Blue Z Reef

Meanwhile back in our neck of the woods…

I would assume ammonia is running wild, probably time for some Prime and do a wet skim water change. With skimmer overflowing, drain skimmate into bucket and replace with fresh salt water (do about 5 gals this way, direct change more). Definitely need more than a 5 gal change, with things this off id try and do more like 15 gal change.

Always jealous of your bubble, tank looks amazing!

It’s a bit of a trek to Camas, but I have lots of easy corals for cheap.

Green polyp toadstool, orange rodactus, GSP, rainbow BTAs, frogspawn, and all the Mohawk zoas you want lol

I have tons of rainbows, nice green center to orange/pink tips. Lots of sizes if you let me know ahead of time how big you want. I am in Camas.

Upside down didn’t work for me and I had to work them off too. What ended up helping a bit was a floss pick like the one pictured. You can get that point slid under and start working it up. Good luck!

I am a supporting member.

Shout out to everyone who came by and helped with my frogspawn “problem” 🤪

If anyone is interested in some toadstools or orange starburst cap (or some free zoas), let me know. The rest is sold for now.

3 hours ago, Dakotapi3rc3 said:

is that more frogspawn or more octospawn?

This is your standard green with purple tips frogspawn. 

3 hours ago, CrazyInside said:

Holy frog spawn 😂. How long did that take to grow out?

Haha I have yet to see anyone with more! It all started with a 2-3 head frag like 5-6 years ago. It’s been in 3 different tanks along the way and many many frags made too!

My tank is overflowing with coral overgrowth! I need to clear out space big time so please make offers or let me know what you’re after. Here’s what I have too much of:

Frogspawn - $5/head or deals for quantities SOLD OUT

orange/purple Rodactus shrooms - $10/ea SOLD OUT

Orange Starburst monticap (yellow polyps) - $10 and up, will break off chunks

2 green polyp toadstools - $10 ea

Rainbow BTAs - $10 and up depending on size, qty discounts 

mohawk zoas and mind blowing palys - free with purchase

monti spongodes - $5 for frags or free with purchase 

I am in Camas, WA (98607). I do not deliver frags, please don't ask lol

here’s a video of the tank:

https://youtube.com/shorts/-ODE50p365o?feature=shared

If you end up adding a manual float valve, you should add a siphon break, similar to what Neptune ATK has. That way the pump has some pressure relief should the float be up but pump is still running.

https://shop.neptunesystems.com/products/siphon-break

not sure about other solenoids for shut down. For a sensor that interrupts the pump, you could use something like the autoaqua smart shutoff, the down side is they don’t reset themselves and alarm until you manually reset them. They are more of a skimmate safety than anything.

Welcome! I’m also in Camas so when you are ready for some easy corals, hit me up.

Nice thing these days is there are so many nano based products for setting up smaller tanks. These forums are also great for second hand gear if you want to save some money too. I’d second using chemipure media, good stuff and comes in small sizes too.

Hey Jack!

Good to see you back! I have Mohawks and Mind Blowing palys everywhere…if you’d like some for free let me know. Have some other goodies you can have too if you want. My tank is horribly overgrown!

Closest thing I’ve had is the ATK turning to off if it runs too long, it’s a safety programming built in (timer for max run time). Is that your issue? Or are you not turning on at all in auto? Possibly the defer timer?

Time to summon the apex pros! 😆

I have starburst monti I could pop a frag off. Maybe some frogspawn instead of trumpet? They play nice with nems! PM me if interested.

1 hour ago, islandVib3s said:

Anymore nems left? 😅

No less than eleventy billion 😂

I have a nuvo 8 gal AIO I have been hoarding and not going to use now. Has a home made stand (actually nice looking IMO), lid, and starboard piece for the bottom if you want bare-bottom. Probably have a pump but not 100% sure (might have a maxijet in the gear pile somewhere). I could do $100 for it if your interested.

Down to the last few shrooms before I need to let them grow out again for a while. 
 

Sold the XXL frogspawn but still have several others, can basically do as much as you could want.

Really trying to clear some space, hit me up before I start dumping stuff!

Do you not have AC in your house? I always ask because everyone wants a chiller when they should just get a window AC unit (or free standing) in the room the tank is in, then the fish AND you get to cool off 🤣 double win!

Def looks like it’s shedding. Whenever I would have the brown shed lingering I would blow it off with a wavemaker and it really helped speed up its recovery from that upset state.

Also as mentioned, with nitrate/phosphate zeroed out, most corals are gonna be pissed. I would probably feed more to bring them up a bit.

Everything @Eatfrenchfries said is true, which I think is why they were very popular when they first came out a few years back, then kind of phased out more when people stripped their tanks of nutrients too quickly. They take time to dial in with a close eye on testing, I’d definitely use less than any manufacturer recommends. I also forget the reason but many ran the output line into the skimmer intake…but it’s been too many years and I stepped away from using them myself.

I use Neomarine and have been satisfied with the nutrients it contains. My ICP tests for a lot of the minor elements were in the perfect range so I would attribute that to the salts overall performance (which I use AWC to assist with this replenishment vs dosing individual macro elements).

Also, you are probably looking into all this based on your travel plans and leaving the tanks for a long time. Personally I would have someone (who knows what they are doing) stop in and check levels and status of the tank to avoid disasters like you experience. Self maintaining tanks are something to strive for but hard to beat even an occasional check in.

Are you space limited? For the size of those tanks, they are pretty spendy. Most people do brute trash cans for an economical mixing station. Also can find food grade barrels (50 gal I believe) on marketplace or CL for pretty cheap too.

How high did your nitrate/phosphate get out of curiosity?

Holy crap dude! That sucks! You should come get some frogspawn from me, need to clear some space!