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05/05/2018, 12:01 PM | #726 |
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If you make such drastic movements, most probably, you will have problems. I didn't avoid them, the more I didn't have any other spot in my flat to place the second glass box to do that in a safer way. Huge containers were filled with rocks. All the corals and fish were moved to an air pool for children, there was a heater and a recirculating pump but it lasted the whole day. My friend helped me to dismantle and discard the old glass box, plumbing and rusted stand frame. Then we were making new plumbing. After several hours a new glass box on the new stand frame with new plumbing was ready. It was very hard work. The corals and rocks was transferred to the new, sterile tank. Bacteria live everywhere in a tank, not only on rocks and substrate but also e.g. in pipes. I destroyed biological balance in my tank. It caused problems with the corals. After few days some corals started to lose their tissues, I fragmented them or put into my friend's tank, many of them survived but not all. When it seemed that situation with the corals improved cyanobacteria fell in love with my tank. I had red, green and black cyano at the same time. There weren't big patches, cyano was only on rocks, pumps and a bit on a glass bottom. However the corals seemed to be poisoned, they lost their bright color. I poured a lot of good bacteria to compete cyano. That was a fierce battle I finally won. Think that not me was a real winner but the aquarium retrieved its biological balance.
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I have always admired your tank and it's corals. Thank you for sharing your struggles as that helps those of us going through our own. Seeing one of the best tanks in the world go through a tough time and come back beautiful as before is very encouraging. Well done !
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lights - ATI 10 x powermodule with 4 channel main pump Red dragon 8000L/h, recirculating pumps Gyre 250 and 200, 2 x Vortech mp 40 filtration - all the time DVH biopellets, for over 8 years calciumreactor skimmer Bubble king 250 rocks - real reef rock substrate - none salt - Colombo Pro reef salt elements and aminoacids - Colombo, but very sparingly - I remember well all types of cyano with which I struggled so long :-( bacteria - DVH Biogro 123 marine and Colombo Bacto |
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05/06/2018, 03:24 PM | #730 |
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Good luck with your new set up. The new tank looks wonderful as always.
I love the idea of using an air pool. What is your recommendation to minimise coral loses during glass box change?
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Your corals dont seem to have grown at least that what it looks like from the photos... DO you agree
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05/08/2018, 04:50 PM | #732 |
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Thank you!
What are your recommendation how to set up a biopellet reactor, what amount of biopellets to use and how to tune a correct way for biopellet filtration without negative for aquaria (cyano, dino etc) |
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05/21/2018, 09:31 PM | #734 |
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Thank you Krzysztof.
Biopellet usage for the recirculating reactor as well start dose 1/4 to 1/2 from recommendations or amount of the pellet could be 100% only adjusting water flow out from the reactor based on NO3/PO4 tests? |
05/22/2018, 07:59 AM | #735 |
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Hey. It's good that there was a continuation of the story ..... and it's very cool.
I saw a calcium reactor, I remember that you were an enemy of the reactor, why is this done? And how is he alert ?. |
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Get a digital co2 regulator and you wont have to worry about it anymore.
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05/29/2018, 01:25 AM | #738 |
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05/29/2018, 01:40 AM | #739 |
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What bulbs are you running for the ati? How long duration do you run with ramp up and ramp down?
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3 x blue plus and 1 pink light up at 8 a.m., 2 x coral plus and 2 blue plus at 10 a.m., 1 blue plus and 1 x aquablue at 11 am. They work up to 5 p.m. 3 x blue plus and 1 x pink work from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Krzysztof |
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02/23/2020, 02:03 PM | #744 |
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Can you please update us with the latest state of your reef tank?
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