Roki's Current USA Solana

[rokiman]

Tank:
Current USA Solana
34 gal rimless AIO
BB Acro tank with stock stand painted black.

Lighting
Ai Vega Color
80% all across but 0% on red and green
Currently in 50% reduction for acro acclimation
Lights begin at 3:30 pm and 2 hour ramp up to 11 pm then 2 hour ramp down (yes I do abuse my lights... However no algae... yet. Crossing fingers blenny will do the trick, so far so good!)
Lunar cycle enabled.

Dosing:
Bubble Magus Doser
dosing brs 2 part with acropower

Ato:
Jbj ato with aqua lifter and 10 gal ro di container

Circulation
Jebao rw 8
maxi jet 900
Stock solana return pump

Filtration:
Midsize IM Skimmate Skimmer wrapped with polyfil to eliminate microbubbles
15 lb.s of base rock from Marco Rocks naturally cycled for 2 months prior to adding in any livestock

Livestock:
Starry eyed blenny for algae control
Six line wrasse for pest control
2 Mexican turbo snails for algae control

Heating/cooling:
Eheim jager heater
Constantly swapping out frozen water bottles during summer because chillers are overrated xD jk.

Acroporas:
Most I just like due to coloration however have lost lots of colors due to transporting, will take months to regain correct coloration hence the lack of macro shots
Most are not named yet
A few that I do have are
Pink Lemonade
Tri Colored Valida
ATL Shades of Fall Nasuta
Karl's Candlestick/ candlelight
Some sort of granulosa
And several of other no namers.<br/>

 

[CoralHut]

Love the aquascape! How long has the tank been up and running?

 

[rokiman]

Love the aquascape! How long has the tank been up and running?

Thanks man! The Solana has been up for a a year and 3 months now!

 

[CoralHut]

You said that the acro are stressed out for transport. Did you just get them or was the tank just moved?

 

[rokiman]

You said that the acro are stressed out for transport. Did you just get them or was the tank just moved?

I just recently got 6 colonies that were shipped in :/ lost a grip of color but still has PE

 

[CoralHut]

I ask because the tank does not look like it has been setup long and the water looks a little cloudy but that might just be the photo. It's not often that I see a year old tank with zero coralline or green algae. Parameters all in check?

 

[rokiman]

I ask because the tank does not look like it has been setup long and the water looks a little cloudy but that might just be the photo. It's not often that I see a year old tank with zero coralline or green algae. Parameters all in check?

Oh yeah definitely, I m not a fan of coralline or any algae tbh. Cloudy is because cause of the microbubbles the skimmer is putting out >.<

 

[CoralHut]

Oh yeah definitely, I m not a fan of coralline or any algae tbh. Cloudy is because cause of the microbubbles the skimmer is putting out >.<

How are you stopping colalline algae from growing with out harming anything else?

 

[rokiman]

How are you stopping colalline algae from growing with out harming anything else?

On the rocks I can't but I scrape off as much as I can on the glass n walls. Also adding an urchin he has
Helps

 

[Aqua fire/medic]

One of my all time favorite AIO. Hope Those acros color up for you.

 

[rokiman]

One of my all time favorite AIO. Hope Those acros color up for you.

Thank you! I hope so too otherwise it will be an epic fail haha

 

[bigcapct]

Got a pic of the skimmer? I'm looking for one for the same tank

 

[bigcapct]

Did you have to mod anything for the skimmer?

 

[rokiman]

Got a pic of the skimmer? I'm looking for one for the same tank

Sorry don't have a pic but yeah you would need to raise the wall between the left chamber and the middle chamber due to the fact that it isn't high enough however if your second chamber is open and free I'd highly suggest using a hydor slim skim nano instead.

 

[bigcapct]

Thanks !

 

[rokiman]

Thanks !

Definitely! Gimme a shout when ur stuff is up! Would love to see what u do with it, not a lot of aio solana builds left these days.

 

[bigcapct]

I get it tomorrow! Might take a week to get ready lol.

 

[rokiman]

I get it tomorrow! Might take a week to get ready lol.

Awwwyeaa!
Promise me you'll go balls deep with it haha don't go cheap! Treat everything as an investment!

 

[bigcapct]

I'm taking down a 120g so I have a bunch of things ready. Im only tossing a kessil on it for now

 

[ivanthereefnoob]

Do you still have this man? I recently purchased a used one . I cleaned it out and refurbished it all haven't added water yet. The filtration system came with a IM skimmer not the standard cube shape like . And return pump with out the ato. I would love to hear from you I know this is a old post.