o2manyfish - 750g Display Tank, 1500g System with Outdoor Frag Tanks

[mattgsa]

Just finish going through the whole form. I'm sorry to hear about all the set backs. Your tanks are still amazing. I love the automation you are working into the the system. I would love to hear more about the custom automation. Especially with the float switches.

 

[o2manyfish]

Navarchus or Majestic Angels I think are one of the most beautiful fish in the world. They are also one of the fastest maturing angels in the Pomacanthus species. While most angels don't start changing to adult coloration till they are 5-8" in size. The Navarchus starts maturing at less than 2". As a true juvenile they look very similar to an Annularis angel. In August I purchased a young angel with just a small orange dot on the back. Now 2 months later the orange is starting to spread. I look forward to growing this beauty all the way out.
This guy is in the overflow of my 180g outdoor frag tank. I don't feed him. He feeds himself by hunting.
There is a quick shot of my other Navarchus. I have had him for over 18 months in the main frag tank. I was lucky enough to get him from a friend in Bali. He came in at 3" with mature coloration in the body but still showing some juvenile stripes. As you can see in the video he still has a couple of stripes.
Not a great quality video, but the little one is really shy.
Dave B
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[Maritimer]

They are truly gorgeous fish ... one of my favorite angels!

I strongly considered a navarchus for my 220 gallon reef, but in the end, decided I'd like to try a pair each of flames and watanabe, and a regal.

~Bruce

 

[o2manyfish]

Hey Folks,

I have always been a fan of Goldflake Angels, and they have been a constant member of my reef tank for 15+ years now. Several years back I stepped it up and started keeping them in pairs.

This pair I got as juveniles in Oct 2016. At the time I bought 4 - all with imperfect spot patterns. I eventually moved a pair inside and left a pair in the frag tank. After the power failure wipe out in July of 2017 I moved the surviving pair into the house. One of them got bigger and went towards the bright yellow coloring and one went to the richer deeper golden.

These 2 have been perfect reef fish and caused no problems or damage.

In Sept of 2018 while watching the webcam late at night I caught them spawning. I emailed around and am not aware of anyone else having had Goldflakes Spawn. Let alone in a crowded tank with 120 other fish watching them.

This evening I was grinding away with the magfloat to try to get rid of some of the coraline. I stirred up a bunch of crap on the bottom. And then when sitting back on the couch, the Goldflakes come out and start getting frisky.

Normally they are pretty independent, but you can see in the video that they are definitely getting ready for lights out tonight.

Sorry for the crappy cellphone shot into a cloudy tank...



Dave B

 

[RamsReef]

Maybe they like it when other fish watch :O

Awesome

 

[TX_Punisher]

Man I’d like a gold flake but I’m scared it will munch on lps. Maybe they like the billy idol?

 

[User1]

Happy New Year @o2manyfish - hope you and yours had an amazing holiday/Christmas and New Year. Just wanted to say that your reef tank(s) - both indoor and out - are inspiring. I really enjoy watching the videos you post showing the depth of the tank along with the fish interaction. It really is pretty amazing and something that I hope to one day achieve although on a smaller scale (210 gallons). Even the last video with the goldflake interactions you see the other fish reacting knowing something is going on. It really is impressive to say the least.

 

[o2manyfish]

Hey Guys,

Well, after 15 years of putting all my equipment outside I finally have to bring some equipment back into the house. Behind the filter wall I have a storage room. So popped a few holes in the wall and put the new Calcium Reactor and Dosing / Feeding Fridge inside.

They are sitting on a Bathtub Drain pan. I will be adding a leak detector in the bathtub drain to let me know about oopsies.

Years ago I was invited to see Art Carvahlo's install and I fell in love with his sexy Dastaco Calcium Rx. The Dastaco was just pure sexyiness. But its also got that fragile look to it. And that sexy missing tube off the side is just dying for me to break it off if it was sitting outside with my other equipment.

So now with the protection of equipment inside I got the sexy Dastaco EXT9.

Here is everything up and running. For a ridiculously overpriced sexy reactor they stick a crappy looking label on the monster chamber. I just couldn't stand it, so I upped the ante (just a lil).

As you can see I have to go spend a fortune on more media. Will update when my back is strong enough to haul that crap home.

Dave B

 

[RamsReef]

Whoo hoo, can't wait.

 

[reef_ranch]

Monster reactor! You’re going to love the alk stability. And fine tuning it with the Alkatronic will be a breeze.

 

[o2manyfish]

Hi Guys,

I came across something interesting and I wanted to share. We all know that stability is key to being successful in this hobby. And if you go thru this thread over the years you know that my goal has always been to do less and less to take care of my tank.

I love the amount of technology I can add to my tank to keep an eye on it while not actually having to have eyes on it.

This tech has really been cool to teach me how much things are really changing while we try to keep things stable. With the addition of my Alkatronic Alkalinity Monitor I was able to see how fragging one large montipora colony in my system dropped the consumption of alkalinity in an 1100g system with 1000 pcs of coral by over 50% and it took 4 days until consumption was back to normal.

I can actually see Alkalinity rise in the system when I take a turkey baster and blow off the rocks.

My current system - 1100g total system volume: 400g Display tank lit by 8 Radions- they turn on at 5pm - Peak at 8pm - Stay Peaked till 1am and then fade out till 2am. Everything else is outside and in direct sunlight - No covering or shade. I have a 330g Sump, a 140g sump/fish holding tank and a 180g Frag tank.

I recently upgraded my calcium reactor and took the pH probe out of my calcium reactor and tossed it in my sump... and forgot about it.
Tonight I went to check that probe to see if it needed calibration and came across a remarkable graph:

http://www.o2manyfish.com/pics2post/2019/pH - Frag Tank vs Sump.PNG

The graph is courtesy of my Neptune Systems Apex. The Orange Line is the Alkalinity. This is checked every 2 hours via my Alkatronic. Ignore it for the time being, and also ignore what it's doing. The Green Line is the pH probe in my 180g outdoor frag tank. The pH probe sits right before the overflow teeth.

The red line is the pH probe that is in the main sump, right where all the water returns from the Frag Tank and Display tank.

Looking at the chart the Green line is peaking much higher and sooner than the red line. On Feb 20th the peak is at 11am, the 21st at noon, 22 at 12:30, 23rd at noon,24th at noon, 25th at 11:30.

The times of these peaks vary because on the 19th, and 20th we had rain. Rain clouds change when the peak brightness of the day is.
Now going backwards a bit the greenline starts to rise at 7:15am on every day... Sunrise.

The red line is the pH in the sump. This is right where the water is coming back from the frag tank and the display tank. The frag tank is getting about 800gph turnover (that value is from my Neptune Flow meter monitoring an Abyzz A200). Every 15 mins the Frag Tank water is being turned over.
The red line (pH in the Sump) doesn't reach it's daily peak till 2 hours after the frag tank.

Now here is the first part that amazed me. That Green line over the red line is the pH being generated by photosynthesis. Look how much just the frags are producing!

At first I saw the gap between the Red and green and thought - oh the probes are not calibrated correctly. But look how both start tracking the downhill run the same. The pH lines are running in parralel and the difference between the 2 probes on each day is .05.

Guess what time it is the the lines become parrallel...
5:15pm 6:15pm 5:45pm 6:15pm 7pm 6pm --- Anybody wanna guess why the lines are becoming parrallel at those times?

Sunset is at 5:40 to 5:45pm - Take into account rain storms and clouds and you can see that once the sun goes down the pH between frag tank and the system is consistent.

This was the first thing that amazed me. That the frag tank was driving the pH of the system.

The other thing was that the pH drops (and keeps dropping) from sunset till sunrise.

But let's not forget about the display tank. A 400g reef packed from front to back, left to right, and top to bottom.

http://www.o2manyfish.com/pics2post/2019/400g as of Feb 25th.jpg

The display tank is double the size of the frag tank, and I would guess has 2.5x the coral mass.

The Radions in the display tank turn on at 5pm and peak before 8pm.... Do you see any change in the parralleling pH lines.... Nope

The Radions don't seem to generate any pH at all! And this to me is astounding. I know the sun is more powerful, I know its brighter, and I know how much better it grows corals than inside. But to see how much more energy less coral is producing in sunlight is really amazing.

Now we can discuss the Orange line -- That's the Alk. Now with the Alk don't look at the details (actual value) or the lack of stability in the alk - I had some tech issues.

But compare the Alk graph to the Green pH graph. About 90mins after the pH peaks the Alk drops -- every day. The Alkatronic during this graph is measured every 120mins. But the point is there. You can actually see the corals getting juiced up by the sun and then using that energy to suck in the alk and grow.

I think this is some really amazing data. I am sure there are people with more science that can explain this in more detail and using a better selection of science words... But for me... *****in!!!

Dave B

 

[User1]

Neptune should have let you beta test a trident

Great work @o2manyfish

 

[4FordFamily]

This is an AMAZING setup! Thanks for sharing its' beauty with us!

 

[o2manyfish]

I get so used to taking quick pics with the cell phone that I sometimes forget I spent a fortune on a real camera.

Here are some shots from Monday night:


Montipora - Reef Raft Diablo

Montipora - Leng Sy Nodules

Montipora - Leng Sy Colony 2

Montipora - Kung Pao Colony 2

Montipora - Grafted Setosa Under 20k+

Montipora - Grafted Setoasa Under 12k

Montipora - Reef Raft Diablo Small Colony

8' of Corals

8' of Corals

Acropora - Aussie Blue Green Colony

 

[User1]

Great photos!

 

[o2manyfish]

Acro - Smooth Skin

Acropora - Smooth Skin with Flameback Angel

Acropora - Dave's Red Acro

Milliepora - Purple/Blue

Acropora - Multicolor Acro

Acropora - Blue Vermiculata and Miyagi Tort

Acropora - Fox Flame Grow Out - Gift from the Tedinator

Acropora - UC ICE Tort - Single Polyp Grow Out

Acropora - Cali Tort

 

[o2manyfish]

Acropora - 4+ Year Efflo Growout

Aropora - Cool Blue Smooth Skin

Acropora - Blue Purple Polka Dot

Acropora - Blue Pink Aussie

Acropora Blue Pink Aussie with Leng Sy and Slimebackk

Acropora Blue Green Aussie on Island

 

[o2manyfish]

Thought it was time to update the fish list.... Holy smokes I don't think I have ever had this many fish in the tank. And things are going well (Knock on Acrylic).

You can always try to double check my list by watching the tank on the webcam.

www.o2manyfish.com/webcam --- Aquarium lights come on at 5pm PST and 11am on the weekends.


Dave B

 

[reef_ranch]

I love that you elevated the mollies to pseudochromis status! They must be spunky!

The real take away is: good lord that's alot of fish!

 

[o2manyfish]

Art.... And one less angel in the outdoor tank in the next few days


Dave B