picoreef78 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Tank Details:Cadlights 50 g Artisan II 24*24*20Cadlights 18 gallon stock sumpTIA pump 600 mphWhite gloss standSkimmer:Nyos 120Filtration: Chemipure Elite X 1FiltersockLighting:Ecotech XR30 Radion Pro with 120 degree wide angle lensRunning modified coral radiance mode at 100% intensity and peak 12.5 k temperatureFlow:Ecotech Vortec MP40w (back) 25%Ecotech Vortec MP10W (back) 60%Ecotech Reeflink :VortecRadion ProController: Apex FusionApex Neptune aquarium controller pH and Temperature probesNeptune Systems Automatic feederWP2 module with conductivity probeApex Neptune DOS with ReservoirATO:Tunze 3155 Heater:150W cobalt aquatics NeothermReefscape:BRS Pukani Rock (30 lbs) two big islands and 1/2Carib Sea Fiji PinkCorals:Stylophora sps:Stylophora pisillata (Cotton Candy Stylophora)Stylophora pisillata (Lava Pink Stylophora)Stylophora pisillata (Milka Stylophora)Acropora sps:Acropora millipora (Candy Apples)Acropora millipora (Pink Blue Fuzzy)Acropora valida (GARF Bonsai Acropora)Acropora sps (Paletta Pink Tip Acropora) Acropora nasuta (Tyree Pink Lemonade) X 2 Acropora nasuta (Strawberry Shortcake) Acropora sps ("Blue heaven")Acropora tenuis (Indigo tenuis)Acropora anthocercis? (ORA Red Planet) X 2 now one encrusted into one mini colony.Acropora sps (ORA Miami orchid) X2 from one small AEFW frag Acropora sarmentosa Acropora selago Acropora sps. Unknown mariculture small colonyMontipora sps:Montipora tuberculosa (Mystic sunset montipora)Montipora sps (Reverse Sunset montipora)Montipora tuberculosa? Montipora danae? (Tropical Rainbow montipora) Montipora nodosa? (Tyree Sunset montipora) Montipora capricornis (ORA Pink Poly) Montipora capricornis (Reeftech Starburst Montipora) Montipora porites (Reef Raft Firecracker Montipora) Montipora aequituberculata? (Tequila sunrise Montipora) Montipora sps (Reef Raft Chameleon Montipora) Montipora undata (Jedi MIndtrick)Montipora sps (ORA Montipora lantana) Anacropora Anacropora sps (looks like Green Goblin) freebie from Reefgardener LPS:Favia sps (Pot of Gold Favia)Favites sps (Raptors Peace Favia)Trachyphylia geoffroyi Oxypora sps (ORA Easter Egg Oxypora) Gonipora sps Gonipora sps (ReefRaft Rainbow Gonipora) CorallimorphsPalythpoa spZoanthid sps (Reefgardener's"gold fire") Zoanthid sps. (Reefgen "Orange Aperture") Zoanthid sps. Pink Zippers Zoanthid sps. LC Mango Tangos Zoanthid sps. Tyree Orange Rainbows Zoanthid sps. LC Twilights Zoanthid sps. LC Golden Nightmares Zoanthid sps. LC Alice in Wonderlands Zoanthid sps. Hallie Berries Ricordia yuma (Midnight orange) Ricordia yuma (Citron Rainbow)Fish:2 Amphriphon ocellaris (Black and regular orange)3 Chromis viridis1 Ctenochaetus strigosus Clean Up crew:3 + Margarites pupillus12+ Cerithium sp2 Nessaria snails2 Turbo fluctuosa1 Lytechinus vaniegatusWater change schedule Red Sea Pro Mix to 35 ppt 10-20% per week Feeding:Spectrum Marine PelletsReed Mariculture/Neptune ATO food (1-2 time daily small bolus)Golden PearlsAlternate feedings 1x per week Reef chili1x per week Reef RoidsDosing:2 ml Acropower daily alternating with 5 ml Salifert amino acids weeklyKZ Pohls Coral Vitalizer 2 drops daily 1 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Ok a few more pics. Pukani rock in, now with Dinoflaggellete coating. Still need to add sand. Apex working nicely, need to actually figure out where to plug things into. Get the fuge lights to come on at night. Hot days, tank hovers around 85, I was hoping to avoid a chiller. Stand side ways and with a hand stand. Quote Link to comment
JaceR Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 These are my favorite tanks! The price tag scares me away though Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 Actually not bad. Bought it on sale on got set up for 799 plus shipping. I also added the lamp tree (not included) and echotech radian pro. Overall cost me the same as the RedSea Max 250. Plus I have LED's, Sump, Skimmer, refugium lights. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 10, 2013 Author Share Posted August 10, 2013 When with Fiji Pink. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Date Aug 11, 2013 Magnesium Calcium pH 8.0 Alkalinity dKa NH3 0 NO3 20 NO2 0.25 PO4 0 First levels checked using API. Tends to miss lower levels of phosphate and nitrate, RS tests catch these. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 11, 2013 Author Share Posted August 11, 2013 Ok now with sand. Still not sure why pictures are reversed. 1 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 NO2 0.25 NO3 5.0 Diatom covering now disappearing. Echotech Vortech 40 now in, it is big. Now the task of plugging into the Apex power strip and syncing with the Radion. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 now the upside-down pics 1 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 16, 2013 Author Share Posted August 16, 2013 Date Aug 11, 2013 Aug 16, 2013 Magnesium Calcium pH 8.0 8.0 Alkalinity dKa NH3 0 0 NO3 20 5 NO2 0.25 0 PO4 0 0 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 Now time to decided on corals. I was thinking of ORA red planet (Acropora anthocercis), Green, Pink and purple Stylophora picillata and maybe a couple of Acropora millepora variations. Then wanted to add a few Monipora species. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 New order, finally getting a bunch of Frags from Reef-Gardeners. I still need to figure out how to use the Apex controller, so ar an expensive thermometer/pH meter. Big ORA Red Planet 1 $ SD Hot Pink Acropora millepora 1 ORA Birds of Paradise Birdsnest D ORA Glowing Green Birdsnest D Rare Tyree Sunset Montipora 1 D Sweet Magenta Birdsnest Sweet Whammin Watermelon Zoanthids Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted September 15, 2013 Author Share Posted September 15, 2013 Here is my mystery acro again. When from RSM 110 10K T5 PC to Ecotech Radio Pro 50%.Tan base, purple encrusting edges, green polyps and ends. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 New photos to come. New tank on the Ecotech Pro thread. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 My other thread was hi-jacked. Accused of having horrible water quality and unstable water parameters, got me thinking, I should go a week with checking parameters on daily, or almost daily basis and see trend. Lots of new frags that have just started encrusting. I could also to a non-linerar growth curve and plot the alkalinity, calcium, magnesium consumption. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Unfortunately the copy paste function is wacky Date 1/31/2014 2/2/2014 2/7/2014 2/19/2014 2/27/2014 3/1/2014 Temp 74.3 78.2 Mg 1340 1310 1480 1400 1480 1480 Ca 450 450 450 420 440 400 pH 7.91 8.1 7.86 8.0 Alk 4.0 4.0 3.5 4.0 3.5 3.7 Added 15 g of Seachem Marine buffer on 2/7 and 2/27 after reading. Added 5g Seachem buffer and 5g SeaChem Calcium 3/1/2014 Date 1/31/2014 2/2/2014 2/7/2014 2/19/2014 2/27/2014 3/1/2014 NO3 0 0 0 0 PO4 0 0.04 0.04 0 Salinity all are 35 ppm Here is the start of the tank 1/1/2014 Used the sand from previous tank (smells like s**t). At least will have some bacterial fauna and decomposition to continue cycling the tank. yay pictures not posting upside-down. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Now 1/14/2013 two week cycle all levels at zero . Fish added Fish: 2 Amphiprion ocellaris regular orange and back 1 Nemteleotris magnifica Hoping to add 2-3 Pterapogon kauderi Ecotech Marine Radion Pro 8 inches above water level Ecotech Marine Vortech MP 40 Ecotech Marine Reeflink Cad Lights Artisan II tank 24*24*20 18 gallon sump PLS 100 skimmer Apex Neptune Controller Tunze 3155 ATO In transit Neptune Automatic Feeder Started lights at 55%, high growth template, 2/24/2014 upped to 60% Purchased from Your Reef with extra surprise coral frag. Stylophora Pisillata (Cotton Candy Stylophora) Acropora nana (GARF Bonsai Acropora) Stylophora Pisillata (Lava Pink Stylophora) Acropora sp (ORA Red Planet) Acropora sp (Paletta Pink Tip Acropora) Acropora sp (Tyree Pink Lemonade) Mias Pot of gold Favia Acan Lordhowensis Purchased from LFS (kept under AI Vega's Blue spectrum Actinodiscus sp (blue with red spots) Echinopora llamellosa (Hollywood stunner) Horribly bleached at purchase, slowly has regain some color, has a ways to go. Shade 2 weeks, sand bed for 1 week and 1/4 lower tank for 1 week. Dose RedSea NO-POX as directed. Have the Red Sea energy/AA's, was dosing, got a hair algae bloom so stopped for now. 10% per week water change, Instant Oceans Reef Crystals to salinity of 35ppm. 25 [pounds of BRS Pukani Live rock 20 pound of Fiji Pink Arag-Alive Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 NO3 and PO4 both 0 on 3/1/2014 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 The new corals! More pictures The Paletta pink tip lost most of the color. Also an ascending necrosis, stopped with a quick dip and frag. Doing ok so far, hopefully he will make it. More initial pictures. Initial purchase. Shading the chalice. 1 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 Now after 4 weeks, a boom in encrusting over the superglue. They seem to like pictures! Mystery Acro had whopping 2.5 mm encrusting, over the previous week. Better color, still a long way to go! Red Planet has about 0.5 mm encrusting base. Full tank show at sundown. Better camera needed. 2 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted March 2, 2014 Author Share Posted March 2, 2014 The Acropora nana looking at bit pale. Scaling lights back to 50% intensity from 60%. Quote Link to comment
Alex B Posted March 2, 2014 Share Posted March 2, 2014 Cool tank! Waiting on my 70g artisan. Should be here this week. Anything u weren't thrilled about with the tank? Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted March 3, 2014 Author Share Posted March 3, 2014 It is a really nice tank and built. Return pump could have been a bit more powerful. The sump inflow tube is a bit stiff and troublesome to direct into sump inflow compartment. Really nice tank and build quality. Impressed with the skimmer. Maybe works a little too well. After only one day of skimming, set to the lowest water level. Otherwise shoots out!! Need to clean up a bit, add macroalgea to the middle compartment and get a filter sock, plus holder to polish the water, my LFS did not have one and I keep forgetting to order one. Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted March 4, 2014 Author Share Posted March 4, 2014 Neptune automatic fish feeder arrive in Dallas today, unfortunately because of no bad weather, it has not left the UPS warehouse. Need to figure out how to program a feeding time, without my sump overflowing when I shut off the main return pump. Quote Link to comment
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