bryantkalagian Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Tanks coming up on a month old. Everything is doing really well, and all the parameters are great. About time for some more livestock I think. I got my delivery of BRS two part the other day. I've never used it before so we'll see how it goes. I haven't been able to fiddle with it at all as I've been out of commission with the stomach flu. I'll let y'all know how I like it. Link to comment
Docjason2 Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Manual or automatic dosing for the 2 part? I am thinking of going that way, just unsure how to manually do it. Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted December 24, 2015 Author Share Posted December 24, 2015 Manual or automatic dosing for the 2 part? I am thinking of going that way, just unsure how to manually do it. Doing manual for now. I've been doing manual "2 part" with the reef code stuff for a while. I'm attracted to the cost savings that go with the BRS. I can get 1/2 gallon of all three additives for the cost of two 500 ml reef code supplements. I don't think I'll have to dose too much magnesium, so I'll probably just do calcium in the morning and alk at night since it will raise the ph, which naturally lowers at night. Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Picked up a hang on the back, or side in my case, media reactor and got it set up and tested. Still waiting on the GFO in the mail. Very pleased with the product and I think it's a slick alternative to the innovative marine reactor. The left side of my tank pretty much faces a corner so there isn't much viewing from that side. Link to comment
Sunar357 Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 Nice...and cheap! I hadn't seen this one before. Let me know how it works out. Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 Nice...and cheap! I hadn't seen this one before. Let me know how it works out. Will do. Media from BRS should come tomorrow along with a couple other goodies. Quality so far is great and took about 5 minutes to put together and install. The pump is super quiet too. Link to comment
805reef Posted January 3, 2016 Share Posted January 3, 2016 What size mj did you replace the return with? Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 3, 2016 Author Share Posted January 3, 2016 What size mj did you replace the return with? I got the Cobalt MJ 900 as it was closest to the stock pumps flow rate. You can certainly step up to the 1200 if you want some more flow. Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 7, 2016 Author Share Posted January 7, 2016 Got the news toys. Now I can finally dial in my BRS two part dosing. Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 11, 2016 Author Share Posted January 11, 2016 Picked up a new acan frag. I wanted something other than green in there. It has about 10 heads. After it acclimates to the light it will find a final home. Zoa garden coming in strong Link to comment
pgrVII Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Looks good,really like the zoas Link to comment
spectra Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Way to many lagoons now........ Looks good! Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 Finally brought myself around to painting the rest of the stand. I've been putting it off for at least a month and it took me about 10 minutes haha Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 13, 2016 Author Share Posted January 13, 2016 Got another acan frag for free today. Turned in my free points at a LFS. Has a really pretty purple/blue color in person. Has about 18 heads and is close to two square inches! Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 19, 2016 Author Share Posted January 19, 2016 Set up a little water making area in the garage. Makes water changes and filling up top off water 100 times easier. Finally got a little nicer power bar too. I've been messing with the wiring so I need to re-organize all the wires still. Link to comment
RollaJase Posted January 19, 2016 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Nice mixing station. I really want to do something similar myself but just don't have the room . Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 20, 2016 Author Share Posted January 20, 2016 Nice mixing station. I really want to do something similar myself but just don't have the room . That's pretty much the cheapest and easiest option with cinder blocks costing like 95 cents haha. Its only 35 gallons too so it doesn't take too much room. Link to comment
Quinnr Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 Looks pretty good so far! I'm in the process of doing the same tank...tagging along Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 What are these little purple tube like things? Link to comment
Fishstiks Posted January 22, 2016 Share Posted January 22, 2016 What are these little purple tube like things? Those are Vermitid Snails. Reef safe, but can be annoying. They spit this stringy stuff that is kind of like spider webbing to collect food. They do multiply pretty fast, I had one hitchhike in on a frag and I have tons and tons of them now. Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 Those are Vermitid Snails. Reef safe, but can be annoying. They spit this stringy stuff that is kind of like spider webbing to collect food. They do multiply pretty fast, I had one hitchhike in on a frag and I have tons and tons of them now. Interesting, thank you. I've see strings before but didn't know they were snails. I have a good amount of them on my rocks Link to comment
bryantkalagian Posted January 23, 2016 Author Share Posted January 23, 2016 Here is a new FTS for y'all. Includes my new two inhabitants, a pair of Blue Chromis. The twins. Link to comment
Sunar357 Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Looking nice! Sweet zoa garden there. How is the reactor working out? Link to comment
pgrVII Posted January 24, 2016 Share Posted January 24, 2016 Gorgeous looking tank bryant. Lush Link to comment
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