First Large Tank RedSea 750 Mixed Reef

[JumboShrimp]

Pyramids are tricky to keep, I have found. They can get what I'll call a 'skin condition' of translucent patches, and some scale flaking off. I wish you the nest with your remaining two. You have a nicely colored collection of fish :)

 

[Speaker]

Pyramids are tricky to keep, I have found. They can get what I'll call a 'skin condition' of translucent patches, and some scale flaking off. I wish you the nest with your remaining two. You have a nicely colored collection of fish :)

Thank you. I didn't notice the translucent patches or scales flaking off. They all have lympocytes on them though.

 

[Speaker]

My new Tsunami lid from clearview arrived today. Looks alot better that my jumpguard self built lid.

 

[JumboShrimp]

Congratulations! That’s a nice finishing touch. :)

 

[Speaker]

Congratulations! That’s a nice finishing touch. :)

Thank you. I agree.

 

[mudjawd]

Hi there. Very nice looking tank. I also plan to someday move to a larger tank. My nano doesn’t allow as many fish options as I’d like. I feel that fish supplements the beauty of the corals and it makes it look more natural.

 

[Speaker]

Hi there. Very nice looking tank. I also plan to someday move to a larger tank. My nano doesn’t allow as many fish options as I’d like. I feel that fish supplements the beauty of the corals and it makes it look more natural.

I would agree. I have a 37gallon upstairs and it is really limiting on fish selection. Clown pair, yellow watchman/pistol shrimp, lawnmower blenny, and a pair of skunk cleaner shrimp.

 

[Speaker]

Just did a water change and a little more sand rinsing. Cyano was greatly reduced from previous week. Put some corals in their "forever" homes. My yellow coris wrasse passed today. He was not to healthy when I recieved him (eye injury). Long story short he stopped eating and got super skinny. Will be getting more wrasses in the future. Took some night photos with heavy blues.

 

[blaxsun]

Looks great - love the rockscaping!

 

[Speaker]

Looks great - love the rockscaping!

Thanks. I had to rework it a couple of times to get it how I wanted. Not alot of fun with water in the tank.

 

[Impavidus]

It was nice reading through your posts. Good job and thanks for documenting your struggles.

 

[Speaker]

It was nice reading through your posts. Good job and thanks for documenting your struggles.

Thank you. Your welcome.

 

[Speaker]

WC friday. No issues to report. I believe I have my dose dialed in at 23ml a day for ESV b-ionic. Next week might add qt snails at 45days. Might wait a full 72.

 

[Speaker]

Decided not to add the snails yet. Usual WC. Added 1/8cup of gfo to my carbon dropped my PO4 from 0.14 to 0.04ppm. Also cleaned my test cuvette with vinegar so not sure which caused the change. Moved a few corals around.
Todays Water Test
Salinty 1.025
Alk 7.9dkh
Calc 430ppm
PO4 0.04ppm
Nitrate 13.7ppm

 

[Speaker]

Nothing too crazy to report. Weekly wc and normal upkeep. Parameters are looking good. Having some trouble with my small acan colony. Moved a few corals around.

 

[Speaker]

Again not much new to report. Rainbow incenerator zoa was closed up for a week so I moved it to a different tank to see if it will recover. I adjusted my pump positions to tweak my flow a bit and did my normal waterchange. Used my bucket vac to clean the sump.

 

[ID-Reefer]

Looks like tank is making progress. Our tanks are same age. Filled my 900XXL last November. Do you clean all coralline algae off? I have quite a bit on my back glass but I prefer to just let it go.

 

[Speaker]

Looks like tank is making progress. Our tanks are same age. Filled my 900XXL last November. Do you clean all coralline algae off? I have quite a bit on my back glass but I prefer to just let it go.

For the moment I scrape the back glass once a week. Once the corals start growing and it gets to difficult I will probably let it go. I've still got a good amount of coral to buy.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

My new Tsunami lid from clearview arrived today. Looks alot better that my jumpguard self built lid.

I do like that top looks good!

 

[Speaker]

I do like that top looks good!

Thank you. Was well worth the money. So much easier than the jumpguard. Used to have to take the lights off everytime i wanted in the tank. Feed door is awesome too.