Snappy's Glass Boxes of Fun

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by xlzerolx

Thanks Greg!
Wow! 6 Vortechs! The flow in there must be awesome! How often do you find yourself doing (or not doing)water changes on that beast?

The flow is very good for the most part but with the amount of rock in the display along with aquascape having a few canyons & lots of caves there is still the odd dead spot. I would like to add another MP40W on the back wall but as luck would have it the external overflow box is in the way of where I need to put it.
Generally water changes are done on a 2 week schedule typically just before a new prodibio dosing.

[Snappy]

Here's a few tank shots but please keep in mind I had to pretty much start the display from scratch in March this year so it has a long way to go.
Lh mid front

RH front

RH side shot

[lastlight]

awesome stuff greg. i still prefer being on-site though!

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by lastlight

awesome stuff greg. i still prefer being on-site though!

I need another year or so without problems and it should start looking pretty good.

[Rice Reef]

Greg, the tank looks great! Thank you for sharing. Hope I will have a chance to see it in person one day.

[Snappy]

Originally Posted by Rice Reef

Greg, the tank looks great! Thank you for sharing. Hope I will have a chance to see it in person one day.

Thanks Wayne - right back at ya'

[Snappy]

Since I had the camera out today for some other stuff I thought I'd snap a couple of randoms in the display.

[Jaws]

Originally Posted by Snappy

Generally water changes are done on a 2 week schedule typically just before a new prodibio dosing.

I'm just curious, do you think it makes more sense to dose the prodibio to the new salt water to allow the bacteria to grow in there before doing a water change, after you do the water change, or do you think it doesn't really matter?
I am not an expert on the subject but I would assume that bacteria settles throughout the reef and doesn't simply stay in the water column therefore I would guess that it would be best to dose after a water change to help "recharge" the reef.

[Snappy]

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Originally Posted by Jaws

I'm just curious, do you think it makes more sense to dose the prodibio to the new salt water to allow the bacteria to grow in there before doing a water change, after you do the water change, or do you think it doesn't really matter?
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I am not an expert on the subject but I would assume that bacteria settles throughout the reef and doesn't simply stay in the water column therefore I would guess that it would be best to dose after a water change to help "recharge" the reef.

[Snappy]