SBB - Pre Black Friday- 900 WYSWYG Corals!

robanister · Nov 13, 2023

steveschuerger said:
I already had 2 Nero 3s , a small Jebao . Got the SCP to replace the Tunze 6040 that I checked out and found it had died. How bout we do a trade. I’ll pick out a Goni for an SCP 70. I’ve got lots plus another 3 coming in about a week or so.

got any mushrooms....goni is ok but not for me I was going to bring you the one I have ROFL.

steveschuerger · Nov 13, 2023

robanister said:
got any mushrooms....goni is ok but not for me I was going to bring you the one I have ROFL.

Yeah, nothing super special . Got 3 grab it shrooms the previous sale.

robanister · Nov 13, 2023

steveschuerger said:
Yeah, nothing super special . Got 3 grab it shrooms the previous sale.

maybe something I dont have yet

Kasrift · Nov 13, 2023

woodyarmadillo said:
@Kasrift I finished my paludarium. It’s still cleaning up and I’ve got a few more things I’m going to do, but I like how it turned out.

Super cool. What kind of lizard is that? You should get a mud skipper fish.

Rennurdoar · Nov 13, 2023

Found a goni growing between the cracks of some rocks. Not sure which SBB goni it is. But it's an SBB one for sure lol. It must have fallen off into the crack and started growing? Idk but I wonder how big it will grow there lol

tbrown · Nov 13, 2023

Rennurdoar said:
Found a goni growing between the cracks of some rocks. Not sure which SBB goni it is. But it's an SBB one for sure lol. It must have fallen off into the crack and started growing? Idk but I wonder how big it will grow there lol

Grasshopper. Maybe.

Rennurdoar · Nov 13, 2023

Happy torches today

Rennurdoar · Nov 13, 2023

tbrown said:
Grasshopper. Maybe.

That or a strawberry banana (that lost all color) that also fell down there. I think those are the only two it could be.

SinkyShippy · Nov 13, 2023

@penguinexdeus My trace elements are low. And my CO2 is through the roof. I suspected the CO2 tbh. Going to start dosing trace daily and adding a CO2 scrubber at the end of the month.

Magnesium is lower than I want. Calcium is higher than I want. But I just did a water change on Saturday, and the samples were taken before the WC.

SinkyShippy · Nov 13, 2023

@Kasrift *whispers* yo you selling phyto?

woodyarmadillo · Nov 13, 2023

Kasrift said:
Super cool. What kind of lizard is that? You should get a mud skipper fish.

Yeah it’s a gargoyle gecko. Pretty similar to crested geckos.

Those fish are awesome! It says they have to be in brackish saltwater though and I already have several freshwater fish that I’m moving in there from another tank.

sadrobotz · Nov 13, 2023

woodyarmadillo said:
@Kasrift I finished my paludarium. It’s still cleaning up and I’ve got a few more things I’m going to do, but I like how it turned out.

that's beautiful, man! i picked up a 36"x24"x18" (i think) enclosure from someone giving it away with the intention of making a dart frog enclosure. i ended up trading the viv for a 125 and stand tho, but now that i am seeing yours i want to try again lol

penguinexdeus · Nov 13, 2023

SinkyShippy said:
@penguinexdeus My trace elements are low. And my CO2 is through the roof. I suspected the CO2 tbh. Going to start dosing trace daily and adding a CO2 scrubber at the end of the month.

Magnesium is lower than I want. Calcium is higher than I want. But I just did a water change on Saturday, and the samples were taken before the WC.

Doesn't look so bad. I wouldn't worry about the CO2, but a scrubber won't hurt to boost pH. Magnesium seemed a bit low and you can see the phosphates at time of test were low (0.01). The important trace elements are mostly there - but if you dose some of the KZ or other products that have some trace elements you'll boost the lower ones up. Don't worry much about the 'other trace elements'. Barium/ Selenium i think are the only 'good' ones in that group and if you dose other traces those products probably have them in it. Lithium/ Aluminum would be considered pollutants but neither are overly high to be of any concern.

You had some silicon/ silicate in your RO water which could contribute to diatoms/algae - but the levels in the tank seemed ok compared to the reference range they suggest.

SinkyShippy · Nov 13, 2023

penguinexdeus said:
Doesn't look so bad. I wouldn't worry about the CO2, but a scrubber won't hurt to boost pH. Magnesium seemed a bit low and you can see the phosphates at time of test were low (0.01). The important trace elements are mostly there - but if you dose some of the KZ or other products that have some trace elements you'll boost the lower ones up. Don't worry much about the 'other trace elements'. Barium/ Selenium i think are the only 'good' ones in that group and if you dose other traces those products probably have them in it. Lithium/ Aluminum would be considered pollutants but neither are overly high to be of any concern.

You had some silicon/ silicate in your RO water which could contribute to diatoms/algae - but the levels in the tank seemed ok compared to the reference range they suggest.

The silicate means the RO needs new filters I assume?