Warren's 220 Crystal Dynamic build

wangspeed · Dec 22, 2018

Left side

Center

Right, which I don’t like. Going to re-scape this

wangspeed · Dec 22, 2018

AIO Crystal Dynamic frag tank. Lit by 4 Orphek bars

Cooking some frags

wangspeed · Dec 25, 2018

Merry Christmas to me! A regal angelfish that eats! So far he really only likes LRS. Everything else gets only a peck or is refused. He is still in quarantine til I’m confident he will eat fast enough in the display tank. All my fish in there are ravenous when it comes to feeding time.

I love the misbar too. That was a nice bonus.

Giddyup · Dec 25, 2018

Beauty... What is LRS?

wangspeed · Dec 25, 2018

Giddyup said:
Beauty... What is LRS?

http://www.larrysreefservices.com/

wangspeed · Dec 29, 2018

There’s always something... I promoted the regal to the display tank since he has been eating so well. The desjardini that I rescued from a local reefer has not taken so lightly to the new guest. I am going to need to catch him and demote him to the frag tank.

Desjardini tang < regal angelfish

I’m also concerned that the desjardini will go aggro on a copperband that I have in QT.

Update: got him! Ended up changing my lighting to all red at night. He could still see, but not as well. Eventually, he accidentally swam into the net!

wangspeed · Dec 31, 2018

Latest fish additions

Misbar yellow belly regal. He’s got a little lympho from QT stress, but he made it out and he is eating LRS!

Majestic angel. This guy is tiny and he is a little beaten up from QT.

A flame wrasse at last. Now I just need a lineatus that doesn’t have uronema... I’ve had 2 die from it this year. Let’s hope 2019 is better. Of course, my best picture of this jordani fairy wrasse is right behind my reminder of one of my new frags.

Honewrecker

Walt Disney in the center. BC Rainbows in Spain on the left. I saved that from all of 2-3 polyps. It had an AEFW infestation.

I’m going to need to move this Goni. It is getting quite large!

New hot pink goni frag

A nice pic of my Potters leopard wrasse

PANONHAS · Jan 1, 2019

Hi. How do you like the Orphek ORs. Could they be considered for a 60x30x20? Would you be able to post a video on them? Your build is looking awesome and great choice of live stock. I also have a Crystal Dynamic Tank, but mine is still in the early stages. About 3 months that it’s been up and running.

Thanks

wangspeed · Jan 1, 2019

PANONHAS said:
Hi. How do you like the Orphek ORs. Could they be considered for a 60x30x20? Would you be able to post a video on them? Your build is looking awesome and great choice of live stock. I also have a Crystal Dynamic Tank, but mine is still in the early stages. About 3 months that it’s been up and running.

Thanks

I like the sky blue, and my custom bar. I’m not crazy about the UV and I really dislike the reef daylight. The UV is just too much dedicated UV. I prefer it mixed in with other blues. The reef daylight is pretty awful if you mount it within 2 feet of the water. You get major disco. Totally unusable for video. That’s the main reason I have not shot a video on my frag tank. The reef daylight bar is just horrible for it.

I absolutely love custom bars though. The hardware is nice and so is finish. I prefer these over any other LED bars. I may swap the reef daylight and UV for something like the Noopysche or Kessil 360x at some point in 2019. After I can’t take the disco ball anymore...

wangspeed · Jan 2, 2019

This is so stressful watching my regal feed in the display. The rest of my fish act like they have not been fed in weeks. They’re ravenous. Meanwhile, the regal might eat what floats by him. I hope he starts eating like he was in QT, otherwise this may turn into a failed attempt. If I see him getting skinny, I may move him back into observation.

twf0369 · Jan 2, 2019

Great tank and detail. Following along!

wangspeed · Jan 8, 2019

Water change time! My salinity is getting low because of my skimmer. Everything it takes out is replaced with RODI. Time to get salinity back on track. It was 1.024-1.025.

This guy was entangled in chaeto. Glad I had gloves on!

elisa h · Jan 8, 2019

That’s a gnarly worm! I wonder if you could make some type of feeding device like people do for copperbands for the regal so it gets its share?
Love your tank! Awesome collection of fish!

wangspeed · Jan 8, 2019

Thanks! My other unicorn fish is in QT and is done. It’s a copperband that is eating vigorously. He’s hilarious. He swims against the glass and wags his head when he sees me. Eats everything I put in! Clams are the funniest because he goes bonkers and makes little teeth grinding noises. I’m trying to capture it on video before I promote him to the DT.

As far as the regal goes, he’s nipping at a few things. I bought a TLF pouchfeeder. I’ll see if that helps with the LRS feeding in the big tank. No way my wife is going to load that thing up with food while I’m away though. I prep about 14 bottles of food, which consists of LRS, Hikari mysis (smaller), and PE mysis. Sometimes I add other things too. Like fish eggs, clams, or other prepared foods. 1 bottle gives all my tanks a good feeding.

wangspeed · Jan 9, 2019

Ouch. I think a leopard wrasse took my RMF Acid Trip frag to bed as a pillow. It’s nowhere to be found. I can’t go digging around since everyone is asleep now. Sigh.

wangspeed · Jan 17, 2019

A few pics of my rubrisquamis flaring his fins.

wangspeed · Jan 28, 2019

Upgraded my calcium reactor regulator. I wasn’t able to dial it in to low enough levels before. Now the solenoid stays open for a few hours, which I like because I can adjust the PH level to increase dose as needed instead of changing the flow through the peristaltic pump.

The big change is the low flow needle valve and the low pressure gauge that reads at a much lower scale. I can now accurately set it to 3 psi.

This needle valve is really nice. Also way pricey. If I knew I was going to be in this deep on the regulator, I might have started with the carbon doser. It is what it is though, and the system now works incredibly well.