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KW NANOREEF
57 minutes ago, A Little Blue said:

Buying phytoplankton is getting expensive so I’ll start cultivating my own in few weeks. If anyone is curious, this is what you are gonna need to start your own phyto-mini-farm:  

•container (I like this 1.5 cheap dosing container

• phytoplankton to start your own culture 

•food for phytoplankton 

• cheap light

• cheap air pump

 

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BTW, frag tank is wet and running. 

I’ll post detail equipment and setup later. 

Here are few pics:

 

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Impressive setup! What are you using the Phyto for?

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A Little Blue
8 minutes ago, KW NANOREEF said:

Impressive setup! What are you using the Phyto for?

Few reasons. For one, it’s a great source of food for your corals and copepods population. 

Second, it helps with algae control. It the essence, it outcompetes nuisance algae for nutrients. 

It has been working out for me quite well. Just have to be careful with dosing. I feed about 5ml per day. 

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A Little Blue

Here is the equipment being use in IM14 frag tank (Exluded are miscellaneous items such as fan, WiFi power bar etc): 

Cobalt heater

IM Mighty Jet DC return pump 326gph

IM Auqashield 9V UV sterilizer 

MarinePure bio-spheres media

Tunze Nano ATO

AI Prime HD LED light

 

Hoping to get it ready in two weeks (preferably less) as I’ll have more than half a dozen frags coming next weekend. 

 

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KW NANOREEF
1 hour ago, A Little Blue said:

Here is the equipment being use in IM14 frag tank (Exluded are miscellaneous items such as fan, WiFi power bar etc): 

Cobalt heater

IM Mighty Jet DC return pump 326gph

IM Auqashield 9V UV sterilizer 

MarinePure bio-spheres media

Tunze Nano ATO

AI Prime HD LED light

 

Hoping to get it ready in two weeks (preferably less) as I’ll have more than half a dozen frags coming next weekend. 

 

Never seen a UV Sterilzer on a IM 14. May I ask the role of that as well?

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Nano Nano Boo Boo
1 minute ago, KW NANOREEF said:

Never seen a UV Sterilzer on a IM 14. May I ask the role of that as well?

Google man....google. JK lol

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A Little Blue
48 minutes ago, Nano Nano Boo Boo said:

Loving this thread, learning a ton. 

Yeah, that’s what you will find on this or other forums like this (But I love NR and it’s community best). 

Most fascinating are different ways that fellow members manage to keep their reef tanks and have them thrive. 

Poof, that there are many ways to skin the cat. 

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KW NANOREEF
7 minutes ago, Nano Nano Boo Boo said:

Google man....google. JK lol

I’ve researched up sterilizers but haven’t found anything helpful about them. I’m just a complete noob when it comes to them lol. What I know is that it kills anything living in the water column  but that about it. 

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A Little Blue
3 minutes ago, KW NANOREEF said:

Never seen a UV Sterilzer on a IM 14. May I ask the role of that as well?

 Neither have I. Lol

It is a new product from IM for AIO desktop tanks. I really want to try it. 

Julian Sprung, Mike Palleta used it with some success. The trick is the moderate use. You don’t want to run it 24/7. 

What it does? Well, helps with free-floating algae and parasites. There are pros and cons to using one but I am willing to give it a try. I’m not using it now as my frag tank is probably going thru mini-cycle but once it is at 100%, it will be on for 12hrs per day and 12hrs off line. 

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Nano Nano Boo Boo

Yeah from what I’ve read the basic premise is they kill particles in the water that other mechanics media may miss. 

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KW NANOREEF
1 minute ago, A Little Blue said:

 Neither have I. Lol

It is a new product from IM for AIO desktop tanks. I really want to try it. 

Julian Sprung, Mike Palleta used it with some success. The trick is the moderate use. You don’t want to run it 24/7. 

What it does? Well, helps with free-floating algae and parasites. There are pros and cons to using one but I am willing to give it a try. I’m not using it now as my frag tank is probably going thru mini-cycle but once it is at 100%, it will be on for 12hrs per day and 12hrs off line. 

See @Nano Nano Boo Boo I bet you didn’t know that IM made a UV sterilizer for AIO’s. I would try it 100%. They wouldn’t make the product if it didn’t work and had no purpose.

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A Little Blue
1 minute ago, KW NANOREEF said:

I’ve researched up sterilizers but haven’t found anything helpful about them. I’m just a complete noob when it comes to them lol. What I know is that it kills anything living in the water Colin but that about it. 

It doesn’t kill. It mutates DNA. But close enough. Trick is to keep the low flow thru UV section in order for it to be effective. It won’t hurt beneficial bacteria population as most of it is in LR,LS and other surfaces. Copepods should be safe as well. They are not really free-floaters. 

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KW NANOREEF

Another issue with them is that thy would kill any free floating pods and good bacteria in your tank, but they reproduce like crazy so it shouldn’t be a huge issue

Oh lol I typed it up before you responded

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Nano Nano Boo Boo
3 minutes ago, KW NANOREEF said:

Another issue with them is that thy would kill any free floating pods and good bacteria in your tank, but they reproduce like crazy so it shouldn’t be a huge issue

Oh lol I typed it up before you responded

I’ll save my money for shrooms! Lol

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A Little Blue
2 minutes ago, KW NANOREEF said:

Another issue with them is that thy would kill any free floating pods and good bacteria in your tank, but they reproduce like crazy so it shouldn’t be a huge issue

Oh lol I typed it up before you responded

No problem. Like I said. There is no way, you’re going to wipe out beneficial bacteria or pods population with UV light. Some will get caught by it but most will be unharmed. 

You cant get all free floating parasites or algae cells with UV sterilizer but it does help. 

Just now, Nano Nano Boo Boo said:

I’ll save my money for shrooms! Lol

That too. 

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KW NANOREEF
21 minutes ago, Nano Nano Boo Boo said:

I’ll save my money for shrooms! Lol

I’ll steal your shrooms on Thursday just like your powerhead hahaha

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4 hours ago, A Little Blue said:

Buying phytoplankton is getting expensive so I’ll start cultivating my own in few weeks. If anyone is curious, this is what you are gonna need to start your own phyto-mini-farm:  

•container (I like this 1.5 cheap dosing container

• phytoplankton to start your own culture 

•food for phytoplankton 

• cheap light

• cheap air pump

 

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BTW, frag tank is wet and running. 

I’ll post detail equipment and setup later. 

Here are few pics:

 

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I love a tidy stand. 😊

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Nano Nano Boo Boo
27 minutes ago, KW NANOREEF said:

I’ll steal your shrooms on Thursday just like your powerhead hahaha

How you going to steal it when you aren’t there? OHHHHH 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

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A Little Blue
56 minutes ago, WV Reefer said:

I love a tidy stand. 😊

Getting to this point was a nightmare. 

Not to mention hell 👿 I was getting from my other half. (Till she saw the final stage of that mess.) 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Nano Nano Boo Boo
15 minutes ago, A Little Blue said:

Coming in next weekend:

 

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H. O. L. Y. C. R. A. P. 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

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A Little Blue
6 minutes ago, Nano Nano Boo Boo said:

H. O. L. Y. C. R. A. P. 

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!

🤫 It’s just a teaser. 

 

6 minutes ago, KW NANOREEF said:

Where are those from?

My local reefing buddy. 

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On 8/6/2018 at 9:11 PM, KW NANOREEF said:

They wouldn’t make the product if it didn’t work and had no purpose.

Should we tell him now or let him enjoy being young and naive? 🙂

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KW NANOREEF
6 minutes ago, specore said:

Should we tell him now or let him enjoy being young and naive? 🙂

Haha I love the reefing community we have made.

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