One thing you did that NOTICEABLY IMPROVED your reef tank?

[Revnobody]

I ditched most of the fancy gadgets and embraced simplicity. This didn't have a direct effect on the corals but I started enjoying the hobby more once again. Secondly, and the holy grail for me, I started dosing phosphates. Never again will I run a ULN system!

 

[nursebran]

Divorced Petco and stopped paying alimony....
Trust no one/no store, no seller. QT everything. Nobody takes care of the reef tank ... like a mama or daddy BEAR. Admire, but DON’T TOUCH! lol

 

[Swede Reef]

Keeping my alk steady at 10.4-10.5. ca 440 and 1400 mg. The rest of parameters takes care of them self. Dosing AK 2-3 times a week. Regular wc keeps the rest in check. Lots of pods and fresh phyto helps as well.

 

[Waynerock]

Switching to All For Reef…secret sauce all day

 

[jnhphoto]

Keeping a consistent water change schedule. On my 130.4 gallon I do about 15-25 gallon water change weekly.
Also running GFO as Ive noticed coral death (mostly SPS) with phosphate > 1.0ppm. Now I keep it at 0.03-0.07.

Interesting when I added GFO two weeks ago Phos dropped from .25 to .03 in three days. My big Montiporo started browning. I stopped the GFO and feed reefroids now Phos is .17 and Monti is happy again.

 

[Madonia]

Interesting when I added GFO two weeks ago Phos dropped from .25 to .03 in three days. My big Montiporo started browning. I stopped the GFO and feed reefroids now Phos is .17 and Monti is happy again.

dropping phosphate too quickly is a bad idea.

 

[muzikalmatt]

Adding a small chaeto refugium to my AIO did wonders for my nutrient stability. I only wish I had done it sooner!

 

[-XENOMORPH-]

I switched to.. .Feed fish not coral. Lol. But to each his own.

 

[las]

Started dosing live phyto and seedied with pods

 

[GoBlue923]

For months I have been dealing with a problem with my pumps, a major brand, maybe the most major brand. The pumps would not stay on schedule, keep losing them off the app and the worst part was sometimes the would just stop. As anyone can tell you, flow is super important with a reef tank.

recently I changed out those pumps for the Neptune WAV pumps. I have see a DRASTIC IMPROVEMENT in my tank since that time. Not only do the corals look better, there is no detritus in the corners of the display and the algae that was growing on the rock-work is disappearing. It’s been only a short time but visually everything looks far better and this is the only change I’ve made.

flow/lights/parameters is the Trinity of reefing.

I’ve totally bought into the Apex system but have been hesitant to buy the WAV pumps as there seem to be a lot of complaints about how difficult they are to clean and that even the low setting is still 1800 gph. How long have you had the WAV pump? Do you have any complaints? I have 150g Aqueon tank 72”x29.5”x18” so it’s deep and long. I don’t think the two return nozzles are giving me the circulation I really need. Especially behind the rocks and between the overflows.

 

[TonyP]

I set mine up 2 weeks ago. What are you dosing? I'm dosing 2 part, nopox, and Red Sea Reef Energy plus

I have 2 Reef Dose attached to my system. Here's what I dose (I use Ocean's Blend, Red Sea and ME Corals products).

 

[steallife904]

adding Iodine to my top off water. Only add a bit every other refill off my ATO tank. Biggest difference i noticed was with my LPS.

 

[Wyvern]

A real and over powered 55W UV sterilizer set flow low to "kill everything" mode.

Just put it in a couple days ago and the water is super clear and the DINO's I've been fighting for 3 months are losing ground Quick!

 

[SHINYSuccubus]

the best thing i’ve done for my tank is to save a chunk of coin and purchase a new home for all its denizens ! my thanksgiving, christmas, and new year’s gift

 

[MUTiger]

My AIO refugium has helped immensely to keep nuisance algae at bay and keep my parameters stable!

How did you set up your refugium?

 

[CNDReef]

Started the reef moonshiners

 

[CaseyWagner]

Some pineapple sponges hitchhiked into my tank.
The faster they grow, the less algae becomes an issue on my rock.

 

[Red_Beard]

Nothing.....

 

[Red_Beard]

It has always benefited from my leaving it be. I think the more i mess with it the sadder it gets.

 

[Schraufabagel]

How did you set up your refugium?

I added some ORA chaeto, started dosing ChaetoGro, seeded apex pods, started dosing micro bacter7. And I use the chaeto max light