Isaac
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So, the biocube I keep in my homeoffice has been having issues for awhile. It for colonial hydroids, so... yea. I pulled everything out, and its running tapwater w/ bleach in it for 3-4 days. plan on rinsing w/ tap water w/ some prime, then doing a vinegar cycle, then another water w/ prime rinse. I think i've ruled out a QT tank, i might just try a minimalist tank.. single rock, thin sandbed, see how it goes. original most I moved over...
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start day 12...
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3d print some!
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Oh no, facebook wisdom has followed me back to the forums! i must not have any real corals then.
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start day 11... day7 to 10 compare... think i should clean the bottom out or leave it alone?
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start day10...
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its not in my DT, so didnt wanna go there yet. if the scrubber works, its a longer lasting method... side effect of nutrient export. took me 4hrs to clean and scrape off all the frags and tank... my frag tank is 1/4 the size of @FarmerTy's... i cant even imagine having to clean his! he'd have to pay me in many frags.
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so its hard to see between 8 and 9.. but 9 has more "fluff" which means it appears sections are starting to grow GHA, while other sections are still in "slime" mode. The whole reason i needed this was my frag tank has been growing GHA like nuts. now that the scrubber is running, i'm gonna have to manually clean as much GHA from the frag tank today and not run the lights for a couple days.... so next couple days might actually show some sizable growth. i hate GHA.
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start day9 8 day comparison...
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start day 8... first full week comparison..
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designed/printed some mounts... https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2789757
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start day 6.... 1-5 comparison..
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refilled/swapped co2 tank! (this way i can look back and see when my last one was) June 1, 2017 was the last one, thats ~9 months.. apropos, since im growing and birthing corals, muahahahahaaa
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man, those end up in my overflows. goodluck!
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I prefer instapot. yea, at least you can watch a timer on those
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Laugh now until he tells the same line to the next person... You'll feel like last week's skimmate. so, are you the pot or the kettle?
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You told me that line too... I feel so cheap and dirty now... only "feel?" muahahaha
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well... i'd rather get things corrected upfront.. its still early on plus the DT could benefit for slightly high flow. been debating a stronger pump for awhile, this just pushed it over the edge.
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its apparent i need to upgrade my manifold pump from dc-9000 to dc-12000 to get even flow on this. That link above has this tidbit: my screen has about 1/3 of that, which is more obvious today with the streaks of growth. bleh.
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start of day5: start day1 to end day 4:
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uncle jokes (teen titans!)
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yup, thats what i've read so far. i was hoping seeding it would speed that up. the overfed part is once it takes hold and removes tooo much. I used this as a good reference... its pretty old (2011!) http://algaescrubber.net/forums/showthread.php?1291-Algae-Scrubber-Basics-The-Summary
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3 full day side by side:
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start of day 4...
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