Ryan’s 40G first reef

[rdriggett]

Just be careful of what chemicals you add to your aquarium. Side effects don’t show up right away. It takes a few months. Example is chemiclean. To get rid of cyano. But Dino’s will follow.

I used reef flux because I didn’t feel like a tank of Bryopsis but I know not to add anything else in re: cyano.

 

[Turkeysammich]

Every time you add something it weakens your bio.

 

[Qwiv]

Cut a block of coarse foam/sponge the size of the chamber, then hog out the cube of foam/sponge to rest your pump inside.

 

[rdriggett]

Cut a block of coarse foam/sponge the size of the chamber, then hog out the cube of foam/sponge to rest your pump inside.

Smart thinking!

 

[rdriggett]

Cut a block of coarse foam/sponge the size of the chamber, then hog out the cube of foam/sponge to rest your pump inside.

I only had enough foam to cover the aio chamber but I never have problems with small snails, only big ones.

 

[rdriggett]

 

[Srt4eric]

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What's all the new stuff?

 

[rdriggett]

What's all the new stuff?

Corals:
Free dying anacro I'm attempting to save, $9.99 green slimer with great PE, free birdsnest that @Ragglefraggle didn't want anymore,
Equipment changed:
Downgraded my wavemaker MLW-30 to MLW-10. Everyone seems happier.
I'm swapping from foam to filter floss for better clarity.

Current stocking:
2x frozen frostbite clowns, 1x royal gramma, 1x bicolor blenny, 1x cleaner shrimp, possibly a tiger pistol that I haven't seen in a month.
Green acro, birdsnest, purple stylo, anacro, purple monti, other monti, purple/pink hammer, green/purple hammer, green/grey goni, purple candy cane.

Equipment:
Aqueon 40 Breeder
FijiCube DIY AIO
NooPsyche K7 V3
Aqueon Pro 200W
Smart ATO Lite
Amazon grow led strips
Jebao MDP-2500
Jebao MLW-10
3D printed copecabana
3D printed RFG return nozzles
AA xl frag rack
Aquatic fundamentals stand

 

[rdriggett]

Went to Neptune today for frozen food and managed to admire but not come home with any $19.99 acro frags. To everyone I've annoyed with my journal: your advice is slowly taking hold.

 

[Mike Yasin]

Went to Neptune today for frozen food and managed to admire but not come home with any $19.99 acro frags. To everyone I've annoyed with my journal: your advice is slowly taking hold.

Leaving them behind shows you care for the life of the animal. Good going

 

[Kensington Reefer]

NOT buying new fish or corals is of the MOST difficult aspects of the hobby

 

[H2OPlayar]

NOT buying new fish or corals is of the MOST difficult aspects of the hobby

After your tank gets mature then full, its much easier

Note the order of that...mature, then full!

 

[rdriggett]

Found a clownfish in my return today. He probably jumped as he can’t fit through the AIO baffles. Ordering a BRS lid kit.

 

[Kensington Reefer]

lucky fish to have landed in a wet spot!

 

[rdriggett]

My rocks have purple and pink speckling! One of my montis is super light from being moved onto my frag rack. I hope it can recover.

 

[rdriggett]

I’m still at 0, 0. I switched from 1x frozen to 2x pellet feedings per day. Cyano is only in low flow zones.

 

[rdriggett]

Found the smaller clownfish jumped out while I made breakfast. I chucked him back in and he’s swimming weirdly. I’m hoping he can recover like his clownfish wife that jumped out and is still alive.

Edit 1: clownfish is now behaving normally and acting already.

Edit 2: bigger clownfish make him jump a second time and I did not find him in time. Bummer.

 

[rdriggett]

No disrespect, but I can’t tell if you serious about reef keeping or are you trolling us?

Excuse me? Why would I spend this much time and effort to troll a small local club? Did you reply to the wrong thread?

Im just posting the trials and tribulations of my tank as I go. This journal is as much for me as it is for advice from BAR.

I’m just waiting on a lid kit that I kept putting off. I knew leaving my oversized glass lid off was risky but not quite this risky.

 

[Ragglefraggle]

Surely you cant be serious

 

[grizfyrfyter]

No disrespect, but I can’t tell if you serious about reef keeping or are you trolling us?

"no disrespect" doesn't make your comment less disrespectful.

OP is learning lessons the hard way, that can be tough to watch but your comment isn't constructive in any way.