Isaac's CADE 1500s2/ Peninsula Reef Build

[Isaac Alves]

46ml of Prazi.

Skimmer went nuts within a minute...

 

[Isaac Alves]

30 Seconds of Protein Skimmer overflowing from Prazi:

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[Isaac Alves]

Interesting look at the ORP graph. I can see exactly when the PraziPro was added to the tank:

 

[Isaac Alves]

Quick morning shots ~10.5 hours after dosing 46ml into display

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Even the crab is fine. But I did notice all my wrasses are still asleep. Hopefully they’re ok.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Interesting trend line from the ORP probe. Now 1 day and 23 hours since Dosing PraziPro into DT.

Slowly rising back up.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Got my dual Nori feeder from https://octoaquatics.com/. These are slower starting magnets and work well on the Cade. I need a stronger solution since my large rabbit fish pulls the TwoLittleFishies one of the glass

The clip design is interesting. I hope they last. But it’s an all acrylic rocking snap that locks. Not like the plastic spring of the TwoLittleFishies.

I do love that there is a double holder

And the soft glass protecting material on both sides …

she can’t pull it off..

the only con is that it doesn’t float off the clip gets detached by you.

 

[Isaac Alves]

72 hours with Prazi in DT and all signs of worms are gone. No black spots or squiggly lines on the chocolate:

And a ~14% water change got the skimmer back on track:

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[Petcrazyson]

72 hours with Prazi in DT and all signs of worms are gone. No black spots or squiggly lines on the chocolate:

And a ~14% water change got the skimmer back on track:

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Glad things took a turn for the best!

 

[Isaac Alves]

Acclimating some Petco Mollies to 1.025 SG. 10 hours and were almost there.

going into my QT / Observation tank I set up for incoming fish. I want to use this to observe first before moving to the DT.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Following up on the Molly conversion.


I have converted Petco/Petsmart Mollies easily with a 10 hour drip. But I think not all Poecilia latipinna are created equal. I tried doing these Gold Panda Lyretail Mollies this time along with a group of Dalmation colored ones. All Dalmation colors are doing great. But all Gold Pandas died in the holding tank at a salinity of 1.025. So something is up with that strain.

Just FYI.

 

[Petcrazyson]

Following up on the Molly conversion.


I have converted Petco/Petsmart Mollies easily with a 10 hour drip. But I think not all Poecilia latipinna are created equal. I tried doing these Gold Panda Lyretail Mollies this time along with a group of Dalmation colored ones. All Dalmation colors are doing great. But all Gold Pandas died in the holding tank at a salinity of 1.025. So something is up with that strain.

Just FYI.

They have said Dalmations are the best candidates for the transition

 

[Isaac Alves]

They have said Dalmations are the best candidates for the transition

That corresponds to my experience as well over the last few times I did this over the past several years.

 

[Isaac Alves]

Needed to trim the Refugium. And it seems that it’s finally growing thick and dense. The color is very good too…

Almost a half gallon I’m guessing:

I left this much in the Refugium to grow:

 

[Isaac Alves]

FTS from May 26-2023

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Currently seeing a lot of algae growth. It could be from the Prazi in tank treatment. But the system has stabilized. The Refugium was packed dense so maybe after cutting out most of the Chaeto yesterday it’ll compete more with the algae.

I should also note that I did order a double pack of @AlgaeBarn pincushion urchins. I had a good amount of rewards points leftover which I happily used.

 

[Petcrazyson]

FTS from May 26-2023

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Currently seeing a lot of algae growth. It could be from the Prazi in tank treatment. But the system has stabilized. The Refugium was packed dense so maybe after cutting out most of the Chaeto yesterday it’ll compete more with the algae.

Looking amazing! Your fish looks so good! How big is that Foxface now?

 

[Isaac Alves]

Looking amazing! Your fish looks so good! How big is that Foxface now?

Thank you. Our foxface, Bindi, is pushing somewhere between 7-9 inches I’m sure. I’ll need to check.

 

[Isaac Alves]

I tried increasing center surface flow from the overflow side of the tank by trying to get some heavy duty water proof magnets from https://octoaquatics.com/ and getting a Maxspect 330 gyre to mount on the overflow.

But the pump is too heavy and the Cade overflow glass is too thick.


Plan b…

I picked up a Nero 7 from my distributor buddy. It should be in my hands tomorrow or Thursday. I have a feeling that the Nero 7 pump will be significantly lighter than the gyre 330. I hope it works. I like the Ai wave controls better than the Maxspect controller regardless. Better yet, I’ll be able to use Mobius to sync the flow with the MP60s.

I’ll journal how it goes here…

 

[Isaac Alves]

Just got this guy in:

Plan is to use this center mounted on the overflow box right below the weirs using the @octoaquatics magnets.

 

[Isaac Alves]

This mounted at least. It’s definitely not discreetly hidden. I’ll need to see if it bothers me too much.

Definitely moved the center water…

 

[Isaac Alves]

I've been frustrated the last few weeks with my Cade's water level. Today was the day I was going to fix it; since installing the Nero 7 onto the overflow box made it apparent that I need more air space between the surface and the netting cover.

I was trying everything ... slowing down the Vectra, adjusting the overflow valve and scrubbing the top weirs clean. And then I saw it -- The bottom weir. I completely forgot that the Cade overflow has two weirs: a top one (standard) and a bottom one that sweeps water from below. And of course it was completely covered in algae.

So I zip tied a toothbrush to my trusty 72" fiberglass reflective rod from Home Depot and scrubbed away.

Of course that fixed the issue i've been having for weeks. Now i have a good 1.5" of surface clearance again.

Happy reefing.