misoldier06
Active Member
Good Morning All,
This tank has been set up for two years and has been through most everything and is usually battling something. Diatoms, Cyanobacteria, Green Hair Algae, Byropsis and Aptasia. It has seen SPS, LPS, Softies and Anemone's. It has been through a massive die off of fish and coral. It has been through a lot. I just wanted to share my experiences and changes with everyone because it's what this forum is here for.
So to start off, the initial set up was as so:
75G Marineland Tank and stand. Bought during Petco's $1 a gallon sale. Drilled overflow and return myself.
Eshopps R100 3rd Gen Sump
Crystal 5g ATO reservoir
Maxspect Razor R420R
Reefkeeper Lite with 1 x PC4 with Temp and PH probe
Cant remember the return pump make and model
Jaboa RW-8 Wavemakers x 2 Both of those failed, bought one new that's been running for a year and just added a hydor koralia evolution (600GPH) power head
Skimz SN143 Monzter protein skimmer
Finnex Deluxe Titanium heater
Smart micro ATO
Phoshban Reactor running BRS GFO and Carbon
Here is the initial Set up
I loved the first rockscape we made. The problem i found with it was that it created lots of dark spots and it was very hard to mount any frags or colonies to anything. But i tried working with it for as long as i could. The next thing on the list was adding fish and clean up crews. I wont bore you with the clean up crew.
Fish:
2 x clowns
2 x Chromis
1 x Melanurus Wrasse
1 x Green File Fish (my wifes favorite)
1 x Bristle tooth tang
Now on to more pics.
At about a year i had a large cyano breakout and decided to treat the tank with Chemiclean. So i followed the directions but ended up on the second day having to go out of town on the second day. I ended up being back a day later than the treatment was supposed to last and followed to the directions of turning the protein skimmer back on and during a large water change. Well, I woke up the next morning and all but one fish(Green file fish) had died. and all my SPS had RTN'd. It was a sad day to say the least. So if anyone reads this and decides to use Chemiclean to rid your tank of red cyano, follow the directions to the T. There was nothing I could do except pick myself up off the floor (my wife says I was in the fetal position, sucking on my thumb) and start over. After the the great plague, i started getting really bad hair algae and tried doing large water changes consistently but to no avail. I was also running GFO at the time and still couldn't beat it. So i did some research and ended up using Fluconazole with great success. It did take two batches, but it worked. My tank was hair algae free!
A month after the great plague, i started adding fish again. I added two new clowns, two new chromis, a longnose butterfly fish, and a pink spotted watchman Goby named Obi-Wan Kegobi. Around this time my green toadstool stated dropping babies like crazy and it soon got out of hand.
During Sept of 2018 i decided it was time for a change and changed my rockscape, I ended up with the following:
At this point after trying SPS, LPS and softies, i've decided to try creating a mixed reef that is more softie/Zoa dominated. Hopefully i can get this thing headed in a direction that will inspire awe in my fellow reefers. I appreciate everyone taking the time to read my thread and if you have questions, dont be afraid to ask. Thank you!
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