Doesnt you lfs sell pods? Mine does and there not that much. You could always get some when you feel there getting low.
They do, but I want my tank to have a sustained population before I get one, I’m not in a hurry, probably gonna concentrate on getting some lps growing healthy, next fish will probably be a few cardinals, or possibly some fire fish I’ll get the mandarian when I’m comfortable that my tanks steady, told myself I wouldn’t get one till it’s been up least a year.
I think your smart for that decision, from my xp they like a very well established tank...and I deff dont blame you on the lps, I wish you the best of luck and cant wait to see the oit come
thanks, the torch is opening a bit more this evening, I added some macro in my fuge and display and have turned the bubbles in my skimmer down so that it’s not skimming near as much, it’s oversized for my tank anyway, excuse my crappy phone pics.
I've had the whites all the way down, and the blues just about 30%, its a shaving brush halimeda.
That sounds easier said than done, mainly because of how messy that would be and the fact that your sand bed is alive. You would have to keep good water on your sand so you don't kill all the good in it and cause more problems than its worth apon re-adding the sand as i believe it would, specially if you just left it in the bucket. I know there's methods for going about this process but Imo its not worth it unless you are in a last ditch effort to save your hard work, in which case everything should be in a QT anyway. If you don't have a QT, I will also have to throw in if you have fish that depend on the micro organisms in the sand or are sand dwellers than that wouldn't be good for them and possibly cause them stress in turn making them sick and able to catch something easier if they don't out right die from this process.....oh and the dust and sand kicked into your water column can suffocate your fish and other life as they have to breathe to survive and the only way I have found to take sand out of your tank is by suction with a hose, but this bring water with it adding to your problems....For example i have over 120lbs of sand just in my DT that doesn't include all the live sand in the refugium too. If I was to remove my sand bed Id have to suck it out loosing half my water or turn off my pumps to avoid getting screwed by sand being sucked into them and scoop it out by had again fogging your tank and possibly suffocating your fish If you dont have a QT. Either way you screw your tanks cycle and eco system throwing it into chaos and imo causing more problems than you started with.
i didnt put any old sand in the tank, i bought 5 lbs of caribsea arg-alive sand and added it to my refuge in the sump, but it was new, i didn't rinse it tho so i believe this raised my silicates temporarily.
