My SPS Waterbox Peninsula Mini 15

[howaboutme]

Wow that’s crazy! Yeah just checked and it’s $500 stand only

Wow! I can safely say that is a rip off. And those are 2" smaller than what I have. People are buying waterbox's so they absolutely can do it and I don't blame them. Crazy!

 

[howaboutme]

Had a couple of weeks of stringing algae, mostly on the back black wall and some on the sand. Not too bad and very manageable. Keeping up with the same maintenance schedule with a couple of extra scrubbing and siphoning it's all good again. Now very little, if any, visible algae. Everything else chugging along nicely, no change to any routine.

Still low ph (7.6 to 7.8) with the skimmer on at night to keep it from dropping too low. Alk from low to mid 7's between water changes. I don't measure anything else.

UNS 75s planning is coming along too. Tank still in the Pacific somewhere but still much to do. This image shows the plan for the stand (reinforced and modded Ikea Havsta), 80/20 for the 2 lights and how the light spill will be. Excited!

 

[jopo4343]

Hi
whats your lighting schedule on the ai prime 16?

 

[howaboutme]

Hi
whats your lighting schedule on the ai prime 16?

Here is what my light is doing right now. I've kept the same format for a while and just tweak the numbers depending on what my tank is doing.

 

[Ricksreeefs]

I just realized that you 're also on WAMAS lol

 

[howaboutme]

I just realized that you 're also on WAMAS lol

Yep! It looks like I'm just up 66 from you. I'm in Centreville.

Are you the same username on WAMAS?

 

[Ricksreeefs]

Yep! It looks like I'm just up 66 from you. I'm in Centreville.

Are you the same username on WAMAS?

Nice! Yeah, same username but I have no clue how to change my profile picture on there.

 

[howaboutme]

Nice! Yeah, same username but I have no clue how to change my profile picture on there.

Just go into your account "profile", click on your avatar photo and upload new picture.

Hope to see you at a future in-person meeting or frag swap soon!

 

[Ricksreeefs]

Just go into your account "profile", click on your avatar photo and upload new picture.

Hope to see you at a future in-person meeting or frag swap soon!

Always says the file is too large yeah definitely hope that they will start having meets again!

 

[revhtree Verified Admin]

Had a couple of weeks of stringing algae, mostly on the back black wall and some on the sand. Not too bad and very manageable. Keeping up with the same maintenance schedule with a couple of extra scrubbing and siphoning it's all good again. Now very little, if any, visible algae. Everything else chugging along nicely, no change to any routine.

Still low ph (7.6 to 7.8) with the skimmer on at night to keep it from dropping too low. Alk from low to mid 7's between water changes. I don't measure anything else.

UNS 75s planning is coming along too. Tank still in the Pacific somewhere but still much to do. This image shows the plan for the stand (reinforced and modded Ikea Havsta), 80/20 for the 2 lights and how the light spill will be. Excited!

Looking great!

 

[howaboutme]

Always says the file is too large yeah definitely hope that they will start having meets again!

Oh right. I assume you have access to software than can lower the file size? If not, an easy way to do this is to open that image on your screen then use the "snipping tool" to grab a snip of the image. Then save that as a jpeg and it will usually save an a low resolution enough to upload.

 

[Ricksreeefs]

Oh right. I assume you have access to software than can lower the file size? If not, an easy way to do this is to open that image on your screen then use the "snipping tool" to grab a snip of the image. Then save that as a jpeg and it will usually save an a low resolution enough to upload.

I'm taking screen shots and no matter how small I do it it's still too big

 

[howaboutme]

I'm taking screen shots and no matter how small I do it it's still too big

When you open your picture on your computer, shrink it (a lot). Then take the snippet. It's just an avatar so it doesn't have to be big.

 

[Ricksreeefs]

When you open your picture on your computer, shrink it (a lot). Then take the snippet. It's just an avatar so it doesn't have to be big.

I just could not do the same one that is on here. I was able to get one, but I had to shrink the picture on google and then take a screenshot.

 

[howaboutme]

I just could not do the same one that is on here. I was able to get one, but I had to shrink the picture on google and then take a screenshot.

I'm out of ideas! lol.

 

[Ricksreeefs]

I'm out of ideas! lol.

Oh, it's ok I was able to get one lol

 

[howaboutme]

Sooooo...I mind as well post an updated photo of the tank:

About 4 months old. Pretty clean, huh?

 

[howaboutme]

A bit over 5 months old.

Weekly 25 to 30% water changes, change filter floss, clean glass. Pretty low maintenance. Colorization could be a bit better but corals are growing...Can't complain as I hardly do anything. Little to no nuisance algae.

 

[howaboutme]

Things are growing. Really! A bit too much green, should have planned stocking better. Chugging along nicely though. Easy to maintain, don't do much, everything healthy.

 

[brandon429]

Right now in the chemistry forum several scientists are against the notion of the unassisted cycle, your thread is a breath of fresh air not only in reefing skill but reminding the public unassisted cycles can be useful not just something for nerds to do battle over


the way you made use of the unassisted cycle approach is rare rare rare and in fact if I’m not mistaken, aquabiomics said it’s not possible here:

Establishing a Healthy Microbiome in a New Aquarium Using Live Rock

About this article This article describes an experiment documenting the effects of live rock in a newly established aquarium. While I’ve tried to tell the story as briefly as I can, it’s the story of a month-long study of replicated tanks, with analysis of both water chemistry and the microbial...

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the author directly claims that in one month wait, no useful cycling bacteria can be found.

I think the bacteria sales machine in reefing is going to be a strong competitor for dollars, and only threads like this balance the scales and market.

The main goal of bacteria sellers is to establish doubt in natural systems and cause a buying impulse in every scenario where bacteria are needed, and to have the product for sale to ease the risk.