Recent content by Jimbo327

Do whatever you can to avoid dinos in the first couple months. All that new rock and sand is a blank canvas right now. That's the biggest risk of setting up new tank with dead rock and sand. I also loaded my tank with bacteria, pods, phyto to try to out-compete the nuisance stuff. Take your...

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What kind of bulk are you talking about?

I did almost the exact same thing. Loaded my tank with bottled bacteria (3-4 different kinds) and added vinegar/vodka (carbon), and let it cook. Also got into a bacterial bloom. I think we have same line of thinking to start a tank with dead rock/sand.

That's pretty sweet.

BRS universal carbon block 1 micron

Personally, I would just do the bleach and skip the acid.

Are those Quality Marine Eco Rocks? If they are, let me tell you, they are awesome. I won a box of these rocks at the Socal coral show raffle. Coralline loves these rocks because it is so porous. All of my real rocks...almost no coralline. The QM rocks, holy cow, it is fully covered. The...

The SPS is going to look amazing top down on this shallow tank.

I would trust the Hanna checkers. They are very accurate as well.

Trident has weird results from time to time, So I would not use it to control anything. It’s a good tool to verify trend. I see a few weird results and I take a look if anything is wrong. Like this example, I will probably take a Salifert test to verify what is the real calcium. And I would...

How's the culture going? And what are you culturing now and how much are you culturing? Your success if making me think that I can do a small phyto culture. Is there a guide on how to start? I read that recommended 5ml per 10 gallon dose....wow, I only dose ~25ml in my 250gal tank at night.

I don’t use the calibration fluid from Trident since I’m using ABC reagents and they don’t provide calibration fluids. So I take a sample of the tank water and use my Salifert test kits to measure Alk/cal/mag. Then I take those numbers and input them into the calibration of the trident, and...

I love how that encrusting monti is growing up the side wall. And it's that rainbow type of monti. Looks awesome.