neoGeorge's Build: One Reef & One Planted Freshwater

[neoGeorge]

It still looks quite nice to me. Actually, considering everything the tank and you have been through, I think it faired very well!

What kind of wavemaker do you have in it and what sort of flow do you push?

It's a Current USA wavemaker running Surge at 30%; I'm using the same type of wavemaker for the reef. Happy with the performance, but the only other wavemaker that I have owned was a Jaebo

 

[LadyMac]

beautiful tanks!

 

[neoGeorge]

beautiful tanks!

@LadyMac thank you!

 

[crusso1993]

Well, it's been a while since you've given any updates. What's new or different?

 

[neoGeorge]

@crusso1993 , right you are, it's been too long - thanks for checking in; been focusing on outside landscaping to get things planted before it gets really HOT! A month or so ago I started dosing Brightwell Coral Aminos and it does seem that coral colors have become slightly more brilliant. Today I received my BRS order for Korallen LPS Amino concentrate and Phol's Coral Vitalizer (they're on sale, so giving them a try

Overall, tank is doing well, although calcium uptake is down way below alkalinity uptake; not sure why. At some level I think the tank is still recovering from the second major move and coral growth had slowed. May also be related to my dosing of Tropic Marin Part C, which also seems to be responsible for elevated Mg levels. So a bit more testing and tweaking until the tank stabilizes again.

Hope all is well on your side, and apologies for being out of touch!

 

[crusso1993]

@crusso1993 , right you are, it's been too long - thanks for checking in; been focusing on outside landscaping to get things planted before it gets really HOT! A month or so ago I started dosing Brightwell Coral Aminos and it does seem that coral colors have become slightly more brilliant. Today I received my BRS order for Korallen LPS Amino concentrate and Phol's Coral Vitalizer (they're on sale, so giving them a try

Overall, tank is doing well, although calcium uptake is down way below alkalinity uptake; not sure why. At some level I think the tank is still recovering from the second major move and coral growth had slowed. May also be related to my dosing of Tropic Marin Part C, which also seems to be responsible for elevated Mg levels. So a bit more testing and tweaking until the tank stabilizes again.

Hope all is well on your side, and apologies for being out of touch!

I would imagine those two moves upset a bit of the balance but, more importantly, the consistency of the system. All in all, it still looks nice!

 

[neoGeorge]

BRS mentioned a good point in one of their videos - over the past few years their focus has been on corals, but fish bring a color and movement to the reef aquarium that's been somewhat ignored. I've decided to take a rest from coral acquisition and let the current frags and colonies grow out, and to add some color and movement, I purchased some Chromis and Pajama Cardinals

 

[crusso1993]

BRS mentioned a good point in one of their videos - over the past few years their focus has been on corals, but fish bring a color and movement to the reef aquarium that's been somewhat ignored. I've decided to take a rest from coral acquisition and let the current frags and colonies grow out, and to add some color and movement, I purchased some Chromis and Pajama Cardinals

And a little Jethro!

 

[neoGeorge]

And a little Jethro!

 

[neoGeorge]

The reef chemistry is finally stabilizing; This tank has been torn down and moved twice in the last 10 months, so it’s a bit of a miracle that is thriving after so much trauma

 

[neoGeorge]

The reef chemistry is finally stabilizing; This tank has been torn down and moved twice in the last 10 months, so it’s a bit of a miracle that is thriving after so much trauma

 

[crusso1993]

Happy to hear things are leveling out for you. After several attempts, I could not get the video to load.

 

[neoGeorge]

Happy to hear things are leveling out for you. After several attempts, I could not get the video to load.

Hope you're staying safe! R2R was having issues yesterday, but perhaps the video will load today!

 

[count krunk]

did you upload it to youtube then link it here? that works much better.

 

[count krunk]

aaand it loads after I make that comment haha. Looking great!

 

[neoGeorge]

aaand it loads after I make that comment haha. Looking great!

Thanks! Not sure why this video is causing problems-perhaps there have been some changes in R2R (or traffic has gone up significantly because of stay-at-home advisements ;-)

 

[crusso1993]

Still not loading for me and it seems your thread is the only one where I've encountered issues. Not only can I not see the video but I also cannot quote anything. I'll keep checking back.

 

[neoGeorge]

Well, I tried uploading the video to YouTube, which I have done many times before, but received a message that the upload failed. Looks like my tech karma is suffering a glitch ;-) Anyway, here's another attempt of sharing the video directly to R2R...

 

[crusso1993]

Tank looks great!

 

[neoGeorge]

Thanks @crusso1993 !