Live Rock Almost Wiped Out this Acro Tank

Live Rock Almost Wiped Out this Acro Tank

One batch of live rock sent phosphates from 0.03 to 0.3 and nearly wrecked a thriving acro tank.

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Matt Smoyer of Carolina Reefing Community had acros growing faster than visitors could believe, until extra live rock in the sump shocked the whole system. I talk with him about rebuilding stability, why his tank eats phosphate instead of building it up, and why he skips filter socks and runs a skimmer he calls undersized on purpose. We also get into water changes versus ICP testing, and why reefers should show their failures too.


Matt runs a 220 gallon SPS dominated Waterbox he bought used from his local fish store, and his reefing roots go back to the Marine Aquarium Society at Penn State.


Want to learn from other reefers and ask the questions you think are dumb? Matt's Carolina Reefing Community is a private Facebook group. Answer the three join questions and you're in, so don't skip them or the bot filter will catch you.

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