My Corner of Paradise

[TCoach]

Decided to start an “Official” build thread for my 92 corner. Tank is now 6.5 months past the adoption and move. Here is the backstory.

Here is the latest FTS:

 

[davidcalgary29]

Before I zoomed in, I kept thinking "why is there a square of yellow plastic in that tank"??

Very nice, though!

 

[mdb_talon]

Haha i wondered what that was at first also.

 

[TCoach]

Added a little homemade feeder. Seems to be working pretty good so far. Trying to give my butterfly and other slower fish a better chance at the food. Plus, I can feed frozen or dry without getting hands wet or having it get sucked down to the sump if I don’t run a feed mode.

Best part is all parts were already here.

 

[Wasabiroot]

Watching!

 

[TCoach]

7 month post adoption update.

Tank is looking good. I've been trying to be hands out of the tank this month, but someone has decided to knock several corals off. Finally had to reach in and get them. For now, they are on the sand. I'll reglue this weekend. Waiting for a Duncan to be delivered from a local vendor.

Issues:
Alk stability. Ideally I'd like +9, but it has been hard to adjust the dosing to get it consistent. Currently focusing on keeping it stable at the 8-8.1 level it is now. I'm dosing saturated Kalk to add Alk and Ca. Since they dose fairly balanced, apparently I have not tested Ca this month!

Rising NO3 and PO4. Both Nitrate and Phosphate have been rising. Upped my GFO to 1/2 cup from 1/4 cup to try and help. Also, after researching, today I have started vinegar dosing to work on bringing both down. After reading, starting at 10ml a day and will slowly increase while monitoring both nutrients. Anyone else dosing vinegar with success?

Last test had Nitrate at 50 and Phosphate at .5. Most corals seem happy, but I've noticed some of my SPS does not appear to have as much polyp extension as they did.

I'll retest all my parameters tomorrow and update as to where the tank stands.

Video:


Graphs:
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Temp:

Salinity:

Redox:

Nitrate:

Phosphate:

Alk:

 

[TCoach]

8 month post adoption.

Been a busy month. I was able to add several “rescue” corals. Some where from a lock business that were either bleached or algae covered. The rest were from a crashed tank tear down.

From the tank tear down, I adopted:
6 sps frags
6-7” Derasa Clam
4-5” Maxima Clam
Bubble coral
Beach Bum M
TSA Pink Goni with yellow centers
2 photosynthetic Gorgonians

Also setup a tank for my wife. The yellow long nose butterfly killed a small derasa I bought and was moved to her tank long with the clown.

since many of the frags and the maxima were covered with aptasia, I’ve added 2 small aptasia eating file fish.

Anyway, been a good month overall. Enjoy some pictures and a new video.

 

[TCoach]

Reef tank ~1 year post adoption (~17 years old in total).

 

[TCoach]

~1 year post adoption pictures

 

[TCoach]

@brandon429 - If you didn't see this, a good 1 year follow up to the RIP Clean move.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Sad to see the yellow longnose go, but understandable in that circumstance! Tank is looking really nice! And I love your choice in clownfish. Clarkii clowns are my favorite clowns! My breeding pair are some of my favorite fish in my 75 gallon.

 

[i cant think]

8 month post adoption.

Been a busy month. I was able to add several “rescue” corals. Some where from a lock business that were either bleached or algae covered. The rest were from a crashed tank tear down.

From the tank tear down, I adopted:
6 sps frags
6-7” Derasa Clam
4-5” Maxima Clam
Bubble coral
Beach Bum M
TSA Pink Goni with yellow centers
2 photosynthetic Gorgonians

Also setup a tank for my wife. The yellow long nose butterfly killed a small derasa I bought and was moved to her tank long with the clown.

since many of the frags and the maxima were covered with aptasia, I’ve added 2 small aptasia eating file fish.

Anyway, been a good month overall. Enjoy some pictures and a new video.

That deresa is beautiful - I’m growing out my own one currently, it’s about 2.5 inch at the moment but I fear when I put it into my 4’ tank. The reason why is I have a Copperbanded Butterflyfish in there so it’s a risk but I’ve been told a 2 inch CBB won’t necessarily take down a 4-6 inch deresa.

 

[TCoach]

Sad to see the yellow longnose go, but understandable in that circumstance! Tank is looking really nice! And I love your choice in clownfish. Clarkii clowns are my favorite clowns! My breeding pair are some of my favorite fish in my 75 gallon.

Yah, the Yellow Longnose is a beautiful fish. Unfortunately, it passed after my wife's tank came down with what looked like Brooklynella. . Once her fallow period is over, I may look at getting another.

Yah, the Clarkii's are Aquacultured. All the ones they store had in were similar sized, so it will be interesting to see how it settles out. Right now, they are on opposite sides of the tank hosting in different symbiotes.

 

[Fishfreak2009]

Yah, the Yellow Longnose is a beautiful fish. Unfortunately, it passed after my wife's tank came down with what looked like Brooklynella. . Once her fallow period is over, I may look at getting another.

Yah, the Clarkii's are Aquacultured. All the ones they store had in were similar sized, so it will be interesting to see how it settles out. Right now, they are on opposite sides of the tank hosting in different symbiotes.

They'll figure it out. My female clarkii wouldn't let the male near "her" anemone for the first 2 weeks, then one afternoon they were like 2 peas in a pod.