Sand is in! The tank is officially fully equipped and cycling! For substrate I went with CaribSea’s FijiPink sand (link below). The sand grain size is fine enough to be aesthetically pleasing without it being light enough to get blown all over the place. It has the nice beigh-white sand color that I see in […]
The 45g cube is progressing slowly but surely with all the equipment hooked up and running well. The rock work was transferred into the tank with some modification. source
Third week with my new-used tank. Radion gen1 sent in to be upgraded to gen3, finished the basic plumbing, battling noisy pump and my female betta moved in! source
Recap on steps I took in order to beat the dino algae, cyano bacteria, diatom. The aquarium is almost dino & cyano free thanks to some great suggestions from the channel viewers. source
In an effort to combat excess algae growth, I pretty much ripped up the sump and redid a lot of things including bigger return pumps, GFO, filter sock, dosing kalk… etc. source
This is an ugly update. The new male Yasha goby is still MIA after the initial introduction. The dino algae is not receding so I will be covering up the tank again with h2o2 dosing. I plan to start taking steps to raise the tank pH into the 8.3-8.4 range to see if it would […]
Updated my aquascape so the rock structure looks taller and more uniformed. Added the intrusive Blue Clove to the tank… I may regret this decision later. Sadly lost my first coral, the Acan. source
In an effort to fight the diatom / dino on the sand bed, the tank prepares for another 4 (or 5) days of light out in combination with H2O2 dosing. Here is a last night before we close the curtain… source
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