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lol understood!
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Quick coral shots from my phone. Man I really need to get out my good camera....
I actually really hate frag plugs but I do like these frag rocks from Aqua Forest. They are ugly now but will blend in well as the coral and coralline grows. My buddy who I got the frags from turned me on to them. They make it easy to move the coral around should I want a better spot for them.
I actually really hate frag plugs but I do like these frag rocks from Aqua Forest. They are ugly now but will blend in well as the coral and coralline grows. My buddy who I got the frags from turned me on to them. They make it easy to move the coral around should I want a better spot for them.
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I have the left side Vectra L2 running reefcrest at 90% split between 2 outputs. I had a Vectra L1 on the right side running at 45% going through 1 output (the other output is not really needed and is capped off at this point) but it seized up on me. I have a Vectra L2 being shipped here and will arrive tomorrow. it will run reefcrest at 45%. There is tons of flow in the tank from front to back, side to side. I have a tube anemone from my 210 in the 600 now that I might actually give to my friend because I cant find a calm enough spot in the tank for it.
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Full tank shots will start to be catalogued on post 5. First FTS posted. Still dealing with the ugly stage but no coral losses at this point.
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Your Angel Love is tweaking my heartstrings!!!! I am currently in planning for a 280. this is my wish list of what I used to have before I started getting fish from Dr. Reef. (Velvet nearly killed me for the hobby)
When they were all in there things were ok no signs of aggression... after the massive loss I havent been able to stock enough to break up the aggression of the 3 stooges so I stopped buying fish until I can move the regals and majestic into a scape first.
I want my regals back X2 lost to aggression
1 blue face lost to velvet
1 emperor lost to velvet
3 schooling bannerfish pigs who dominate my 180 obtained from Dr. Reef aka the 3 stooges
1 pink streak wrasse Salron
1 Midas blenny Adorable From Dr. Reef
2 captive bred black clowns med size mated but no babies :(
1 Harlequin tusk lost to velvet
1 Halichoeres leucoxanthus cant even spell it without a copy paste
1 majestic angel lost to velvet
I would be interested in your experiences with the regals and the other angels as that is my goal. I plan to try the softies and super easy corals, no stonys.
When they were all in there things were ok no signs of aggression... after the massive loss I havent been able to stock enough to break up the aggression of the 3 stooges so I stopped buying fish until I can move the regals and majestic into a scape first.
I want my regals back X2 lost to aggression
1 blue face lost to velvet
1 emperor lost to velvet
3 schooling bannerfish pigs who dominate my 180 obtained from Dr. Reef aka the 3 stooges
1 pink streak wrasse Salron
1 Midas blenny Adorable From Dr. Reef
2 captive bred black clowns med size mated but no babies :(
1 Harlequin tusk lost to velvet
1 Halichoeres leucoxanthus cant even spell it without a copy paste
1 majestic angel lost to velvet
I would be interested in your experiences with the regals and the other angels as that is my goal. I plan to try the softies and super easy corals, no stonys.
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Bummer, sorry to hear about the losses. Yeah I either quarantine all my fish or buy them pre-quarantined from a reputable vendor. Besides the transfers from my previous system all my fish have come from Dr. Reef so far. I have been really pleased with their customer service and the fish I have received from them. I currently have another 12 fish being quarantined right now with them.
On another note I went out of town for a few days and came back to most my acro's having burnt tips and lost my red dragon acro. I have been keeping my alkalinity below 7dKh since I don't have any PO4 in the tank. I wanted to shy away from dosing PO4 so I was dosing acropower hoping that would "substitute" the low nutrients in my tank, no such luck unfortunately. While I was gone my alk climbed to almost 8.
I decided to be pro active and take out the surviving corals and place them back into my buddies tank until my system is a bit more ready. I knew I was walking a fine line with placing acros into such a new system and one slight misstep could spell disaster. Not sure why I always think I am smarter than nature!
Anyways I am now dosing PO4 of roughly .08 per day which is breaking even from my last test which is now giving me a steady .04 PO4. Now instead of rushing things (nothing comes fast and easy in this hobby and I know it, not sure why I tempt fate) I am going to wait until coralline starts coming in before adding acros and chalices back in. I do have a couple of torches in the system now though which my buddy didnt have room for and they are doing great and haven't skipped a beat. Now its just a waiting game.
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Next order of fish coming in:
Tomini Tang - Quarantined (for the frag sump area)
x2 Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse - Quarantined
Black Nox Angelfish - Quarantined
Watanabei Angelfish (Female) - Quarantined
Flagfin Angelfish - Quarantined
Rusty Angelfish - Quarantined
Majestic Angelfish - Quarantined (last one didn't make it unfortunately)
Convict Tang - Quarantined
x2 Sleeper Blue Dot Goby - Quarantined
Tomini Tang - Quarantined (for the frag sump area)
x2 Bluestreak Cleaner Wrasse - Quarantined
Black Nox Angelfish - Quarantined
Watanabei Angelfish (Female) - Quarantined
Flagfin Angelfish - Quarantined
Rusty Angelfish - Quarantined
Majestic Angelfish - Quarantined (last one didn't make it unfortunately)
Convict Tang - Quarantined
x2 Sleeper Blue Dot Goby - Quarantined
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Good list of fish! Can't wait to see all of them in your tank!
How wide is the panel cover the controllers and drain lines? i'm looking at these exact dimensions for my own build and like your tank a lot.Its been a busy week. I have everything plumbed, tanked filled and cycling. I built up the back wall a little bit. More details to come.
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Are you referring to the panels for my stand?
24x40 all the way around and 12x40 & 12x30 on the back end overflow side.
https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/vallstena-door-white-00541828/
Thanks for the compliment :)
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Well its been a while since an update and today my tank turns 1 year old.
Its been the typical journey so far. Ugly stages, fish deaths, cyano and now I am dealing with dino's.
with my 225 I was dealing with Oestropsis which I was able to tackle pretty quickly with a 90w UV. Now in this system I have Coolia and a little bit of LCA. Man these dino's are stubborn. I have the UV plumbed into my display and pulling water into a 80w and 90w UV with a Varios 10 and still cant get ahead of them. I have another 120w UV which will be here tomorrow and hopefully I can tackle these. Big tanks, big problems, big $$. I can say for the most part its just visual and not really hurting any corals. Although I do believe it has caused a couple fish deaths along the way. The most notably my Emperor Angel which I had when I started my 225 about 4 years ago. So the goal is to defeat the Coolia with UV then the LCA with silicate dosing.
Here is a current FTS and some other shots
Sorry for the glares, a lot of light in this room.
So other than the dino's the system is doing well. Corals are starting to grow. Alkalinity consumption is about 200ml per day between Sodium Hydroxide and Soda Ash. Once the PH hits 8.45 it switches to Soda Ash. CA about 200-235. PH is 8.2-8.45 daily and I also use a CO2 scrubber.
ORP hovers around 250-300 daily although it tops out at 350 when the Ozone is on at night (Ozone generator shuts off at 350).
As far as other supplements I am running Captiv8 Elements. This is much like Moonshiners but more cost effective for larger systems like mine. It has been a bit of a challenge to dial it in since I am battling DIno's and with that using Rox Carbon which strips out elements. Overall though I am really pleased with the system.
The nice thing about the Captiv8 elements is the fact that I can mix them all together into 1 dosing container except for the strontium which is super helpful.
At the moment I have 13 Angelfish in my reef with a plan to get about 5 or more hopefully in the next few weeks. The French Angel is definitely the boss of the tank. All of my fish have come from @Dr. Reef except for the fish from my previous system. All the fish have come in healthy and eating. I did have a couple shipping issues and they took care of all issues right away. I highly recommend them!
95% of my corals came from a friends system which has been setup 4+ years and has massive colonies. I took frags from my old system plus frags from his system to populate this tank. Almost all of them were multi branch frags or small colonies. Polyp extension is not the best, I do have a reef full of angels and they do pick but do not decimate any of the corals in the system. However I am really limited on what I can have. I do love Chalices but they are a no go in this tank. It becomes a buffet when I put them in. That being said I do have a 40 gallon sump with no angels where I can place these corals in.
So overall a lot of ups and downs the first year to be as expected. Besides the dealing with dino's the biggest problem I had for the first 9 months or so was dealing with burnt tips on my acros which would just cause the fish to eat the stressed corals and downhill to death they went. The last 3 months though have not had any burnt tips and the corals are coloring up nice and growing and can withstand the occasional nip. I strongly believe a healthy coral can survive with most angels. A stressed coral cannot. I did have elevated Aluminum and Tin on an ICP test and I ran Cuprisorb and Metasorb to get them down and that was the turning point. Can't say for certain it was the cause but things are better now that my aluminum and tin levels are low.
Its been the typical journey so far. Ugly stages, fish deaths, cyano and now I am dealing with dino's.
with my 225 I was dealing with Oestropsis which I was able to tackle pretty quickly with a 90w UV. Now in this system I have Coolia and a little bit of LCA. Man these dino's are stubborn. I have the UV plumbed into my display and pulling water into a 80w and 90w UV with a Varios 10 and still cant get ahead of them. I have another 120w UV which will be here tomorrow and hopefully I can tackle these. Big tanks, big problems, big $$. I can say for the most part its just visual and not really hurting any corals. Although I do believe it has caused a couple fish deaths along the way. The most notably my Emperor Angel which I had when I started my 225 about 4 years ago. So the goal is to defeat the Coolia with UV then the LCA with silicate dosing.
Here is a current FTS and some other shots
Sorry for the glares, a lot of light in this room.
So other than the dino's the system is doing well. Corals are starting to grow. Alkalinity consumption is about 200ml per day between Sodium Hydroxide and Soda Ash. Once the PH hits 8.45 it switches to Soda Ash. CA about 200-235. PH is 8.2-8.45 daily and I also use a CO2 scrubber.
ORP hovers around 250-300 daily although it tops out at 350 when the Ozone is on at night (Ozone generator shuts off at 350).
As far as other supplements I am running Captiv8 Elements. This is much like Moonshiners but more cost effective for larger systems like mine. It has been a bit of a challenge to dial it in since I am battling DIno's and with that using Rox Carbon which strips out elements. Overall though I am really pleased with the system.
The nice thing about the Captiv8 elements is the fact that I can mix them all together into 1 dosing container except for the strontium which is super helpful.
At the moment I have 13 Angelfish in my reef with a plan to get about 5 or more hopefully in the next few weeks. The French Angel is definitely the boss of the tank. All of my fish have come from @Dr. Reef except for the fish from my previous system. All the fish have come in healthy and eating. I did have a couple shipping issues and they took care of all issues right away. I highly recommend them!
95% of my corals came from a friends system which has been setup 4+ years and has massive colonies. I took frags from my old system plus frags from his system to populate this tank. Almost all of them were multi branch frags or small colonies. Polyp extension is not the best, I do have a reef full of angels and they do pick but do not decimate any of the corals in the system. However I am really limited on what I can have. I do love Chalices but they are a no go in this tank. It becomes a buffet when I put them in. That being said I do have a 40 gallon sump with no angels where I can place these corals in.
So overall a lot of ups and downs the first year to be as expected. Besides the dealing with dino's the biggest problem I had for the first 9 months or so was dealing with burnt tips on my acros which would just cause the fish to eat the stressed corals and downhill to death they went. The last 3 months though have not had any burnt tips and the corals are coloring up nice and growing and can withstand the occasional nip. I strongly believe a healthy coral can survive with most angels. A stressed coral cannot. I did have elevated Aluminum and Tin on an ICP test and I ran Cuprisorb and Metasorb to get them down and that was the turning point. Can't say for certain it was the cause but things are better now that my aluminum and tin levels are low.
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