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2 XR30s. I had a 15 so just got another. WB website said it was enough. What made you go with 30s? How do you like those shrouds? Not seen them before.
There is a horizontal brace and the back is now full compared to design on website. I did have to add a piece of plexiglass to keep spray off the electrical stuff.
Lifted and elevated another 2 inches. Drained off maybe a gallon of the white foam. Was perfectly clear. Then did a 15 gallon water change. I noticed the cabinet didn’t have that divider. New design?
Might try your skimmer idea. The white foam builds in mere seconds. Let it run for 24 hours with no cup and just overflowed. I too started with Marco dry rock and dry sand. Rodi water, new filters and di resin, and fresh salt. Can’t actually figure out where all the phosphate is coming from...
Need to grab an ammonia and nitrite kit and will start dosing ammonia to get it fully cycled. Had good luck with that approach in the past. Have a bunch of marine pure balls in sump that have been in my 30aio for years to kick start.
Thank you! Yes, my parameters have been all over the place. Definitely risking it but that huge indo meat coral is pretty indestructible. My alk was super low initially. Using Red Sea blue bucket. Actually overshot with dosing and some baking soda. Up at 9.6 now. Will do a water change tonight...
Way overstocked but it works for me so far:
Blue eyed tang
Clarkii clown (paired with rainbow anemone)
Royal Gramma
Yellow Watchman goby (paired with pistol shrimp)
Six Line wrasse
Splendid Dottyback
Blue tux urchin (best thing for algae control (IMHO)
Various snails