Just saying Hello

[cdxjones]

New to the forum and just wanted to say hello. I've had my Waterbox AIO 25 Peninsula for just at 3yrs now. And it has been a struggle. I decided to just let it do it's thing about a year ago and all I was doing was a 5g water change weekly and a cleaning of pumps every 2 weeks. I did keep the glass clean. I'm now in the process of wanting to see if I can get this thing looking nice. So be looking for questions soon...

Thanks

 

[Big Dog is cool]

Welcome to the forum.

Glad to have you here.

If you need help.

I’m sure someone here should be able to help you out.

 

[Aiken Drum]

Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to seeing and hearing about what you are getting up to.

What fish do you keep?

When I see Waterbox, i think reef.

 

[cdxjones]

Welcome to the forum. Looking forward to seeing and hearing about what you are getting up to.

What fish do you keep?

When I see Waterbox, i think reef.

My Setup: WaterBox AIO 25g Peninsula
Return Pump = Axis 40 (running at 90%)
Powerhead: Nero 3 (running between 25% and 42% @ 1104.2 GPH)
Protein Skimmer: AIO 120 from IceCap
Light: Kessil A360 XE Tuna Blue (running max 60%) Just replaced was running AI Prime 16HD
Live Stock: 2 clown fish, 2 blue leg hermit crabs (all others have died off and will be adding more cleaning crew this week), rainbow anemone, toad stool, green mushroom, and star polyps.

 

[Andy Sager]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Regarding your tank, the 2 clownfish may have been part of the problem with losing your other fish. 25 gallons is rather small to have a pair of clowns with many other fish. Just a note, even tho you are keeping " soft" corals, water quality is of the utmost importance. A small tank like that can go from good to bad ( for corals) rather quickly. Wat was/is your water change routine? What are you doing to control nitrates? Phosphates? Do you have the lighting set correctly for these corals? ( The wrong light spectrums, even with clean healthy water, will not keep corals of any kind alive. )
So let's start there along with what other fish you've lost.

 

[cdxjones]

Hi and welcome to the forum.

Regarding your tank, the 2 clownfish may have been part of the problem with losing your other fish. 25 gallons is rather small to have a pair of clowns with many other fish. Just a note, even tho you are keeping " soft" corals, water quality is of the utmost importance. A small tank like that can go from good to bad ( for corals) rather quickly. Wat was/is your water change routine? What are you doing to control nitrates? Phosphates? Do you have the lighting set correctly for these corals? ( The wrong light spectrums, even with clean healthy water, will not keep corals of any kind alive. )
So let's start there along with what other fish you've lost.

A for the light it is a new Kessil using default settings at about 60% power. Corals look to be doing great now that I replaced the AI with the Kessil. My water change right now is 5g a week.

 

[Andy Sager]

A for the light it is a new Kessil using default settings at about 60% power. Corals look to be doing great now that I replaced the AI with the Kessil. My water change right now is 5g a week.

And what about your phosphate and nitrate levels?

 

[cdxjones]

And what about your phosphate and nitrate levels?

I was using chemi-pure blue but stopped using about 7m ago and levels are staying the same.
Phosphate: 0.02
Nitrate: 18ppm
Per last test Saturday

I do make my own saltwater. I'm on a well and also have a 6 stage system from BRS. Filters get cleaned monthly and replaced every 6m.

Thanks

 

[Andy Sager]

I was using chemi-pure blue but stopped using about 7m ago and levels are staying the same.
Phosphate: 0.02
Nitrate: 18ppm
Per last test Saturday

I do make my own saltwater. I'm on a well and also have a 6 stage system from BRS. Filters get cleaned monthly and replaced every 6m.

Thanks

So then the algae is most likely coming from light spectrum or amount of light hours. Now that you have the Blenny, you may not need to change anything but I'd keep an eye on your levels anyway.