AZMSGT build thread

Salty Lemon · Dec 13, 2019

I can't wait to see more of this. You have been working hard. I love the mixing station. :)

AZMSGT · Dec 14, 2019

Salty Lemon said:
I can't wait to see more of this. You have been working hard. I love the mixing station. :)

Yea.. I’m down to getting a hand full more fish and adding corals slowly. Yesterday I added about 60 snails.. sounds like allot, but 45 were not more than 1/2” to 3/4”. I added some turbos and trochus too. My snail population should be around 90 to 100 or so. Also already had some nassarius snails from a previous stocking.

AZMSGT · Dec 17, 2019

Darn it! Dang emerald crab ate my fruitloops............. zoa

Bender · Dec 17, 2019

Nice build so far! Lots of great idea's here for my 625! Will be tagging along to see how it goes. A nice UTD FTS would be awesome!

Blutspitze · Dec 17, 2019

Boooo! Sorry about the zoas. I tried a couple emeralds for a bit and had similar problems of them eating and killing things I liked, so had to remove them.

AZMSGT · Dec 17, 2019

Blutspitze said:
Boooo! Sorry about the zoas. I tried a couple emeralds for a bit and had similar problems of them eating and killing things I liked, so had to remove them.

Yea, I found another Zoa gone.. If I can catch the little jerk I'm gonna pull him out.

Javamahn · Dec 17, 2019

AZMSGT said:
Yea, I found another Zoa gone.. If I can catch the little jerk I'm gonna pull him out.

I never had good luck with mine. He got so nasty he killed a small ruby red and that was the end of it for me

AZMSGT · Dec 17, 2019

Yay, got the little jerk out Before it did anymore damage. Really to bad, considering the good work it did in the tank.

Blutspitze · Dec 18, 2019

Glad you got it out, at least. Doing good is fine, but it's too easy to lose out with extensive bad things happening.

AZMSGT · Dec 20, 2019

Now that I have some corals, fish, inverts, and snails all in the tank it's time for a Full tank shot.. Little more Algae than I would like but the snails are doing a good job.

Blutspitze · Dec 23, 2019

Tank is looking good! And I'm sure on its way to looking even better!

AZMSGT · Dec 23, 2019

Thanks, just getting that ugly growth under control will be a big deal. I’m almost there.. a few more fish and maybe 20-25 more snails and the uglies should clear out.

AZMSGT · Dec 27, 2019

Well.. Crud... I was sitting back watching the tank.. heard one of the powerheads make a grind noise. Looked towards it to see one of my chromis gutted.

Blutspitze · Dec 30, 2019

Oh dang! Awful to hear about the chromis :( . So sorry. I'm 90% sure I lost my star to one of the powerheads recently. It already had cut legs, and not long ago literally saw only the center portion. Haven't seen it in a few weeks. Really sorry.

AZMSGT · Dec 31, 2019

Blutspitze said:
Oh dang! Awful to hear about the chromis :( . So sorry. I'm 90% sure I lost my star to one of the powerheads recently. It already had cut legs, and not long ago literally saw only the center portion. Haven't seen it in a few weeks. Really sorry.

Yea, it has me thinking about getting the aftermarket Powerhead covers for the MP40s. I have had a couple large snails get ripped out of their shells and shredded by these powerheads too.

Blutspitze · Dec 31, 2019

Definitely a good idea to get the covers. You could even get them 3D printed, if you have a means to that end.

CasaReefer · Dec 31, 2019

AZMSGT said:
Yea, it has me thinking about getting the aftermarket Powerhead covers for the MP40s. I have had a couple large snails get ripped out of their shells and shredded by these powerheads too.

They have the covers 3D printed one's.. For MP's.... I have them on my tank... You can see them if ya want to...

lkriley · Jan 1, 2020

I put my coralife 32 LED biocube stand together. That was quite the task, I can't imagine that giant of a stand!

Gene Ashton · Jan 6, 2020

AZMSGT said:
Looks like I have allot of work ahead of me. Merry Christmas to me.

Upgraded my skimmer

DaStaCo Calcium reactor.

IceCap Kalk stirrer for dosing Kalkwasser to raise PH.

How do you like the Kalk stirrer?

AZMSGT · Jan 6, 2020

Gene Ashton said:
How do you like the Kalk stirrer?

I like it in concept... Still haven't got it up and running. I have been waiting for a part to get here to get the ATO, AWC and Kalk stirrer up and running. Other problem is my calcium consumption isn’t really high at the moment.