Hello Everyone,
My name is Johnny I have been in and out of reefing for the past ten years, although I must say I have never really had an amazing tank. I currently own a Waterbox 30gallon AIO that I am extremely happy with. Unfortunately, the tank took a turn for the worst after we left someone in charge when we went on vacation for a week. Last week I decided I was going to start all over again after I came home to red slime. I noticed also that all my nasaurius and turbo snails were slowly dying. For weeks I struggled along trying everything to get the tank back into its groove. Ironically I had never ever seen coraline algae growing in my tank and finally when it was starting to take off all my coral began to die. I lost my favorite cyphastrea first then followed by my montiporas and finally my hammer. I currently still have GSP thats happy and a zoa garden that is alive but not opening. This week I will be starting all over again and moving my 2 clowns, royal gramma, and firefish into another aquarium while I cycle the new rock and sand. I also decided to pull the trigger on an APEX A3 after a 20% coupon worked on it.
Additionally I am hoping to start this forum as a clean slate as the other forum I belonged to seems to be slowing down quite a bit! Looking forward to getting to know you guys and make new friends!
My current Setup is as follows
- Waterbox AIO 30 gallon w/ inTank media baskets
- Ecotech Radeon XR15 G5
- APEX A3 controller (not installed yet)
- Red Sea REEFdose 4
- Tunze 9001 DOC Skimmer
- 2 Nero 3 wavemakers
- 2 Fluval 50 watt heaters for redundancy
- AutoAqua Duetto ATO with Advanced acrylics slim container
- Inkbird Aquarium controller (being replaced by APEX)
Livestock
- 2 paired clowns
- Royal Gramma
- Firefish
- Emerald Crab
- Bunch of nano nasarius snails
- 6 small hermits.
I will be starting with Caribsea Liferock the purple variety and will be using their ocean direct live sand. I am probably going to dose ammonia and MicroBacter 7 and see where that goes. I am currently using Redsea Coral Pro and I am wanting to stick to that. Almost all the amazing tanks I see use that stuff plus I'm not even half way through my current bucket. Really sad that this 2 year project is coming to an end but really excited for what is to come. Sorry about the lack of pictures but I would rather share the new project soon!
If you have made it all the way down here! Thank you and please any suggestions and tips are always welcome! I am looking to do a 4 month cycle like BRS recommends.
My name is Johnny I have been in and out of reefing for the past ten years, although I must say I have never really had an amazing tank. I currently own a Waterbox 30gallon AIO that I am extremely happy with. Unfortunately, the tank took a turn for the worst after we left someone in charge when we went on vacation for a week. Last week I decided I was going to start all over again after I came home to red slime. I noticed also that all my nasaurius and turbo snails were slowly dying. For weeks I struggled along trying everything to get the tank back into its groove. Ironically I had never ever seen coraline algae growing in my tank and finally when it was starting to take off all my coral began to die. I lost my favorite cyphastrea first then followed by my montiporas and finally my hammer. I currently still have GSP thats happy and a zoa garden that is alive but not opening. This week I will be starting all over again and moving my 2 clowns, royal gramma, and firefish into another aquarium while I cycle the new rock and sand. I also decided to pull the trigger on an APEX A3 after a 20% coupon worked on it.
Additionally I am hoping to start this forum as a clean slate as the other forum I belonged to seems to be slowing down quite a bit! Looking forward to getting to know you guys and make new friends!
My current Setup is as follows
- Waterbox AIO 30 gallon w/ inTank media baskets
- Ecotech Radeon XR15 G5
- APEX A3 controller (not installed yet)
- Red Sea REEFdose 4
- Tunze 9001 DOC Skimmer
- 2 Nero 3 wavemakers
- 2 Fluval 50 watt heaters for redundancy
- AutoAqua Duetto ATO with Advanced acrylics slim container
- Inkbird Aquarium controller (being replaced by APEX)
Livestock
- 2 paired clowns
- Royal Gramma
- Firefish
- Emerald Crab
- Bunch of nano nasarius snails
- 6 small hermits.
I will be starting with Caribsea Liferock the purple variety and will be using their ocean direct live sand. I am probably going to dose ammonia and MicroBacter 7 and see where that goes. I am currently using Redsea Coral Pro and I am wanting to stick to that. Almost all the amazing tanks I see use that stuff plus I'm not even half way through my current bucket. Really sad that this 2 year project is coming to an end but really excited for what is to come. Sorry about the lack of pictures but I would rather share the new project soon!
If you have made it all the way down here! Thank you and please any suggestions and tips are always welcome! I am looking to do a 4 month cycle like BRS recommends.
