Schnitzel's SPS

Ligershark · Jul 24, 2017

did you sell your sunpower with the blue leds? i remember looking at your thread years ago when i was building a strip light in my sunpower. nice build.

Chris155hp · Jul 24, 2017

what media are you using in your Ca reactor ?

bubbaque · Jul 24, 2017

put something to add humidity to your media and it will last longer

SchnitzelReef · Jul 25, 2017

What my tank looks like in the morning. Reefbrite XHOs on only.

SchnitzelReef · Jul 25, 2017

Chris155hp said:
what media are you using in your Ca reactor ?

TLF Reborn and Remag

bubbaque said:
put something to add humidity to your media and it will last longer

Might give that a try.

Ligershark said:
did you sell your sunpower with the blue leds? i remember looking at your thread years ago when i was building a strip light in my sunpower. nice build.

Yep that was me. I sold it when I broke down my frag tank.

Chris155hp · Jul 25, 2017

SchnitzelReef said:
TLF Reborn and Remag

@Zaffor

Scorpius · Jul 25, 2017

Do your Acro's argue over encrusting space. I have a few that are attacking each other.

SchnitzelReef · Jul 25, 2017

Scorpius said:
Do your Acro's argue over encrusting space. I have a few that are attacking each other.

Some do, some Dont. Just depends.

SchnitzelReef · Jul 25, 2017

Snapped a couple pics. Enjoy [emoji1305]

steevareno · Jul 25, 2017

Do i see a vivid rainbow acro?

Acro maniac · Jul 26, 2017

Nice collection

SchnitzelReef · Jul 27, 2017

Well cyano is growing like crazy on my sandbed. Stays away from rocks and any corals, but it's a terrible eye sore. I finally starting running gfo thinking it might help, but after testing phosphates I'm not sure it will. :/

Hannah is so inconsistent, it gave me a reading of 5 and 9. So my phosphates are between .015 and .027.

FarmerTy · Jul 27, 2017

SchnitzelReef said:
Well cyano is growing like crazy on my sandbed. Stays away from rocks and any corals, but it's a terrible eye sore. I finally starting running gfo thinking it might help, but after testing phosphates I'm not sure it will. :/

Hannah is so inconsistent, it gave me a reading of 5 and 9. So my phosphates are between .015 and .027.

Its because Cyano is uptaking the phosphate. By the time you test, it'll read very low, doesn't mean you might not have a phosphate issue. I'd run the GFO for a few months and see what happens.

FWIW, phosphate meter has a +/- of 0.04 ppm. We're taking hobby grade kits here.

SchnitzelReef · Jul 27, 2017

FarmerTy said:
Its because Cyano is uptaking the phosphate. By the time you test, it'll read very low, doesn't mean you might not have a phosphate issue. I'd run the GFO for a few months and see what happens.

FWIW, phosphate meter has a +/- of 0.04 ppm. We're taking hobby grade kits here.

Yea that's why I never test phosphates.

Second week running gfo, like you said I will keep running it consistently for a few months and see what happens. I'm even considering changing my light cycle, maybe that + phosphates is contributing to cyano growth.

Or just take the dang sand bed out. No sand bed looks nicer than a sandbed full of cyano. :/

Robink · Jul 27, 2017

Beautiful tank!! Nice pictures! Love the side shots of the tank, great color.

happyhourhero · Jul 27, 2017

I hope one day mine looks like this. Great shots as always!

FarmerTy · Jul 27, 2017

SchnitzelReef said:
Yea that's why I never test phosphates.

Second week running gfo, like you said I will keep running it consistently for a few months and see what happens. I'm even considering changing my light cycle, maybe that + phosphates is contributing to cyano growth.

Or just take the dang sand bed out. No sand bed looks nicer than a sandbed full of cyano. :/

I think the GFO combined with using red slime remover is an excellent way to get rid of the immediate issue of Cyano on the sandbed while getting rid of the source issue as well.

What light cycle are you running these days?

I do enjoy my sandbed/beach in SPS dominant tanks. I think its a nice contrast to all the stick colonies to have a nice clean sandbed below for visual impact.

bubbaque · Jul 27, 2017

I remember when I was dealing with dinos my no3 was close to 0 and po4 was .02. After I killed it with peroxide, I tested nutrient levels and got 8~ no3 and po4 went up to .07. I was amazed how well that stuff sucks up nutrients. I'm sure cyano is the same way.

Scorpius · Jul 27, 2017

One tidbit of advice I use with the Hannah ULR Phosphorus checker to help get more consistent results is to use any hard water stain cleaner to clean the vial before testing. It gets any water stains or leftover residue etc off the inside of the curvet.

Reefltx · Jul 27, 2017

Scorpius said:
One tidbit of advice I use with the Hannah ULR Phosphorus checker to help get more consistent results is to use any hard water stain cleaner to clean the vial before testing. It gets any water stains or leftover residue etc off the inside of the curvet.

Reason why I raise my glass vials with ro/di water.