RAMASULE'S REEF JOURNEY

RamsReef · Dec 22, 2016

Alright time for a tank update.

Everything was going peachy keen until I decided to do to much. I tried to use some reef cement to cement some rocks underwater being lazy, well it didn't work made a mess and spiked my PH, so I lost a shrimp bro

and an encrusting goni

Other than that, everything looks good, I hope, I'm no expert.

My Goni Lies Under the Ocean
Bring back my Goni to me

RamsReef · Dec 25, 2016

Tank Updates:

Huge shoutout to Adam at
Fraggarage.ca
Canadian Dealer
I know he doesnt have sponsership so this will be the only promotion.

I was generously sold some large portion frags. My wife and I were excited to say the least.

Merry Fragmas to us.

Cory · Dec 29, 2016

Seems like it was well thought out! Lookimg good!

You better get some fish in there, those coral wont live on jist light

justingraham · Dec 29, 2016

Wow I'm guessing ur qting bristle worms as well that thing is huge.
What's the hob surface skimmer mod

RamsReef · Dec 29, 2016

Cory said:
Seems like it was well thought out! Lookimg good!

You better get some fish in there, those coral wont live on jist light

No fish this is coral and Invert QT. I feed reef roids and phyto 2x a week.

RamsReef · Dec 29, 2016

justingraham said:
Wow I'm guessing ur qting bristle worms as well that thing is huge.
What's the hob surface skimmer mod

I just went and got some 3/4 fittings and cut the downpipe up. Works good.

Brew12 · Dec 29, 2016

Ramasule said:
No fish this is coral and Invert QT. I feed reef roids and phyto 2x a week.

Very nice!

I'm banning myself from buying any new corals or inverts until I get my invert QT set up.

RamsReef · Dec 29, 2016

Brew12 said:
Very nice!

I'm banning myself from buying any new corals or inverts until I get my invert QT set up.

Yeah seen your problems

I have to say I hope a larger tank is easier. It is way to easy to throw off salinity when doing WC. I tripple check salinity before adding and yet it still has a way of not being exact. I'm going to go for less W/C now and use some seachem products to remove some nitrates and phospates. Looking to keep nitrates at 2-5 ppm and phosphates at just over 0. I have stuff to dose nitrates if need be.

Brew12 · Dec 29, 2016

Ramasule said:
Yeah seen your problems

I have to say I hope a larger tank is easier. It is way to easy to throw off salinity when doing WC. I tripple check salinity before adding and yet it still has a way of not being exact. I'm going to go for less W/C now and use some seachem products to remove some nitrates and phospates. Looking to keep nitrates at 2-5 ppm and phosphates at just over 0. I have stuff to dose nitrates if need be.

Larger tanks are a double edged sword. They have more stability but they also have more momentum. If you have a problem in a smaller tank it is much easier to correct than in a larger tank. It's just easier to develop problems in a smaller tank imo.

My problems really aren't too bad. Nothing I haven't really expected and nothing compared to the people I see losing all their fish. I have yet to lose a fish in my DT which I consider a major victory. Once I get through the new tank uglies I expect things to stabilize.

RamsReef · Dec 29, 2016

Brew12 said:
Larger tanks are a double edged sword. They have more stability but they also have more momentum. If you have a problem in a smaller tank it is much easier to correct than in a larger tank. It's just easier to develop problems in a smaller tank imo.

My problems really aren't too bad. Nothing I haven't really expected and nothing compared to the people I see losing all their fish. I have yet to lose a fish in my DT which I consider a major victory. Once I get through the new tank uglies I expect things to stabilize.

Yep, and while it sucks to loose a small frag in QT atleast it's not your DT with $$$$ dollars.

RamsReef · Dec 31, 2016

Whats the worst that could happen while changing salts?

Nothing while I have my helper keeping a very watchful eye.

RamsReef · Dec 31, 2016

Should I go get some fish to accompany my diatoms in the fish qt? Its looking lonely, I finally got my mail order CP and API general cure...
Im pretty sure that covers all the meds I need.