joshthebox Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 The growth i'm getting on this Acro in my other tank is really good. First photo was on Oct 20 4 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Been a couple of weeks with the new bulb combo, how do you like it? How are the corals looking? Anything different? 1 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, mitten_reef said: Been a couple of weeks with the new bulb combo, how do you like it? How are the corals looking? Anything different? I definitely like the look of the combo, the colours pop a bit more! I can't really see a notable difference on the corals, but my alk consumption went up a bunch after I started changing the bulbs. This could be just due to the fact that the bulbs were dim, or maybe the corals were just continuing to grow. Regardless, I'm definitely going to stick to the new combo and see if I notice any long term changes! 1 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 9, 2021 Author Share Posted November 9, 2021 Here's a FTS of my new tank, it's been maturing well! I need to do something about some of the pieces on the bottom of the tank, so it's definitely not display worthy by any means. As far as corals go, I'm happy with my selection. I might add a pink birdsnest and palmer's blue millepora in the coming months. Just not sure where I'd place them 😂 I'm fairly impressed with the XR30 I won. It's been growing the SPS well! To be fair, I have T5's running with it as well, so I can't definitively attribute the growth to the LED. When I find some time I'll take a short video of the Nuvo 20. 6 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 At this point i'm just going to break down the tank and keep soft coral if that's the case. 2 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 47 minutes ago, joshthebox said: Looks like I have AEFW?? At this point i'm just going to break down the tank and keep soft coral if that's the case. So disappointed New tank or old tank’s colonies? Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 On 11/9/2021 at 10:25 PM, mitten_reef said: New tank or old tank’s colonies? 😞 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 1 minute ago, joshthebox said: Old tank 😞 Have you seen any bite marks? Ugh, big colonies are hard to dip clean. Sigh. I know a guy on IG that’s going thru full tank dipping regimen right now, but all of them still fit on frag plugs, and easy to inspect. A NR friend @pokerdobe went thru it last year and still just now about to restart restocking his display with acros. Lost pretty much all of his big acro colonies. Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 2 minutes ago, mitten_reef said: Have you seen any bite marks? Ugh, big colonies are hard to dip clean. Sigh. I know a guy on IG that’s going thru full tank dipping regimen right now, but all of them still fit on frag plugs, and easy to inspect. A NR friend @pokerdobe went thru it last year and still just now about to restart restocking his display with acros. Lost pretty much all of his big acro colonies. I don't really see any signature bite marks, aside from some recession in certain areas. Yeah there's no way I can dip the acros without breaking the scape down. At that point i'm just going to rehome the acros if possible... I'll just stick to softies and clams if it comes down to it 1 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, joshthebox said: I don't really see any signature bite marks, aside from some recession in certain areas. Yeah there's no way I can dip the acros without breaking the scape down. At that point i'm just going to rehome the acros if possible... I'll just stick to softies and clams if it comes down to it Just make sure you don’t accidentally move any over to the new tank either. Gonna be hard to find someone to accept this rehome, 😅. But never know, maybe someone has a coral quarantine tank they’re willing to give the acro treatment/rehab a go. good luck 1 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 10, 2021 Author Share Posted November 10, 2021 15 minutes ago, mitten_reef said: Just make sure you don’t accidentally move any over to the new tank either. Gonna be hard to find someone to accept this rehome, 😅. But never know, maybe someone has a coral quarantine tank they’re willing to give the acro treatment/rehab a go. good luck Thank you! Yeah I've already added some sps from the old tank to the new one a while back so i'm absolutely screwed 😂 Quote Link to comment
mitten_reef Posted November 10, 2021 Share Posted November 10, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, joshthebox said: Thank you! Yeah I've already added some sps from the old tank to the new one a while back so i'm absolutely screwed 😂 Ty talked about his dip and acro qt around minute 55-56 mark, worth a listen if you're thinking of dipping, sounds like he uses one dip for everything Edited November 10, 2021 by mitten_reef forgot the link 2 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 12, 2021 Author Share Posted November 12, 2021 Made a meme 2 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 14, 2021 Author Share Posted November 14, 2021 Chopped up the tank last night, and made a ton of massive frags. Woke up 6 hours later to find that all of them RTNd on me... I've never had a coral RTN before so it was crazy to see. Fortunately I moved my favourite pieces over to my new tank prior, so not all is lost. Still bummed. I'm keeping all the skeletons so I can use them in a calcium reactor when I eventually setup a large SPS display. Found this cracked heater, maybe it had something to do with it, not entirely convinced though because the fish in the tank are just fine. Cleaned and drained the tank as well. I guess this is the end of this thread. The journey was a ton of fun, when I removed the rocks I was in complete awe at how big the Acropora grew. I'll have to make a build thread for my new setup. 1 4 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 17, 2021 Author Share Posted November 17, 2021 Onto something "new" 1 Quote Link to comment
scrappy34 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 Hey Josh, sorry to see you aren't running this tank anymore. I have the same skimmer and was curious how you were able to make it work so well? I can get it to bubble, but it doesn't appear to produce any skim for me, and when it does, it's mostly just water. Maybe my water level is too low, because the bubbles don't come up the cone very far. It barely fits in my nuvo 25, and I can't use the magnet because it won't fit.. any advice? Right now I'm not using the skimmer, but I might retry if I can find a way to make it work better 1 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 26, 2021 Author Share Posted November 26, 2021 6 hours ago, scrappy34 said: Hey Josh, sorry to see you aren't running this tank anymore. I have the same skimmer and was curious how you were able to make it work so well? I can get it to bubble, but it doesn't appear to produce any skim for me, and when it does, it's mostly just water. Maybe my water level is too low, because the bubbles don't come up the cone very far. It barely fits in my nuvo 25, and I can't use the magnet because it won't fit.. any advice? Right now I'm not using the skimmer, but I might retry if I can find a way to make it work better Hi, it took me a good while to get the skimmer to work. I found that removing the sponge in the pump helped, as well as making sure the pump is oriented with the air intake downwards, so that it has to loop up. The top of the pump needs to be a mm or two above the water level to skim sort of dry. Are you using the old model (blue one) or the new one that I believe is white in colour? Quote Link to comment
scrappy34 Posted November 26, 2021 Share Posted November 26, 2021 1 hour ago, joshthebox said: Hi, it took me a good while to get the skimmer to work. I found that removing the sponge in the pump helped, as well as making sure the pump is oriented with the air intake downwards, so that it has to loop up. The top of the pump needs to be a mm or two above the water level to skim sort of dry. Are you using the old model (blue one) or the new one that I believe is white in colour? I have the newest one, I will try taking the sponge out of the pump and see if it improves. Were you using the magnet? Thank you for your help, hopefully I can get it to work better with some of your suggestions 1 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted November 27, 2021 Author Share Posted November 27, 2021 1 hour ago, scrappy34 said: I have the newest one, I will try taking the sponge out of the pump and see if it improves. Were you using the magnet? Thank you for your help, hopefully I can get it to work better with some of your suggestions Yep, the old model doesn't have a bracket to hold it up or anything like that. It fits in the back chamber perfectly. If you have any more questions just send them my way! Hope you can get it working well. Quote Link to comment
Erik the Red Posted January 6, 2022 Share Posted January 6, 2022 On 6/24/2021 at 4:30 PM, joshthebox said: A little video I took. The white balance adjustment on my camera makes things look a bit washed out, but I tried! sorry to hear you’re breaking down the tank…but at the same time it’s fun to start something new, isn’t it? May i ask you which schedule you used to run with your power-heads? i have a similar sized tank and i am just trying to get some tips and tricks 🙂 thanks a lot and congrats on your tank winning the contest ! good luck with the new build 1 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted January 6, 2022 Author Share Posted January 6, 2022 3 hours ago, Erik the Red said: sorry to hear you’re breaking down the tank…but at the same time it’s fun to start something new, isn’t it? May i ask you which schedule you used to run with your power-heads? i have a similar sized tank and i am just trying to get some tips and tricks 🙂 thanks a lot and congrats on your tank winning the contest ! good luck with the new build Thank you, agreed! I ran pulse mode to create a wave during the day when the lights were on, and reef crest mode at night. The pumps were setup anti-sync from each other so I could get good randomized flow. Quote Link to comment
Erik the Red Posted January 7, 2022 Share Posted January 7, 2022 18 hours ago, joshthebox said: Thank you, agreed! I ran pulse mode to create a wave during the day when the lights were on, and reef crest mode at night. The pumps were setup anti-sync from each other so I could get good randomized flow. Thanks a lot! last question then I’ll stop bothering you and the other users 😉 Were the pump set around 40-50% of the power or less? Best of luck with the new build, I’ll keep following the updates! thanks again 😁🤙 Quote Link to comment
joshthebox Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 5 hours ago, Erik the Red said: Thanks a lot! last question then I’ll stop bothering you and the other users 😉 Were the pump set around 40-50% of the power or less? Best of luck with the new build, I’ll keep following the updates! thanks again 😁🤙 If I recall correctly, I think they were set at about 70% or so! I don't mind answering questions, if you have anymore, don't hesitate to ask! Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment
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