Elos 70 upgrade

[WDKegge]

Man! Loving this reef! Any updates?

Thank you! Things are going fantastic, I have recently taken a step back on my filtration thanks to this thread here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dgees-box-o-sticks-v2.267968/

I have taken all reactors offline and am running a skimmer, filter sock, and a chaeto fuge, doing a small water change every other week, and regular 2 part dosing, things have never looked better.

And because a post is worthless without pictures, here you go!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Thank you! Things are going fantastic, I have recently taken a step back on my filtration thanks to this thread here: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/dgees-box-o-sticks-v2.267968/

I have taken all reactors offline and am running a skimmer, filter sock, and a chaeto fuge, doing a small water change every other week, and regular 2 part dosing, things have never looked better.

And because a post is worthless without pictures, here you go!

Beautiful pics! Looks everything is doing great!!

 

[WDKegge]

Feel like growth has stalled completely on my sps, was previously growing fine, past month has had very minimal growth. Checked alk today, and it's been slowly rising I attribute this to the lack of growth, all other parameters in check, just kind of disheartening, been browsing R2R and seeing some tanks that go from nothing to entirely filled with colonies in a year and a lot of my stuff is still encrusting, dunno what to do, just feeling down about the tank.

Maybe I just need some motivation, Been bouncing around in my head the idea of going to more of a softie tank with lots of torches and things for flow, I dunno, just feeling like after a year of uptime I would be further along than this.

 

[Mirkus]

Hey! Snap out of it. Your tank is looking good, man. Tanks that go from frags to colonies in a year are rare. Only a few have that level of success and I bet you they have certain pieces that lag.

Think about all the folks that don't have threads cuz they aren't happy about their tanks. Think about all the threads disappear into the wind.

Tank is looking great............ It's a marathon not a sprint!

 

[revhtree]

Nice job!

 

[WDKegge]

Joined the WWC bounce club today.

 

[jimknutson]

Nice build. I love your frag tank setup. I would love to see some updated pics of it as my girlfriend has given me the go ahead to set one up next to my 75 gallon. When my sps stall in my tank I add some acro power and they start to speed back up. Keep up the good work

 

[WDKegge]

Nice build. I love your frag tank setup. I would love to see some updated pics of it as my girlfriend has given me the go ahead to set one up next to my 75 gallon. When my sps stall in my tank I add some acro power and they start to speed back up. Keep up the good work

The frag tank is down and gone as of a few weeks ago, I found that I just did not have the time or the patience for two tanks, I was running into bacterial issues and trying to keep it balanced was proving to be too much for me.

Sick as a dog this week so spent a few hours just siting in front of the tank taking some pictures, things seem to be back on track lately, lost a few acros for seemingly NO reason, all parameters are where they should be and nothing else has changed or been introduced, guess that's just the nature of the game!

Pictures:

A rare picture of all the tank idiots at once!

Bounce has settled in really nicely

 

[WDKegge]

Tank has been doing spectacular lately.

Switched back to the coral lab SPS AB+ schedule, was running the radiant colors for awhile, but noticed I wasn't getting as deep colors on my sps as I was with the coral labs. Lots of new vertical growth on my SPS, that makes me happy. Water clarity has been unreal as of late too, it looks like crystal! I also picked up a flipper algae scrubber, was finally able to get some of the coraline spots that have been driving me nuts.

Also I finally got some good pictures showing me "Chaeto basket" that I got from the DIY section on here. I attribute my tanks great health to this little thing. Here are some pictures:

This is my chaeto "lawn basket" I found a post on Reef2Reef where another member had done this and thought I would give it a shot, I had never had amazing chaeto growth, ever since doing this it has been INSANE.

The "lawn" or loaf of chaeto removed from the fuge. The "basket" is made from eggcrate trimmed and superglued, you can build it however big you want to,

Cutting the lawn.

Trimmed, ready to go back in the fuge.

 

[WDKegge]

Christmas dinner centerpiece.

 

[Gator1970]

Beautiful tank!

 

[Clayton Jessup]

Beautiful tank , it gets nicer and nicer every time I look at it Are you currently running just a single MP40 on this Elos ?

 

[WDKegge]

Beautiful tank , it gets nicer and nicer every time I look at it Are you currently running just a single MP40 on this Elos ?

Thank you! There is a jaebo RW-8 in the back behind the rock work as well.

Beautiful tank!

Thank you!

 

[Clayton Jessup]

Ok that's good to know , my ADA 75p is nearly the same size as your Elos . So I am just trying to figure out what type of pumps I should run on my tank. Thinking of doing Vortechs by either two mp10s or a single mp40 , or Tunze pumps either two 6045 's or two 6040's

 

[WDKegge]

Some big changes coming to the tank, after spending too many visits at my friends house who runs a t5/MH setup I decided to take the plunge and give it a shot when I came across a 24" giesemann fixture.

To mount the light the way I wanted I would need to move the tank, I had almost immediately regretted place the tank sideways in a corner, so this was my chance to move it.

Just before the "move"

Drained

And the perks of having two solid structures

A little scoot and 30 minutes later everything was back to normal with a temporary light. I have much better access behind and to the sides of the tank now which will give me an opportunity to clean up some electrical that has been bothering me.

As for the light! I found a post in the for sale area on here and fell in love with the way he mounted his light, it will fit very well with the other decor in our house (and the wife actually likes it too)

And the light fixture, it's a 250watt MH with 4 t5 bulbs, I have decided to paint it flat white with plastidip, so I will be stripping it down tomorrow for paint, hopefully I will have everything up and running in two days or so!

 

[revhtree]

Very nice!

 

[Clayton Jessup]

I love the light upgrade ... I am looking at one as well

 

[WDKegge]

Here is the finished light and mount!

Already really loving the way the tank looks under t5/MH, it defiantly throws off some serious heat tho. I plan on running the t5 for 10 hours a day and then running the MH for 4 hours.

 

[revhtree]

Cool light mount!

 

[daelie]

Indeed a cool light mount, if only I were that handy at all. Nice job.