For $14: More Water Clarity! No Cyano, Vermetid Snail? Lower Nutrients? Testing out DIY Coral Snow.
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- The concept of Coral Snow has been floating around for awhile and still being used by some of the OGs in the hobby. Dosing a mixture of Calcium Carbonate + RODI water in order to create a flocculant that binds smaller particles together into larger ones so they could be removed by mechanical filtration. I tested this out for 6 weeks, so far water clarity has certainly improved, cyano did go away, and I did have a pretty drastic nutrients drop (not sure if related). Here is the story...
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Product used in this video:
Calcium Carbonate 500g (Amazon Link): amzn.to/48dRl3D
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Special thanks to Sunny (@ReefSite) for sharing this awesome recipe, please visit his YT / IG page for more information and reefing knowledge!
DIY Coral Snow recipe per Sunny: 1 teaspoon of Calcium Carbonate per 50g of system volume and mix it with 8 oz of RODI water. Allow to sit for 5 mins before dosing. (please refer to videos for dosing details) This is the basic mixture for water clarity, he has other suggestions for other purposes in his videos.
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Chapters:
0:00 What is Coral Snow?
0:39 Who is Sunny @reefsidefishing@ReefSite?
1:44 The Calcium Carbonate that I use
3:15 But first, let's take a look at the corals...
4:36 Mixing & Dosing DIY Coral Snow
8:29 6 Weeks check-in!
10:00 Recap of my DIY Coral Snow mixing & dosing process
13:44 Final Thoughts
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Perfect timing! Ordered my calcium carb other day to try. More than happy to get some extra tips.
Excited to give this a try been reading about it and I could def use more water clarity !
Thank to for sharing information for this hobby. I have found your videos and information very helpful.
We talked about this about a year ago in the comments. I’m glad you’re doing it now.
6:10 "it will bind with the flatulence" 😂😅
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Have a V snail problem and would love an update. Ice picking them isn’t enough and bumble bee snails don’t cut it
Tank does look cleaner!!👍🏼
Adding microbactor 7 was huge for me. Uvc in the return but basting a small mix of the bacteria onto the rockwork in the main display. Night and day cyano cleanup.
Interesting, I don't have Microbactor7 on-hand and a bit hesitant buying more bacteria in a bottle after all the @Reefbum podcasts 😆 I do still have some Dr. Tim's EcoBalance, maybe I'll mix it in and see if I notice a difference!
@@InappropriateReefer I'll tune into the reefbum podcast. I'm sure they are well above me.
@InappropriateReefer from what I was told the beneficial bacteria out competes the cyano.
How did this work on the vermidid snails? Did it cause the mouth to calcify?
LOL, this is how I have been dosing calcium to my tank. Two birds, one stone 😂
This might be a silly question but will the calcium carbonate increase the calcium???
Your tank is awesome I am going to get me some to do my 150 and 40 gallon
Does calcium carbonate makes the fresh water tank clear too?
Great videos hey what city are you inn I want your videos you said you would sell some reefs if we were in your area.
Can you do an update on those ali LED bars? Pleeeease.
What PAR do you have your Jawbreakers at?
I can’t find anywhere where it says how much to mix to the water and how much total to add to a reef tank
The clam is massive
Any luck with this on the vermetid snails?
I dosed pns probio and my Cyano was gone the next day, had been there for months
Will this negatively effect feather duster worms?!
What about the water change?do you skip that week?
So it's just powdered chalk?
Does this affect copepods?
2 years ago cyano killed all my corals and caused my tank to crash. Thank you for this helpful info and I will be more prepared when I start reefing again in the late future ❤❤❤
Good luck w/ your next build, with the exp under your belt I'm sure it'll be successful
@@InappropriateReeferwhat about using Clarisea filter roller instead of filter socks?
Do you run carbon and gfo as well?
What do you think of mixing alkalinity and calcium liquid together to make reef snow?
Dong mention on ReefBum that calcium carbonate powder particles is too big.
I have no experience with this but do understand that there will be precipitation when mixed; I guess you are suggesting to dose that? Let me catch up on the Podcast to get the details. 🙏
Yeah Dong said mixing ESV part A and B because it makes a smaller particle (higher surface area to volume ratio and easier to have skimmed out). Plus it's aqueous and safer than not inhaling powdered chalk basically.
I bought calcium carbonate 2 years ago to try the coral snow, but I still havent opened the package lol!
But yes, definitely catch up on ReefBum's latest episode with dong covering coral snow
btw do you use carbon?
I'm halfway through the podcast, always enjoy hearing Dong on!! I do run carbon mainly for the soft corals.
Hi tanks looking gr8 , I think the turkey baster blasting and binding the accumulates it makes with the coral snow is the reason why nitrates and phosphate has decreased , u are cleaning b the crap from the rock and mechanically removing it , but all said and done all that is tank husbandry , your tank husbandry has increased because of all the little things u are doing now , it’s not any 1 product giving u results , it’s u giving u results , u should take credit for it , thanks for posting , love your tanks , and humble nature to the hobby peace and love to the family , from across the pond
I agree with you, I do think every little thing played a part in this instead of just one single product. Thank you for the insights and happy reefing my friend!
How much would I use for a 30 gallon???
Maybe nitrate and the phosphate is not the problem. You tested for silicate. Silicate gives you more cyano then inbalance
Do you know the recommended dose for 75 gal tank?
1-2 teaspoons of calcium carbonate mixed in 8oz of tank water.
Let me know if it kills the bad 🐌
Your corals are huge, I believe it might be time for a bigger tank. Do it for the culture. lol happy reefing.
Bumble bees are just extremely slow. And in a well fed tank, even slower. It’s taken me 3 months to notice a difference in the bumble bees. But they do work.
Get more BB snails, get an appropriately sized uv and run Carbonin a reactor. U will have clear water 24/7 without the work u have to go thru and it will also help in other areas
I have carbon reactor going mainly for the softies in this tank; I have never tried UV though, a bit conflicted about getting one online since it seems to kill off some beneficial stuff too?
It doesn't really kill off enough to be a problem, especially in a well established tank like yourself.
I have been running UV for years and it has always been a game changer. Helps with a lot of algae issues and makes your water super clear.
Ozone is fantastic also, only run it for 2 hours a night and you will see a MASSIVE improvement in overall tank performance. It can be spendy though. UV is my favorite though. Believe it or not I have been running a "Green Machine" set up from ebay (really cheap) for years and had amazing success. @@InappropriateReefer
Korallen-Zucht Coral Snow
Been using this for 4mo, vermited snails have not gone away and new ones are growing.
It doesn't get rid of vermited snails (they just close up!) in my opinion and I have also heard other people who have been in the reefing world for a long long time say that it doesn't help those snails either. Although there can be a real benefit to your water clarity and also getting rid of cyanobacteria but really if you're getting in there and blowing the cyano off any surface like rocks etc. That in its self will help get rid of cyanobacteria without the coral snow.
tried for 2 months with coral snow and nothing happend, they are spreading fast ..
Did you notice any notable change in pH?
pH has been higher, but I think it's more due to the season (less AC); still totally within the safe range.
I think coral snow killed or at least made my Gsp very unhappy and closed up for the last couple of day. I'm pretty impressed, rare see the gsp react to anything lol.
Has it lowered your salinity at all?
No issue so far probably due to my water volume (16oz of RODI going into ~135g)
I like what I think is your space invader on the right side.
Yes sir, 2 larger pieces and a tiny piece!
I’ve been doing this for couple weeks but I don’t think you need it at all my water is crystal clear no matter what kinda more work for nothing honestly lol
If nothing else this got me off my butt to dust off the rock and put in fresh filter floss 😆
You have achieved quite well Good Sir. You are Radion Ecotech equipped, the average person can't afford all of that, but oh well, it's amazing how people will kill themselves for these Ecotech systems, only to have to turn it all down to avoid a mess lol. Now the Calcium carbonate will be 50.00 😂
What brand of bacteria would you use?
The latest was Dr Tim’s EcoBalance, but I’m not using any bacteria anymore.
This is interesting… basically calcium carbonate is Tums… so now the fish won’t get any heart burns… lol jk… will it raise your calcium level? Also heard copperband ear V snails
You’re not worried about salinity levels?
But what happened to your Alkalinity and calcium?
Nothing happens with them when dosing calcium carbonate
Amy idea how to calm my undulate trigger living with a lionfish,it sometimes become mad💀☠️
I love the Undulate Triggerfish when my friend kept one, although I hear they are an absolute terror and would destroy tank mates; and that triggerfish in general like to nip at lionfish fins? I have no personal experience but I'd just get one of them out of that tank IMHO..
@@InappropriateReefer till now it doesn't do nipping but it is not a peaceful one. When lion gets mad, it would bite otherwise it corners lionfish. So lionfish stays in one corner till it gets hungry as it gets mad when get hungry
I want to try this, but I'm afraid that it will block up. The poor's in my rock structure that the beneficial bacteria need to live inside of
Soon someone is going to sell a Reef grade CaCO3 for $99.99 a pound
been subscriber for years, until today when i was told i needed to pay $3 to watch a 91 second, streamed video that was posted in 2021! Hope everyone else does likewise.
Getcho money up not yo funny up
Flatulence lolol 😂😂😂😂😂
Use clarity seems enough....😅😅
Your nutrients dropped because you added mechanical filtration.
Exactly, and the turkey basting to remove a source of nutrients .