Teton mountain reef~ IM 200 Peninsula!

[Devaji]

Look what happened:



nice to see some nice white sand in the tank!

another view



getting the DIY NSA scape into the tank!



i'lltry yo get better pics when the sun goes down to much light reflection.

 

[Devaji]

grrr not sure why it added the stupid boarders was not that way on the phone.

 

[Devaji]

well after a SW mixing mess up I am officially cycling...

now to decide on some in sump filter media
get the light hung
make my controller board

 

[Shaka_Reefer]

Nice progress so far! Wish I got the 650

 

[Devaji]

Nice progress so far! Wish I got the 650

thanks its been a long very slow journey....but getting there.

honestly if I was to go it again I would go with the WB 7225 I think the stand is better and cmes with build in manifold. I still love my tank just saying.

 

[Shaka_Reefer]

thanks its been a long very slow journey....but getting there.

honestly if I was to go it again I would go with the WB 7225 I think the stand is better and cmes with build in manifold. I still love my tank just saying.

Oh yes for sure! The waterbox peninsula is better in my opinion too

 

[Devaji]

Monday morning cycling report....looks like the ammonia is starting to slowly go down. looks to be around 1.5ish ppm
I used Dr. Tims ammonia and Brightwell start XLM in the past I used and loved fritz turbo start 900 worked really fast for the nano but I would need quite a bit for this tank + over night shipping where start XLM is room temp stable and 250mil bottle was a lot cheaper the all the turbo start I would need.

we shall see. i'll keep you all posted on how the cycle goes.

 

[Devaji]

so I wanted more surface area in the sump than a big pile of rocks so I ordered a gallon of seachem matrix.

tank is cycling along. other than that not much to report.

 

[Devaji]

after a week of cycling with Brightwell start XLM I can say my ammonia is prob. 0 reading .25 with the API test kit as it never reads a true zero. so I dosed 170 drops of Dr. Tims ammonia back in to the tank to bring me back up to 2ppm lest see if it can bring it back to zero with in 24 hrs...

I am in no hurry this build has take for ever and I am taking a quick trip to Hawaii mid April so no life in the tank for another month.

unless I drop in some pods and still on the fence if I want to spend the money on them as them will come in on the frags anyway. IDK hand hurt except the wallet..LOL

 

[Devaji]

more tank news I got my gallon of Seachem matrix in a added after a good rinse in RODI about 1/2 gallon -2L in a a leg of new panty hose to make a BIO media log for the sump. the idea is to be able to grab and more it around easily even a good rise in tank water every few months.

there was some random rock in the buck put a least not 1/4 the way full of dust like I had seen on some amazon reviews so that's good news

 

[Devaji]

Here is what I did with the nartix.
We we'll see how that works I might switch it out if I can find a good mesh bag.


decent size but maybe I could have gotten the "pond matrix" for bigger pieces.


here is the log a made for the sump.


and here is the pics of the rock that you will have to pull out. kinda hard to tell at 1st as the covered on pumice oh I mean matrix dust but once you rinse it its pretty easy to tell. guess thats not to bad for around 2L of the stuff. just got to expect it.

 

[Devaji]

^ PS: dont tell the GF that her panty hose is in the reef tank

 

[User]

Thanks for this picture. I guess you don't know your own strength! But you've just convinced me to never use a true union ball valve. I have usually used the inline slip or threaded ball valves anyway. My uncle, a few years ago, had that happen to a toilet fill pipe, while he was out of town. The coupler where it goes into the bottom of the toilet bowl, broke just like your flange did. He came home to 2 feet of water in his house.

Finger tight on the true unions valves.

I’ve got 13 on my system and they beat anything else for smoothness, and I’ve never busted one. My father in law did though, cranking it down with an audible grunt .

yiu don’t need to crank them down as much as the box store white unions. Those ones are junk.

 

[Devaji]

tank is cursing along I am getting retty excited to get some life in here. I am on vacation until the end of april but once i get back gonna start off with some CUC then a few fish.

alos got a line on some nice softies I am pretty excited about.

 

[Devaji]

This is the reason I am not home stocking the tank.

 

[Devaji]

Ok after a much needed break and a 10 day trip to Maui Hawaii
I am back home and ready to stock this tank.

I just ordered:

McCosker's Flasher Wrasse, SubAdult/Male (Sumatra) - Medium​

Royal Gramma Basslet (Caribbean) - Medium ​

Midas Blenny (Maldives) - Medium​

​

Fighting Conch (Tonga)​

Scarlet Skunk Cleaner Shrimp (Sri Lanka) - Small​

a big shout out to my 2020 secert santa @TriggerFinger for the $25 gift card helped out alot. so excited to get to some life in the tank.

no woff to look at CUC....

 

[Devaji]

I guess I did not post my fish/stocking list so here it is:


650l Peninsula stocking list:
170 gal. system

wrasse diamante system



Halichoeres:

H. melanurus “Melanurus Wrasse”

H. iridis “Radiant Wrasse”

H. chrysus “yellow wrasse”

H. claudia “Christmas Wrasse”

H. cosmetus “ adorned wrasse”




Macropharyngodon:

M. bipartitus “Blue Star Leopard Wrasse”

M. ornatus “Ornate Leopard Wrasse”

Back leopard wrasse

would love other options on easy to care for leopards

Paracheilinus:

P. mccoskeri “McCosker’s Flasher”

P. cyaneus “Blue Flasher”: colorful male if I can find one
or
Paracheilinus carpenteri) Carpenter wrasse




Cirrhilabrus: each from a different complex:

C. exquisitus “Exquisite Fairy” -male

C. lubbocki “tri colore fairy”- Male

C. rubrimarginatus- red/pink Margin ferry wrasse -male

C. cyanopleura- blue head ferry wrasse?

C. lineatus female

C. isosceles- Splendid Pintail Fairy Wrasse

tangs:

Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) not sure I can find one anymore that’s not $500+ one of my all time fav. fish
Kole Yellow Eye Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus) same as above


other fish:
midas blenny
royal gramma

 

[Pêcheur]

I guess I did not post my fish/stocking list so here it is:


650l Peninsula stocking list:
170 gal. system

wrasse diamante system



Halichoeres:

H. melanurus “Melanurus Wrasse”

H. iridis “Radiant Wrasse”

H. chrysus “yellow wrasse”

H. claudia “Christmas Wrasse”

H. cosmetus “ adorned wrasse”




Macropharyngodon:

M. bipartitus “Blue Star Leopard Wrasse”

M. ornatus “Ornate Leopard Wrasse”

Back leopard wrasse

would love other options on easy to care for leopards

Paracheilinus:

P. mccoskeri “McCosker’s Flasher”

P. cyaneus “Blue Flasher”: colorful male if I can find one
or
Paracheilinus carpenteri) Carpenter wrasse




Cirrhilabrus: each from a different complex:

C. exquisitus “Exquisite Fairy” -male

C. lubbocki “tri colore fairy”- Male

C. rubrimarginatus- red/pink Margin ferry wrasse -male

C. cyanopleura- blue head ferry wrasse?

C. lineatus female

C. isosceles- Splendid Pintail Fairy Wrasse

tangs:

Yellow Tang (Zebrasoma flavescens) not sure I can find one anymore that’s not $500+ one of my all time fav. fish
Kole Yellow Eye Tang (Ctenochaetus strigosus) same as above


other fish:
midas blenny
royal gramma

Wow, this is quite a journey!

How do you plan on keeping the numerous wrasses from jumping out, Do you planning covering the tank?

 

[Devaji]

Wow, this is quite a journey!

How do you plan on keeping the numerous wrasses from jumping out, Do you planning covering the tank?

yeah its been one heck of a journey that's for sure. I have a nice screen top. there are pics of it a few pages back.

 

[Devaji]

well the fish are coming today via fedx from CA to ID. looks like it will be a arrive by 4:30 type of thing with makes we shell see.

i'll keep you all updated on how it goes.