Ado's Reef (IM 200 EXT)

[ShoreReefer]

Alright, quick update. It's been over a month since the dinos outbreak. UV directly in display fixed this in about 4 days. My nutrients stayed around no3 8-10 and no4 around .1 during this time; however, gha took over completely.



You can see little man here sleeping in a nest of gha.

I added a plethora of snails, a pincushion urchin, black spine urchin, and pencil urchin. The urchins do massive damage to the algae but was not enough.

My fish order came in from Dr. Reef, just in time. I added a Purple Tang, Desjardin Sailfin Tang, and a Convict Tang. I asked for all 3 to be about the same size; however, the purple was about 2 inches, the Convict was 4 inches, and the sailfin was pushing 6 inches. The Convict came in spinning in circles in the bag and did not make it through the night. Dr. Reef has already refunded the tang and the wrasse that did not ship. YMMV with fish sizes. The sailfin is now king of the tank.

I have been manually removing gha every other day, changing filter floss daily, reduced lighting, reduced feeding, and began dosing microbacter clean. I'm prepared for a long battle ahead. It is starting to slow up, but it just comes back so fast.

Good luck with the battle. I battled GHA for the better part of last year and it was not fun.

 

[MPCReefer]

Great thread @Ado . Very helpful in my consideration of an INT-200. How is your GHA battle going? I battled on my previous tank and getting nitrates/phosphates in proper balance made it disappear almost literally overnight along with manual removal. New family addition probably taking up much of your time - congrats! But any update would be great!

 

[Darstar301]

Question, I have the same tank and same lights. How did you mount the light bars on the eurobrace?

 

[eastnjman1987]

Update: Started on controller board and wiring.

Now need to order adapters I forgot... and some cable management.

Added 2 sided tape to the feet of my light fixture. It is secured so much better now, I feel much better with putting lights up now.

Where can I get this bracket? I can’t find anything to fit the euro braced tank

 

[Darstar301]

the bracket is from Reefi labs it is the 2040 Across Tank Mounts. It is 3d printed, must tape onto the tank.

 

[eastnjman1987]

the bracket is from Reefi labs it is the 2040 Across Tank Mounts. It is 3d printed, must tape onto the tank.

Thank you so much

 

[Ado]

Quick Update: Losing the battle against GHA, almost complete coral death in tank at this point. Sending in another ICP test to maybe verify nothing is wrong. I have two other reef tanks with zero issues like this.

Manually removing gha off all surfaces every other day takes about 90 mins. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this tank to be honest. So much time invested, do not want to give up.

 

[MPCReefer]

Quick Update: Losing the battle against GHA, almost complete coral death in tank at this point. Sending in another ICP test to maybe verify nothing is wrong. I have two other reef tanks with zero issues like this.

Manually removing gha off all surfaces every other day takes about 90 mins. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this tank to be honest. So much time invested, do not want to give up.

Battled GHA on last tank. Get your nitrate/phosphate ratio in line and it will disappear. Not kidding, mine disappeared literally overnight when I got my ratio consistent.

 

[Ado]

My Nitrates have been between 8 and 10. Phosphates are 0.04 to 0.08. Other tanks have way more fluctuations and no issues =[

 

[fishybizzness]

I fought it for over a year with liferock. Almost made me quit. In my opinion dry rock and all the issues associated with it for alot of new reefers is a big reason alot of newbies quit the hobby. There is no pest in live ocean rock that you won't eventually get starting with dry rock but the journey is so much easier with live! I hope you get through this!

 

[ShoreReefer]

Quick Update: Losing the battle against GHA, almost complete coral death in tank at this point. Sending in another ICP test to maybe verify nothing is wrong. I have two other reef tanks with zero issues like this.

Manually removing gha off all surfaces every other day takes about 90 mins. I'm not sure how much longer I can keep this tank to be honest. So much time invested, do not want to give up.

Did you get your ICP back yet? Anything out of the ordinary? I feel your pain with the GHA. Manually picking every few days took way too much time. I’m sure it’s especially hard with a new born. I beat it by throwing everything but the kitchen sink at it, new lights, ATS, upped the cleanup crew, flux rx so I’m not sure what was the fix but something worked and I haven’t had any GHA in the tank for about a year.

 

[Ado]

Quick Update: Will try to post pics later.

GHA is almost completely gone. Not sure for how long but it is nearly extinct in the tank at this moment.

A few rfas, one hammer, and my Black Widow Nem survived the war. Both my clowns are now hosting the nem and laying eggs near it. They have been together for 3ish years and never hosted a coral before so huge moment for my little guys.

I have dinos again, seem to be osteo. Not alot, but will run uv in display again. Started to run carbon again as well.

 

[Ado]