tye 55 gal try for the reef

[aquatic fun]

howdy I have been dabbling for a while with salt water and I am trying to go the distance with a reef I know its going to take alot of work and time. for starters I am a beginner I have a wet dry I would like to convert into refugium in the future I am using purple up to grow the Coraline I will need help from lots of people who has been there and done that. so if you want to watch as things progress this link is one I hope to keep up with as a journal the how it goes.

 

[aquatic fun]

hey first question of the week I have had a million problems with the wet dry it overflowed my house tonight and I am panicking husbands ready to shut it down and say no more how do I fix this problem without having to drill my tank or buy a new one

 

[mcentire1123]

Do you have an overflow box connected to the wet and dry filter.

 

[aquatic fun]

okay did the overflow and it was amazing thanks guys

 

[aquatic fun]

putting in a skimmer, blue eye urchin, and phos remover pad on monday. Having hair algae problems.. thought it was due to the purple up add but I was wrong well all we can do is keep going right. making the rocks come alive is the first thing I am excited but I know I have a couple months to go untill I am ready for corals

 

[tnwillia]

I never use Purple up, Coralline takes time, you can get it into your tank on live rock or even Snails/Hremits that have patches on their shells. You'll see it growing on the plastic stuff in your tank first in most cases. Once it starts growing it becomes a routine scraping it off the glass. Have fun and go slow, things will work out much better in the long run!

 

[catran]

Yeah, I tried it in my 15g tank I had at first. Nothing! What you do, is find something that has a lot of coralline on it. Scrape tiny, tiny pieces of it all over your rock. That does take hold if you cycled for a while.


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[dmatt88]

I just spent 25 minutes scraping corraline off my front glass. Good thing I wont have to do that again for three days!
Take my corraline please. In other words be careful what u wish for corraline algae is tough stuff. Scrapes off the glass like cement. It'll come. Just give the cycle time.

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[aquatic fun]

thanks for positive reinforcement it helps alot I have some nice stuff going on in there.... I am getting comfortable with it and very much enjoying the outcome...