The down sizing begins!!!

Manose · Feb 26, 2020

I got a new Simplicity skimmer and my k1 dosers hooked up.
I am dosing ATI Essentials Pro 2 part.

AJsReef · Feb 26, 2020

Looking great! Really like seeing RSRs switched out for standard plumbing. So much easier to use and better suited IMO.

Are you dosing up stream from your skimmer?

svogun · Feb 26, 2020

great build! love my 750XXL

GermanJosh · Feb 26, 2020

Manose said:
Been very hard at working on this minus time had to take a headache break.
All wires routed and all hooked up and ready for to put the rock and sand in.

awesome setup man, do you have a link to those cable management covers?

Manose · Feb 26, 2020

AJsReef said:
Looking great! Really like seeing RSRs switched out for standard plumbing. So much easier to use and better suited IMO.

Are you dosing up stream from your skimmer?

Thank you and the dosing lines drop in-front of a gyre pump in the sump that sends most everything to the sponge separating the main fuge from the return.

svogun said:
great build! love my 750XXL

Thank you :)

GermanJosh said:
awesome setup man, do you have a link to those cable management covers?

Thank you, and here is what I used for the raceway and cut them with a chop saw Amazon product

nicholasng11 · Feb 26, 2020

Love the set up. Thank you for sharing !

Peach02 · Mar 3, 2020

Looking great.
How's ati essentials going and did the tank come with a levelling mat or one built into the stand or none at all?

Manose · Mar 11, 2020

Peach02 said:
Looking great.
How's ati essentials going and did the tank come with a levelling mat or one built into the stand or none at all?

So sorry I have not responded yet as I have been crazy busy.
So far ATI essentials pro is keeping my alk rock solid and same with mag/cal.
The stand has a leveling mat built in. I really love the stand and how perfect it is for this tank.

I think because of my Alk change from my last tank I had to frag my big Hollywood Stunner:( but I will regrow it from one of the frags.

Peach02 · Mar 11, 2020

Thanks for the info and sorry to hear about the hollywood

Manose · Mar 11, 2020

Peach02 said:
Thanks for the info and sorry to hear about the hollywood

No problem I will get more pictures soon. I have an acro out front that is going wild. He has the biggest polyp extension and has got a new branch starting. I really am excited after losing one of my prized pieces to see something good.

Katrina71 · Mar 11, 2020

Wow your setup is clean! I hope ours turns out half that nice!

Manose · Mar 11, 2020

Katrina71 said:
Wow your setup is clean! I hope ours turns out half that nice!

Oh it will because I have all the faith in you and your sons ability as he is pure genius and meant for this wonderful hobby.
By the way I am out and about now actually driving so let me know when I need to come down and help you guys.

Manose · Mar 12, 2020

I promised more pictures and here they are

Manose · Apr 7, 2020

It's been quite a journey since the last update. It started when my meat coral started bleaching them my big hollywood stunner just lost all its tissue and croaked.
Next few days went by and my bubble gum and Forrest fire and bubble gum digitata stopped polyping out.
First thing was to lower the flow then reduce the lighting as I had my leds at around 60% light blue darkblue and UV with the t5's on for 3 hours.
I cut the flow back to gyre mode and went from 70% to 40% and I noticed things perk up a bit.
My new plan was to use the t5 as the primary and led as secondary.
I started running the 5 hours a day and reduced the led max to 40% and still no luck with the digis coming out then my acan oranged out and started showing skeleton along with my cyphastria losing its color so I new it was not the flow or water chemistry so I lowered the leds to no daylight with max at 20% on both blues and uv at their peak.
When I did this I noticed a huge improvement in everything as my acan started to puff up we the parts that were still good and my fire digi start to get some real polyps going.
My neon orange plate,torches,duncans,zoas,even my leptostrea and symphyillia are doing wonderful.
Here you can see the polyps coming back on the digitata as they had none when this started

This is the acan puffed up for the first time in ages

Here is the Acan ,chphastria and meat coral together slowly getting their color back

My parameters are really good and have been the same for many weeks
Alk - 8 tested everyday at 3 pm
Cal- 430
Mag- 1380
Po4 - .01-.04 (I have to dose to keep it up)
No3 - 3 but raising them to 5
Here is what is keeping all my stuff in check
just emptied today