Wilioli Posted December 31, 2010 Share Posted December 31, 2010 awesome pic and coral! Link to comment
spllbnd2 Posted February 4, 2011 Share Posted February 4, 2011 Very nice set up you've got Mojo. Love the lighting that you've choosen. I didn't notice if you mentioned it, but how far up are the lights from the water surface? Cheers, Alex Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Well, it's been awhile .... sometimes ya just gotta tell a Mod or two to eat sh*t and take a break.... Anyways, had a bit of a recent phosphate issue ( my own fault ) but that's on the mend. Dec 2010 Just snapped a quick iPhone shot: Sept 2011 Traded , lost and gained a few along the way. Had some excellent growth and some not so excellent. Overall, hanging in there pretty nicely. Link to comment
Paigee Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Really nice tank I like it. Also, what's the name of that coral you got a few posts up? Link to comment
pismo_reefer Posted September 13, 2011 Share Posted September 13, 2011 I like it..... Love the new favia. Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Time to replace the MH's and T5's .... again. Gonna give LED a try and keep 2 of my T5's for color supplementation until the LED "color" debate settles, upgrading my DIY at a later time. ... lol Things I have learned: 1:1 RB/CW is out and 2:1 RB/NW is the new standard Equal spacing is out in favor of clusters Various forms of "light diffusers" do a fantastic job of mixing color Big THANKS goes out to Evil, Blasterman, jfarabaugh, DaveFason, Mike from Rapid LED and others for their input on this project. The base for my project: I have a center brace ... yes. Sink is 5.888x28 inches from HeatsinkUSA. The 48 LED Kit from Rapid LED customized with 32RB + 16NW is what I'll be using with an extra driver. Link to comment
Catbus Posted January 10, 2012 Share Posted January 10, 2012 dunno how I missed this thread being the same size as my tank and all.. way better than mine looks great! got a recent fts? Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted January 10, 2012 Author Share Posted January 10, 2012 Thanks and nope ... lol Looks the same basically, just grown out more. No major changes as of yet. Link to comment
Wilioli Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 checking 'back' in ... lol - still busy with work... part time reading on sumps, and overflows... and now i see you are moving on to led's... IM STILL FIGURING OUT THE CANOPY! lol Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted January 14, 2012 Author Share Posted January 14, 2012 checking 'back' in ... lol - still busy with work... part time reading on sumps, and overflows... and now i see you are moving on to led's... IM STILL FIGURING OUT THE CANOPY! lol Glad to see your still around. Hope all is well and I look forward to seeing a build from ya ... eventually ... lol Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Here's a quick FTS: Tank is half lit btw. I'm still looking at LED but until then I just tossed in a couple Phoenix 14K as my 12's were goin on one year and I didnt wanna shell out the $$ for 2 Radium 20's. Been having a diatom issue and despite carbon / gfo / skimmer / frequent WC's / Chaeto / 0TDS , etc, etc. I just cant get the friggin phosphates under control. I'm gonna make the leap and blame my year old shallow sandbed. SO, have been removing it slowly during WC's with the plan to go 80% BB until I get a handle on the situation. did a little rearranging as well. Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 Few more pics of my issue: My Idaho Grape looks worse than in the pic. Despite turkey baster, direct power head flow and tooth brush this crap will not come off. Has gotten better, but the battle continues .... Link to comment
Asureef Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Diatom is harmless, what is your current p04 reading? Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted January 25, 2012 Author Share Posted January 25, 2012 .005-.010 according to my Hanna. Changed 5g 2 days ago gonna hit it again tomorrow or next day. Diatoms will grow from the base and push away the flesh of the coral, like in the last pic. I'll add that I'm on the tail end of a 3 month battle with this stuff. At one point, my rock was almost completely covered with brown , bubble filled snot jelly and brown algae. Diatoms, dinoflagellates, whatever ya wanna call it ....it SUX. Just can't seem to strike the final blow, although I am close to winning this war. Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 Tried the Peroxide treatment on a few spots of LR and a diluted mix on a small SPS.... I'll see results in a few days Link to comment
Asureef Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 .005-.010 according to my Hanna. Changed 5g 2 days ago gonna hit it again tomorrow or next day. Diatoms will grow from the base and push away the flesh of the coral, like in the last pic. I'll add that I'm on the tail end of a 3 month battle with this stuff. At one point, my rock was almost completely covered with brown , bubble filled snot jelly and brown algae. Diatoms, dinoflagellates, whatever ya wanna call it ....it SUX. Just can't seem to strike the final blow, although I am close to winning this war. I don't think phosphate is your problem. Diatom isn't actually killing your SPS, it sounds like your SPS is suffering from "STN" and algae is just growing on the exposed area. Your tank may actually be suffering from nutrient deprivation. Try letting your phosphate sit at .06-.08ppm for a few weeks and see how your corals react. Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 I don't think phosphate is your problem. Diatom isn't actually killing your SPS, it sounds like your SPS is suffering from "STN" and algae is just growing on the exposed area. Your tank may actually be suffering from nutrient deprivation. Try letting your phosphate sit at .06-.08ppm for a few weeks and see how your corals react. I'll look into that. My dkh = 9-10 / Cal = ~440. PH always stable 8.3-8.2 24/7. Overall the tank looks pretty good. I'm finally able to see bare rock again instead of brown, turf, snot, jelly crud ... happy about that. That SPS is the extreme btw and was on a severely "choked" rock. It has been regaining it's green flesh with pink ployp's look. Link to comment
thermosts Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Long time, no post! I finally did it, my 65G: See what happens with your Diatoms now that you have the new bulbs in there. Since the old bulbs, you said were about a year old, the change in spectrum could have caused the outbreak. Otherwise test your RO water for Silicates. Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 Well - After a week and a half of Peroxide dosing and spot treatment, new MH Bulbs and a couple filter socks... tanks is back on track. Never used filter socks b4...I'm a converted fan for sure. Just stuffed it in the sump and swap it out every couple days for a clean one. Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted February 17, 2012 Author Share Posted February 17, 2012 I need to get my somewhat fat self back on this fine piece of machinery and drop 15 - 20 pounds Link to comment
thermosts Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Glad to hear things are getting better with your tank. I you think filter socks are great, pick yourself up some mesh socks. Mesh are 100x easier to clean, a quick 2 min rinse and i'm back off to the races. I <3 mesh socks! I too need to get back on one of my bikes... Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Mesh socks huh ....looks very cool. Thanks for the link. Link to comment
Mojorizn Posted February 19, 2012 Author Share Posted February 19, 2012 So, i was wondering why my clam has been closed for a couple days. After parking myself in front of my tank for a bit, I discovered the reason. My YT, a recent addition, has a taste for clam. No, it's not pecking at algae ... it's going after the clam ... actually into the shell. I moved the clam up to my frag rack for now. I'll catch that YT ...eventually. It's outta here. YT is well fed, pellet, mysis, nori in a clip, etc. Didn't believe it till I actually saw it first hand. Click the pic ... it's a short video. Best I could get outta of several attempts ...lol Link to comment
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