New marine 2ft cube tank

[flowy]

Hi all, i have been in this reefing hobby for about a month now, got a second hand 2ft cube tank with sump from another fellow reefer, currently running on a deltec 1455 protein skimmer and 2 Marine pure block. I am considering to get more biological filtration to swap out the marinepure block as there have been reports that the blocks leech aluminium as they break down, any recommendations of how i can improve my tank in general?

Equipments used:

Running a hs-66a chiller;

Deltec 1455 protein skimmer;

Smart Ato lite;

Hydra 32hd;

Jebao DCP-6500 return pump;

2 jebao sw-4 wave maker;

 

 

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[flowy]

Lifestocks:
5 normal ocellaris clownfish;
1 yellow tang;
1 blue tang;
2 banggai cardinal fish;

Clean up crew:

3 cleaner/skunk 🦐;
4 turbo ;
1 narcissis ;



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[flowy]

Planning to add more cuc as the algae is getting quite out of control


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[ianmphua]

Lifestocks:
5 normal ocellaris clownfish;
1 yellow tang;
1 blue tang;
2 banggai cardinal fish;

Clean up crew:

3 cleaner/skunk 🦐;
4 turbo ;
1 narcissis ;



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Nice tank! How did u manage to get 5 clownfish to get along? Did u buy 1 big one then 4 small ones so that there is a class female?


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[VanquishJ]

Nice tank! How did u manage to get 5 clownfish to get along? Did u buy 1 big one then 4 small ones so that there is a class female?


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Just buy a bunch of small one at once.
The dominating one will automatically get larger and become a female while the rest will not grow big and remain males.


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[justin88]

You can consider using nopox or other forms of carbon dosing to help control nutrients which will result in less algae.

Also, your filter floss is quite dirty, should replace.


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[flowy]

You can consider using nopox or other forms of carbon dosing to help control nutrients which will result in less algae.

Also, your filter floss is quite dirty, should replace.


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Sadly my blue tang contacted ick and even with qt. My tank wasn’t able to make it all the fishes died


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[flowy]

My tank has an outbreak of pods and i think i will be getting a 6 line wrasse to fix the outbreak of the pods.

Tank has also had a cyanobacteria and gha outbreak but is now solved after using chemiclean. Algae has been alot better after introducing gfo into the system to keep po4 low


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[flowy]

Cleaner shrimp recently got a tumor , would be trying to catch it out and remove the parasites stuck to its gills


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[PhytoNerd]

Nice set up!


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[flowy]

Lifestocks:
0 ocellaris clownfish;
0 yellow tang;
0 blue tang;
0 banggai cardinal fish;

Clean up crew:

3 cleaner/skunk 🦐;
1 peppermint shrimp ;
4 turbo ;
2 narcissis ;





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[PhytoNerd]

Hi all, i have been in this reefing hobby for about a month now, got a second hand 2ft cube tank with sump from another fellow reefer, currently running on a deltec 1455 protein skimmer and 2 Marine pure block. I am considering to get more biological filtration to swap out the marinepure block as there have been reports that the blocks leech aluminium as they break down, any recommendations of how i can improve my tank in general?
Equipments used:
Running a hs-66a chiller;
Deltec 1455 protein skimmer;
Smart Ato lite;
Hydra 32hd;
Jebao DCP-6500 return pump;
2 jebao sw-4 wave maker;
 
 
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Nice set up


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[flowy]

Lifestocks:
2 normal ocellaris clownfish;
1 six-line wrasse;


Clean up crew:

3 cleaner/skunk 🦐;
8 turbo ;
1 narcissis ;
1 emerald crab





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[flowy]

2 out of 3 of my Cleaner shrimp developed some kind of “tumor” , did a mini “surgery” to remove the tumour just gently remove the shell and use a mini blade to scrape out the parasite under the shrimp shell🤢. The bump will remain but after its molting it will recover.‍♂️


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[flowy]

Anyone can recommend a suitable size wavemaker/gyre pump for my tank? With the ratings and where to place it? TIA


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[flowy]

2 out of 3 of my Cleaner shrimp developed some kind of “tumor” , did a mini “surgery” to remove the tumour just gently remove the shell and use a mini blade to scrape out the parasite under the shrimp shell🤢. The bump will remain but after its molting it will recover.‍♂️


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They have recovered and super healthy now


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