1000gal DT build

[New Jersey REEF]

Happy Thursday evening folks! Wanted to give some updates here.
First, I’m continue to monitor effects of lanthanum chloride as well a stump remover for which I started to dose regularly to bring nitrates up.
I will share data in a week or two of the progress...

Other update:
Reefbot!
I have received and set up reefbot. I have to say directions on the setup and almost non-existent. Most of it I had to figure out myself by watching videos etc...
The company needs to put a bit more effort of making videos on set up.
Biggest challenge was that I had to exit out of app during the initial set up and after turning back on there was no way to get back into step by step directions. My reefbot was telling me that it was already register to account and would not let me do anything.
After several tickets and couple of days messing around with unit I finally figured out how and what needed to be done.

Having said that, I’m super happy with automation that reefbot brings. I’m thinking, I may create video for how to set up the unit and what things to look for during the process to help other out there...

Currently I’m testing nitrate , alkalinity, phosphates and calcium with this unit.
Here is what I found out, Hanna check for alkalinity was giving me consistent results however it’s about 1.5dkh off from Red Sea tester. I’ve used three different Hannah tester with 3 different reagents and similar results.

Hanna check would show me alk at 8.2- 8.8 dkh , Red Sea Pro would show me 9.8 - 10.3 dkh

I have ordered salifert test kit and looking forward on getting results and comparing.
For now I’m focusing on stability.

I’ve lowered drip of calcium reactor and keeping my alkalinity at 9 by Red Sea pro test kit.

Phosphates are between 0.02 - 0.04
I am still doing fine tuning of dosing lanthanum chloride .
Also with stump remover I’m doing about 3 table spoons daily to raise nitrates to 10ppm
Currently at 5ppm

Also feeding habits are about the same, 2-3 times per day with heavy pellets and frozen food.

Live stock update:
I’ve added gold torch to display tank, good size cc 21 tail torch frag. Beautiful color on that, hard to take picture to capture it. I’ll try to figure it out and share.

I’ve also added lots of acro frags to display tank and everything looking good so far.

Walt Disney frag from last year turned into mini colony, same as joe knows rainbow and fox flame.

Here are few pictures from today

 

[Rhameen Kolyani]

Happy Thursday evening folks! Wanted to give some updates here.
First, I’m continue to monitor effects of lanthanum chloride as well a stump remover for which I started to dose regularly to bring nitrates up.
I will share data in a week or two of the progress...

Other update:
Reefbot!
I have received and set up reefbot. I have to say directions on the setup and almost non-existent. Most of it I had to figure out myself by watching videos etc...
The company needs to put a bit more effort of making videos on set up.
Biggest challenge was that I had to exit out of app during the initial set up and after turning back on there was no way to get back into step by step directions. My reefbot was telling me that it was already register to account and would not let me do anything.
After several tickets and couple of days messing around with unit I finally figured out how and what needed to be done.

Having said that, I’m super happy with automation that reefbot brings. I’m thinking, I may create video for how to set up the unit and what things to look for during the process to help other out there...

Currently I’m testing nitrate , alkalinity, phosphates and calcium with this unit.
Here is what I found out, Hanna check for alkalinity was giving me consistent results however it’s about 1.5dkh off from Red Sea tester. I’ve used three different Hannah tester with 3 different reagents and similar results.

Hanna check would show me alk at 8.2- 8.8 dkh , Red Sea Pro would show me 9.8 - 10.3 dkh

I have ordered salifert test kit and looking forward on getting results and comparing.
For now I’m focusing on stability.

I’ve lowered drip of calcium reactor and keeping my alkalinity at 9 by Red Sea pro test kit.

Phosphates are between 0.02 - 0.04
I am still doing fine tuning of dosing lanthanum chloride .
Also with stump remover I’m doing about 3 table spoons daily to raise nitrates to 10ppm
Currently at 5ppm

Also feeding habits are about the same, 2-3 times per day with heavy pellets and frozen food.

Live stock update:
I’ve added gold torch to display tank, good size cc 21 tail torch frag. Beautiful color on that, hard to take picture to capture it. I’ll try to figure it out and share.

I’ve also added lots of acro frags to display tank and everything looking good so far.

Walt Disney frag from last year turned into mini colony, same as joe knows rainbow and fox flame.

Here are few pictures from today

Absolutely AMAZING! I wish I was still in Atlanta to see this in person!

 

[New Jersey REEF]

So today I was ready to finish up tiles flooring. When I walked in the fish room, I’ve noticed small water spots near pumps. I took out temporary raised floor covers and started cleaning up. After water clean up, I have looked everywhere for the source of leak but no luck. I’m stumped where this leak came from, water in the system is leveled and ato isn’t going crazy with beeping.

Now I’m trying to think what I did in the last couple of day that may have spilled some water on the floor.
I moved few corals yesterday from frag tank to main display and changed filter socks but that’s about it.

after some more investigation I found tiny drip from skimmer fitting. I did turn on skimmer yesterday as well after being off for a few weeks. Was raising nitrates in the tank and now its between 10-20 somewhere. The skimmer is about 5 feet away from where spots of water were found. I guess it maybe have dripped in to lowest point of the floor over time. I will be keeping close eye on things here today to see if there are any more leaks.

Ah just found the source of leak, in the skimmer fitter where water lever adjusted.

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Bubble king skimmer is ridiculously effective...

I’ve been trying to raise my nitrates for almost a month now.
I was at 5ppm with goal to get to 10
Feeding fish 3-4 times a day heavy on dry pellets and nori sheets. Once 2-3 days frozen food.

About a week ago started putting in 2 1/2 table spoons of stump remover daily.
Meanwhile skimmer been offline for about a month now.
Two days ago I tested nitrates and it was at 20ppm. So I turned on the skimmer to lower it.
Next day I had about 5 gallons of waste to get rid of. Tonight I decided to test for nitrates again and I’m back at 5ppm
Here is a history of tests.

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Happy Friday night! Just finished laying tiles floor. Up next, grout and trim for bases then painting. Things are coming along great!

 

[Tim McRae]

Beautiful build looking forward to seeing more

 

[Urtoo]

Amazing tank and great inspiration. Following you in you build

 

[Rogueaquariums]

Will be watching your “fun little project.” sounds like it’s going to be a good build.

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Just came back from work. 120 was full of water but no live stock for a couple of months.

so that’s what 120 gallons of water looks like on the Floor..not too bad. Clean up time

I’m guessing seal went out sometime in the last 12 hours. Tank completely empty

 

[New Jersey REEF]

I’ll tell you what, Quickest way to get rid of pest asteria starfish problems!

 

[dca22anderson]

Dang... that’s crazy! Sorry that happened!

 

[Mydoghasfleas]

Wow, this thread is incredible. Following!

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Finally finished tiling basement and stairs, such a physically intense job...
Here are some shots of the progress
Up next grout work!

Tile work started on September 15th! Yes I work at a snail speed

 

[New Jersey REEF]

I’ve got a new toy today, Awair 2nd Edition
It monitors CO2 ppm levels in the air as well as some other parameters: humidity, fine dust (PM2.5), temperature, Chemicals ppb

I mainly bought this to monitor CO2 levels and how it will affect tank ph.

Super easy to set it up with app, took me less than 5 minutes and very user friendly. First impression 2 thumbs up!
Here is what the app looks like and screenshot of overview of unit.

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Here are some shots from top I just took under 100% lights on, one year progress.

 

[New Jersey REEF]

So I have set up CO2 scrubber to my skimmer and look at these results. 24 hours, going from 7.98ph to 8.12ph loving it so far...

I did have to test CO2 levels in the room before installing it. Levels throughout the day about same as outside, 450-500
Didn’t want to waste media if levels were high.

 

[Aussiemarine]

Following ! What an amazing tank

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Playing with some different light settings for pictures. Here are some to share

 

[crusso1993]

Been MIA... still looking good and nice job on the tiling!

 

[New Jersey REEF]

Been MIA... still looking good and nice job on the tiling!

Thanks for checking in crusso1993, tiling definitely was the hardest physical labor I’ve ever done.