tanacharison Posted September 6, 2017 Author Share Posted September 6, 2017 Corals and fish still doing well. Losing battle to red slime so i'm tapping out to chemiclean.. I've used it in the past with good results but never with this much coral. I also feel like downsizing the return pump caused a lot of my issues. The cube has 4x the turnover and looks amazing... Guess that's why i'm only buying new corals for it. Anyone looking to sell a cheep controllable return pump. Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Now the gyre is dead.. 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted September 20, 2017 Author Share Posted September 20, 2017 Well to reward myself we are trying acros again.. hopefully they do well this time around fingers crossed. Zero plans to change anything, except add an additional pump right now. Tank is the cleanest I've see it in a long time. Did a coral feeding and water change tonight. 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted November 8, 2017 Author Share Posted November 8, 2017 Updated FTS Baby Ricordea Everywhere The chalices are now showing growth and hopefully will take off soon. Who will win this? 3 Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 my bet is on the chalice =P 1 Quote Link to comment
DAP Posted November 9, 2017 Share Posted November 9, 2017 Chalice. I had a chalice take out a montipora. Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 I just came home to my RFAs spawning Quote Link to comment
samnaz Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Hey there! Nice setup. Random question about red sea blue bucket salt, do you use a scale or other method of measuring? 1 Quote Link to comment
samnaz Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 Absolutely love that starry blenny. If I ever get a fish, that'd be my first pick. 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 3 minutes ago, samnaz said: Hey there! Nice setup. Random question about red sea blue bucket salt, do you use a scale or other method of measuring? Nothing special.. I normally mix about 25 gallons at a time in a brute trash can. It takes around 7 cups, normally put 5-6 in then test and add more as needed. Quote Link to comment
samnaz Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 9 minutes ago, tanacharison said: Nothing special.. I normally mix about 25 gallons at a time in a brute trash can. It takes around 7 cups, normally put 5-6 in then test and add more as needed. 25 gallons must last you forever! Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, samnaz said: 25 gallons must last you forever! That's just water change day for all the tanks! Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Did my first water change in over a month.. just got to busy leading up to thanksgiving. Gotta love working in retail. I decided to dig into my sump and give it a deep clean for this water change. I pulled out a lot of gunk and gave the skimmer a good vinegar bath. Mangroves are racing! Baby RFA? Hydroid? Random Sea Creature? I have no idea who is winning. The recorda looks to split again...right on top of the chalice. The chalice it starting a bright green in the center of the eyes. The entire tank is fighting for space. Blue chalice showing growth still. The LC superman split December FTS! 3 Quote Link to comment
Nola Bear Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 On 12/6/2017 at 5:15 PM, tanacharison said: Did my first water change in over a month.. just got to busy leading up to thanksgiving. Gotta love working in retail. I decided to dig into my sump and give it a deep clean for this water change. I pulled out a lot of gunk and gave the skimmer a good vinegar bath. Mangroves are racing! Baby RFA? Hydroid? Random Sea Creature? I have no idea who is winning. The recorda looks to split again...right on top of the chalice. The chalice it starting a bright green in the center of the eyes. The entire tank is fighting for space. Blue chalice showing growth still. The LC superman split December FTS! Looking really nice 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 Did a small 5g water change today and I’ve been cleaning the acrylic daily trying to keep up. I’ve doubled my coral feedings in attempt at making my flowerpot happy. Not really sure if it’s going to work but it’s honestly the only coral suffering except for my neon green chalice. It’s losing hard to the recorda and I guess I need to do something about it? The Miami hurricane hidden in the center of the tank just started to show good growth. Marks week 8 using aquaforest zeo. I picked up two rainbow monti frags but I’m leaving them in the cube to grow out until I get the new tank. Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted December 22, 2017 Author Share Posted December 22, 2017 The basement temperature swings are crazy. I don't think I can put anything in the frag tanks until after winter even then I would need to empty them again by next year or find another solution. Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Return of my montis...my sunset is glowing and showing pe again. My hot pink is starting to glow and show new tabling growth. Back of the tank is looking worse...new one should be ready any day. Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 WOKE UP TO A CRACKING NOISE AND WATER ON THE FLOOR!!! EVERYONE IS IN BUCKETS NOW.. 5 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 15 minutes ago, tanacharison said: WOKE UP TO A CRACKING NOISE AND WATER ON THE FLOOR!!! EVERYONE IS IN BUCKETS NOW.. Oh no! 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted January 4, 2018 Author Share Posted January 4, 2018 Currently no losses but only time will tell.. 1 Quote Link to comment
RIP Sebastian Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 That's great! Sucks that that happened, though. 1 Quote Link to comment
Justind823 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Ah! Everyone's worst nightmare. At least you were home though! Was it an old tank or did you buy it new? 1 Quote Link to comment
DCUEVAS74 Posted January 4, 2018 Share Posted January 4, 2018 Great pics of the setup. Love that Blennie. I am interested in the use of the Apex Mounting arms for your light. I wanted to do a led/t5 but did not want to hang from the ceiling or atop my rimless. Are you happy with the Apex arms? Did you have to do any alterations to them to accommodate your light? 1 Quote Link to comment
tanacharison Posted January 5, 2018 Author Share Posted January 5, 2018 2 hours ago, Justind823 said: Ah! Everyone's worst nightmare. At least you were home though! Was it an old tank or did you buy it new? Yeah so crazy story... This tank had a tiny hairline gap between the seams at the very top that I noticed maybe 2 months after it was running. I thought nothing of it until mid summer when the tank started bowing and the gap widened. I drained the tank and added silicone thinking i'm a tank building pro. After a month I gave in for fear of a disaster and pulled the trigger ordering a new tank. Tuesday after cleaning my overflow the sweet spot for the siphon was not working right. Last night I was feeding reef roids and decided to play with the overflow again. This morning I woke up and I hear a crack that sounded like wood breaking.. this is a old building so I ignored it at first. Continuing on with my day I went to add the morning bacteria and the noise happened again except it was really loud. After looking around the tank I noticed a tiny leak coming out of the silicone about 2 inches down. At that point I was all in on taking it down asap. I told my boss I would only be a hour late... 3 hours later I called off hoping to find a overflow and get that tank running to my sump. It was a 20g breeder from petco I use for a QT. I had to run and get a HOB overflow because its not drilled and I wanted to keep it even if I payed $20 for it. haha This eshopps PF-800 scares the shit out of me. I can't believe the U-tube just sits inside not attached to anything. I tested the power outage a few times and it started right back up again. 15 minutes ago, DCUEVAS74 said: Great pics of the setup. Love that Blennie. I am interested in the use of the Apex Mounting arms for your light. I wanted to do a led/t5 but did not want to hang from the ceiling or atop my rimless. Are you happy with the Apex arms? Did you have to do any alterations to them to accommodate your light? They are Kessil mounting arms and extensions. https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/a-series-mounting-arm-kessil.html They worked really well and I will continue to use them on all my set ups even if i'm not using Kessil lights haha. They have 2 holes drilled right on the arm that overhangs the tank. Any wire LED hanging kit will work with it. Quote Link to comment
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