I just picked up a bottle of this stuff .

Hi Eric glad to see your seahorse horse is improving and the rest of the stable is looking good, don't know if you're dosing anything in your main tank but you might want to have a look at tropic marin bacto balance to try and stabilise those nutrients, it's a source of carbon dosing so skimmer needs to be operating, hope everything settles down for you, keep on reefing and have a good weekend

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absolutely beautiful tank, love the aqua scape and placement of the colorful corals

Good luck with the seahorse.

Hi there that is cynobacteria you need to get your phosphate up (nutrient imbalance). You could increase your flow in the tank and also check that your RO water is reading 0 TDS. Good luck.

Hi Eric thanks for the video, hope he pulls through, both tanks starting to look good again so stay positive and keep on reefing

Almost time for tank upgrades! You are outgrowing your tanks!

I had the cheap Kamoer and The Autoaqua Smart AWC, the Kamoer died within a week and the Autoaqua stuck in the on position while removing water from my aquarium, it overflowed my 5 gallon dirty water container and ruined the new flooring in my home office…

with the 0 phosphate it could be contributing to the algae

Hi Eric great video, sorry to hear about your seahorse, can't help you there but hope it survives, I run an auto aqua ato and it's a super piece of kit as long as you keep the sensors clean, on the video the algae looks more like cyano to me but water changes will certainly help, 18-20 nitrates sound good anyway happy reefing

I say your sand bed is telling you it’s the source of nitrates mate :) I went bare bottom and dosed np bacto balance and all for reef, all weird algae/ diatoms gone

just needs a touch up and water change. no biggie! as for the algae maybe more options, like a pincushion urchin, there algae eating machines or only dim the white portion of the lights maybe. I have done both and it worked well for me. I actually changed my routine because of work , I get up an hour earlier each day to do small maintenance stuff to my tank and do water changes friday nights.

Hi Eric sorry to hear about your problems, you might want to try some Seachem Phosguard to fight the silicates and phosphates it works pretty quickly and is a lot cleaner than the gfo. I would also check that your nutrients are in ratio as that can also lead to problems, hope you can get it sorted and stay positive, happy reefing and have a good weekend

Is anyone going to mention that you can see Starwars episodes one in the reflection lol

love the tang

nice setup how much are reef mats

I feel ya! That is always the reality of this hobby...constantly attention needed!...like a wife..

great setup. did the tank came with the skimmer and return pump?

Nice tank! 🇨🇦 I’m a Canadian reefer too! Subbed!!!

When You dose chemiclean what I maybe Rember You have to aerate put air into aquarium.

Awesome tank! You could consider removing the sand bed and then cranking up the flow. Alternatively, it also might help to siphon vacuum the sand bed every week as the red slime could be feeding off detritus in the sand.

How do you dose AFR? What time? Split dose or once?

Take the wins while you can!

Keep up the great work 👌👏🙌

Nice tank what are your lights?

Congrats ! Thanks & keep up the good work 😊

Is that your normal flow rate, maybe you could increase it to see if it helps. Good luck.

Could I put one capful off liquid just for reef in my 6 foot b Ang i do waterchanges weekly cheers

The battle is real!! Tank still looks good. Have you considered higher flow rates maybe?

Still looking good regardless of that red slime. I’m dealing with the some brown diatom/dino stuff. Not even really sure what it is. I get it off the rocks and out of the sand and it comes right back within hours. Just added a uv so we will see. 🤞🏼

Chemiclean only really kills cyano and other bacteria. Are you sure that’s not Dino’s on the sand? If it is chemiclean won’t do anything for it

Beautiful aquarium my friend.

Just watched your video on all for reef, are you still using it? Your sps coral growth is amazing

I hope every person who makes a setup tour video and does not show where they plug everything in should be put in jail.

After you run chemiclean, you need to add good bacteria back in, or it will happen again. A good one is seed from aquavitro. I would also use it whenever you do a water change. I dont know what you dose for alk but kalk works wonders and can help raise ph which can also help with the algae not coming back.

Hi Eric, sorry to hear about your goby, I think some strains of cyano can be toxic and might have led to his demise , high phosphates and iron can cause outbreaks and it tends to grow faster in warmer water , but higher alkalinity tends to discourage it, hope this helps and if it was easy where would the fun be, stay positive happy reefing, working and keeping a reef tank is pretty hard work

Maybe some crabs can find that goby 😊. Good Luck 😊

How was it removing the filter sock holders and silicon? i have a red sea reefer 525 xl as well and just purchased the reefmat1200 and have todo the same thing!

Is that 130 gallon?. A 2 gallon water change will reduce your nitrates by .5ppm or less.

Good video I have the opposite problem I can’t raise mine 😂

Damn, the tank has come a long way!!

Glad you figured that out! I’m having issues but on the other direction.. can’t seem to raise my phosphates up. I’ve even been feeding reef foods daily and NeoPhos daily but still reading zero. I’ve slowly been dialing back the fuge photo period with little success..

Hi Eric, great video stable looking good and Duncan's opened up well, have you ever tried Dr Tim's refresh and waste away to treat the cyano, it's beneficial bacteria and there's a 14 day programme you can look online might be worth a try anyway have a good weekend and happy reefing

Good catch! I stopped auto feeders years ago for that same reason...I could never achieve consistent feedings..

Have you got the red and green turned of on your light system all those two colours are good for is growing cyano, that aside try an hour less per day with the lights and maybe you might want some crabs and snails.

Looks like cyano to me.. hit it with some chemo-clean!

Hi Eric, looks like cyano, some water changes and remove as much manually or Dr Tim's refresh and waste away on a 14 day programme which you can look up online, it worked for me and then I started using Tropic Marin Bacto Balance to controlmy nutrients so far so good, the stable loos good and will be even better when the duncan opens up, stay positive and happy reefing

Looks like Cyano, water changes & some will probably clear that up soon. Tank looks great tho corals & fish 👌🏼

Probably cyano, high or low nitrates can cause that.. usually cyclical. But you usually stay on top of your numbers so it will probably start going away with some water changes and maybe decreased light cycle. Tank still looks great!