PshThisGuy Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Looking good. Keeps those updates coming. 1 Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted January 14, 2018 Author Share Posted January 14, 2018 Here is how I am currently configuring my @StevieT InTank basket in chamber one. If anyone has a suggestion on how to improve let me know. I replace the top shelf filter floss twice a week (once mid week, and once again on water change day). The bottom shelf filter floss gets replaced one a week on water change day. In regards to the ChemiPure in the middle shelf I am planning on replacing it every 3 months. So far so good with parameters, Ammonia, Nitirites, and Nitrates are always 0. Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I probably wouldn't put floss on the bottom section (just on the top). You can leave the bottom section empty if you wish, or use it for another media bag. Personally I like the idea of using floss on top, PhosGuard in the middle, and activated carbon on the bottom. However, I think a more popular arrangement is floss on the top, Purigen in the middle, and ChemiPure Elite on the bottom. The stuffing floss that you are using is perfectly fine. However, I do like the floss that inTank supplies: http://shop.mediabaskets.com/Value-Pack-Poly-Filter-Floss-3PACK.htm Quote Link to comment
ninjamyst Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 no harm in having floss on the bottom too if you are going to leave it empty. it will still catch stuff. Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Thanks, the bottom floss is still getting dirty, not nearly as dirty as the top floss. Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Some progress pictures 5 Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 Week #8, I have officially hit the two month mark with the Fluval EVO 4 Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Week # 9 and looking fine! 3 Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted February 19, 2018 Author Share Posted February 19, 2018 Month #3! Stock hood & light 3 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 The tank looks great! Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted February 20, 2018 Author Share Posted February 20, 2018 5 hours ago, seabass said: The tank looks great! Thank you! Quote Link to comment
PshThisGuy Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 Looking good! Using anything special in the media basket, or stock? Edit: Just scrolled up and found the answer to my question. Quote Link to comment
old_turkey Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 can I ask where you placed the powerhead? I have mine on the opposite corner from the stock pump (so kind of creating a clockwise water flow loop). the frogspawn that I just got doesn't seem happy and I am wondering if changing the water flow in my tank will make a big difference. Quote Link to comment
leaveittoweaver Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Beautiful tank! Coming along great. I just got mine and am still in the research phase! What substrate did you use? Sorry if I missed it. Quote Link to comment
Lugmos12 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 I don't use the bottom chamber for floss. But I do have pieces of live rock in there that I use to mount frags on. Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 I just realized how bad my math is, this is actually the 3 month mark lol! Quote Link to comment
Bropez Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Ugh, this guy is growing sps on his stock light and I have mushrooms withering in mine. I wanted it to be everything else besides the damn light because now I have to figure out how to make some sort of canopy because I cant do an open top. Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 19 hours ago, Bropez said: Ugh, this guy is growing sps on his stock light and I have mushrooms withering in mine. I wanted it to be everything else besides the damn light because now I have to figure out how to make some sort of canopy because I cant do an open top. Sorry to hear about the issues. My routine is fairly simple, only change to the tank was the InTank Media Basket (chamber 1). Chamber 2 is empty, chamber 3 has the pump and heater. InTank has Filter floss on top rack, Chemi Pure Elite in middle rack, Filter Floss on bottom rack. 2 gallon water changes every single Saturday. Using Red Sea Coral Pro and RODI water. Top rack filter floss is replaced twice a week, once on Wednesday night, and once on Saturday with the water change. Bottom rack filter floss is replaced once a week, on the Saturday water change day. ChempiPure elite bag in middle rack is changed every 3 months. Coral is fed once per week (on Saturdays about 3 hours prior to my water change). I mix a few teaspoons of live phytoplankton with a 1/4 teaspoon of ReefRoids. I have a long skinny coral feeder that I directly feed them. (I turn the powerhead and return pump off during the feeding). Fish / Inverts are fed every day. I feed a tiny amount of pellets each evening, and every 3rd day I feed about an 1/8th of a frozen cube of mysis. That's it, but I'm stone cold consistent about these things. I also take the powerhead out each water change day and clean it off, I have removed the return pump once and taken it apart cleaning the inside and that small black sponge filter. 3 Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted March 1, 2018 Author Share Posted March 1, 2018 100 Days of Fluvaling 3 Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 15 Weeks In: 1 Quote Link to comment
seabass Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Looks like the cyano is returning, but love the tank. Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted June 21, 2018 Author Share Posted June 21, 2018 Quick June Update *change the settings in the YouTube player window to play at 1080* 1 Quote Link to comment
ThisPlaceIsAPrison Posted August 28, 2018 Author Share Posted August 28, 2018 9 months and things are still going well (knocking on wood) 1 Quote Link to comment
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