Yeah I'm hoping it doesn't look too fake. Definitely colorful
Yes, its still the 40B. I know I'm a bit heavy on the bioload front, but I talked to quite a few people who thought that 5 of the dispars would be a good number and would do fine in the 40B as long as I didn't add any more fish. I've got a good skimmer on there, a refugium, and a reactor and I plan to keep up with larger water changes, so I'm hoping it will be ok!
Yeah I gave up on it a while back. It didn't seem to be working as well as my regular reactor and I kept having issues with it clogging since the tubing was so small. Also I had issues with the pads shifting and the media getting forced out of it all over my sump. I switched back to my original BRS reactor a few months back and then originally put that on this new build. I don't like the hard plastic tubing for the BRS reactor though because it doesn't want to bend and then the bends pull on the fittings and make them leaky. It's also bulky and kind of a pain to remove for maintenance. I decided the TLF Phosban reactor was the way to go and it was only $35 on Amazon with free prime shipping. I got it installed tonight and it takes up way less space and will be much easier to pull in and out for servicing. Also it uses clear flexible tubing with barb fittings which is nicer.
Well no, I have other fish. I just meant these are the absolute last fish. I'm at 10 fish total which is a lot, but I had 8 in my 30 gallon for a long time with no bioload issues. I think with my beefed up filtration, 10 should be perfect, but absolutely no more. Here's the list of fish:
Its a blue tuxedo urchin. They're easy to keep other than the fact that you have to have lots of algae for them to eat or they will eventually starve. I think my tank is probably too small to maintain it long term, so I got it as a temporary solution to my hair algae problem. Once it cleans up the algae, I'll be taking it back to the store.
The urchin definitely eats algae. That's why its hard to keep them alive long term in a small tank because they eventually eat all the algae.
I've always just run GFO and carbon, but I know there's a lot of new stuff out there, so was curious what people like. I'm intrigued by biopellets, but I'm not sure if I want to try them. I hear there is quite a bit of dialing in with the biopellets.
Thank you! Was trying to make it so there was plenty of space and it was well organized this time around.
I actually saw several places that you can just mix GFO and carbon in the Phosban reactor and tumble it very lightly. I may just try that and see how it works. I don't really want to get another one for space reasons.
