Mr. Aqua 17.4 contest build

**Squared** · 08-14-2012, 06:05 PM

i think the frogspawn is bleaching now...but it's fluffy and bleaching not bleaching and shriveled up.

**Squared** · 08-20-2012, 05:24 PM

Both fish have ich, so they are both in QT and are going to start a hypo salinity treatment.

re-did the scape a little:

**Mike&Terry** · 08-21-2012, 05:48 PM

Sorry to hear about the fish having ich... That is a great FTS! Tank is looking good.

-M&T

**KoleTang** · 08-21-2012, 07:27 PM

I really like the branching look of the rock

**Squared** · 08-27-2012, 11:41 PM

The wrasse died, unfortunately. The firefish looks fine though. I have not lost any more coral either, thankfully.

**Squared** · 08-28-2012, 04:14 PM

the firefish is starting to go as well...but i don't it's the ich. trying to stabilize pH, it dropped a bit.

here is a sort of photo update of the tank:

**zemuss** · 08-28-2012, 05:17 PM

Squared can you talk a bit about the sump design. I really like the design and was wondering what determined you to go with the baffle with the bulkheads. Other questions is which chamber does the water flow into?

**Squared** · 08-29-2012, 12:36 AM

I went with baffle with bulkheads because my skimmer has a persistant microbubble problem that couldn't fix no matter what i tried, and in a traditional sump the water coming from the display heads right into the filtersock. i couldn't mod my skimmer to dump the return directly into a filter sock, so the water that leaves the skimmer and the display has to go through the bulkheads and directly into the filtersock, no more skimmer bubbles in display.

The water flows from right to left. The only complaint i have is that it is a bit noisier than a traditional sump. It's really not that bad though, no noisier than the skimmer.

**Squared** · 08-30-2012, 04:52 PM

fire fish died

**Squared** · 08-31-2012, 05:30 PM

new fts, again, i mad that magnet rock to put the acros in a place where there would be better water movement.

**SeahorseKeeper** · 09-01-2012, 02:54 PM

It's looking good!! Nice job!!

**Squared** · 09-06-2012, 07:48 PM

new FTS:

some of my coral also having a little bit of issue. my AOG are bleaching a bit, the nuclear deaths are browning out, and the little ball of a favia is shrunken in, and the torch is still bleached. not sure why, but it sounds mostly related to lighting and heat (having trouble keeping a stable temp in the hot weather and with the fan)

**kwong1998** · 09-09-2012, 03:15 PM

It's looking good , Great setup

**Squared** · 09-16-2012, 11:02 PM

tank is still going, i'll try and update later this week.

**Mike&Terry** · 09-26-2012, 02:48 PM

Looking forward to seeing an update...

-M&T

**Squared** · 10-01-2012, 07:36 PM

hope it's not too late for an update!

water is a little cloudy, sorry.

**Squared** · 10-02-2012, 09:51 PM

another FTS, this time with the water cleared up:

still having some trouble with the temp, and some of my coral don't look completley normal. my pink palys are also melting, but i could never keep palys alive anyway so it might be just that. the SPS are fine, pink bird is pink and the acros are showing PE and better color on the browned out one. the green bird is green...and the torch is still bleached out, but not shriveling and has it's tentacles extended. and that's about it.

**Mike&Terry** · 10-02-2012, 10:11 PM

Looks like you changed the aquascape a bit since your early September shot. The tank is looking great!

-M&T

**Squared** · 10-09-2012, 11:28 PM

I was going to take another FTS, but really the tank looks no different. maybe i can get one tomorrow, but if not, the picture above will be the final FTS.