I should have started this at the beginning, but I’ll instead start it a little over 1yr in.
This build had been everything to me over the past year. I was fed up with my 20 gal freshwater tank with crazy algae blooms and found a 50gal acrylic tank with stand and all the parts for $300. It was supposed to be plug-and-play but that’s never the case. And truth be told, that’s boring.
Here’s where I’m at today: battling dinoflagellates, a week past a 3.5 day black-out, and trying to follow the Dr. Tim’s protocol. I still have Dino’s on the sandbed, but it’s just a small amount. A bit of vacuuming should take care of it.
The blackout killed the rainbow milli frag once and for all. It was doing better, but couldn’t handle the stress. $75 down the tubes, but oh well.
I’ll be posting retroactively to get a journal going. Here’s a FTS from yesterday. It’s using the new filters I got for my iPhone 11Pro. I think it’s looking pretty good considering. Still have a long way to go to rehabilitate many of the pieces, but others are thriving.
This build had been everything to me over the past year. I was fed up with my 20 gal freshwater tank with crazy algae blooms and found a 50gal acrylic tank with stand and all the parts for $300. It was supposed to be plug-and-play but that’s never the case. And truth be told, that’s boring.
Here’s where I’m at today: battling dinoflagellates, a week past a 3.5 day black-out, and trying to follow the Dr. Tim’s protocol. I still have Dino’s on the sandbed, but it’s just a small amount. A bit of vacuuming should take care of it.
The blackout killed the rainbow milli frag once and for all. It was doing better, but couldn’t handle the stress. $75 down the tubes, but oh well.
I’ll be posting retroactively to get a journal going. Here’s a FTS from yesterday. It’s using the new filters I got for my iPhone 11Pro. I think it’s looking pretty good considering. Still have a long way to go to rehabilitate many of the pieces, but others are thriving.