Recent content by swiss1939

Kinda an accident. Had the reefwave 25 on left side and stuck a jebao ow-10 on the other corner to add a little more randomness and kick up the detritus in the opposite corner to the gyre. Both turned to about 65%. But then i decided to try this dsr ez method that requires power filter inside...

I noticed once i added my hammer last week, that this return pump acting as power filter on the right side of tank was blasting this side of the tank with constant boring and strong flow because my tank is a smaller reefer 170 with only 20" deep back to front. So i ordered and just installed a...

Quick DSR-EZ process update. I have been manually dosing for 10 days now, both EZ-Buffer and EZ-Carbon. My targets are 8.4dKH for alk, 0.05ppm for phosphate and 5ppm for nitrate. Two rounds of dosing adjustments on EZ-Buffer, first for 6 days dosing 4.1ml buffer came up short from 7.3-7.9 (8.4...

Annnnnnnndddd..... we're off! Finally set up the jebao doser with EZ-Buffer and EZ-Carbon. Split up into 4 doses per day each. Every 6 hrs. Starting at midnight with buffer, then an hour later 1am with carbon, and every 6 hrs thereafter. Each dose is 2ml for buffer and 1.5ml for carbon. Any...

Winner Winner.. Chicken Dinner!

First reef tank set up 2 months ago during pandemic lockdown. Attempting to do this no water changes using DSR-EZ system which I started 1 week ago. Only got 2 clowns in with 3 coral. 6 more coral on the way!

Just came across mention of this store on Hylan, on reef2reef. https://www.piecesoftheocean.com/ Didn't exist last time I was trying this hobby, but it looks like it might be a good place that is local. Anyone been here or bought stuff from them can confirm their livestock quality?

I just started my second attempt again after a quick 3 month false start 6 yrs ago. So I am looking for small piece of live rock to seed my dry rock right now. Eventually I'd be interested in small frags to start populating. I'm near the ferry. As far as online community, I originally used...

Just getting back into this again after 6 years and one failed 10G tank. When I get my reefer 170 set up and running long enough I may contact you for some frags. Im near the ferry.

this tank failed horribly not shortly after my last post as I was in a way too tiny apartment with very little resources to manage. Went away for a week and when I came back it crashed. Decided to put a hold on this hobby until I had an apartment with more space and resources to get a decent...

Red Smooth Leak Kelp? This plant was attached to LR and I thought it was dead during cycle as it was just bare stalks sticking out of rock throughout the cycle. Now that my tank has been stable for a month, it appears to be growing slowly. Can anyone confirm if this is Red Smooth Leaf Kelp or...

Thanks! From the look of your massive tank.. anything shared would be pretty amazing! Looking at my tank now after seeing your videos feels like i'm looking at a snow globe. ha!

That would be great! I'm also in need of a few minor hitchhikers; corraline algae seeder rock, some mini brittle stars as I've got a decent LR CUC but the only stuff digging in the sand are the Nassarius which don't give much attention to the detritus, and some amphipods as I don't see many yet...

Any examples? They are all new to me.

Finally started my first reef tank after years of thinking about it. Don't have much budget right now so I used a friends old 10Gal tank and went the minimal route without skimmer or RO/DI. Just using a modded Aquaclear 20 HOB with Polyfilter, carbon and PhosGuard. Koralia 420 and 240 (420...