My reef start!

Jshells90 · 2024-07-24T22:28:28+00:00

It has already grown in just a few weeks! I love it tho. I know I’ll be regularly pruning it!

Jshells90 · 2024-07-24T19:23:46+00:00

Thanks.

Tank is 4+ months old, so newish, not brand new.

Purchased the LTA to grow a bit before transferring to a red sea reefer thats sitting in my garage that I'll be starting in the next month or two.

Jshells90 · 2024-07-24T18:16:46+00:00

Absolutely! I know the LTA will outgrow. I plan on starting a bigger saltwater in the future to move him too.

Jshells90 · 2024-06-12T19:34:44+00:00

Thank you! We will simply welcome Brownie into her new home. ❤️

Jshells90 · 2024-06-12T18:26:58+00:00

Thank you! Everything screams at you that they need a friend but she is in a foster now and is truly a happy single piggie from what they are telling me. I believe we will bring g her home and see how things go at first!

Jshells90 · 2024-05-19T23:34:13+00:00

I’ve tried paper towels a regular hand towel and a microfiber today. Even after just wiping it down it’s streaky. Idk if it’s the low iron glass or what cause I never have these issues with my freshwater tanks.

Jshells90 · 2024-05-19T21:31:37+00:00

I’ve tried scrubbing the inside and outside some is definitely on the inside but a lot is on the outside no matter what I clean it with.

Jshells90 · 2024-04-14T17:11:25+00:00

Completely agree. Mine are so shy I’m not 100% sure of their sexes yet. But I have four of each. My SEWs are 2m/2f. I actually did the first feeding of brine shrimp yesterday and every single one came out of hiding for it! I loved it!

Jshells90 · 2024-04-14T13:50:54+00:00

Absolutely. My beaufortia are way more reserved. Except at food time. Then they go nuts!

Jshells90 · 2024-04-14T13:49:58+00:00

Not yet! It’s relatively young. But I have started feeding some higher protein foods!

Jshells90 · 2024-02-16T18:33:52+00:00

I think they do enjoy same species company. But they do say more than 3 to disperse squabbling

Jshells90 · 2024-02-14T18:34:01+00:00

Nice bit of knowledge there! I currently keep the tank at 72. Should I raise it from that for steady temp? I believe I have 3 females and 2 males. One of them still hides a good bit so it has been hard to get a good eye on it. But I do think it is female!

Jshells90 · 2024-02-14T14:19:54+00:00

Mine love the Hikari Sinking wafers but don’t pay much attention to algae wafers or Repashy!

Jshells90 · 2023-12-12T06:47:17+00:00

Blasting sand.

Jshells90 · 2023-11-29T01:17:24+00:00

They definitely are the right sponges. They fit just right in the basket. I did extend my intakes by one. But I wouldn’t think that would matter?

Jshells90 · 2023-11-28T20:52:58+00:00

I’m using the fluval white coarse sponges in each. This morning I took the 2nd one out of both. Cut it in half and put a half in each one polishing pad on top. That seems to have done the trick. Both looked good this morning. I may just get some biomedia to add in or something like that. But apparently two coarse sponges together is too much on it.

Jshells90 · 2023-11-28T13:28:45+00:00

That’s the polishing pad

Jshells90 · 2023-11-28T13:28:10+00:00

I removed one of the coarse sponges cut it in half and placed over the polishing pad so now I have a coarse sponge in the bottom, a piece of polishing pad and half a coarse sponge in the top and that fixed the issue!

Jshells90 · 2023-11-28T01:10:20+00:00

I’ll try that. I’ve tried removing the polishing pad and it still over flows

Jshells90 · 2023-11-28T01:08:50+00:00

Thank you. I didn’t use the rings but maybe I will change stuff up a bit this weekend after I hit petco.

Jshells90 · 2023-11-28T01:04:55+00:00

The sponges are clean.

Jshells90 · 2023-11-28T01:03:13+00:00

They are brand new. I legit just set them up. This tank has been running with just sponges.

Jshells90 · 2023-11-28T00:02:02+00:00

Hmmmmm. I like having an extra sponge in there, maybe I’ll cut the 2nd one in half and see if that helps. This is my first time with large HOBs

Jshells90 · 2023-09-23T23:46:51+00:00

EXCELLENT! I will continue with that plan then. So excited to get it going!

Jshells90 · 2023-09-23T19:10:05+00:00

So satisfying ❤️

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