Viking_reefing’s 1000L upgrade. Risky fish and sps in Sweden.

[Viking_Reefing]

Great update! Tank looks amazing!

Thanks Daniel! Glad to hear it
By the way, I can’t seem to update my profile with my build thread, it just said failed. Could you perhaps have a quick look?

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Thanks Daniel! Glad to hear it
By the way, I can’t seem to update my profile with my build thread, it just said failed. Could you perhaps have a quick look?

Yep! Sometimes the punctuation in the title plays tricks on our software, but I can set it for you. No problem!

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Done!

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Done!

Awesome! Thanks a lot bud

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Things are chugging along. However my nitrate test must have gone of as it showed sub 5 nitrates and when I sent of a ICP test to modern reef it came back at 29…I I had been dosing to get no3 up haha. Not a major worry but I prefer to keep it at around 8-10.

Things are looking fairly though:

Finally got my hands on the new ghl maxi doser 2.2…this thing is a beast!

I will be using it for AWCs. Got it installed last night and worked like a charm. However, I vastly overestimated how much hose and elbows I had available so I had to Frankenstein something together since I really wanted to try it out. I’ll have to redo some of the plumbing next weekend.

I also have some maricultured colonies coming in on Wednesday. They were supposed to arrive Wednesday this week but coralgarden wanted to keep ‘em for another week to make sure they were ready for shipping….Italy to Sweden is a decent trip haha (I also added a Walt Disney lookalike after the fact)

 

[Viking_Reefing]

I’ve gotten asked a fair bit to do a full stocking overview and I happened to have some spare time over the weekend between spring cleaning in the garden and playing tag with my kid…so here you go!

 

[Viking_Reefing]

I managed to snap a decent picture of dot the achilles. If it wasn’t so dang fine looking it wouldn’t be worth the headache that comes with it’s nasty disposition haha

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Another update! Got myself some new maricultured acros and finally got my AWCs going

 

[Axelrodi202]

Amazing tank! I am not keeping reefs yet but have been researching for some time. My dream tank since I was a kid is a big (mainly SPS) reef with moorish idol, emperor angelfish, and achilles tang, so your setup is definitely very inspiring!

I am wondering what tips you have for keeping the angels in a reef tank without the corals running into trouble. Some things I noticed in your video were having a large tank, feeding frequently (6x/day) with diverse foods, and starting with young fish (at least in the case of the emperor), and having established corals.

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Amazing tank! I am not keeping reefs yet but have been researching for some time. My dream tank since I was a kid is a big (mainly SPS) reef with moorish idol, emperor angelfish, and achilles tang, so your setup is definitely very inspiring!

I am wondering what tips you have for keeping the angels in a reef tank without the corals running into trouble. Some things I noticed in your video were having a large tank, feeding frequently (6x/day) with diverse foods, and starting with young fish (at least in the case of the emperor), and having established corals.

Glad you think so!
That specific question is actually why I started my YouTube channel as I get asked about it daily on my Instagram page. Have a look at it and if you have some specific questions afterwards I’ll be happy to answer them

 

[bwagner_vt]

Nice build!

What T5's are you using?

 

[Janci]

The tank is looking great!
Just wanted to get back to the Aurora V12 now that this is over the tank for some more months.
How do you like this light till now? Do the corals appreciate it?

 

[Viking_Reefing]

The tank is looking great!
Just wanted to get back to the Aurora V12 now that this is over the tank for some more months.
How do you like this light till now? Do the corals appreciate it?

Yeah, I’m definitely still impressed with the v12. The transition from T5’s has been completely painless which is very surprising

 

[Troylee]

Awesome build! I didn’t realize you were on here… I watch all your reels all the time on fb and drool over your system!

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Awesome build! I didn’t realize you were on here… I watch all your reels all the time on fb and drool over your system!

Thanks man! I try to be as active as I can

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Something completely different to my main tank. It’s not risky fish and it’s not at all a high energy sps environment. My little Nyos opus 300 pro aimed at lps, softies and cryptic small fish:

 

[Gumbies R Us]

Something completely different to my main tank. It’s not risky fish and it’s not at all a high energy sps environment. My little Nyos opus 300 pro aimed at lps, softies and cryptic small fish:

Looking great!

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Looking great!

Thanks! Having a lot of fun with it!

 

[Cthulukelele]

Awesome tank! Wanted to ask, you're one of the only people I've seen with long term success with orange spotted filefish. Not necessarily interested in one, but was curious what your secret was!

 

[Viking_Reefing]

Awesome tank! Wanted to ask, you're one of the only people I've seen with long term success with orange spotted filefish. Not necessarily interested in one, but was curious what your secret was!

Hey man and thanks!
They are great little fish but not for just anyone. I go in-depth here: