Ratvan Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 7 hours ago, sean86114 said: Day#14 NH3=0.5 NO2=1 NO3=100!!(maxed) should I change water? Got a bottle of the tiger pods as recommended by my LFS, now, do I start adding the pods now or after my tank is fully cycle? I couldn’t resist added like 2 caps into the chaeto chamber.. Not seen them spelled that way before 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted October 25, 2019 Author Share Posted October 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Ratvan said: Not seen them spelled that way before Haha I know right? I did actually went to YouTube they actually pronounce it tee-gger pods lol 1 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted October 26, 2019 Author Share Posted October 26, 2019 Tired of posting my parameters here probably no one cares lol.. tank has algae blooming got lots of snails mowing at it. Ammonia is undetectable but still have some nitrite and high in nitrate even tho after 50% water change still dosing MicroBacter7 and added an entire bottle of tigger pods... when should I do another water change? Quote Link to comment
Firefish15 Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 I’d say go a few days between water changes. You still need the bacteria to settle in and colonize. They probably aren’t too bothered by the nitrates. 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 Test the water... still NH3=zero NO2=1 NO3=50 now, does diatoms has air bubbles? Please don’t tell me that this is Dino!!! Quote Link to comment
Wonderboy Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 It's brown algae - those are oxyegen bubbles - time for another WC in the next couple days and some more snails - curious if you are dosing / feeding anything yet? 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Wonderboy said: It's brown algae - those are oxyegen bubbles - time for another WC in the next couple days and some more snails - curious if you are dosing / feeding anything yet? Thanks for the advice, I was freaking out when I see the bubbles, I have 5 truchus snails 10 of the one on the picture above, 3 mini blue legs hermit, one Halloween hermit (get into the October theme lol) and one turbo snail. I think is too many already lol dosing MB7 (1/2 cap morning 1/2 cap night) ohh and dump a entire bottle of tiggers pods the other day gonna have to move my livestock from my biocube soon. My other half is bitching at me already sign... Quote Link to comment
Wonderboy Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 NP. Right, the MB7, thanks - I was wondering why your nitrates keep going up so much. At this point, I would suggest using the MB7 only when you do changes in stock / scaping / feeding / etc... I think feeding a little frozen brine or mysis would be a good idea to get some more natural ammonia in there and feed the pods. Not sure if you have, though is it possible to move some live rock from your biocube? That may finish the cycle overnight. I don't think you're overstocked on CUC, 1+ snail and hermits per gallon is not an uncommon demand - if the algae is growing faster than it's being consumed, still add a little more of what will eat it. Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted October 27, 2019 Author Share Posted October 27, 2019 my fish store recomended me to use something call "stability"? isnt that the same thing as the MB7? no, I cant move the base rocks to the 29 cuz it has dino, this why I started a new one from the bare bottom. plus my rock work is glued, because I have plan to have rfa on the bottom of the tank, dont want any acidental rockslide on to them lol. based on my knowledge of the MC7, it supposed to bring down all the nutrients. I will probably add a gsp to test out how it gonna do. softies loves NO3 (correct me if I am wrong) lol.. 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted October 30, 2019 Author Share Posted October 30, 2019 Day... I don’t even know lost track.. HN3 =0 NO2 =0 NO3 =10 (after several water changes) brown diatom is pretty much taken over by green algae, don’t know if it’s good or bad. Green algae seems tougher to remove or eaten by the snail. I am gonna pull the trigger soon and stock with some zoas and gsp. 2 Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Green film algae appeared on the glass tonight. Cleaned with the magnet and came back within 5 hrs. Is this part of the cycle? 1 Quote Link to comment
Firefish15 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 33 minutes ago, Reefjunkye said: Green film algae appeared on the glass tonight. Cleaned with the magnet and came back within 5 hrs. Is this part of the cycle? Yup, just early day problems. The diatoms and green film algae will probably give way to cyanobacteria for a while too. 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted October 31, 2019 Author Share Posted October 31, 2019 Nitrate is down to 5 or 2(yay!) I will have to move over the livestock from my biocube ASAP. My girlfriend is yelling at me every single day... 1 Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted November 7, 2019 Author Share Posted November 7, 2019 Too busy to update... so I got a premium long fin black ice from Sea and Reef sitting on my QT for 2 weeks. He hasn’t been eating any Mysis,flakes nor pellets (soaked on garlic) but I have noticed a week ago that he’s been pick copepods off the glass then I have been feeding him tiggerpods ($35/bottle) used 2 bottles already, I can’t afford him anymore. What do I need to do ? But he’s like a wagyu class of clownfish... Quote Link to comment
Wonderboy Posted November 7, 2019 Share Posted November 7, 2019 Try more options like Rod's or LRS, there's frozen cyclops until it takes to larger stuff. Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 So I transferred all my livestock from the biocube. Everything seems okay. Today I did a little coraline seeding. Got lucky enough that my LFS lend me the magnet cleaner covered with coraline to see my tank. scrapped the crap out of them with my grapefruit spoon 45mins of hard work lol 5 Quote Link to comment
Reefjunkye Posted November 9, 2019 Author Share Posted November 9, 2019 uploading some pictures during stocking my tank i had him since 2015 got my SI from my frds tank (babysit for me) picked up an ultra tiny six line wrasse (old time fav) got 4 sexy and a anemone shrimp 4 1 Quote Link to comment
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Reefjunkye Posted November 10, 2019 Author Share Posted November 10, 2019 got them to pair without a problem yeh! Female is 4x bigger. Wonder if they will be okay.. 4 Quote Link to comment
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