The Rise of the Phoenix: The Phoenix 700

[FARMBOYREEF]

Nice work my friend! Subscribed to your YouTube channel and I'm looking forward to keeping up with your tank.

Thanks man. I appreciate the support.

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

Sweet setup

Thanks - appreciate the feedback.

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

Can't wait to see more

More is coming for sure!

 

[Tim Olson]

Wow! Looking great! I'll be following

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

Wow! Looking great! I'll be following

Awesome! More coming soon.

 

[trevormass7]

Can't wait to see all the livestock out and about

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

Can't wait to see all the livestock out and about

Hopefully Soon I'll be adding more!

 

[trevormass7]

What all are you adding ?

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

What all are you adding ?

A little of everything but honestly, when I was working out my stocking list, I realized I wanted all inhabitants to have a purpose. A job to do. So that thought process went into my list. You have to follow along though to find out specifics

 

[trevormass7]

A little of everything but honestly, when I was working out my stocking list, I realized I wanted all inhabitants to have a purpose. A job to do. So that thought process went into my list. You have to follow along though to find out specifics

Haha alright, definitely will be following

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

Ok guys! On Facebook, I usually post a topic of the day to get people talking about the hobby. I'm going to start posting that here as well since I really love hearing everyone's opinions. Here's the one from today! Let's get this thread going.

Let's talk detritus - a nice word for fish poop and decaying matter in our reef tanks . How do you keep detritus in check? Do you blow off your rocks? If so, how much? How do you keep it in check in your sump? Do you vacuum your sump regularly? Or do you just let it decay and eventually broken down by the nitrogen cycle? Let's discuss.

 

[Maritimer]

So far, not a ton of buildup in my sump ... it's relatively new, and there's probably 2500 gph running through a 40-B, so there's plenty of water movement through most of it.

There're also a couple of Gyres pushing water around upstairs, so detritus doesn't get a ton of opportunity to settle - and if it does, there are snails, hermits, bristleworms and things to help get it moving through the system again.

~Bruce

 

[Cherub]

nice build! Do you have a snorkel mask for when you drop a frag?

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

So far, not a ton of buildup in my sump ... it's relatively new, and there's probably 2500 gph running through a 40-B, so there's plenty of water movement through most of it.

There're also a couple of Gyres pushing water around upstairs, so detritus doesn't get a ton of opportunity to settle - and if it does, there are snails, hermits, bristleworms and things to help get it moving through the system again.

~Bruce

Sounds like you've got some serious flow going on in there!! And a clean up crew is so important

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

I am really excited about some art I have coming for my Phoenix fish den. It's UV-reactive so it will glow in the light spill from the DT. Here's one of the paintings coming my way that @ReefWeeds did for me. It's the second painting in the Reef Koi series. I can't wait to get it hung up on the wall.

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

Last night, my boys wanted to do a Farm Boy Reef episode with me so we had some fun setting up a sea monkey build and learning about them. Figured I would share with all of you guys too

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

Today's topic for discussion!!!! Let's get this going!

We all know a Clean Up Crew is important, but I want to know what your favorite members are - you know, the ones you absolutely can't live without. Emerald crabs? Trochus snails? Hermits? Mexican turbos? And if you love them, why? Let's post up our answers so we all can learn from each other.

I love Mexican Turbos - they do such a good job mowing down algae. I can't imagine a build without some.

 

[kashman100]

My favorite snail is the Tiger Trochus. Does a good job and can flip its self over if it falls

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

My favorite snail is the Tiger Trochus. Does a good job and can flip its self over if it falls

Good choice! They're hard workers as well.

 

[FARMBOYREEF]

Well, @revhtree asked for a recent tank shot. Here we go! I still need to finish trimming out the stand and such - it will be white soon. My son, Gavin, enjoying the new life in the tank: