72x30x18 DIY build thread

[Nate Chalk]

New prints

The shelf for rimless tanks

The smaller fragging station

New plug system looks promising

 

[Nate Chalk]

When a hammer colony falls on an aleveopora you get.....

Pretty on this inside gryphon made easy work fragging.

Maybe we will save the back part

 

[Nate Chalk]

Automation is great until you run out of reagent and dont dose alkalinity.

Put 3 tbsp in the ATO and still plummeted like a turd from uranus

 

[Nate Chalk]

Bacteria cocktail arrived this morning and dosed

-1 scoop af life source
-15ml PNS bacteria
-15ml MB-7
-15ml MB clean

Skimmer and UV is currently off, but going to reactivate tonight.

 

[Nate Chalk]

I mean i knew things were bad but wowsa

 

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[tbrown]

Some of those "Critically High" really aren't super bad. But the salinity? 1.029 isn't super high but definitely elevated.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Some of those "Critically High" really aren't super bad. But the salinity? 1.029 isn't super high but definitely elevated.

Here's vs what I tested that day. That delta on nutrients is crazy.... Hannah too

I think the game plan is to slowly swap out rodi for tank water over a couple weeks to get it back in line.

Should help nutritient export a lil, alk and calcium are already fixed on my end

 

[fishguy242]

need to add the strontium & moly combo from a bottle,get the up too...

 

[Minifoot77]

need to add the strontium & moly combo from a bottle,get the up too...

Moly in the same isle as the ludes?

 

[Stang67]

Well im sure it could have been worse?

 

[Nate Chalk]

With my 25% water , still got coral a growing, just goes to show....these things can live in a wide wide range its the knee jerk changes we put them through moreso than the numbers.

-I've swapped my rodi filters out and new resin since silicates were higher
-I've got A- and K+ elements running now on dosers per tropic marine instructions @fishguy242 :D
but ill take some MOLY
-Doing slow salinity reduction
-I've also got bacteria to help with the nitrate, as I do think I nuked some of the diversity when I had that peroxide incident

 

[Nate Chalk]

My lineatus wrasse is being weird....

Had him for awhile now... Maybe 4 months. Active during day very social.

Recently hes been just hanging out in the montipora caps just sorta laying there. I did clean the powerheads lately and maybe i spooked him?

Idk

He been maybe 3 days hes been doing it.

During broadcast feeding has come out a few times to pick off a little, then back to the safe spot.

Weird.

 

[Minifoot77]

My lineatus wrasse is being weird....

Had him for awhile now... Maybe 4 months. Active during day very social.

Recently hes been just hanging out in the montipora caps just sorta laying there. I did clean the powerheads lately and maybe i spooked him?

Idk

He been maybe 3 days hes been doing it.

During broadcast feeding has come out a few times to pick off a little, then back to the safe spot.

Weird.

Any other residents take interest in him?

 

[Nate Chalk]

Any other residents take interest in him?

ehhh not really.... I have 2 other wrasse red and yellow coris, both model citizens, he always just hungout on his own socially. looking at me through the glass

 

[fishguy242]

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[Nate Chalk]

Me just a waiting for a varios 8 or 10 to hit the market.... Prefer 10 I think.

Tax return special get a new pump to run a manifold for all utilities etc.

Still plotting the tank upgrade

 

[Nate Chalk]

I dont think the Lineatus is going to make it... After 6 months. Decided it doesnt want to be the most social fish or eat. Not sure on this one :/


but in positive light the CBB is still going eating, hunting, noticed a reduction in small aiptasia in the display. I havent seen him eat prepared food yet, but pod pop is very high.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Couple of happy corals . Some from @Stang67

Ginger is a flat worm magnet in the small display refugium.