Okay... update after a year. Wow...
So the tank... sucks. It started growing hair algae very bad. The more water changes I did, the more it would grow. I was doing 20-30% water changes a week. It got old fast. It would take 3hrs on Sunday to do both tanks not to mention making RODI water every free chance i got. Nothing was growing and coral after coral was dying along with every fish I would put in there. Average was a month or 2 and then bam... dead! Every time inwould go to the LFS, it was $100-200... you need this or you need this. I gave up and was done! Stopped doing water changes. I would just put RODI in the top off as needed. The hair algae has stopped for the most part but there is still an lot in the tank. I have not added any livestock of any sort in almost a year. Now I have about $5k investment sitting in my living room that hold 2 small green star polyps!
When I started the saltwater hobby I was so excited. I wanted to grow a ton of coral and was planning on where to put all the tanks. I am a hands on guy and wanted to build custom tanks, custom sumps, custom coral racks... you name it! Heck thought about converting the garage into a coral farm! This hobby has sucked the life out of me. This tank has. I have never had a hobby that everything I did, and was told to do, didnt work and I felt like I had zero control. So I gave up. The Apex still seems to freeze. The $1k Kessil I had to have to grow the coarls... we the LFS said so... still cuts on and off at random times. Just super frustrated. I dont know if it is me, my LFS, the fact we live less than a mile from the water treatment plant, or just plain bad luck but I look up to all you guys with successful tanks! Maybe one day...
Thanks to those that have commented. I have been trying to sale the tank local for 3 or months or so with no luck. Think I may part out what I can and just take everything else to the dump. Seems like that is where it belongs.
Signing off... till next time!
So the tank... sucks. It started growing hair algae very bad. The more water changes I did, the more it would grow. I was doing 20-30% water changes a week. It got old fast. It would take 3hrs on Sunday to do both tanks not to mention making RODI water every free chance i got. Nothing was growing and coral after coral was dying along with every fish I would put in there. Average was a month or 2 and then bam... dead! Every time inwould go to the LFS, it was $100-200... you need this or you need this. I gave up and was done! Stopped doing water changes. I would just put RODI in the top off as needed. The hair algae has stopped for the most part but there is still an lot in the tank. I have not added any livestock of any sort in almost a year. Now I have about $5k investment sitting in my living room that hold 2 small green star polyps!
When I started the saltwater hobby I was so excited. I wanted to grow a ton of coral and was planning on where to put all the tanks. I am a hands on guy and wanted to build custom tanks, custom sumps, custom coral racks... you name it! Heck thought about converting the garage into a coral farm! This hobby has sucked the life out of me. This tank has. I have never had a hobby that everything I did, and was told to do, didnt work and I felt like I had zero control. So I gave up. The Apex still seems to freeze. The $1k Kessil I had to have to grow the coarls... we the LFS said so... still cuts on and off at random times. Just super frustrated. I dont know if it is me, my LFS, the fact we live less than a mile from the water treatment plant, or just plain bad luck but I look up to all you guys with successful tanks! Maybe one day...
Thanks to those that have commented. I have been trying to sale the tank local for 3 or months or so with no luck. Think I may part out what I can and just take everything else to the dump. Seems like that is where it belongs.
Signing off... till next time!
