Baltic Sea Reef

Working on a clients tank today and saw this guy having a meal

RODI installed for a client. No more hauling water across town

What a fun tank install. 15 year old acrylic had better days. Replaced with a custom built tank by planet aquariums. The tank is between 2 rooms and is double sided. Dual overflows peninsula style with the electrical going through the overflows. Next step is replacing the old wet dry trickle filter with a full sump then will be ready to start growing coral.

As requested an expandable frag rack! $35 for the set

Phytoplankton available!

Dinoflagellates.
Something I get asked alot about is how to get rid of Dinoflagellates. The first thing I always say is you need to look at them in a microscope try find out what kind you have. Its frustrating to hear this but I wanted to take a few minutes today and explain why I say this and why it matters. The videos I attached to this post shows 2 different types of Dinoflagellates. The first video is of Dinoflagellate Amphidinium. The second video is Dinoflagellate Coolia. To the naked eye they look almost identical but under a microscope you can see the different shape and movement. To treat amphidinium you need to raise silicates to create a diatom bloom to out compete the dinos. To treat Coolia you need to run UV sterilizer at night. Coolia goes into the water at night and amphidinium goes deep into the sand bed. The other dinoflagellates we are common in our hobby are dinoflagellate ostreopsis, and Dinoflagellate Prorocentrum. I do offer help and ID service as well.

Finished the aquascape!

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Thank you FARM BOY REEF for the awsome prizes! Can't wait till next time

Had fun setting up this RedSea Re**er 750XXL. Rock is almost done cycling separately then aquascaping begins!!

Friends and family! I'm going to be part of a live stream on Farm Boy Reefs YouTube channel showing my tank. Tune it at 7PM MST
https://youtu.be/mdO3__cDMMk

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