My 125g 3 Sided View Build

skinz78 · Apr 22, 2012

I would remove the Tang before medicating.

prsnlty · Apr 22, 2012

Thank you :) Do you think I should use the Prazipro or go with copper? Will he be ok in a 10g tank or should I use my black rubbermaid (clean) trash can?

prsnlty · May 9, 2012

Powder blue is alive and doing well in HT. I used coppersafe. He had one very bad day then was feeling well the next. Now, I just hope that when it comes time to move him back he will do fine.

prsnlty · May 9, 2012

I'm having a problem that I guess I'll be going on over to reef chemistry for help on. Alk sky high :(

revhtree · May 9, 2012

Good to hear the PBT is doing good!

prsnlty · May 27, 2012

revhtree said:
Good to hear the PBT is doing good!

Thank you :) He is now back in the DT and still well. Hopefully he stays that way :) I purchased a Kent 4 stage ro/di set up today and will be hooking it up tomorrow. I thought I'd change about 25-30g about every 5-7 days to get out the bad elements. Do you think that would be too much on the fish and corals?

prsnlty · May 27, 2012

What I mean by "bad elements" is tap water from my well. Though I have a softner system in place the water has a lot of phosphates and who knows what else. The water never seems to get "crystal clear" in the tank. I use GAC, GFO and bio pellets(all in reactors) with microbactor 7. I also have all the right critters and a sea hare. Still the HA is not going away. I also strain the food, spot feed coral and limit the amount of flake that I introduce into the tank. One exception is reef snow 2 times a month.

revhtree · May 27, 2012

No I think that will be a good ration myself. I actually do about the same.

prsnlty · Jun 16, 2012

Hmmm. Tested my fresh ro/di water before adding salt. Phospates are detected (not much) but I was thinking there shouldn't be any trace with this Kent unit. Guess I'm off to find out why.....

wysiwyg · Jun 16, 2012

your tank is amazing. how old are the filters/di cartridge in your ro/di unit might be time for a change just a thought

prsnlty · Jul 5, 2012

wysiwyg said:
your tank is amazing. how old are the filters/di cartridge in your ro/di unit might be time for a change just a thought

Thank you :) My RO/DI is new. I found the problem however. It was the 55g barrel I purchased. I'm not sure what used to be in it and have cleaned and cleaned it. None the less whatever it was still leaches. I purchased a few new 35g trash cans and changed out all my water except what was in the sand bed and sump plus 20g. I knew this would cause the tank to cycle again but there wasn't much I could do about it. I took just about all of the river rock out simply to make more swim and growth room in the tank but kept the ruin since the tangs love it. I lost 1 finger leather and 2 monti cap frags (they didn't like being in the trash can even for 2 days.) No more detectable phosphates in the water now :bounce:and HA is finally gone! While I had the tank down I hard plumbed my overflow and put in an eshopps bag holder and bag... it's just easier. This also increased the flow in my tank. I'll add some pictures tomorrow.

BarbH · Jul 5, 2012

Nice looking tank, look foward to seeing the updated pictures :D

prsnlty · Jul 7, 2012

New aquascape

I went with a "less is more approach. More swim room and and more room for coral growth. Once it's stable for a while I'd like to get some acro's :D

I think the RO/Di even made a difference in my frogspawn's color and growth with my branching duncan frag too!

prsnlty · Jul 7, 2012

prsnlty · Jul 7, 2012

All in all I am much happier with it. I kept my roman ruin gift in the tank because everyone, including the fish love it. The 2 tangs fight over it all the time..LOL I am a little concerned about the HA coming back on some of the rocks since I couldn't kill it on the ones that had corals attached. Time will tell I guess.

prsnlty · Jul 7, 2012

BarbH said:
Nice looking tank, look foward to seeing the updated pictures :D

Thank you Barb :) As you know, always a work in progress. I looked at your tank today as well. I love the bow front tanks and thought of getting one then realized I didn't have a wall to place it on :( So that is the reason I have a peninsula style tank.

prsnlty · Sep 19, 2012

Not much happening since the last post except for adding a blue monster frag and a red monti digi...

I had a nice purple and blue clam that my coral beauty must have eaten for a midnight snack (that was depressing to say the least) and the pb tang has been in and out of qt again. This is becoming an every other month thing it seems. I think my yellow tang just stresses him out too much.

salinity: 1.025, CA: 500, ALK: 9.0DKH, NO3: 0, PO4: 0.25, MAG: 1355