SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Originally posted at http://www.masa.asn.au/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=144&t=267487 Migrating content to here because the MASA forum and MASWA are a bit in an unknown uncertain state at the moment. Wed 14 Dec, 2016 9:26 am Introduction: Just starting my first Marine take, so i figure, i'll start a tank journals here. i want it to be as detailed as possible - so that i can remember what, when and how i did things. - so that other people know of any issues and how there were fixed. System Objectives: Nice looking Mixed Reef, maybe SPS later on System Type: Mixed Reef Display System: Strike up Date: Purchased and setup 10 Dec 2016, water went in 12 Dec, ammonia went in 13 Dec 2016 Display Tank: OceanFree Nano Marine 5 96L - 600W x 400D x 400H 72L Display, Back AIO 10cm, 24L Substrate: Blue Creature Premium Coral Sand Size#2 (5Kg) Rock: Real Reef Base Rock (9.7Kg) Display Lighting: AquaIllumination AI Prime HD White with Aluminium mount (55W) 2nd AI Prime HD White with Aluminium mount (55W) added (6 Feb 2019) stock lighting was: Aqua Sonic AL407 36.6W (3w x 6 14000k LED, 4 x 1.5w 12000k LED and 6 x 1.5W 'X' LED) + (15 x 0.24W Actinic Blue) (only using blue for back of display tank Stand: hard wood cabinet, foam with 4 holes. Hood: DIY Mesh Cover - flyscreen frame and BirdNetting Stock Glass Cover (still in bubblewrap) Sump: 7 rear compartment Refugium: Baffles/Compartment 5 : Chaetomorpha and Caulerpa Prolifera . have some Halimeda in Display tank (8th Feb 2019) Refugium Lighting: Lumini Asta 20 Freshwater 6500k 16W (using 60 degrees lens instead of 180) set to around 50% on refugium for Macro Algae (Baffles/Compartment 5) (13 Feb 2019)https://amzn.to/2SSsbEN Support systems: System Water: Natural salt water [collected at point peron, WA] (Bag of Blue Treasure SPS Sea salt in case of emergency) Display Water circulation: Aqua Illumination AI Nero 5 wavemaker (13 Mar 2019) Jabao OW-10 Wave Maker [24V 10W 4000L/H] (on random mode)(end Jan 2019) Jabao SW-4 Wave Maker [24V 10W 4000L/H] (on random mode)(stop using around end Jan 2019, flow was very little, and was starting to stop/stuck) Return Pump: Jecod/Jebao DCS2000 Return Pump (DC pump) [24V 20W 2000L/H](set on minimum flow)(21 Dec 2016) Stock Aqua Zonic Evo 1300l/h 25W (Very noisy when flow restricted [duck outflow]) (stop using on 21 Dec 2016) Skimmer: Coral Box Mini Skimmer S-150 with Atman PH-500 needle wheel powerhead 9W 730l/h (19 Dec 2016) stock lighting was: Stock LimeWood air stone driven. with Ocean Free Super Precision Airpump 9000 200L/H (stop using on 19 Dec 2016) RODI: Water Filter Factory PRO-4-D 180GPD | 685LPD Evaporation Top Up: Auto Aqua Smart ATO Micro Heating: Eheim Jager 100W (turn on when digital thermometer displays 25.2 , stops at 26.0)Theoretical Max heating: Skimmer 9W, Reactor 5W, Return Pump 20W, Wave Maker 10W, SubTotal 44W + light 55 = Total 99WGuess Theoretical heating: 30% return=6W, 70% wave=7W, SubTotal 27W 10% light=5.5W, Total 32.5W Cooling: Jebo 4 fan, F-60204 with Coral-box AquaCool Fan Controller ATC999 [12V 2A] (set to 27, turn on when digital thermometer displays 26.2) Backup Power: GenTrax 2kVA Max/ 1.7kVA Rated Pure Sine Inverter Generator Chemical Support: still cycling.... we will see later have Jebao DP-4 Dosing Pump with Jebao DP-4S slave and 4.5L (3 X 1.5L Cell) liquid storage. (total of 8 additive) Ikea 1.3L containers Nitrate/Phosphate reducers: CoralBox BR60 Rim Bracket Reactor (Sobo WP1770 400L/H pump 5W) with 35g DVH Premium All-in-One BioPellets (21 Dec 2016) Turned off (3rd Feb 2019) Nitrates and Phosphate was all 0 and corals were losing colors . Calcium Addition: If not calcium reactor Alkilinity Addition: If not calcium reactor Other Chemical Maintenance: Magnesium etc Current Water Chemistry: If applicableTarget: (10 Feb 2019 Around 11pm ish)Ammonia NH3: 0Nitrite NO2: 0Nitrates NO3: 0Phosphates PO4: 0Calcium Ca: 450Alkalinity KH: 10Magnesuim MG: 1380Salinity / Specific Gravity: 35 / 1.0265PH: 8.4Temp: 26.0 Baffles/Compartment summary:1 skimmer2 too tiny to fit anything 3 Heater and temp sensor for cooling fan/controller4 Reactor AIO bio pellets5 Refugium for Macro Algae, ATO filling hose, Dosing pump hose X 76 stock filter box with 1 bag of stock noodles and MarinePure Balls7 return pump and ATO sensor Stock:Fish 2 X Ocellaris Clownfish (12/01/2016) Day 30 1 X Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus) (29/04/2017) (jumped out sometime in 2018) 1 X Coral Beauty Angelfish (20/03/2019) 1 X Six Line Wrasse (20/03/2019) invertebrate 1 X Maxima/Crocea Clam ? (21/01/2019) 2 X Bubble tip anemone (03/11/2017) 1 X Trochus snail (12/01/2016) Day 30 5 X Turbo snail (3/05/2017) 2 X Zombie Snail (Nassarius sp.) (01/02/2017) (can't see any jan 2019) 5 X glass/ghost shrimps [slender shrimp?] if anyone know the scientific name of those shrimps are please let me know (06/05/2017)(can't see any jan 2019) Coral Blastomussa-Red and purple (Blastomussa welsi) (30/01/2019)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=559741 Birdsnest coral-Yellow stem purple polyps (Seriatopora sp.) (30/01/2019)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=654895 Club Coral-Green polyps pink stem (Sylophora sp.) (30/01/2019)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=1049192 Hammer head , reverse stem "NT"purple (03/11/2017) Zoanthid (please let me know the name?) (06/05/2017) Torch coral-Flouro green yellow tipped (Planula settlement) (Euphyllia glabrescens)(03/05/2017)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=913819 Branching hammer coral-Fluorescent green (small) (Euphyllia Parra-ancora)(03/05/2017)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=509678 Chalice coral-Bubblegum (Echinophyllia sp)(03/05/2017)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=528226 Long Tentacle Plate Coral (Heliofungia Actiniformis) (23/04/2017) 4 to 5 month after initial setup (dead, not sure start of 2018?) Birds nest coral-Red stem with green growth tips (Seriatopora hystrix)(03/05/2017) (dead, not sure start of 2018?)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=681790 Images: embed pictures from google photos. (1) open picture on http://photos.google.com (2) press share (3) get link (4) open the link in brower (5) open picture (6) right clink and "Copy Link Address" (7) add "?.jpg" after the "no" (8) use the img tag of the forum (note) make sure the width is no bigger than 943 else there will be some clipping on masa. easiest is to preview you post, and resize your browser window after step (5) to match the clipped size of the preview. link looks like thishttps://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hJEBAIL4ilL_nBlmemYDMoL4FTyt35L06gkx35i31x0xxnc6MHXnUE-qY2nJ7sCiaqsIJQ82OdsMFjHjleAPFAFwGlc8JAp0co-ntan_PfZxEojAKgnTCqiMN0F77rJe8Td6kt0=w943-h708-no?.jpg Current Picture Front 24 Nov 2019 Current Picture Front 30 Mar 2019 Current Picture Top 13 Feb 2019 side shot with Lid 🍌 Issues: (1) Salinity / Specific Gravity: 40 / 1.030 ??? looks to be a bit high? (2) need to investigate DSR "Dutch Synthetic Reefing" and where to get DSR 100 pack http://dsrreefing.com/supplements/ Fixed / mitigated -- Temp is getting high even with heater off (added fan with controller) -- wave maker blowing the sand out of the right corner of the tank (added a bit more rock crumbles on the right, still blowing sand but significantly less) - no cover, need to make a mesh cover of some description ( Build off Flyscreen and BirdNetting) - baffles have small holes in them (when filling water, water level on all baffles were filling up and at the same water level) [ after removing duck outflow, it is behaving as expected] - wood in air driven skimmer will have to be change every so often. (replaced skimmer with S-150) - Return pump Very noisy - replaced with Jecod/Jebao DCS2000 Return Pump (stock pump only noisy with restricted flow[duck outflow]) - Coral Box S150 protein skimmer has lots of micro bubbles, raised, and a few cables ties improved it. Other bothering things AI Prime HD: can't connect to "wpa2-enterprise with peap-mschapv2" wifi. can't assign static ip. can't connect to specific ip/DNS using the appCooling fan controller ATC999: only accurate to a degree. turn on/off frequently. better off to have decimal accuracy, and make the fan turn on at 26.5 and off at 26.0 so that the fan does not turn on/off constantly. or better yet to gradually start the fan speed (very low) from 26.1 and increase the fan when the temp goes higher. same as a computer fan 2 Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Wed 14 Dec, 2016 10:08 am Initial setup: All the bits: got all from vebas on 10 Dec 2016. they had a 20% store wide sale including No further discount items. 🙂 after seeing the problem that user @Mgreen84 got (Cracked glass)http://www.masa.asn.au/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=265091 i figure, it would be a good idea to put a polystyrene foam bellow it. aquarium on foam: pressed down to imprint the aquarium feet on the foam removing the circle bits, after cutting them with a knife aquarium on foam after removing the bits Arranging Real Reef rocks: no water no sand Current Water Chemistry: If applicableNSW: collected at point peron WA (12 Dec 2016 Around 3pm ish)Ammonia NH3: 0Nitrite NO2: 0Nitrates NO3: 0Phosphates PO4: -Calcium Ca: 440Alkalinity KH: 6.85Magnesuim MG: 1395Salinity / Specific Gravity: 40 / 1.030PH: 8.4Temp: 26.0 Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Wed 14 Dec, 2016 10:27 am Fresh Sea Water: collected from point peron WA (12 Dec 2016 Around 3pm ish Water in, turn on all equipment: Return pump is extremely noisy!!!! initial water testing to get a baseline before adding ammonia: 13 Dec 2016Ammonia NH3: 0Nitrite NO2: 0Nitrates NO3: 0Phosphates PO4: 0Calcium Ca: 440Alkalinity KH: 6.85Magnesuim MG: 1395Salinity / Specific Gravity: 40 / 1.030PH: 8.4Temp: 26.0 Setting up the RODI unit in the garage: Wall drilled for the ATO to go the the RODI container Rodi 7.5l produce 6L waste 18 min 24 min 8L waste Ro 74ppm waste 745ppm Rodi 0ppm added 25 drops of Ammonium Chloride Dr tim's.... Ammonia 0.5Current Picture 13 Dec 2016 AI Prime HD settings: 12pm to 9pm with 2 hours ramp time. so starts to turn on at 10am, and off at 11pm UV,V,RY,B 20% / G,DR,CW 9% (14K preset at 20%) 11pm to 1am RY,B 2% with moon settings on 1am to 10am all off Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Wed 14 Dec, 2016 10:33 am thanks for the advice, there is no splashes on the left side so far (will monitor it however). there are on the right side because of the air driven skimmer. planning to replace the skimmer and this super noisy return pump, so will need to reassess it afterwards. Tue 20 Dec, 2016 1:19 pm Thanks, here are some updated pictures with the Coral Box Mini Skimmer S-150 and cooling fan diatoms / brown algae notice those yesterday 19 dec (Day 6 after adding ammonia) ammonia is still 0.5 with nitrite 0 14K 5K Overview fan set to 27, turn on when digital thermometer displays 26.2, controller 27 heater turn on when digital thermometer displays 25.2 , stops at 26.0 Skimmer after running for a day less big bubbles sticking on the surface Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Wed 21 Dec, 2016 8:12 pm so few issues with the Coral Box S150 protein skimmer. lots of micro bubbles the concept of rotating the body to adjust the water level is nice, however, rotating it to decrease the water level, means that it is opening a hold at the bottom, which is dumping a lot of micro bubbles in the water column. so better to raise the skimmer and let leave it close completely than leving the skimmer low and opening it. The problem is the way that the mount and holes for the screws are, it was already at it's highest position. using 2 screws be default. so decided to use only one screw at the bottom and cable tie the top. mounted the skimmer so that the top of the black sponge is just bellow the surface. 2nd problem, the top part was not sitting flush with the bottom part of the skimmer, creating a gap on the mount side, which was letting a lot of micro bubbles out and lowering the water level. another cable tie to the rescue. reactor and new return pump: Jecod/Jebao DCS2000 Return Pump (DC pump) 20W max. Aaaaaa Silenceeee..... finally...... the loudest thing now is the tumbling noise of the bio pellets LOL, (when the cooling fan is not on) for reference, this is the stock pump. Aqua Zonic Evo 1300l/h 25W after removing and testing the stock pump, it was NOT making any noise. while playing with it, i realise that if i restrict the flow, it starts to make this awful noise. so i guest that it was the Duck Outflow that was restricting the flow and causing it to be noisy. if i switch the the round outflow, it would have probably fix the noise with the stock pump. New pump is giving more flow, not noisy, on the lowest settings. so using less power, and less heat in the tank... can't complain. CoralBox BR60 Rim Bracket Reactor (Sobo WP1770 400L/H pump) with DVH Premium All-in-One BioPellets 35g of DVH Premium All-in-One BioPellets original baffles has been moved to make the 1st compartment be just big enough for the skimmer to fit in p.s reactor does not fit the other way. back to front is smaller. left to right baffle is slightly bigger. Current Picture 21 Dec 2016 p.s today, max of 43.3 degrees celsius outside, and max of 30 inside, aquarium stayed at 26.3 max with the cooling fan. not bad. Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Fri 23 Dec, 2016 12:25 am Remove the Duck Outflow attachment Baffles are now behaving like it should, i don't think there is a need to block those holes in the baffles anymore. Moral of the story. do NOT use the Duck Outflow attachment!!!! Mesh Cover decided to build a cover using flyscreen frame and BirdNetting 56.0cm X 28.9cm (56 because i have the fan mounted on the left, if there were no fan, it's meant to be bigger) (28.9 because the reactor is sticking out a bit, else could go to 29.5cm so that the frame sits on the baffles, but the problem with this is that the frame can slide back as there will nothing preventing it so slide) initially thought of using those clear mesh netting, but had to order from the states...https://aquariumoverload.com/collections/dry-goods why did i not use the included glass cover? well, i have a cooling fan which will not work with the glass cover, and that also means one more thing to clean, condensation to block light etc.... Pheww..... it fits!!! 🙂 👏 Bird Netting in, trimming excess Done Cover with net on! Current Picture Front 23 Dec 2016 Current Picture Top 23 Dec 2016 just need to monitor the temperature now , to see if the fan will still do a good job (not expecting issues though) Getting pretty good light penetration with the bird netting. so quite happy with it. Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Wed 11 Jan, 2017 11:14 pm Tank Finish cycling Today Day 29!!! Yay... time to add living things.... Cycle was done with dry rock (dead) Real Reef Rock, dry sand , with dr tim's ammonium chloride bottle. here is the marine cycling graph of the Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate. Test done using API test kit for those parameters. p.s Salifert kit says Nitrate Finish at 5 (instead of 0 for API), but at the start, when Nitrate started to register Day 16/29th Dec, SAL kit was reporting 25!!!, so i did not use it. and no, it was not 2.5 . all the small peak of ammonia in the graph was when i was adding 1/2 or 1/4 dosage of ammonium chloride. Suspect the Nitrate decreasing is because of the All-In-One Biopellets in the reactor 1 drop per Gal to reach 2 ppm Ammonia suppose to be 96L = 25.36Gal Dec 13 10:48pm Day 01 Added 25 Drops Ammonium Chloride Dec 21 09:13am Day 07 Added 10 Drops Ammonium Chloride Dec 23 10:49pm Day 09 Added 10 Drops Ammonium Chloride Dec 30 11:51am Day 17 Added 10 Drops Ammonium Chloride Jan 05 02:00am Day 23 Added 5-6 Drops Ammonium Chloride Jan 09 05:25pm Day 27 Added 10 Drops Ammonium Chloride Jan 11 06:16pm Day 29 0 Ammonia, and 0 Nitrite could probably have added fish/cuc at Dec 27 Day 14 since nitrite is not that toxic in saltwater. but i decided to wait for the full cycle to finishhttp://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-06/rhf/index.php plenty of small white things on the glass i think those are marine copepods/amphipods ??? they walk and swim around Reshuffle the rock to get more real estate for the corals Current Picture Front 11 Jan 2017 Current Picture Top 11 Jan 2017 side shot with Lid Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Fri 13 Jan, 2017 3:22 pm Clean Up Crew (CUC) and Fish in Yesterday afternoon. Day 30 12/01/2017 2 X Ocellaris Clownfish :clownfish: 4 X Trochus snail drip acclimation 20 min floating, 20 min drip Current Picture Top 12 Jan 2017 the clownfish :clownfish: when into hiding under the rock for like 5 min, then came out and looks lite started to eat the copepods/amphipods from the water column. so hard to take picture of those guys, they are in constant motion. decrease the flow of the wave maker for now. Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Sat 14 Jan, 2017 5:33 pm Hi Corey123, i could cannot see your tank journal .... maybe create one and post some pictures. for mine, what i did was to turn on the pump, and will it until a level i was satisfied with. i wanted to have a gentle waterfall to the last baffle. meaning that the level of last baffle would be slightly lower that the one before it. this way, any evaporation will cause a bigger change of water level in the last baffle, where i have my ATO sensor. thereby making the water level change more sensitive for the ATO sensor, thereby giving me more stable water parameters. this also maximise the amount of water in the system. this is a picture of the few last baffles. if you look at the back of glass, notice the change of tone of the black, the top of the lighter black is where the water sits when the return pump is off. on another note..... had a power outage today with an ETA for restoration of UNKNOWN on western power's website..... got to fireup the generator! would have been a much more stressful time if i did not have a generator handy. power was out from 12:30 to 3:30ish.... was on generator power from 1:00 to 3:30ish... so ran the generator for around 2h30min. test auto generated animation by Google Photos Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Thu 20 Apr, 2017 8:47 am Hi, which part? the return pump? yep,.... this is in the top description.... "Stock Aqua Zonic Evo 1300l/h 25W (Very noisy when flow restricted [duck outflow]) (stop using on 21 Dec 2016)" remove the duck outflow attachment, and it was good after that. Mon 24 Apr, 2017 11:25 pm My First Coral: Long Tentacle Plate Coral (Heliofungia Actiniformis) Bought 23/04/2017 (Sunday) did a 1.5 hours drip acclimatisation in the bag, looks sad 10-15 min after placing the coral in, middle tentacle are already starting to extend (6:19pm) 40 min after coral in. (6:51pm) 1H30min after coral in (7:39pm) 4H after coral in (10:22pm) 24H after coral in (5:13pm next day 24th) Target Feeding Mysis Shrimp Current Picture Front 24 Apr 2017 AI Prime HD light change light to 50% 14K 12:00pm to 9pm. 2 hour ramp. RB1% from 11pm to 1am, with lunar option acclimation set to 50% starting reduction. so 25% 14K. Starting 23 Apr to 30th Apr. Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Tue 25 Apr, 2017 6:51 pm Forgot to mention, ended up using a Raspberry Pi to monitor the Temperature of the aquarium. using ds18b20 temperature sensors.(plastic cap version, so that it does not rust )https://www.sparkfun.com/products/11050 based on HydroPi that i modified a bit to make it do what i want.https://myhydropi.com/raspberry-pi-pool-monitor-python-codehttps://myhydropi.com/raspberry-pi-pool-monitor-website there is also the ability to add PH, ORP, Dissolved Oxygen, Conductivity etc using Atlas Scientific sensors later on.https://www.atlas-scientific.com/kits.html Integrated my Solar inverter's info into the status page. using the Fronius Primo API. all logged every minute, and stored into MySql database. data can then be graphed. data also made available via SNMP, so i am also using my PRTG server to log and graph the data. no relay connected. have not played with the alerts yet. (i can either do it straight from the pi or via PRTG) pi with all the temp sensors connected main status page ( the State will change to RED if it is too high, or BLUE if it is too low) [no https configured yet] graph for last 24 hours graph for last 7 days pretty cool that you can actually see when the heater turn on, what temp they turn on, what temp they turn off. p.s sump is for my fresh water aquarium..... not for the marine aquarium, hence why the temperature are different. Still a work in progress....... Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Sat 29 Apr, 2017 10:44 am added a Lawnmower Blenny (Salarias fasciatus) also notice lots of white spot growing on the glass. there are quite hard to scrape off. looking into it further , it looks like they are "Spirorbid Worms" http://www.melevsreef.com/node/360 apparently they are detrimental to the tank. Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Thu 04 May, 2017 3:33 pm my order of corals from Oceanarium arrived yesterday. from left to right Torch coral-Flouro green yellow tipped (Planula settlement) (Euphyllia glabrescens)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=930030 Branching hammer coral-Fluorescent green (small) (Euphyllia Parra-ancora)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=653819 Birds nest coral-Red stem with green growth tips (Seriatopora hystrix)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=681790 Chalice coral-Bubblegum (Echinophyllia sp)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=528226 looking all sad, just out of the shipping foam dark gloomy box. The Next Day Torch coral-Flouro green yellow tipped (Planula settlement) (Euphyllia glabrescens) Branching hammer coral-Fluorescent green (small) (Euphyllia Parra-ancora) Birds nest coral-Red stem with green growth tips (Seriatopora hystrix) Chalice coral-Bubblegum (Echinophyllia sp) also got 5 X Turbo snailshttp://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=653111 Bristlewormshttp://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=650075 Mysid shrimpshttp://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=653555 Current Picture Front 3 May 2017 Current Water Chemistry: 1 May 2017ASW: Blue Treasure SPS Sea saltAmmonia NH3: 0Nitrite NO2: 0Nitrates NO3: 5 Salifert, 0 APIPhosphates PO4: 0.00 HannaCalcium Ca: 430 SalifertAlkalinity KH: 7.7 SalifertMagnesuim MG: 1350 SalifertSalinity / Specific Gravity: / 1.025PH: 8.0 Salifert , API 8.3Temp: 26.0 Fed a mixture of Reef-Roids and Ocean NutritionCyclops Reef-Roids instructions says 1 teaspoon, per 100Gal (378.54L) 1 teaspoon of Reef-Roids = ~2.14g for 70L, 0.39g of reef-roids Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Mon 08 May, 2017 10:54 pm Hi sparker, thanks. 🙂 ---------------------- so went to "coral and fish barn" on Sat 6th May, "just to have a look" . and my wife saw some zoanthid that she liked.... now we have zoanthid in the tank..... not sure what's the name of those.... anyone know, let me know. and also got 5 X glass/ghost shrimps [slender shrimp?] if anyone know the scientific name of those shrimps are please let me know. can't find any info on those. still trying to figure out where to put thos zoa, don't want them to spread and overrun the tank. or is that even a concern ? maybe move all of them on a seperate rock island on the bottom? if i put them at the back, i think that there is not enough light there, and they are not opening up. move them to the top, and they open straight away. back one not opening top also came with unwanted glass aiptasia on top right, and green majano anemone ?? on the left? nuked both of them using RedSea Aiptasia-X the shrimps, (just took a screen shot off my phone... lol) p.s all the zoa was from one rock... they rock was just broken, and was holding together by only the zoa skin, decided to seperate them. oh, added the stock light at the back (only turning on blue channel), to get some blue light on the zoa.... they glow under blue light. Current Picture Front 8 May 2017 Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 Mon 21 Jan, 2019 9:27 pm just an update, dead/removed Lawnmower Blenny jumped out sometime in 2018 Zombie Snail (Nassarius sp.) (can't see any jan 2019) glass/ghost shrimps [slender shrimp?](can't see any jan 2019) Long Tentacle Plate Coral (Heliofungia Actiniformis)(dead, not sure start of 2018?) Birds nest coral-Red stem with green growth tips (Seriatopora hystrix)(dead, not sure start of 2018?) Jabao SW-4 Wave Maker [24V 10W 4000L/H] (on random mode)(stop using around end Jan 2019, flow was very little, and was starting to stop/stuck) added/replaced Jabao OW-10 Wave Maker [24V 10W 4000L/H] (on random mode)(end Jan 2019) 1 X Maxima/Crocea Clam ? (21/01/2019) 2 X Bubble tip anemone (03/11/2017) Hammer head , reverse stem "NT"purple (03/11/2017) Current Picture Front 21 Jan 2019 Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 (edited) Wed 13 Feb, 2019 2:49 pm 30th jan new corals came in Coral Blastomussa-Red and purple (Blastomussa welsi) (30/01/2019)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=559741 Birdsnest coral-Yellow stem purple polyps (Seriatopora sp.) (30/01/2019)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=654895 Club Coral-Green polyps pink stem (Sylophora sp.) (30/01/2019)http://www.oceanarium.com.au/item.toy?iid=1049192 2feb Added dosing pump since the tank is using around 0.8dKH ALK and 5.3? CA per day. (the .3 in 5.3 is an estimate, calculated from alk consumption) Jebao DP-4 Auto Dosing Pump + DP-4S Slave pump, total or 8 pump Redsea foundation (powder) was diluted with 2 times more water. RedSea Trace Colors was diluted 20 times so that it is added as 1:1 with CA. dosing every 1 hour, and 5 to 10 min offset between different chemical Hourly Schedule 0 RedSea A (CA) 10 RedSea B (Alk) 20 RedSea C (Mg) 30 RS Colors (A) 35 RS Colors (B) 40 RS Colors (C) 45 RS Colors (D) Dosing Pump Pump 1: RedSea Foundation A (CA) Pump 2: RedSea Foundation B (Alk) Pump 3: RedSea Foundation C (Mg) Pump 4: Spare (not used) Pump 5: RedSea Trace Colors (A) Pump 6: RedSea Trace Colors (B) Pump 7: RedSea Trace Colors (C) Pump 8: RedSea Trace Colors (D) Dosing Schedule 1/2 RedSea A (CA) RedSea B (Alk) RedSea C (Mg) RS Colors (A) RS Colors (B) RS Colors (C) RS Colors (D) 1 00:00 1 2 01:00 1 3 02:00 1 4 03:00 1 5 04:00 1 6 05:00 1 7 06:00 1 8 07:00 1 9 08:00 1 10 09:00 1 11 10:00 1 12 11:00 1 13 12:00 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 13:00 1 15 14:00 2 16 15:00 2 17 16:00 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 18 17:00 2 19 18:00 2 20 19:00 1 1 1 1 1 1 21 20:00 1 22 21:00 1 23 22:00 1 24 23:00 1 Total 3 30 1 3 3 3 3 actual increase ppm 4.615384615 0.7846153846 0.7692307692 difference per day -0.6846153846 -0.01538461538 -0.1187692308 difference per week -4.792307692 -0.1076923077 -0.8313846154 difference per month -20.53846154 -0.4615384615 -3.563076923 5th feb Tunze CareMagnet nano 0220.010 this thing is awesome, works really well!!! 6feb pictures 2nd AI AquaIllumination Prime HD got a 2nd one for better light distribution and to get more light. using David Saxby light schedule with Acclimation 50% 2 month 8th feb added some macro algee Chaetomorpha Caulerpa Prolifera Halimeda <<came with the Clam 13feb Lumini Asta 20 Freshwater 6500k 16W (using 60 degrees lens instead of 180) set to around 50% on refugium for Macro Algae (Baffles/Compartment 5) on 100%, was getting quite warm/hot. got it from amazon australia. free express shipping for prime members. $49.99 they also have the marine version with adjustable 4 light channels for $62.99https://amzn.to/2SSsbEN Random macro shots other note Turned off the AIO Reactor (3rd Feb 2019) Nitrates (salifert) and Phosphate (Hanna Checker) was all 0 and corals were losing colors . and started to dose Potassium Nitrate KNO3 (1ppm) , corals are starting to look better after just a few days! Current Picture Front 13 Feb 2019 Current Picture Top 13 Feb 2019 Edited February 13, 2019 by SkullKill Quote Link to comment
michaelbarfield Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Great looking tank and journal. You didnt show or tell what you are doing with the dosing pump? 1 Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 2 minutes ago, michaelbarfield said: You didnt show or tell what you are doing with the dosing pump? Hi michaelbarfield, thanks, Dosing Pump Pump 1: RedSea Foundation A (CA) Pump 2: RedSea Foundation B (Alk) Pump 3: RedSea Foundation C (Mg) Pump 4: Spare (not used) Pump 5: RedSea Trace Colors (A) Pump 6: RedSea Trace Colors (B) Pump 7: RedSea Trace Colors (C) Pump 8: RedSea Trace Colors (D) the dosing schedule is included in the post (how many ml of what is being dosed at what time), but looks like the formatting is off. edited the post to include a screenshot of the schedule instead. Quote Link to comment
michaelbarfield Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Thanks so much for the reply! I am planning on using the red sea stuff. Just getting my tank restarted. Built a new house with my fiance so tank was taken down. Had used bright well but it has lost most support from lfs. Quote Link to comment
michaelbarfield Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Also wanted to say you sure have taken your tank very seriously. Making holes in brick walls are a big deal! Most wouldn't go that big on their first salt tank. Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 5 minutes ago, JR! said: wow very nice. thanks 4 minutes ago, michaelbarfield said: red sea stuff yeah, red sea stuff are not the cheapest , but for a nano, it's not too bad, since we do not use that much of it. 4 minutes ago, michaelbarfield said: Making holes in brick walls are a big deal! the wife would not have liked having all those equipment in the living room 🙂, so kind of no choice there 😉 besides, i already had much bigger holes for the main 300L Fresh water tank next to it. 300L display tank, with a Eshopps PF-1200 Hang on Overflow Box to the 200L Sump in the garage. with all the CO2 reactors/controllers etc in it. (i had the tropical fresh water tank before the marine 96L) 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 Welcome to the community @SkullKill! 👋 Thanks for sharing your nano reef with us, it's a very well thought out system, particularly your external dosing setup! I noticed the cooling fan on the left side of the tank, has it made a measurable impact in dealing with hot summer temperatures? Awesome collection of corals and inverts so far, it's filling in fast. How has the bubble tip anemone been for you? Did it split in your system? Quote Link to comment
SkullKill Posted February 14, 2019 Author Share Posted February 14, 2019 @Christopher Marks thanks, i try to make the system as "low" maintenance as possible. 9 hours ago, Christopher Marks said: I noticed the cooling fan on the left side of the tank, has it made a measurable impact in dealing with hot summer temperatures? 13 hours ago, SkullKill said: p.s today, max of 43.3 degrees celsius outside, and max of 30 inside, aquarium stayed at 26.3 max with the cooling fan. not bad. p.s, 43.3°C is 109.94°F , and 30°C is 86°F the fan works better than i was expecting , although nowadays, since we install the 6.5kW solar panels on the roof, we just run the aircon the whole day (since we are not paying for electricity ) , so the fan does not turn on that often anymore. https://pvoutput.org/intraday.jsp?id=54263&sid=49342 but those are the temperature graph for the last 30 days the max temp caps at 26.8°C, you can see some flat lines at 26.8°C , this is the fan controller turning on/off to regulate the temp. and the wiggly lines at 25.6 to 25.9 ish is the heater turning on/off marine temp graph marine+Inside temp graph marine+Inside+Outside temp graph 9 hours ago, Christopher Marks said: How has the bubble tip anemone been for you? Did it split in your system? initially put it at the bottom of the tank, it moved up to where it is now, and did not move since. it did split maybe 4 week after i got them (probably due to lack of maintenance on my part, also lost one of the birdnest coral). both of them are still in the same spot since then. 10 hours ago, Christopher Marks said: it's filling in fast. 2 years since the tank started 🙂 . probably not going to add much more in this now.... since adding the clam, alk and ca has been dropping rapidly , hence why i installed the dosing pumps. i am adding around 0.875 dKH ALK per day, and around 7.7ppm CA per day, probably need to bump ca to 10, still monitoring those closely at the moment. 1 Quote Link to comment
Christopher Marks Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 Great production on your solar panels, I have a 4.6kW system here in the sunny desert of Phoenix Arizona, it covers our needs but I do still have to be a little thrifty with the air conditioning. I have a new 2 gallon pico reef jar that I am expecting I'll need to cool down in the upcoming summer days with a fan of some sort, outside temps peak around 47°C in August, I keep the house thermostat at 25.5°C but some rooms warm up faster. I'm always curious to see how other hobbyists in hot climates manage their tank temps, thanks for sharing! 1 Quote Link to comment
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