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All,
I hope everyone is well! I wanted to make a little thread about my new Waterbox 190.5 build.
It's been up and running about a month now, with a few "trial" corals from Battlecorals (so far everything is doing well, just one stag RTN'd overnight probably from shipping). As a side note, Adam @Battlecorals has been nothing but a pleasure to work with for a while now... He consistently sends me top-notch stuff, I cannot recommend him enough. Also, there is a blue carpet anemone in there that I just HAD to get and risk it surviving, it was the prettiest and most metallic one I've ever seen. So far, so good on it.
I cycled the tank using Microbacter-7, Turbostart and Biospira... I've done this before and it's worked in the past. I figured MORE bacterial strains, the better.... Tank "cycled" in just a few days and there have been zero fish mortalities thus far.
Anyway, currently, I have a few fish in there too. I have a regal angel (one of my "dream" fish), a pair of blue jaw triggers, a venustus angel, a queen angel, a chocolate/mimic tang and a coral beauty (I don't think I'm forgetting anyone?). I'd like to add a few more rarer angels and tangs, any suggestions? Also, I am sure there will be fairy wrasses too, as that's one of my true loves.
The plan is to make this full SPS paradise... I'll be running ZeoVit on it (already up and running). I'll be running BRS two-part with Tropic Marin Balling Part C for Mag and trace elements. The salt used is Tropic Marin's pro salt.
Equipment:
2016 Apex Gold
Neptune Trident
ZeoVit Reactor
A few Neptune DOS's (one used for an AWC, the rest for dosing ZeoVit, two-part, etc.).
4 Radion XR30s
Neptune Cor 20 pump
An Eshopps skimmer (I can't remember the model)
Any advice on running a big SPS tank would be appreciated, as the largest SPS tank I've personally owned was 60 gallons... So, this is a big step up! Attached is a pic and a video, I'll get some more quality stuff for viewing when I'm home.
Thanks all!
I hope everyone is well! I wanted to make a little thread about my new Waterbox 190.5 build.
It's been up and running about a month now, with a few "trial" corals from Battlecorals (so far everything is doing well, just one stag RTN'd overnight probably from shipping). As a side note, Adam @Battlecorals has been nothing but a pleasure to work with for a while now... He consistently sends me top-notch stuff, I cannot recommend him enough. Also, there is a blue carpet anemone in there that I just HAD to get and risk it surviving, it was the prettiest and most metallic one I've ever seen. So far, so good on it.
I cycled the tank using Microbacter-7, Turbostart and Biospira... I've done this before and it's worked in the past. I figured MORE bacterial strains, the better.... Tank "cycled" in just a few days and there have been zero fish mortalities thus far.
Anyway, currently, I have a few fish in there too. I have a regal angel (one of my "dream" fish), a pair of blue jaw triggers, a venustus angel, a queen angel, a chocolate/mimic tang and a coral beauty (I don't think I'm forgetting anyone?). I'd like to add a few more rarer angels and tangs, any suggestions? Also, I am sure there will be fairy wrasses too, as that's one of my true loves.
The plan is to make this full SPS paradise... I'll be running ZeoVit on it (already up and running). I'll be running BRS two-part with Tropic Marin Balling Part C for Mag and trace elements. The salt used is Tropic Marin's pro salt.
Equipment:
2016 Apex Gold
Neptune Trident
ZeoVit Reactor
A few Neptune DOS's (one used for an AWC, the rest for dosing ZeoVit, two-part, etc.).
4 Radion XR30s
Neptune Cor 20 pump
An Eshopps skimmer (I can't remember the model)
Any advice on running a big SPS tank would be appreciated, as the largest SPS tank I've personally owned was 60 gallons... So, this is a big step up! Attached is a pic and a video, I'll get some more quality stuff for viewing when I'm home.
Thanks all!