Matthew's 65g Skyward Reef

[Coral reefer]

I could not bond acrylic baffles to the glass tank no matter what I tried, silicone, epoxy,superglue, putty, prayers.

E6000 I believe it was called from tap works great

 

[Matthew Meyer]

E7000 I believe it was called from tap works great

Dang. That would've saves me a couple bucks. Im redoing the whole thing.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Startee feeding heavy to try and get my wrasse to eat. Algae is mot likely red cyano (which i tried to suction up) and bryiopsis.

I am thinking of ChemiClean and Reef Flux.

I am a pro chemical guy. This all stems from my screw-up not using the correct solution to dip.

 

[Coral reefer]

Looks like dinoflagellates on that birdsnest to me.
Why do you thinking dipping would have stopped Dino’s, cyano, or bryopsis?
As far as I know there’s no dip that will keep those out?

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Looks like dinoflagellates on that birdsnest to me.
Why do you thinking dipping would have stopped Dino’s, cyano, or bryopsis?
As far as I know there’s no dip that will keep those out?

I thought it did? I assumed it wasn't just for critters.

 

[newfly]

I thought it did? I assumed it wasn't just for critters.

Peroxide i think do kill algae if you use it as a dip. I'm not sure about the effectiveness.

Back to your chemical warfare, i suggest do tackle one thing at a time. I had similar issue a few months back. What worked for me is blackout & UV for Dino's Cyano, wait ~1week before hitting the tank with reef flux.

 

[BAYMAC]

Peroxide i think do kill algae if you use it as a dip. I'm not sure about the effectiveness.

Back to your chemical warfare, i suggest do tackle one thing at a time. I had similar issue a few months back. What worked for me is blackout & UV for Dino's Cyano, wait ~1week before hitting the tank with reef flux.

dose full tank, I got rid of it that way.

check here

 

[Matthew Meyer]

dose full tank, I got rid of it that way.

check here

Full tank dosing?! Thats gutsy my man!

 

[H2OPlayar]

My vote would be to use water flow to knock the cyano off, and use your fingers to pluck the algae out.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Tank looks better after the manuel removal and WC. Will do a few days of blackout and dino X as well.

Added Algae Pod Eco Pods.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Post Dinox. Next up. Reef flux. Then possibly chemi clean. Still teen to fix Alk. Will dose 15 mL of Reef Carbonate. Kalkwasser helped the CA but not the alk or pH.

Salinity 1.023
pH 8.0
Alk 103ppm / 5.76dkh
Phosphate 0.25
Nitrate 0 (api)
Mg 1440
CA 460

 

[richiev]

Post Dinox. Next up. Reef flux. Then possibly chemi clean. Still teen to fix Alk. Will dose 15 mL of Reef Carbonate. Kalkwasser helped the CA but not the alk or pH.

Salinity 1.023
pH 8.0
Alk 103ppm / 5.76dkh
Phosphate 0.25
Nitrate 0 (api)
Mg 1440
CA 460



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Get a sea hare. Best clean up crew I've ever had. Will destroy that hair algae. @under_water_ninja has a bunch of small ones at high tide.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Get a sea hare. Best clean up crew I've ever had. Will destroy that hair algae. @under_water_ninja has a bunch of small ones at high tide.

Paranoid about toxins. My urchin is my champion, but he doesn't eat bryiopsis

 

[richiev]

Paranoid about toxins. My urchin is my champion, but he doesn't eat bryiopsis

Interesting, I hadn't heard that about sea hares.

 

[Darkxerox]

Gonna bump up your nitrates? You've been at 0 for awhile now.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

Put in the new GLASS sump. Added a bubble trap and crushed the sump rock. Everything looks good so far.

 

[Coral reefer]

It will be fun to see if that rock area gets clogged quickly or slowly…

 

[Matthew Meyer]

I think I'll add a permanent filter sockk for the large stuff. If i dont change it often, it'll also helped my 0 nitrate problem? @Coral reefer @H2OPlayar

 

[Darkxerox]

I think you'd see more sponge and tunicate growth in there which is probably what they're referring to.

 

[Matthew Meyer]

I think you'd see more sponge and tunicate growth in there which is probably what they're referring to.

I dont know what either of those things are. I MUST DO RESEARCH!