Jarry's 235 gallon LPS peninsula

[Anna K]

The tank is coming along so nicely! It's going to be crazy to see a 6 month update from now!! :D

 

[Jarry]

Some fish :)

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Some fish :)

Those are some great looking photos! What are you using for your camera?

 

[Jarry]

Thank you :) I can't make any good fish photo using phone so I had to use my Nikon D5100 + NIKKOR 35mm after a very long time :) I think I'll stop being lazy and use only Nikon from now :)

 

[Jarry]

I moved all the corals and fish from temporary tank yesterday. I didn't wanted to stress fish too much, so I just placed the corals in and I'll move some to the final location later. All fish and corals survived and I can focus on one tank only now :)
I also measured nutrients and rollermat with skimmer seems to be very efficient, PO4 was 0,012 and NO3 almost undetectable by Salifert NO3 test. I increased feeding frequency to 4 times a day, but corals looks just fine, so no stress - I do believe, there is enough of nutrients for the corals, but I need to be careful. NO3 is most likely being consumed by the green algae, but it shoud be fine with current feeding frequency and amount of the fish. I did have Acropora tank with nearly zero anorganic nutriens and Euphyllias and some othere LPS were thriving in that tank as well - I never saw Euphyllia grow that fast after I moved it from that tank :-)

 

[Jarry]

 

[Jarry]

 

[Jarry]

So I bought small, yellow Acanthurus Pyroferus 2 weeks ago. And now, 2weeks later, I have another Ctenochaetus Truncatus:D I had that mimic tang before, but did not expect this:)
Second photo is my real Truncarus:)

 

[Jarry]

 

[Jarry]

Last additions and fish crew is complete. Not a single loss so far, all corals and fish looks good. I'm in the cyano phase, but its not so bad, coraline is already growing on the glass bottom. I never had such a busy tank (27 fish), but it looks much more "alive" then tanks I had before. Rollermat is still doing great job, anorganic nutrients are nearly zero (but I guess cyano helps with that), so I have to feed a lot to keep corals happy, which also works for the fish, I'm currently feeding 5 times a day (4x DKI pellets from Eheim feeder and frozen mix once a day). I plan to let it to settle for at least couple of weeks now, then I'll have to add some corals to fill the tank. I do have some must have corals like Pectinia space invander, Gorgonia ventalina (I have a perfect spot for this one), Green plerogyra, some Cyphastrea and more Alveoporas, Gonioporas and Euphyllias of course.

 

[skyrne_isk]

Working on the stand, this will take a while to make it precise, but I think it will look good
I also booked first group of fish for the next Wednesday. A. Triostegus, Z. Desjardinii - not sure if Desjardinii is available and I'll try my luck with group of 8 Chromis Viridis (never had them before)

Can you tell us a little bit about the doors for your stand? Material, how you attached, etc? Very nice!

 

[Jarry]

Can you tell us a little bit about the doors for your stand? Material, how you attached, etc? Very nice!

Thank you, material is Egger PerfectSense Premium MDF W1100 PG/ST9 - https://www.egger.com/en/furniture-interior-design/decors/W1100_PG?country=GB#character I'm using magnets at the top and small printed L shapes at the bottom. One strong magnet is more then enough for one board, is works quite well.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Last additions and fish crew is complete. Not a single loss so far, all corals and fish looks good. I'm in the cyano phase, but its not so bad, coraline is already growing on the glass bottom. I never had such a busy tank (27 fish), but it looks much more "alive" then tanks I had before. Rollermat is still doing great job, anorganic nutrients are nearly zero (but I guess cyano helps with that), so I have to feed a lot to keep corals happy, which also works for the fish, I'm currently feeding 5 times a day (4x DKI pellets from Eheim feeder and frozen mix once a day). I plan to let it to settle for at least couple of weeks now, then I'll have to add some corals to fill the tank. I do have some must have corals like Pectinia space invander, Gorgonia ventalina (I have a perfect spot for this one), Green plerogyra, some Cyphastrea and more Alveoporas, Gonioporas and Euphyllias of course.

Congrats on finalizing your fish stocking!

 

[Jarry]

So, tank is running well, there was a 2-3 month cyano period (I always had it in a new tanks), but corals are starting to grow now. I still have all fish including all chromis and anhtias, which I did not expect Some quick phone photos, I'll make the better ones soon.

 

[Jarry]

Water change...

 

[motoking_1990]

Water change...

Wow! Those anemones really took off! Can you update what your levels are? Looks amazing

 

[Jarry]

Wow! Those anemones really took off! Can you update what your levels are? Looks amazing

Thank you, I keep KH at 7.5 - 8 using Balling original, Mg is a around 1260.
NO3 10mg/l, PO4 0.1-0.15
Rollermat + skimmer combo is enough to keep nutrient on these levels.

 

[motoking_1990]

Wow! Those anemones really took off! Can you update what your levels are? Looks amazing

Thank you, I keep KH at 7.5 - 8 using Balling original, Mg is a around 1260.
NO3 10mg/l, PO4 0.1-0.15
Rollermat + skimmer combo is enough to keep nutrient on these levels.

Its running smooth! How often are you feeding?

 

[Jarry]

Its running smooth! How often are you feeding?

I do feed 3 times a day, 2x NLS pellets from the autofeeder + once frozen, mix of mysis, small krill and artemia.

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Water change...

That hammer colony in the last photo has gotten huge!