Kschweer: 57 rimless build

kschweer · Apr 21, 2016

Quick reefbrite pictures.

ScottMyers123 · Apr 22, 2016

Just read through your whole thread. All I can say is Wow. I am glad your acros have started to color back up. Tank is looking good.

kschweer · Apr 22, 2016

ScottMyers123 said:
Just read through your whole thread. All I can say is Wow. I am glad your acros have started to color back up. Tank is looking good.

Thank you!

jsker · Apr 22, 2016

Reading through the thread, I am glad to see the system is coming back to life. Question; from reading through your thread, it was as simple as the RO/DI Throwing everything out of wack? or a combination of sand bed cleaning, alk, and RO/DI that fix the issue?

kschweer · Apr 22, 2016

jsker said:
Reading through the thread, I am glad to see the system is coming back to life. Question; from reading through your thread, it was as simple as the RO/DI Throwing everything out of wack? or a combination of sand bed cleaning, alk, and RO/DI that fix the issue?

The RO/di issue led to some algae issues mostly on the sandbed. The alk issues are what really effected the corals especially sps. I'm sure the 2 combined a bit with one making the other a little worse but I would say the alk was the main culprit.

jsker · Apr 22, 2016

Thank you.

kschweer · Apr 22, 2016

jsker said:
Thank you.

No problem!

kschweer · Apr 30, 2016

2 new pieces I picked up today. I'll try to get some better pictures later tonight.

hybridazn · Apr 30, 2016

That 2nd one looks awesome! Where did you score those beauties?

Sabellafella · Apr 30, 2016

kschweer said:
2 new pieces I picked up today. I'll try to get some better pictures later tonight.

Whaaaat those are going to windup being some serious gems soon

kschweer · Apr 30, 2016

hybridazn said:
That 2nd one looks awesome! Where did you score those beauties?

Thanks bro! We had our club meeting at TSM corals today and I picked these 2 up.

kschweer · Apr 30, 2016

Sabellafella said:
Whaaaat those are going to windup being some serious gems soon

Yea man!! I had to get them when I saw them.

kschweer · May 1, 2016

Reefbrite shot of the new Acros

jsker · May 1, 2016

Looks like they are happy too. Those are very nice.

kschweer · May 1, 2016

jsker said:
Looks like they are happy too. Those are very nice.

Thank you. They seem to be settling in nicely.

Scottsquatch · May 4, 2016

Wow Kevin, I just read your thread along with Gabe's (Ritter) over the last few days. Great to see how people here stick with it when things get tough. May I ask what size tank you had before hurricane Sandy hit you? Was it a power outage that did you in...or was it actually flooding from storm surge? Anyway, love the tank. For a while I thought you were Joshporksandwich when you got on such a zoa kick. Keep on posting those great pics!

kschweer · May 4, 2016

Scottsquatch said:
Wow Kevin, I just read your thread along with Gabe's (Ritter) over the last few days. Great to see how people here stick with it when things get tough. May I ask what size tank you had before hurricane Sandy hit you? Was it a power outage that did you in...or was it actually flooding from storm surge? Anyway, love the tank. For a while I thought you were Joshporksandwich when you got on such a zoa kick. Keep on posting those great pics!

Thank you for reading through and for the very kind words!!! The previous tank was a 46g bowfront that was about 2.5 years old when the storm came. It was the power outage that did the tank in. I'm not positive how long it was out because I evacuated and couldn't return to the island for about 9 days. I took a good 2 year break with only a neglected frag tank before deciding to set up the 57 and I'm happy I did. Glad to hear you like the pictures I will try to keep them coming! Here's one of the last pictures I took of the 46 about a month or so before the storm.

Sabellafella · May 4, 2016

kschweer said:
Thank you for reading through and for the very kind words!!! The previous tank was a 46g bowfront that was about 2.5 years old when the storm came. It was the power outage that did the tank in. I'm not positive how long it was out because I evacuated and couldn't return to the island for about 9 days. I took a good 2 year break with only a neglected frag tank before deciding to set up the 57 and I'm happy I did. Glad to hear you like the pictures I will try to keep them coming! Here's one of the last pictures I took of the 46 about a month or so before the storm.

Oh wow 9 days?!?!? What island?