Denver 200 Gallon IM Peninsula LPS/SPS Dream Tank

[DenverSaltyFarm]

Falls on the outside glass

you might think its crazy but a little trick I have seen others do is buy a glue stick and use that on the dry side stick it to the glass and it should hold and you can always remove it in the future with a little water and a razor blade

 

[takoarm8]

you might think its crazy but a little trick I have seen others do is buy a glue stick and use that on the dry side stick it to the glass and it should hold and you can always remove it in the future with a little water and a razor blade

This was before I added salt to the tank as well might change the weight n the tank?

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

This was before I added salt to the tank as well might change the weight n the tank?

Im pretty sure it should hold in even a dry tank as well up to 3/4". The rubber on the dry side of the unit is a bit tacky on mine I wonder if yours might have lost some of that tacky grab. maybe take a wet towel and wipe the part that touches the glass then dry it off and see if that makes it a bit more tacky.

Also just making sure you have removed all the spacers that the mp40 comes with? have to ask

 

[takoarm8]

Im pretty sure it should hold in even a dry tank as well up to 3/4". The rubber on the dry side of the unit is a bit tacky on mine I wonder if yours might have lost some of that tacky grab. maybe take a wet towel and wipe the part that touches the glass then dry it off and see if that makes it a bit more tacky.

Also just making sure you have removed all the spacers that the mp40 comes with? have to ask

I’ll give it a look

 

[dstockwell]

Very nice !

 

[tritonpower]

Falls on the outside glass

I had the same issue. I have 2 and one was worse. I spent time spinning the wet side to find the sweet spot. I then attached the cord to the clip a little above the motor and that seemed to keep the motor from falling off.

 

[takoarm8]

I’ll give it a look

I didn’t put the smallest gasket on lol I’m a moron. Thank you.

 

[tritonpower]

I didn’t out the gasket on lol I’m a moron. Thank you.

good point. the sticky gasket on the dry side is key

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

The tank has been smooth sailing so far. Finally got my mag 1480, alk 8.3 and Calcium 425 where I want and holding steady. I haven't had any hardships that ive had in the past starting new tanks and I attribute that to the roller mat, using great starter bacteria, and good flow no dead spots in the tank. I have been getting more color fading in the corals and I attribute that to the water being too clean. I was reading Phosphate .02 and nitrate at 1. I turned off my skimmer dosed neo-phos and neo-nitro to get Phosphate at .06 and nitrate at 10-15 and overnight I got diatoms ( Exactly what I wanted )

I'll hold numbers there along with daily feedings of AB+ and hopefully colors will bounce back nicely. No more corals lost which is great! I have a 24k gold torch coming in tomorrow and very excited to place in the tank. I also purchased a white tail bristle tooth tang from my local store and is currently in quarantine. Very excited to put in display tank in 11 days

 

[blaxsun]

Looking good!

 

[parclife]

Stunning!

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

Looking good!

Cheers, Thank you!

Stunning!

Cheers, Thank you!

 

[takoarm8]

Interested in a parts list for your lights mount? Did you just get a longer stainless bolt?

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

Interested in a parts list for your lights mount? Did you just get a longer stainless bolt?

here is the list from Bulk reef supply. All the hardware was supplied in the kits no extra bolts needed:

(1 of these) Multi-Light RMS Track 70.5"
SKU: 208943

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(1 of these) Multi-Light RMS Arm Kit​

SKU 208946​

(3 of these 1 for each light I have) RMS Slide for Radion XR15 G5 & G6​

SKU 212873​

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It was a bit spendy but I wanted to stay away from DIY on this tank. Very happy with the light bar setup. ​

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It Clamps on my over flow side

and rests on the opposite side with inward tension to keep it sturdy

if your euro brace goes all the way around the tank then you would just need longer bolts at home depot to be able and use the clamps

 

[takoarm8]

Yeah my eurobrace wraps the whole tank. Awesome I already have a lot of that.

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

Had my fist hiccup. I dosed nitrates and phosphates to the tank and got the numbers where I wanted but everything in the tank was not happy in fact I thought I was going to lose everything and have a complete crash so I did a 10 gallon water change every day until I replaced 100 gallons and everything came back happy. Needless to say I wont be dosing anymore nitrates or phosphates to the tank and will be spot feeding the corals a few times per week. my water change routine from here on out will be two 10 gallon changes per week. I plumed in a drain valve that empties the back overflow chamber, close that valve then open a valve to fill that back chamber up from my mixing station taking an entire 4 minutes to perform a water change
I did get a clean up crew that has been hard at work. Will do another photo update soon.

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

Tank is still going strong. I sent off a ICP test and started to use the BRS Balling Hybrid method of adding trace elements and very excited to see how things react in the long run. I condensed all my torches to one rock structure and added a few more torches to the tank. I'm starting to forget the Torch names as I buy them so I ended up mapping out the names so I don't forget in the future. I have also been messing around with the lighting profiles and finally found one that I really like called the CoralLab LPS/Soft profile under the mobius app. More to come....

 

[thedon986]

Looking great! Those are some awesome looking torches.

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

UPDATE: Tank is almost 3 months old time flies fast. I finally got my other camera working so I am able to get better pictures. I started the BRS Balling hybrid method for dosing and everything is responded great. I am still waiting for my icp test results. I cut up one of my OG bounce mushrooms and have them recovering in a box at the bottom of the tank. more to follow

 

[DenverSaltyFarm]

ICP test results are in. Found out I needed to recalibrate my Hannah salinity tester since the specific gravity is a bit low. started adding more salt water as the tank evaporates to get it back to where it needs. I had to make an adjustment to my Calcium and my nitrates and phosphates are much lower than I would like so currently dosing to get those up. Molybdenum is very low and I ended up getting the moonshiners elements to get things where they need to be. Big initial investment but will save in the long run. Today I stopped the BRS balling method and will stick to moonshiners for a while to see where things end up. Since I will be adding everything my tank needs I will stop doing water changes for stability and will add activated carbon to the tank for chemical filtration. Things are getting serious mad scientist things going on