For aquascape I’d say have minimal touching the sand, and all the big pieces stacked on top of smaller pieces made into a pillar, sort of like legs on a table. Make pillars that do crazy things like twist and curve and go up high, use putty and glue. For parameters i would say try to make dosing as hands free as you can and maybe try an all in one product like Tropic Marin All For Reef
Thanks, I will try. I've cycled rock for a year in a container and fed it with aquarium water every now and then. I want to try minimze ugly phase. Not sure how easy it is to glue advanced structures on now due to bacterial film. But lets smash the rock to pieces and figure out. Do you have any good examples? Have you used all-4-reef? I used it in my nano, but I started getting problems with residual slurry.. I consider 3 channel balling, but not decided. I might start all4reef and see where it goes
@@peterreef I currently use all for reef powder on my 90 gallon, and I’ve learned using magnetic stirrer to mix it for over 10 minutes is critical to avoiding the sludgy mess. Some people also make the mistake of adding the 6 level cups to 1000ml of water, where you’re supposed to actually add it to 900ml of RODI. The 6 cups is going to make it 1000ml total of solution
@CoralReefy69 Thanks, I do 3 cups to 900ml to avoid the sludge while mixing, but, where I get the sludge is in my dosing container... When only 10% of the container remains, it goes white sludge on me. I haven't figured out why it goes like that, what is the process, but I haven't focused too much on it either. I just felt a little bit envious on the magnetic stirrer, but I will add that now to my wish list. It doesn't sound like you experience degradation of the solution while keeping it sedentary in the dosing container
@@peterreef I do get some sludge once it reaches the very very bottom of the dosing container, but it’s just a light dusting of it on the bottom. (Mine looks brown) but my alkalinity stays rock solid I will admit it’s not the best for magnesium over time, I do also own a bottle of Red Sea Magnesium for that purpose. But it’s not often the levels get goofed for me. I am certain you’ll get better results with a magnetic stirrer, as my all for reef can blend to almost a crystal clear solution. I also bought a cheap scale so I can weigh how much each spoon is for even better accuracy. Doing water changes also doesn’t affect the levels when using this stuff as it’s designed to stay buffered to an alkalinity of 8.3, calcium’s 430, and magnesium is closer to 1340 on average. Test at the same time of day every day to get the most accurate measurements for your tank. I also studied my ph drop from overnight, saw 8.3 go to 7.9… the all for reef keeps it 8.3 consistently, maybe .2 of a swing at most.
For aquascape I’d say have minimal touching the sand, and all the big pieces stacked on top of smaller pieces made into a pillar, sort of like legs on a table. Make pillars that do crazy things like twist and curve and go up high, use putty and glue. For parameters i would say try to make dosing as hands free as you can and maybe try an all in one product like Tropic Marin All For Reef
Thanks, I will try. I've cycled rock for a year in a container and fed it with aquarium water every now and then. I want to try minimze ugly phase. Not sure how easy it is to glue advanced structures on now due to bacterial film. But lets smash the rock to pieces and figure out. Do you have any good examples?
Have you used all-4-reef? I used it in my nano, but I started getting problems with residual slurry.. I consider 3 channel balling, but not decided. I might start all4reef and see where it goes
@@peterreef I currently use all for reef powder on my 90 gallon, and I’ve learned using magnetic stirrer to mix it for over 10 minutes is critical to avoiding the sludgy mess. Some people also make the mistake of adding the 6 level cups to 1000ml of water, where you’re supposed to actually add it to 900ml of RODI. The 6 cups is going to make it 1000ml total of solution
@CoralReefy69 Thanks, I do 3 cups to 900ml to avoid the sludge while mixing, but, where I get the sludge is in my dosing container... When only 10% of the container remains, it goes white sludge on me. I haven't figured out why it goes like that, what is the process, but I haven't focused too much on it either. I just felt a little bit envious on the magnetic stirrer, but I will add that now to my wish list.
It doesn't sound like you experience degradation of the solution while keeping it sedentary in the dosing container
@@peterreef I do get some sludge once it reaches the very very bottom of the dosing container, but it’s just a light dusting of it on the bottom. (Mine looks brown) but my alkalinity stays rock solid I will admit it’s not the best for magnesium over time, I do also own a bottle of Red Sea Magnesium for that purpose. But it’s not often the levels get goofed for me. I am certain you’ll get better results with a magnetic stirrer, as my all for reef can blend to almost a crystal clear solution. I also bought a cheap scale so I can weigh how much each spoon is for even better accuracy. Doing water changes also doesn’t affect the levels when using this stuff as it’s designed to stay buffered to an alkalinity of 8.3, calcium’s 430, and magnesium is closer to 1340 on average. Test at the same time of day every day to get the most accurate measurements for your tank. I also studied my ph drop from overnight, saw 8.3 go to 7.9… the all for reef keeps it 8.3 consistently, maybe .2 of a swing at most.
best of luck with your new build, I will be following along!
@alexslooten9243 Thanks Alexs! and thanks for taking the time to comment. I hope you continue to engage with feedback