JBJ 20 gallon AIO reef tank

[elorablue]

It’s a lose -lose situation you buy nudi to fight aiptasia then they eat it all then die of starvation

I’m fighting a bit of a losing battle with those Aiptasia buggers myself. All the lfs I go to sell out of berghia before I get there

 

[elorablue]

reef tanks are an endless battle. speaking of which. I have to track down my missing birdsnest.

Ummm your birdsnest is missing? Have you checked the trees ?

 

[Goaway]

Ummm your birdsnest is missing? Have you checked the trees ?

I would love if it could grow out of water. My dear urchin is a master of decoration!

 

[shadow_k]

I’m fighting a bit of a losing battle with those Aiptasia buggers myself. All the lfs I go to sell out of berghia before I get there

I finally did kalkpaste left it on the aiptasia for 30 min and then sucked up dead remains hopefully they couldn’t pop out babys before dying hopefully this worked I won’t know for another month

 

[elorablue]

I would love if it could grow out of water. My dear urchin is a master of decoration!

Ah yes! Urchin. That explains it.

 

[Goaway]

I finally did kalkpaste left it on the aiptasia for 30 min and then sucked up dead remains hopefully they couldn’t pop out babys before dying hopefully this worked I won’t know for another month

it melts them to nothing.

 

[shadow_k]

it melts them to nothing.

That’s what I like to hear ! I hope I didn’t hurt any of my zoas I had a few next to them

 

[Goaway]

as long as the paste wasnt directly on the zoa, a little burn would be noticed.

 

[shadow_k]

I’ll find out today if I effected anything in the tank. Since I was doing water change they were all closed anyway

 

[terraincognita]

Maybe….

I gave this a long hard thought as well haha. My local PetSmart had one.

But the stand isn't right. You wouldn't be able to take out those middle posts without losing a bunch of support.

And don't think a 18" Sump works for a 125 But maybe? I didn't give it too long a thought, I think mine had it on sale for like $450 as a set.

 

[Goaway]

it would surely need support beams. a miner diy project if you have experience and tools. 450 is a nice price.

I dont like their stands

 

[shadow_k]

I gave this a long hard thought as well haha. My local PetSmart had one.

But the stand isn't right. You wouldn't be able to take out those middle posts without losing a bunch of support.

And don't think a 18" Sump works for a 125 But maybe? I didn't give it too long a thought, I think mine had it on sale for like $450 as a set.

I would use the stand to house my other tanks lol and DIY a stand for my specifications lol it’s tough when I wanna buy everything reef related

 

[shadow_k]

Tested today my nitrates are at 10 and phosphates are at .52 still haven’t moved yet I’ll test again tomorrow

 

[Goaway]

You could probably resume what you were doing to lower them. I would repeat that every other day. That is just me. Or, wait for signs of stress on corals.

What I mean is, keep lowering nitrates until the corals act a bit strange.

Edit: phosphates

 

[shadow_k]

You could probably resume what you were doing to lower them. I would repeat that every other day. That is just me. Or, wait for signs of stress on corals.

What I mean is, keep lowering nitrates until the corals act a bit strange.

Edit: phosphates

That sounds like a good plan every other day . I’ll check test tomorrow and see what happens Since I have low intensity in my tank the high nutrients are starting to brown out. There not brown brown but they do have lack of color

 

[Goaway]

That sounds like a good plan every other day . I’ll check test tomorrow and see what happens Since I have low intensity in my tank the high nutrients are starting to brown out. There not brown brown but they do have lack of color

If the corals are comfortable, no need to stop what you are doing.
Hopefully has phosphates start to lower, the goni opens up more. I do know they dislike the aiptasias.

 

[shadow_k]

If the corals are comfortable, no need to stop what you are doing.
Hopefully has phosphates start to lower, the goni opens up more. I do know they dislike the aiptasias.

The spots I treated I don’t seem to see anymore aiptasia. The Goni looks stressed my lfs is giving Red Sea AB+ I don’t know if I should use it. Or I use it and dose nitrates I’m conflicted

 

[Goaway]

I have a huge bottle, my corals hate that stuff.
But, you cam try it to see if yours like it.

 

[shadow_k]

I’ve heard mix reviews but I’ll try it and see what goes on. I didn’t dose nitrates yesterday so I wanna see if it made a difference

 

[Goaway]

You have to try it to know. My corals love reef candy > reef roids > mysis.

my melanuras wrasse will fight the syringe for reef candy.