Reef Tank Update - New Fish, Bacteria Blooms & Other Mysteries!

A LOT has been going on with the Waterbox 220g reef tank! New anthias in the observation tank, bacteria blooms, and other mysteries...

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[inventoryking]

How is the tank doing? Have you ever used Seachem Safe? It removes Chlorine, chloramine and ammonia. Might be good to get some and add it to your barrel for precaution? I used it for years and still do here and there. I am on a well vs city water now.

[etdizzle]

Anthias are one of my favorites. I added 4 to my 150g, and after a few months, one of them has just recently turned male. So cool to see.

[bubblebaath]

With fish aggression, when I added my second tang, they kept attacking each other but I fixed that by putting a mirror on the glass for a bit. The dominant one will see its reflection and think there’s a more dominant fish in the tank so it’ll chill out a bit

[GwonkReefkeeping]

Stephanie, the BRS universal carbon blocks can remove both chlorine and chloramines. I use 2 carbon blocks on my RODI unit.👍🏾

[katrinamacadaeg]

Hey girl! Something that worked for me with adding tangs was adding a couple at a time to disperse the aggression. I first started with a powder brown and a dejardini sailfin tang (I also had a foxface same size). A couple weeks later I added a scopas and golden kole eye. The scopas was about the same size as the other two but the kole eye was smaller. Powder brown started bullying the kole eye so I followed it with a mirror after a day the aggression stopped. A month later I added a hippo tang but larger than the rest of them. I was hesitant because I thought all hell would break loose, but the guy at my LFS said that hippo tangs are pretty docile. He was right! There was no aggression. My tang gang are truly the best of friends. Don’t be afraid to add more! You definitely have plenty of space. My tank is only 135gal. Thanks for sharing your tank. It’s beautiful! Good luck!❤️

[kylekania]

1. Rodi systems are supposed to remove chlorine and chloramine from what I'm told.
2. Observation tank is a quarantine tank. Just not medicating it.?

If you use tropic Marin salt there was a huge problem from the buckets made in turkey

[naturaomkar]

You can get the tangs you want as a group and add them at the same time as you remove the powder blue temporarily. Once the tangs are settled, put the powder blue back into the 220 (couple days) 😊

[reefer]

Nice looking anthias! Fatheads are on my list when my IM150 arrives in a few months

[revZ]

Get a tunze refugium light. They are waterproof and can be submerged. Choose a corner of your sump which you want to turn into a refugium. Submerse the tunze light in the corner and use some bio blocks to create a basket for your chaeto . This will block off light from the rest of the fuge and protect your sponges

[foxchase]

Seachem prime is the one thing you should always keep on hand. It's never too late to add some to the tank. You can also add more tangs if you add them all at the same time and remove the powder blue for a few days. Or try the mirror trick.

[rrrreefer]

Highly recommend you get some more anthias quickly. They can be aggressive in pairs.

[brianredban]

Add a alge scruber you might be able to sit it right on top of the sump

[docforestal]

Just found your channel - gorgeous tank, kudos to you for quarantining the fish; I tend to put tangs in last (at least when planning on when to add your fish-) but in this case as a group as @ines Augot said, it spreads out the aggression

[thomasthecat]

You can use a 5 gallon bucket for a refugium.

[kingtidecorals]

Needing more fish is always a good problem to have in my opinion! I second the idea of getting a group of anthias in here! Will help control the food with the massive amount of feedings too.

[devonlewis]

You can place a mirror beside your tank when adding a new fish and the powder blue should pay more attention to himself than the new inhabitants. You can also introduce new fish in a breeder box submerged in the tank for a week or more to let everybody get to know each other with a barrier between them then realase with little aggression because they are familiar now.

[fishstix]

When you treated your tank with Cipro, both outside and inside the tank, what was your measurements and process? How much of Cipro did you use for both?

[ScottLovell-zr]

I would add a Captive-Bred Azure Damselfish very colorful!

[davecarey]

I did tank swap quarantine with a blue hippo and a powder blue. Once in my 150g the the tiny hippo tang hid a lot but I never saw any aggressive behavior

[TrevorHiller]

Get a peacemaker from Melevs Reef for adding new fish. I used a different acclimation box and have had good luck, but his are larger and better suited for bigger fish and tanks like yours.