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Matt's 40g breeder
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Maybe some airline tube? Does that pipe go any higher?
It's as high as it can go without overflowing
So I figured out what was happening was that the primary drain wasn't sucking in water because it didn't have suction due to the curve. I made a small air hole at the top and it fixed it. The secondary was slightly above the main but I shortened the primary drain more and made the emergency and secondary higher. Good thing I didn't glue them down (thanks to @CosmicMan 's comment) Worked perfectly
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So I bought 2 ai primes along with a smart auto water changer and ATO. I also got 3 10g tanks (Petco dollar per gallon) that I'm going to use for the auto water changer. Needed somewhere to hide all of it so I built a bench with storage right next to my tank that is big enough to fit all 3 tanks right next to my main display so I can hide everything.
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I'm at the point where I need to start moving things over. I do have new rock along with all my established rock from my old tank that I'll be switching over. I am nervous I'm gonna lose fish or coral though. So I'm procrastinating doing it. I did buy some Dr Tims one and only along with microbacter7 to dose to help the bacteria along but idk what the best way to go about it is
I also want to add copepods to the new tank before I add the fish (I have wrasses and want the pods to be able to settle before they get destroyed lol). But idk if It would work without a refugium?
If not, what's the best way to adding a refugium? Can I do it with the tank being so new? Or would I have to wait? What would be a good light that won't break the bank?
Any help is appreciated
If not, what's the best way to adding a refugium? Can I do it with the tank being so new? Or would I have to wait? What would be a good light that won't break the bank?
Any help is appreciated
I like those lights. The AI prime app is very easy to use.
from what I read you should only dose one bacteria. So if you are doing dr Tim’s you shouldn’t dose any other bacteria because they will compete with each other.
If you have rocks the pods will survive. You don’t need a refugium for pods.
look at the algae Turf scrubbers. They work well and don’t take up a lot of space
So a little update. I got the fish switched over to the new tank at the end of July. Unfortunately, I guess ich was in the system but not able to attack the fish due to whatever reason. But the stress from the move to the new tank might've been enough to stress them out. Tank has now been fallow for almost a month. I successfully got rid of it with TTM (thanks humblefish). Now I just gotta wait the 72 days. I did lose my Royal flasher Wrasse unfortunately. My yellow watchman goby somehow just disappeared.
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So first I added the chemiclean. Left it in for 48 hours and did a 50% water change. Then I added the turbo snails. They put in some insane amount of work. Then after waiting for Chaeto to become available on Algae barn for like 2 weeks, I finally got it. Did a 25% water change and added both algaes along with 2 bottles of reef nutrition tig pods (good a time as any to allow pods to bloom).
All the cyano is gone and there's like a couple strands of hair algae left, slowly going away.
All the cyano is gone and there's like a couple strands of hair algae left, slowly going away.
finished making the bench I wanted to hide my ato and awc tanks, Made a control board, hung my lights, painted and put a door on my stand and set up my ATO and auto water change station. Super happy with how it came out.
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Looking good brother
So as you all know, i had an inch outbreak.
My stocking consisted of:
2 clowns(wyoming & snowflake), lawnmower Blennie, Yellow Coris Wrasse, Royal Flasher Wrasse, longboard hawkfish and a baby foxface (he brought the inch)
Foxface died to icy first.
Royal Flasher died the second I attempted to add even a drop of copper to the QT.
everyone else survived TTM.
My stocking consisted of:
2 clowns(wyoming & snowflake), lawnmower Blennie, Yellow Coris Wrasse, Royal Flasher Wrasse, longboard hawkfish and a baby foxface (he brought the inch)
Foxface died to icy first.
Royal Flasher died the second I attempted to add even a drop of copper to the QT.
everyone else survived TTM.