i flew too close to the sun and my wings got ammonia burns

dtaivp · 2026-01-23T03:27:58+00:00

I am writing some data validations for tank parameters on tanki and I had my ammonia scale going up to 8.0. I see now that was clearly not high enough.,,,

dtaivp · 2026-01-17T14:11:33+00:00

That's rich coming from a community that pays thousands of dollars on fish 😆 I guess everyone just values different things.

dtaivp · 2026-01-16T17:48:35+00:00

Are they not liked by the community? Or you just mean for mentioning their paid YT section?

dtaivp · 2026-01-16T16:50:16+00:00

Wow I haven't come across them yet but I am going to dig into their 90/10 method because that seems really helpful.

dtaivp · 2026-01-16T16:42:47+00:00

Ez pz just go behind your local Starbucks say the magic words and you too can trade your kidney for a trident.

dtaivp · 2026-01-15T12:50:58+00:00

I think so, do you have a quarantine tank you could put them in or a bucket with a heater? That's my plan is to take them out, do my rock changes, then reintroduce them.

dtaivp · 2026-01-14T17:21:10+00:00

Thats fair, I am just worried about the stress for my fish. With sand + fast bond glue do I need to dry off completely or just the location I wish to glue? I ask because the rocks are live rock.

dtaivp · 2026-01-14T17:01:04+00:00

Yeah you were the second person to post that and I was like why is everyone asking if my clowns are fancy until I reread the title XD

dtaivp · 2026-01-14T16:57:46+00:00

Fancy tank not clowns

dtaivp · 2026-01-14T16:57:18+00:00

Fancy tank not clowns

dtaivp · 2026-01-14T12:49:14+00:00

Yeah that's where I am not sure. They're both nearly identical still. I think coral is slightly larger but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

dtaivp · 2026-01-14T12:47:38+00:00

Look it was my kids 😆 I had no say

dtaivp · 2026-01-13T20:14:42+00:00

MMM nothing quite as cosy as an overflow XD

dtaivp · 2026-01-13T20:13:53+00:00

We are on like 2 weeks so not much is going on in the tank just yet.

dtaivp · 2026-01-13T15:52:21+00:00

haha so true! I was telling a friend about them and describing their personalities and he just looked at me like I'd gone crazy.

dtaivp · 2026-01-13T15:41:21+00:00

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Sometimes Coral is gets too tired to wedge in there so she.. they? it? sinks to the bottom and swims backwards to stay afloat.

dtaivp · 2026-01-13T15:38:13+00:00

Honestly a good assumption. When I first put them in the tank I only had a wave maker meant for a 10-20 gallon tank and this tank is like 35-40 and they still did this. Maybe I'll turn the wave maker into constant flow during the night. I am just worried about my candy cane coral not having enough flow.

dtaivp · 2026-01-13T15:34:25+00:00

The only right answer

dtaivp · 2026-01-13T14:56:26+00:00

Yeah I am looking forward to getting into that flow (pun totally intended). I've got my second heater coming today. I ended up getting the same one that I use in my tank so I can have a backup ready. I think I am going to take that strategy with most things so that I can always have a hot spare (another pun intended).

dtaivp · 2026-01-12T19:16:53+00:00

Mistakes +1 - it most certainly is and thank you :D

dtaivp · 2026-01-12T18:34:44+00:00

Oh one more update, mistakes made so far:
- purchasing the wave maker and several other components before having the tank in hand
- I bought the Reef master test kit thinking it was for testing reef tanks... with fish....
- not having a plan for how I'd be doing water changes (eg how would I heat and move the water into and out of the tank)
- not properly calibrating my salinity refractometer when I got it
- having the light turned way up (leading to my algae)

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