675 gallon glass display / 1,100 + gallon system in LA

Brew12 · Apr 19, 2018

Wow, your tank is already spectacular! It is a testament to your planning on hard work that you were able to get it to this stage already! I can only dream about how good it will look in a year or two once the coral starts growing in!

ndrwater · Apr 19, 2018

This tank DEFINITELY needs to be on the next SCMAS Tank Tour!!!

Absolutely well done!!!

Kinggeorge818 · Apr 20, 2018

Brew12 said:
Wow, your tank is already spectacular! It is a testament to your planning on hard work that you were able to get it to this stage already! I can only dream about how good it will look in a year or two once the coral starts growing in!

Thank you soo much, it was a lot of hard work and pre-planning...I hope I can get these little one inch frags to show soon! This hobby needs ninja level patience!

Kinggeorge818 · Apr 20, 2018

ndrwater said:
This tank DEFINITELY needs to be on the next SCMAS Tank Tour!!!

Absolutely well done!!!

Thanks for the compliment, would definitely be nice to have you guys over!

Fudsey · Apr 20, 2018

Kinggeorge818 said:
This hobby needs ninja level patience!

This made me spit my coffee this morning...

;Hilarious;Hilarious;Hilarious

Kinggeorge818 · Apr 28, 2018

My old 1hp chiller that I salvaged from my last tank seems to be dying so I bought this beast to replace it. This thing looks like a 3 ton home condenser! LOL. This is a 2 hp Tradewind Chillers.

Fudsey · Apr 28, 2018

Holy crap ! ! !

I think the condenser on my house IS smaller...

Kinggeorge818 · Apr 28, 2018

Fudsey said:
Holy crap ! ! !

I think the condenser on my house IS smaller...

LoL [emoji38] it’s bigger than my homes AC unit! But I’ve got 1,200 gallons to chill!

litenyaup · Apr 29, 2018

Wow....

Mystikal · Apr 29, 2018

I love reading and living vicariously through these LARGE BUILDS. Incredible write up and documentation of the build coming together. Looks like you have planned out everything and taken your time, which is key, for the size of these tanks.

Some thing to watch for on those SPS, helping by providing supplements, can help boost the SPS skeleton body. Thus, creating accelerated growth to negate the dying tissue. I recently went through an alk spike on my tank, and by dosing Acropower, Reefroids, and Fuel (half dosage, everyday), I was able to save several pieces.

Question for you....How many hours of maintenance do you spend per week on this tank?
Asking for a friend

Kinggeorge818 · Apr 29, 2018

Mystikal said:
I love reading and living vicariously through these LARGE BUILDS. Incredible write up and documentation of the build coming together. Looks like you have planned out everything and taken your time, which is key, for the size of these tanks.

Some thing to watch for on those SPS, helping by providing supplements, can help boost the SPS skeleton body. Thus, creating accelerated growth to negate the dying tissue. I recently went through an alk spike on my tank, and by dosing Acropower, Reefroids, and Fuel (half dosage, everyday), I was able to save several pieces.

Question for you....How many hours of maintenance do you spend per week on this tank?
Asking for a friend

Thanks for the compliments and encouraging words! You have a very interesting., I’ve been trying to add macro powder, potassium, magnesium using a dosing pump. Sometimes I add Reef Roids polyp extender. Any other thoughts on what I could add to make these 1 inch frags grow any faster?

This tank takes too much maintenance that I needed to hire a kid from my church and teach them how to do some of the harder work. He works about 20 to 30 hours a week on the tank.
He takes care of my 1200 gallon system, 80 gallon Quarantine Tank for the coral, 100 gallon fish quarantine, and a 125 gallon outdoor tank (part of the 1,200 gallon system)!
Sometimes I feel like I’m running a public aquarium! LOL

jasonrusso · Apr 29, 2018

Kinggeorge818 said:
This tank takes too much maintenance that I needed to hire a kid from my church and teach them how to do some of the harder work. He works about 20 to 30 hours a week on the tank.

This is amazing to me. With all the reactors and various equipment, I figured this would have been on autopilot.

jasonrusso · Apr 29, 2018

ndrwater said:
This tank DEFINITELY needs to be on the next SCMAS Tank Tour!!!

Absolutely well done!!!

Just quoting this because of your avatar. My Bruins are coming after your Knights, that is if your forwards can stay out of the crease!

Kinggeorge818 · Apr 29, 2018

jasonrusso said:
This is amazing to me. With all the reactors and various equipment, I figured this would have been on autopilot.

This is how much work it takes with autopilot features in place lol...There’s always something to do in a system this size. There always pumps to clean, something to service, chemicals to test, glass to clean, Corals to dip, and since the tank is new there is still a learning curve in these first few months. I assume that the maintenance will be half as much in a few months.

Mystikal · May 1, 2018

Kinggeorge818 said:
Thanks for the compliments and encouraging words! You have a very interesting., I’ve been trying to add macro powder, potassium, magnesium using a dosing pump. Sometimes I add Reef Roids polyp extender. Any other thoughts on what I could add to make these 1 inch frags grow any faster?

This tank takes too much maintenance that I needed to hire a kid from my church and teach them how to do some of the harder work. He works about 20 to 30 hours a week on the tank.
He takes care of my 1200 gallon system, 80 gallon Quarantine Tank for the coral, 100 gallon fish quarantine, and a 125 gallon outdoor tank (part of the 1,200 gallon system)!
Sometimes I feel like I’m running a public aquarium! LOL

LOL I would love to come check out your public aquarium if you were in Fl.

As far as the Acros...You might have to give them some time, they love stability, flow, and food. Your system may be young, and still developing.

Brew12 · May 1, 2018

Kinggeorge818 said:
Sometimes I add Reef Roids polyp extender. Any other thoughts on what I could add to make these 1 inch frags grow any faster?

I can tell you what I have noticed with my young system. The frags I have put in all start growing very slowly. And I mean very slowly. Once they finally start growing a new branch, the new branches grow much faster and with better color than the original frags branches.

lolgranny · May 1, 2018

Kinggeorge818 said:
Thanks for the compliments and encouraging words! You have a very interesting., I’ve been trying to add macro powder, potassium, magnesium using a dosing pump. Sometimes I add Reef Roids polyp extender. Any other thoughts on what I could add to make these 1 inch frags grow any faster?

This tank takes too much maintenance that I needed to hire a kid from my church and teach them how to do some of the harder work. He works about 20 to 30 hours a week on the tank.
He takes care of my 1200 gallon system, 80 gallon Quarantine Tank for the coral, 100 gallon fish quarantine, and a 125 gallon outdoor tank (part of the 1,200 gallon system)!
Sometimes I feel like I’m running a public aquarium! LOL

Definitely a awesome build, love how you made it a peninsula. If I had the room when I did mine I would have. AGE makes some nice tanks. That’s where I got mine from as well.

Your rock work is lovely! How’s it been with flow? Do you find yourself wanting more even with just having frags right now?

20-30hrs a week? Did you accidentally add a extra zero to both that 2 and 3? That seems like a lot!! On a plus note it’s great having someone there to watch it if you’re out of town!

Keep up the good work!!