Reefmaster1996 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Are those dj power strips on the back? yes, front of stand. just picked up some dry rock, don't worry I just threw them in for now, this is not a aquascape. oh and tank is looking clearer, skimmer already pulled out all the junk I put in to break it in and is just chillin. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 5, 2014 Author Share Posted January 5, 2014 Oh and I also added three hermit crabs Larry curly and moe from the 20. Larry Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 6, 2014 Author Share Posted January 6, 2014 Tank is running fine, no leaks, tested some levels, ammonia .25, nitrite 0 for now, ph 8.0 Also zeovit has been online, and I been dosing it since Sunday. Should be cycled by next week. Link to comment
urbaneks Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Great start to the tank. Is the false back wall of your tank glass or acrylic? How do you like the coast to coast overflow? My next tank will definitely be coast to coast. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 7, 2014 Author Share Posted January 7, 2014 I love the overflow amazing surface skimming, it was made by glass cages but I installed and modded it, by that I mean I cut the glass and sanded the acrylic since it was off and I drilled the holes. It is a 3/8 glass panel siliconed in place, and the black is an acrylic cover fron the bottom up, also siliconed in place on bothe sides and bottom so same as any other overflow. Thanks for taking a look. Your tank looks amazing by the way love the Sps growth. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 tank is down to .15 ammonia so looks to be a soft fast cyle with the zeo, should be ok by next week. Link to comment
Spiderguardnano Posted January 8, 2014 Share Posted January 8, 2014 tank is down to .15 ammonia so looks to be a soft fast cyle with the zeo, should be ok by next week. did you use the live or dry tropical eden sand? Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 8, 2014 Author Share Posted January 8, 2014 dry and about 8-9lbs of live rock from my mature system to seed. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Here's a pic of my new clown his girlfriend is still at work in one of our LFS show tanks. He is bieng impossible to catch and the tank is full of coral so not going to move any rock around Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Thanks love your build aswell, your previous tank is why is started this tank. Sorry about the pic quality still saving for Dslr. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 Ammonia is down to .10 or less ppm. Nitrite 0 and nitrates seem to be creeping up, diatoms and cyano are popping up so I decided it was time to add a hardy fish, in goes my ywg and pistol shrimp. And they should do fine. I would consider the cyle over by mid next week Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Ammonia dropped to near 0 so I put my clowns in , while I picked up the fenmale I picked up a pair of tank bred banghai cardinal babies, I while post pics when I get home, at school right now. I will pick up another This Friday at work, if you haven't noticed I work at a lfs Link to comment
tigrtraps Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 oh and tank is looking clearer, skimmer already pulled out all the junk I put in to break it in and is just chillin. Very cool tank. Anxious to see it grow. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 Thanks I'm tempted to start putting in coral but its only a little over a week old so thats not an option. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 13, 2014 Author Share Posted January 13, 2014 CLOWNS BANGHAIS IN THE 20 UNTIL 50 IS READY FOR SURE Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 So far fish are eating fine, female clown is really skinny but shes starting to eat more as time progresses. Glad I saved her from possible starvation in a low nutritient high flow system. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 300w ehiem jäger trutemp heater came in yesterday, and I installed it (tank is at a constant 80 instead of going from 75-80 everyday), pics coming soon when I add more fish. Also got some zeobak in to speed up my cycle, I'm still detecting traces of ammonia that over the past week have been going away. So holding off on adding more fish as that's whats adding to the slight ammonia levels. Link to comment
MikeTR Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 dude.... slooooooow down. you take almost a year to build the thing and you got fish in it a week later. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 15, 2014 Author Share Posted January 15, 2014 No worries, I'm doing the zeovit 14 day cycle, I'm on day 10 and I have 9lbs of mature live rock from my 20 that's been up for 3 yrs. just have a little ammonia, that's going away as normal. Oh and it was over a year (1 yr and 4 months) Link to comment
Spencer7 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Oh and it was over a year (1 yr and 4 months) Lol, pretty sad. I'm all for preparation and saving for the best equipment but you took your damn time. What FS in Tampa? Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 Creative aquariums, the best in town hands down, our clam in our main display has been around longer than most of our competitors (12 yrs), yeah I did take a long time, but it was worth the wait in the end. On another note ammonia is done to zero, so tank is pretty much cyled as that was the only thing out of whack, and a copepod explosion happened overnight, as that's what led me to believe the cycle was over and I then tested the water params. Also last night I stopped by at work and traded a mean ocelaris clown that I had for over 2yrs and traded him for a nice yellow corris wrasse. I plan on adding the banghais to the display today and then the corris when he starts to eat. Also it turns out I lucked out and got a male and female banghai, they are starting to do some mating behavior even though their a tad young! I'm going to see if I can add another female and make a mating trio. Females have round faces and males have more pointed faces, I'll post pics this weekend so you can understand what I'm saying. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 18, 2014 Author Share Posted January 18, 2014 Pic update later today, was working at LFS yesterday and I am sad to report that some idiot is poisoning the lfs's In my area with fertilizer of some kind which makes nitrates skyrocket and ph go out of whack, here's the original thread on reef central, http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=22323116 The culprit has already done it to multiple locations, and I encourage anyone in my area to be on the look out for suspicious behavior when at you LFS. These small business are losing 1,000s of dollars and risking going out of business, endangering thier livelihood, and influencing the hobby at a local level, I don't want to start buying fish from petco so, I hope they catch these people, what there doing is not right. Link to comment
Reefmaster1996 Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Added some more inhabitants, lights are off so I'll post pics tommorrow, got three lyrtail anthias for 45$, bought them through wholesaler, and also brought home the 3rd and final banghai cardinal, of which all are tank bred. Tank is doing great considering my bioload is now 10 fish, but the skimmer can handle up to 200 gal and it's a 70-80gallon system so, no issues so far. Link to comment
FishBrawler Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Love how its coming, but where are the pictures!? Link to comment
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