Cam198 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 TANK SPECS Equipment 1X maxijet 1200 Powerhead 2X 250W Metal Halides w/ 6500k Iwasaki bulbs & Lumenbright Reflectors March external pump 900gph 2X 250W Jager Heaters hooked up to a Ranco Controller for optimal temperature accuracy 4 micron filter stacks Parameters Nitrate: 10ppm Ammonia: 0ppm Phosphates: 0ppm PH: 8.2 Salinity: 1.025 Temperature 74F (fish have been doing really well at this lower temperature - a lot better than when it was at 80F) Rock Some dry rock I had in storage Oolite Sand Corals Blue Ricordia Candy Apple Zoo's Purple Green Acans Red Green Acans Green Polyp Toadstool Yellow Polyp Toadstool Toadstool Kenya Tree Purple Plume Gorgonian Knobby Gorgonian Fish 1X Clown Fairy Wrasse 1X Blue Side Fiary Wrasse 1X False Percula Clownfish 2X Snowflake Clownfish (saved them from Petco for $16 a piece One of the snowflake clowns seems to be getting beat up so I'm thinking I'll transfer it to my NC12 when I get it set up again in the near future) 1X Neon Cleaner Goby 2X Bangaii Cardinalfish 3X Pajama Cardinalfish 1X Chalk Basslet 1X Royal Gramma 1X Starry Blenny 1X Foxface Lo Inverts 30X Mexican Redleg Hermitcrabs 25X Astrea Snails 2X Tiger Sand Chonch's 20 Nassarius Snails (gonna need to order some more up) 3X Peppermint Shrimp Feeding New Life Spectrum Thera A 1mm Pellets Prime Reef Flakes Brine Shrimp (every other day -will be switching over to mysis soonish) It has been up and running for a little over a year by now and is a big work in progress. Cyanobacteria and excess microalgae growth has been an issue and seems to be diminishing since I got my hermit crabs and snails last week, and I'm hoping that in the next week or two they should have all the rocks all cleaned off. I'm also thinking the Iwasaki bulbs are what is contributing to the algae problem so I'll probably get some new bulbs for the tank, I'm thinking about going with some 12K Reeflux bulbs. In a week or so I should be getting my Jebao WP40 in the mail which I will switch out the ugly maxijet with. So I'm super excited about that All in all the fish seem to be doing really well and are healthy and I'll be a happy camper when the cyano's gone and I get some more leather corals and a couple more fish Pictures (please excuse the gross cyano. I'll update the pics once all of that is gone I'll have to do some color correction on the pics in the near future -my android phone isn't the best and capturing accurately the colors) Link to comment
Arkayology Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Nice wrasse. The others of that species that I have seen in person are really drab, but yours has a few colors in it. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted December 20, 2013 Author Share Posted December 20, 2013 Nice wrasse. The others of that species that I have seen in person are really drab, but yours has a few colors in it. Yeah, I got him from Bluezooaquatics. I have never gotten a bad fish from them Link to comment
Cam198 Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 UPDATE Got a Jebao WP40 for Christmas and am loving it! The pulse wave mode has been great for eliminating deadspots -plus who couldnt love the natural back and forth wave motion? I also got a magfloat as well for cleaning my glass which has been great for keeping my glass clean Just ordered up some new 14K metal halide bulbs which will be a great asset for providing better spectrum to my corals and giving off more beneficial and less harsh light to my corals -not to mention eliminating my cyano. Those should be getting here on this upcoming Tuesday. Snails and hermits have been doing an awesome job at eating my cyano and have almost completely cleaned off one of my largest rocks. PICS http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123419.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123313.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123334.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123345.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123404.jpg.html'> New Auto Feeder with NLS Thera A pellets in it http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123433.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123442.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123448.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123501.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123524.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-28123548.jpg.html'> Link to comment
1.0reef Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Lovely leather coral! Link to comment
Cam198 Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 Lovely leather coral! Thanks Ive had that toadstool for 5+ years and the clownfish love it! Link to comment
Cam198 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 UPDATE: New bulbs came today!!! Tank looks so much better! I put in 250W 20K Plusrite Bulbs (both of them cost me $38.00 shipped ) http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-31143338.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-31143331.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-31143315.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-31143304.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-31143255.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2013-12-31143249.jpg.html'> Link to comment
Cameron6796 Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 That spectrum looks much better IMO. I'm going to follow this, how long have you had this tank Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 $38?! will those work in a 2x250w sunpod? i've been thinking of switching from 14K to 20K Link to comment
Cam198 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 That spectrum looks much better IMO. I'm going to follow this, how long have you had this tank Been set up for around a year. $38?! will those work in a 2x250w sunpod? i've been thinking of switching from 14K to 20K They are a mogul SE bulb and require a probe start ballast: http://www.1000bulbs.com/product/8024/MHS-02502405.html IMHO it looks more like a 14K than a 20K. Link to comment
TheKleinReef Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 Been set up for around a year. They are a mogul SE bulb and require a probe start ballast: http://www.1000bulbs.com/product/8024/MHS-02502405.html IMHO it looks more like a 14K than a 20K. dang. i'm running DE Link to comment
Cam198 Posted December 31, 2013 Author Share Posted December 31, 2013 dang. i'm running DE Bummer... Apparently from what I read, these bulbs have a PAR rating that is pretty close to 250W Radium bulbs so they provide quite a lot of bang for your buck. Link to comment
Cam198 Posted January 26, 2014 Author Share Posted January 26, 2014 UPDATE: The cyanobacteria is finally gone. And fish are doing quite well. I pulled my knobby gorgonian off of the rock that my huge toadstool coral is on, and I anchored it on a different rock that is in a low flow area of the tank and it is doing much better. PICS: http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2014-01-25165702.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2014-01-25165716.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2014-01-26115847.jpg.html'> http://s150.photobucket.com/user/cam198_bucket/media/2014-01-26115859.jpg.html'> Link to comment
tran Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 really like the minimal rocks on this tank. Link to comment
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