Mike's Red Sea Reefer 525 XL build

[AC1211]

I hear progress.

 

[mta_morrow]

I hear progress.

Yes! Welcome to my build thread!

This morning I see another 1/2 full skimmer cup and the other 1/2 packed with foam so much it’s oozing out the vent.

This is how I tell when NoPox is really kicked in. Way more skimmate and foam on a daily basis vs just the “maintain it” dose.

I’m anxious to test again in another day or 2!

 

[Katrina71]

Are you concerned about dinos when it drops? Jmo, I'd leave one side of your glass dirty.

 

[mta_morrow]

Are you concerned about dinos when it drops?

No I’m not as I am not heading towards low numbers and definitely not zero. I want to get back to where it was before the big spike.
NO3 10-20, PO4.05-.12
Don’t want to open the Dino door!

 

[Katrina71]

Do you think the goby was the catalyst?

 

[Katrina71]

You and @najer have given me food for thought with gobies for sure.

 

[mta_morrow]

Do you think the goby was the catalyst?

I think it so. For days it was a cloud of 18 months of untouched sand bed. Maybe 1 3/4” deep average. I wanted a mature sand bed before I got one. Maybe I waited to long!

 

[Katrina71]

I think it so. For days it was a cloud of 18 months of untouched sand bed. Maybe 1 3/4” deep average. I wanted a mature sand bed before I got one. Maybe I waited to long!

You beat me to the question. My sand is shallow as well. I've always had a goby though. I've also had zombie snails too.

 

[mta_morrow]

You and @najer have giving me food for thought with gobies for sure.

I think they are absolutely worth it. Perhaps a better maintenance schedule on my part as far as sand bed cleaning would have prevented the spike. The microfauna would have survived that. But when I see how well it cleaned up my sand and more importantly how cool the fish is, totally worth it.

 

[Katrina71]

Maybe our tank introduction should be thought of from the sandbed up?

 

[NY_Caveman]

You people with your sand. Pffft.

 

[mta_morrow]

It’s nice to have tools to use to bring things back under control. This is a good experience to learn how to use them vs just to maintain parameters.

 

[Katrina71]

You people with your sand. Pffft.

Don't make me send you an orange plate!

 

[NY_Caveman]

Don't make me send you an orange plate!

Uh, how can I make you send me an orange plate coral? LOL

 

[mta_morrow]

Maybe our tank introduction should be thought of from the sandbed up?

A good idea for sure! But you must research the gobies. The diamond spot relies more on microfauna than regular food and will slowly starve without a mature sand bed. Others like the Bella or sleeper banded will clean but mostly eat prepared food and can be introduced early.

 

[mta_morrow]

12 hours worth with increased NoPox

 

[Crabby48]

You and @najer have given me food for thought with gobies for sure.

Same with me

Maybe our tank introduction should be thought of from the sandbed up?

I tried to think about mine sand bed up. Only thing I didn’t do was clean my sand bed for 6 months and when I did it caused a little mess for a short time.

Happy to see things are slowly getting back to normal Mike. Sharing the bad in tanks is the best to help people learn. I believe we learn more from mistakes then doing thing right in life

 

[najer]

Nice to see the skimmer working hard, this is 48 hours, just emptied, 600 ml and yes it is bright green hence the yellow water!
We got this!

 

[mta_morrow]

Nice to see the skimmer working hard, this is 48 hours, just emptied, 600 ml and yes it is bright green hence the yellow water!
We got this!

We will have this kicked soon!

 

[mta_morrow]

Added another 5 ml of LC last evening. That makes a total of 15 ML over 10 days or so. Bacteria white slime growing like crazy now too. Will test tomorrow or Monday.