60 Gal Cube Noob Build

[Thegoodson]

not yet....seema not to be as bad. i got home late ao looks like water change is tomo. everyrhing is still closed up but not all the way....i did have 2 dead snails. ill do more testing tomo

 

[Thegoodson]

Figure out what caused the cloudiness?

not yet doing more testing tomo going to move some coral around mp 40 us beating up the troch

 

[Thegoodson]

Figure out what caused the cloudiness?

SOOOO.....it was a process. i did a 15 gal water change move come coral around and started a new light schedule. i wanted to adjust the flow but i figure ill let everything get acclimated to all the other changes. im still working on posting a video. eveerthing is open and looks better then before...its still cloudy tho from what i read it bacteria bloom

 

[Thegoodson]

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[Thegoodson]

also change salt over to reef crystals

 

[Thegoodson]

another update tank is still a little cloudy everthing is testing fine but the coral did all open up except the war coral is black in some places ill get a picture of it.

picture sucks still working on the camera

 

[Thegoodson]

also want to start my refugium i have the space just need light anf i have a marine pure block i probably needs to relocate it

lookimg for suggestions on a light and how tongo about setting it up
here are picrure of my sump

 

[shaggydoo]

I've used a couple different lights off amazon with good results. Get a grow light used in hydroponics. They are pink but grow macro like crazy

 

[Thegoodson]

I've used a couple different lights off amazon with good results. Get a grow light used in hydroponics. They are pink but grow macro like crazy

cool thanks im going to start looking at them today. do you think i should move the marine pure blocks

 

[Thegoodson]

 

[Thegoodson]

been working nights my gf just brought this to my attention and i dony know should i pull it out and scrape it off also water is still pretty cloudy here are some pic

 

[Thegoodson]

here are some more pic of the coral
the war coral is red but has a black ring around it

 

[Thegoodson]

hopefully some one can help me with my cloudy tank

 

[Thegoodson]

when ahead a bought this sonce it was on sell

still have cloudy water

also trying to get refugium going looking for a decent light

 

[Webslinger]

Slow and steady wins the race. I wouldn't add anything else for a few months till you go through all the algae cycles.

 

[Webslinger]

Anyone suggestion on where to put a mp 40 right now i have it in the back on the side glass torch seems to be getting a lot of flow but doesn't seem to mind. also i went down to one ai hydra instead of 2 and raise it a little(post some pic tonight) playing around with some new setting

I use 2 smaller ones in a cube. Put one going about 3/4 the way at the top pointing horizontally along the glass . The other near the bottom pointing up along the glass in wave mode. Alternate them on/off every 12 hours. The circular flow you will get in 2 different directions will eliminate any dead spots and help get the crud to your overflow.

 

[Thegoodson]

I use 2 smaller ones in a cube. Put one going about 3/4 the way at the top pointing horizontally along the glass . The other near the bottom pointing up along the glass in wave mode. Alternate them on/off every 12 hours. The circular flow you will get in 2 different directions will eliminate any dead spots and help get the crud to your overflow.

ya i plan on adding a mp 10 but i have 2 eflux 660 sitting in my closet i was going to sell them. the cloudy tank is turing in to white slimy stuff

 

[Thegoodson]

merry thanksgiving to anyone watching along.

i just got home from a little vacation and upon my arrival my tank is super clear and everything seems to be doing great. i didnt feed for 3 days and when i got back my skimner was a little over flowed just with foam. some maybe im over feeding and thats my is been cloudy. i was doing like half a cube of frozen every other day and between days some pellets. fill free to weight in on the feeding. ill be testing tomorrow to check in with the results

 

[Thegoodson]

sooooo woke up and bam cloudy again all i did was feed very little pellets
add new top off water and change a clean the skinmer. some its one of those thing that have to be the cause

 

[Thegoodson]

Still fighting the cloudy issue. I'm thinking of buying a I've sterilizer