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Unread 03/12/2018, 10:54 PM   #51
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Here’s a small update. Not too much to report. I’m thinking about going bare bottom, or very close to it. Without a skimmer and with added carbon dosing I’m getting a lot of detritus. I think positioning the power head on the floor behind the rocks will help keep that suspended quite a bit. I’m just worried about my goby/ pistol shrimp combo. Thoughts on this?

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Unread 03/12/2018, 10:56 PM   #52
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Unread 03/12/2018, 10:58 PM   #53
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Everything about adding bleach to a running living reef tank to me just screams NOOOooooooooo. A skimmer would really help the tank out especailly with little or no water changes. You need to remove that waste from the water and a skimmer is the best way to do that. I would highly recommend stopping the use of bleach asap, its basically chlorine and kills good things as well as bad. I just cant see it not stressing the corals every time its dosed. To each his own though. Good luck and happy reefing.
PS. Have you thought about doing a Triton water test?


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100% Aquaculture, Bare Bones SPS Lagoon

Here’s a few pics for an update. Since my last one I’ve added a piece of live rock and a few more corals. SPS are encrusting and growing and I’m happy with my little experiment so far. I haven’t done a water change in months and I’ve been sticking to the bleach schedule.

I can say this is by far the easiest way I’ve kept a tank and grown SPS to date. The tank has an ATO, dosing pump, and is on a feeder. My only chores are simple... Once a week I clean the glass, rinse filter socks, and dose bleach. I change carbon bi-weekly. That’s it!

At what point can you say that this experiment is successful? Well, short term I’d call it a success. I haven’t had the tank up long enough to draw any long term conclusions.

I’m confident enough in the method to upgrade though! I’ll be setting up an Innovative Marine SR-80 gallon tank and swapping over livestock this summer.

Any new thoughts or comments on the bleach, no skimmer, or no water changes? I’m interested to see if anyone has changed their mind or has any questions.




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100% Aquaculture, Bare Bones SPS Lagoon

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100% Aquaculture, Bare Bones SPS Lagoon

I haven’t started a new thread yet but here’s a little update on the new tank.

Most coral are looking really good, I left the tank for over a month without seeing it. I have a friend that fills the ATO reservoir once a month while I’m away. During that time my establish corals grew like crazy, while the new additions didn’t really do much.

Besides that, I seem to have a GHA explosion besides having 0 detectable phosphate. Might have been due to problem with the auto feeder but working on getting that under control.

Still dosing my bleach and haven’t changed any water yet.


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