Fish building/man cave build!

[fishguy242]

You know it's gonna haunt you now...

 

[That Crusso Kid]

Welp ,time to rebuild...

Tell him, Frank!

 

[dantimdad]

Got a bunch of stuff done around the house. Got the slide outs installed, the shelves made for the lower cabinets and face framed, and the top and bottom shelves for the new 60 stand. Got the mess from the tank swap prep and the rearranging cleaned up. Room looks awesome again.

Now the bad news, Tim had to work OT so we didn't do the transmission swap. The guy that is trading tanks couldn't make yesterday so we have to do the trade today and finally, the replacement tubing for the maxi dose is STILL not here.

I got the UV mounted but am missing one piece of plumbing to finish it. It's out for delivery today.

The algae that is left, besides the glass, is not algae but dinos. The nitrate and phosphate went too low and triggered it. The UV will clear it up and I completely stopped GFO and am only going to do AWC and cut back the bigger water change to once a month if that. I will see as things progress. I will be honest here, I have NEVER had an issue with too low of NO3 and PO4. New territory.

I have had suspicions my lights have been losing power and without a par meter I couldn't prove it until yesterday when Sherry was trimming the planted tank she asked if I turned down the cube.

Oh well, I have a noopsyche k7 pro II that has about 5 months use on it but will have to borrow a remote because I don't have one and I have a Pro III on it's way (clearance deal for $100 and free shipping). I don't think the II is enough on it's own so I will use the Pro III and keep the II as a backup. If none of these are the ticket, I have access to a nearly new ap700 for a good price from a buddy. Any way you slice it, the lights I have now need to be replaced and will have to acclimate the corals again since the current lights have been dimming.

So all-in-all a mixed bag weekend.

I did finish and have picked up 16 trophies for a short film festival in HSV. Much larger order than last year. They must like my work!

 

[dantimdad]

I have the 60 cube now it’s a seaport but a corner overflow one so I think I am going to leave it as is. I can plumb the overflow to handle the drain and canister input. The return will just come over the top.

It’s seriously dirty so that has to be addressed first

Also the new dosing tubing came in for the maxi. I will test it tomorrow.

 

[dantimdad]

Cant get the mix to prime on the drain size. I sent an email to ghl.

60 cube cleaned, in place and ready except for one fitting.

 

[dantimdad]

Fast forward. lol.

The 60 is running well. Temp a little low still but it’ll catch up today.

It’s super nice having a setup that takes 4 outlets including the light in the stand.

The shimmer out of the kessil tuna sun is perfect. I am getting about 6 times turnover out of the fx4 which is where I want to be so I don’t have to have power heads.

Only an Amazon sword and a giant Val right now. I’ll wait a couple weeks while adding more plants before I add fish.

 

[tharbin]

Fast forward. lol.

The 60 is running well. Temp a little low still but it’ll catch up today.

It’s super nice having a setup that takes 4 outlets including the light in the stand.

The shimmer out of the kessil tuna sun is perfect. I am getting about 6 times turnover out of the fx4 which is where I want to be so I don’t have to have power heads.

Only an Amazon sword and a giant Val right now. I’ll wait a couple weeks while adding more plants before I add fish.

I like the whole aesthetic of that setup. The use of the black T-Bolts are a great detail. Very nice.

 

[dantimdad]

I like the whole aesthetic of that setup. The use of the black T-Bolts are a great detail. Very nice.

Thanks! I really wish I had done the reef stand the same.

 

[dantimdad]

The twins! lol.

Little more cleanup to do and I forgot to center the fish art.

I’m super happy with how it’s turning out.

I ordered some new plants from canton aquatics. Never ordered from them before. we will see how they look soon.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

The twins! lol.

Little more cleanup to do and I forgot to center the fish art.

I’m super happy with how it’s turning out.

I ordered some new plants from canton aquatics. Never ordered from them before. we will see how they look soon.

Looks sharp!

 

[dantimdad]

Looks sharp!

Thanks!

Now to organize and then center that dang fish!

My plant order already shipped and looks like it will be earlier than originally stated.

A buddy is trying to get a small school of yellow racoon tetras and orange laser cory cats. I have gold lasers in the 12 footer.

 

[That Crusso Kid]

Thanks!

Now to organize and then center that dang fish!

My plant order already shipped and looks like it will be earlier than originally stated.

A buddy is trying to get a small school of yellow racoon tetras and orange laser cory cats. I have gold lasers in the 12 footer.

Good problems to have.

I don't know about anyone else but I, for one, like that you have been posting more regularly lately.

 

[dantimdad]

The reef has Dinos. I am hoping this is the last of the nuisances. I stopped AWC waiting on tubing anyway so that’s step one and I got the last part to hookup the UV today. I have noticed they aren’t as bad as they were a few days ago.

I went to clean up the wiring mess like I keep saying I’m going to, I have decided to simplify things some. More on this to come.

I added chaeto to the fuge area of the sump and increased sock changes to every day.

I caved and put in a coral and will probably regret it but it was such a good deal on a very nice month cap frag, I couldn’t help it.

I noticed the left light is definitely weaker than the right and my noopsyche still hasn’t shipped or even updated. I am probably going to cancel and try to find a deal on an xr15 since I can’t find a remote for the k7 pro II. I saw a few tanks recently running the AB+ setting and really love it.

 

[08TRDOFFROAD]

The reef has Dinos. I am hoping this is the last of the nuisances. I stopped AWC waiting on tubing anyway so that’s step one and I got the last part to hookup the UV today. I have noticed they aren’t as bad as they were a few days ago.

I went to clean up the wiring mess like I keep saying I’m going to, I have decided to simplify things some. More on this to come.

I added chaeto to the fuge area of the sump and increased sock changes to every day.

I caved and put in a coral and will probably regret it but it was such a good deal on a very nice month cap frag, I couldn’t help it.

I noticed the left light is definitely weaker than the right and my noopsyche still hasn’t shipped or even updated. I am probably going to cancel and try to find a deal on an xr15 since I can’t find a remote for the k7 pro II. I saw a few tanks recently running the AB+ setting and really love it.

I am running a Gen 5 XR15 Pro on my 60 cube now and have flip flopped back and forth between the AB+ and Softies/LPS templates. I have settled on the Softies/LPS template as it seems to stay a bit more blue during peak photo period and my corals seem to like it better. I am running the standard template with no tweaks at 80%. Haven't tested par yet, but probably should.

 

[1ocean]

looking great

 

[dantimdad]

looking great

Thanks!

 

[dantimdad]

I am running a Gen 5 XR15 Pro on my 60 cube now and have flip flopped back and forth between the AB+ and Softies/LPS templates. I have settled on the Softies/LPS template as it seems to stay a bit more blue during peak photo period and my corals seem to like it better. I am running the standard template with no tweaks at 80%. Haven't tested par yet, but probably should.

Thanks for the insight. I am pretty much sold on it. I may pop for a new one if I don’t get a deal soon. Really not in the tank budget but neither is losing my corals.

 

[dantimdad]

I got the wiring neatened up a bunch and did away with a few things for now.

I will get the wire looking better and labeled soon.

I also got the uv setup and dialed in at 8 seconds for 1000ml which is smack in the middle of the recommended flow rate for killing Dinos.

It’s a two valve system with a T on the return line so no separate pump. Just turned up the return pump 3 notches. I may go faster and the. Adjust the uv valve back down.

I will leave the cover off for a couple days to make sure there are no leaks or other issues.

Now we wait patiently for Dinos to go away.