" getting washed down directly onto the acropora and getting captured by the coral as food poisoning the acropora. I did rinse the chemipure but maybe not well enough.
the montipora digita is doing fine still it also is in the down wash of the chemipure filter
all my other corals are doing fine and showing signs of growing the leather has definitely increased in size and is getting ready to shed
as for the new light bulb I got it in and added it to the left side since my other bulbs were 10k I put an older 14k bulb in to match color but the brightness is obviously very different both are 14k the new one is a hamilton 250 mogul the other is a south pacific sunlight 250w mogul but the birghtness is very different. the hamilton is visibly brighter.

the chemical treatment of the red slime has helped cut it back immensely now time to give the skimmer and chem ipure time to do its job. there is still some slime algae as you can see but its not nearly as rampant. I am hoping having a reduced amount of red slime will let the chemi pure adsorb more phosphate.
 
snakeblitz33

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Coming along - looks like it's going to take a while to get back on track. But, I'm sure you will make it bounce back!
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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Added a Starry Blenny (Salarias ramosus) to my tank today. the next of my fish additions because I love blennys and because I love grazers. paid a decent price. unfortunately he is very camera shy right now and I cant get a picture of him he hides everytime I get near the tank with the camera. but its only day one I'll get him used to me and get a shot.
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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It's a 120....thinkin starry or lawnmower...already have diamond goby.
I think you'll be ok as long as your not going into overstock by adding another fish. when you pick one at the pet store make sure you see it eat prepared food, usually not a problem at all but its a step I like to take to ensure the fish is eating and has a healthy appetite.
 
reefkprz

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After a few days of heavy skimming now I re dosed with the red slime remover to try and kill off some more of the slime. now I am back to heavy skimming aftger 24 hours of letting the redslime remover do its thing.
I am not sure its working as well as I had hoped, so, I am planning on getting some pure phosphate reactor media and loading a canister filter with it (viola instant reactor) I do not intend on running anyother media in the filter just phosphate remover. pluss this will add a spray bar to my tank adding more flow which I desperately need.
 
rickross23

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How's this stock list sound?
I have 2 clowns, diamond goby, 4 chromis its a mixed reef
My idea
Foxface are these ok with corals? I heard both ways....
Lawnmower or starry blenny
Harem of bartletts anthias
maybe 1-2 bangaii cardinals
Maybe royal gramma.
I think there is a few other little fish I can't think of right now. It's a 120- 4' x 2' x 2'.
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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Originally Posted by rickross23 http:///t/390234/gearing-up-to-rebuild-125g/140#post_3474197
How's this stock list sound?
I have 2 clowns, diamond goby, 4 chromis its a mixed reef
My idea
Foxface are these ok with corals? I heard both ways....
Lawnmower or starry blenny
Harem of bartletts anthias
maybe 1-2 bangaii cardinals
Maybe royal gramma.
I think there is a few other little fish I can't think of right now. It's a 120- 4' x 2' x 2'.
That all depends on your maintinence and equipment as well as your feeding....... personally its a bit fish heavy for me anthis need to be fed several times a day so thats a huge addition to your bioload, your chromis should also be fed several times daily (small amounts) so your pretty whopped with food already. fox faces are iffy I have never had trouble with the ones I kept but they can some times be nippy. I would go for either the chromis or the anthias not both. but thats me. others may think otherwise. everything else looks good to me
as A side note: youwould probably get more responses to your questions if you posted them in thier own threads instead of inside mine where almost no one will see them. I'm not really a fish expert my speciality is corals and fragging.
 
acrylic51

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Quote:
Originally Posted by reefkprZ http:///t/390234/gearing-up-to-rebuild-125g/140#post_3474186
After a few days of heavy skimming now I re dosed with the red slime remover to try and kill off some more of the slime. now I am back to heavy skimming aftger 24 hours of letting the redslime remover do its thing.
I am not sure its working as well as I had hoped, so, I am planning on getting some pure phosphate reactor media and loading a canister filter with it (viola instant reactor) I do not intend on running anyother media in the filter just phosphate remover. pluss this will add a spray bar to my tank adding more flow which I desperately need.
Depending how strong the canister filter is you might need to tone it down a bit.....The phosphate media just barely needs to move....Not to be tossed around in the canister....
 
snakeblitz33

snakeblitz33

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Quote:
Originally Posted by acrylic51 http:///t/390234/gearing-up-to-rebuild-125g/140#post_3474205
Depending how strong the canister filter is you might need to tone it down a bit.....The phosphate media just barely needs to move....Not to be tossed around in the canister....
I think he means to add the whole bag of it in the canister. Some phosphate medias come with a bag that you can put it in... If you are going to run phosban without the bag, you would need a reactor. :D
Lookin forward to more pics.
 
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