sczlars
Community Member
Hi R2R people,
Here is the current state of my tank, as of yesterday. It is a Keith Grandt 93G rimless, starfire glass. The most high end aquarium I've owned. I bought it used a few years back (2014) and after a lot of procrastination got it set up after our house move. It has an external overflow plumbed BeanAnimal style. Currently it has a (too small) HOB skimmer, and the sump contains a sulfur denitrator and a GFO reactor. Abyzz return pump and Apex controller, Kessil lights. I run a Tuna Sun along with the blue lights, as I really like theat combination. It is currently in a sort of "restart stage" for corals, as there was a bit of a meltdown, and I'm now finally getting my nutrient issues sorted out. The 3 tangs have been with me for 10-11 years. There is a pair of clownfish that are wondering where all their anemones went, and a C. nox dwarf angel.
Reason for the denitrator: my nitrates were just out of control and no way I could do enough water changes. This was always a problem with this tank. I wish I had heard about this device sooner; I found out about it via youtube. My nitrates have gone from 75+ down to around 3 in a few months. Phosphates; I brought them down with Lanthanum, and am now trying to stabilize at around 0.1 with GFO. The rocks are still leaching quite a lot. PO4 used to be at 5+. I'll dig up a photo of the tank when it kinda "peaked", before the cnidarian meltdown. There is currently some purple stuff on the sand. A week ago it was ugly brown stuff (diatoms?), which now seems to have gone away.
Here is the current state of my tank, as of yesterday. It is a Keith Grandt 93G rimless, starfire glass. The most high end aquarium I've owned. I bought it used a few years back (2014) and after a lot of procrastination got it set up after our house move. It has an external overflow plumbed BeanAnimal style. Currently it has a (too small) HOB skimmer, and the sump contains a sulfur denitrator and a GFO reactor. Abyzz return pump and Apex controller, Kessil lights. I run a Tuna Sun along with the blue lights, as I really like theat combination. It is currently in a sort of "restart stage" for corals, as there was a bit of a meltdown, and I'm now finally getting my nutrient issues sorted out. The 3 tangs have been with me for 10-11 years. There is a pair of clownfish that are wondering where all their anemones went, and a C. nox dwarf angel.
Reason for the denitrator: my nitrates were just out of control and no way I could do enough water changes. This was always a problem with this tank. I wish I had heard about this device sooner; I found out about it via youtube. My nitrates have gone from 75+ down to around 3 in a few months. Phosphates; I brought them down with Lanthanum, and am now trying to stabilize at around 0.1 with GFO. The rocks are still leaching quite a lot. PO4 used to be at 5+. I'll dig up a photo of the tank when it kinda "peaked", before the cnidarian meltdown. There is currently some purple stuff on the sand. A week ago it was ugly brown stuff (diatoms?), which now seems to have gone away.
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