New build - 90g Planet Aquarium rimless

[powers2001]

Way to go @Snowxcross . Great start!!!!

 

[Snowxcross]

Hi all - i havent posted a bit in this thread and it's been 4 months since my last post. So yes, i have some updates!

Sometime in June i experienced dinos. I didnt have a microscope but i knew how to treat them based on what i was seeing. It wasnt much, so i caught it early, that's first and foremost, but what i did see was more prominent during the day. That was the stringy type with a little bubble on top. My sand would be white at night, but more dirty during the day. I test weekly NO3 and PO4, so right when i noticed this only a few days after a test, i had just about zero'd out those numbers with PO4 being 0.02 and NO3 at 0. I am consistant with 0.05 PO4 and between 6-9 NO3. So that explained why i was seeing dino's. Here's what i did explained in this youtube video: and here's the summary:

1. Reduced my lights from 12 hours to 6 hours.
2. Cut all white out, run only blue lights.
3. Stop feeding Amino Acids such as Reef Energy, lessen feeding for fish, didnt feed corals anything.
4. Kept running Algae Scrubber (if you have one)
5. Kept skimming, if you reduce your skimmer a few hours a day like me, stop that and keep it on just about 24/7.
6. Get a cheap UV and run that 24/7 for a few days
7. Add beneficial bacteria such as Dr. Tims waste away or Microbacter 7
8. Continue running GFO (rowaphos)
9. Dose Nitrates (Assuming you're nitrates are bottomed out). I used NeoNitrate by Brightwell.
10. Make sure you have a sufficient cleanup crew
11. No water changes

After 2 weeks my parameters were close to normal and no signs of Dinos. I reverted back to my white lights and adjusted my skimmer back to normal, as well as removed the UV.

So now we're just about 2 months post that, and things are great! Last week i did a 30G water change. I have better success doing water changes every 3-4 months versus weekly/monthly, success meaning more stable parameters.

I added a new XR15 G6 to the mix! I now run 3 XR15's to bump my par. The reason was definitely par, i thought i was good enough, but i bought a par meter and turns out i was off by a lot! Currently running all three at 80% and hitting 300-400 par where my SPS are now. The sand is averaging 50-60 in most areas.

I'm close to reefapalooza here in NJ, I had a great time buying frags, i bought quite a bit, and stocked up on both this system and my 25G nano downstairs (i need to do a build threat/video on that system) super fun tank!!

My zoa garden has grown a lot, and i've started to frag some of my corals do to them just getting big. Additionally, when i did my water change last week, i also decided to clean the sump, that was fun and glad i did it, it's like the day i set this tank up, looks super clean. I needed to use my small shopvac though, there's really no better way in my opinion.

Everything is growing great and fast, fish are really healthy, tank is just awesome. The only maintenance i do daily is clean the glass for a whole 3 minutes! LOL

Some pictures below!

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Hi all - i havent posted a bit in this thread and it's been 4 months since my last post. So yes, i have some updates!

Sometime in June i experienced dinos. I didnt have a microscope but i knew how to treat them based on what i was seeing. It wasnt much, so i caught it early, that's first and foremost, but what i did see was more prominent during the day. That was the stringy type with a little bubble on top. My sand would be white at night, but more dirty during the day. I test weekly NO3 and PO4, so right when i noticed this only a few days after a test, i had just about zero'd out those numbers with PO4 being 0.02 and NO3 at 0. I am consistant with 0.05 PO4 and between 6-9 NO3. So that explained why i was seeing dino's. Here's what i did explained in this youtube video: and here's the summary:

1. Reduced my lights from 12 hours to 6 hours.
2. Cut all white out, run only blue lights.
3. Stop feeding Amino Acids such as Reef Energy, lessen feeding for fish, didnt feed corals anything.
4. Kept running Algae Scrubber (if you have one)
5. Kept skimming, if you reduce your skimmer a few hours a day like me, stop that and keep it on just about 24/7.
6. Get a cheap UV and run that 24/7 for a few days
7. Add beneficial bacteria such as Dr. Tims waste away or Microbacter 7
8. Continue running GFO (rowaphos)
9. Dose Nitrates (Assuming you're nitrates are bottomed out). I used NeoNitrate by Brightwell.
10. Make sure you have a sufficient cleanup crew
11. No water changes

After 2 weeks my parameters were close to normal and no signs of Dinos. I reverted back to my white lights and adjusted my skimmer back to normal, as well as removed the UV.

So now we're just about 2 months post that, and things are great! Last week i did a 30G water change. I have better success doing water changes every 3-4 months versus weekly/monthly, success meaning more stable parameters.

I added a new XR15 G6 to the mix! I now run 3 XR15's to bump my par. The reason was definitely par, i thought i was good enough, but i bought a par meter and turns out i was off by a lot! Currently running all three at 80% and hitting 300-400 par where my SPS are now. The sand is averaging 50-60 in most areas.

I'm close to reefapalooza here in NJ, I had a great time buying frags, i bought quite a bit, and stocked up on both this system and my 25G nano downstairs (i need to do a build threat/video on that system) super fun tank!!

My zoa garden has grown a lot, and i've started to frag some of my corals do to them just getting big. Additionally, when i did my water change last week, i also decided to clean the sump, that was fun and glad i did it, it's like the day i set this tank up, looks super clean. I needed to use my small shopvac though, there's really no better way in my opinion.

Everything is growing great and fast, fish are really healthy, tank is just awesome. The only maintenance i do daily is clean the glass for a whole 3 minutes! LOL

Some pictures below!

Glad to see the tank is still doing good!