Brand New 8 gallon bio cube

[living_tribunal]

Screw it, going to give microbacter 7 a shot. I still believe there is no such thing as bacteria that can consume material amounts of waste or especially nitrates/phosphates.

My lfs jokingly said to report back to her if the magical microbacter has any merit behind it so she can actually sell some.

 

[Why-Me]

Screw it, going to give microbacter 7 a shot. I still believe there is no such thing as bacteria that can consume material amounts of waste or especially nitrates/phosphates.

My lfs jokingly said to report back to her if the magical microbacter has any merit behind it so she can actually sell some.

I believe Brightwell also makes a Microbacter clean that is supposed to out compete the bad algae/bacteria to help stabilize the tank...I haven't tried it myself. Have had people on R2R who have told me they will always dose a small amount of microbacter 7 for as long as they're reefing., for tank stability/coral health.

 

[Magellan]

@Katrina71 my blues are on but here are the bubbles. I tested my display and frag and my parameters are the best they’ve ever been. .006 and .016 for phosphates (display and frag respectively) and 3 and 1 for nitrates.

I’m curious how low you need everything to prevent cyano growth? It seems to be thriving in my frag tank with nutrients so low.

Look at my build thread lol, tanks go through some UGLY phases! it’s your frag tank so I wouldn’t worry tooo much about some spots, as long as it’s not taking over you should be fine. That being said, if you want to dose something, all I can say is that I used this a couple months ago with no consequences except my cyano disappearing within a few days. I followed the instructions exactly, but dosed as if my tank was 20g and not 28. (Just in case!).

 

[Magellan]

I believe Brightwell also makes a Microbacter clean that is supposed to out compete the bad algae/bacteria to help stabilize the tank...I haven't tried it myself. Have had people on R2R who have told me they will always dose a small amount of microbacter 7 for as long as they're reefing., for tank stability/coral health.

Kinda like dosing Stability in fw tanks. Interesting...

 

[Why-Me]

Kinda like dosing Stability in fw tanks. Interesting...

I believe it was @aqua_code
who doses microbacter for stability

 

[living_tribunal]

Look at my build thread lol, tanks go through some UGLY phases! it’s your frag tank so I wouldn’t worry tooo much about some spots, as long as it’s not taking over you should be fine. That being said, if you want to dose something, all I can say is that I used this a couple months ago with no consequences except my cyano disappearing within a few days. I followed the instructions exactly, but dosed as if my tank was 20g and not 28. (Just in case!).

Spot on.

I don’t give a s*** about ugliest until they grow on my corals tissue/surrounding plug.

Both of my leptos are still recovering from algae that managed to grow on their tissue.

I also just hate basting directly on the polyps to get crap off. I just want to leave my hands out of the tank as much as possible.

Now that I have my parameters right where I want them, going to try and figure out how to slowly get rid of this cyano.

Not too stressed but it’s sureounding that chalice I really revived.

 

[living_tribunal]

I believe it was @aqua_code
who doses microbacter for stability

Where has he been?

 

[living_tribunal]

All of y’all need one of these in your tanks.


Dare I say, they are better than trochus. Clean huge territory very very fast.

 

[Katrina71]

Hello little guy! Those are my favorite.

 

[living_tribunal]

Hello little guy! Those are my favorite.

He’s huge! Almost big as my conch, probably longer.

They look so bizarre but they move quick. Dude cleaned the whole backside of my 10g in maybe 15 minutes

 

[living_tribunal]

My lfs wasn’t successful in fulfilling my mccoskers flasher wrasse, every major online vendor is out of stock as well.

There are only a handful of shadier vendors that currently carry it. My qt tank is ready to go and I want to get the show on the road.

Do y’all think it’s worth it to bite the bullet and go with blue zoo aquatics? I’ve heard some pretty bad reviews on here.

 

[Why-Me]

I'd say nothing good happens fast in this hobby.
&
Good things come to those who wait.

 

[living_tribunal]

I'd say nothing good happens fast in this hobby.
&
Good things come to those who wait.

Been waiting about a month at this point! I’ll keep shopping around, there has to be a black fin somewhere.

 

[Why-Me]

Do y’all think it’s worth it to bite the bullet and go with blue zoo aquatics? I’ve heard some pretty bad reviews on here.

@NY_Caveman
Any experience or insight here with BZA??

 

[living_tribunal]

I went ahead and just ordered it. If they mess up, I’ll hold them accountable and write a scathing review making them public enemy #1.

 

[Katrina71]

I have read bad stuff about them too.

 

[Why-Me]

I went ahead and just ordered it. If they mess up, I’ll hold them accountable and write a scathing review making them public enemy #1.

Black Fin Fairy Wrasse (Cirrhilabrus melanomarginatus)

Black Fin Fairy Wrasses change color with their mood and are a great addition to any peaceful tank, including well established systems.

aqualocker.com

 

[Why-Me]

I have read bad stuff about them too.

SAME

 

[Why-Me]

I'd order from Aqua Locker tho....

 

[living_tribunal]

@NY_Caveman
Any experience or insight here with BZA??

It’s like 50/50 from what I’ve seen so far, not the best.

The only other vendor was freshmarine.com which looks like a scam per @Dr.Dendrostein Kaplan .