Otaku Tank 2 - New Tank (Old one is cracked)

[otaku521]

Hi everyone!!

 

The tank got in lil unknown accident that the glass was cracked at the seams. Even thought it was not appeared leaking I worried that one day it will explode and massive flooding / lost of life. So I parted with my OLD aquarium that I have used for like 3-4 years and got this:

 

 

Truck made the deliver @ the rain... @.@

 

 

Moved my old tank and beginning transfer into new

 

 

Used NEW sands (Argonite this time instead of just normal white sand)

 

 

Filled with half new salt water (RODI)

 

Fill in the other half with my tank water - then move all my rocks and corals and fish over

then move my Eheim 2217 canister ( loaded wth matrix+purigen+bio pellets XL ) into the tank

Afterwards moved my circulation pump over (Jebao Wp10 x 2 - running ELSE mode @ S1)

one thing that I got annoyed is that the brace is too thick @ 3.2cm - I slide in my protein skimmer (BM Q3) into and it snapped the holder and also the water output on the skimmer is too short which it was outputing water into the brace (which will lead to flood - 1/3 of all the tank water leaked on the floor in the morning... I mopped like crazy this sunday morning... )

 

Replaced with new salt water using RODI and immediately went back to the LFS to replace with an internal HYDOR SLIM SKIM skimmer

 

installing this SOB is a PITA with the magnet holder kept coming off and the construction is SOOOO flimsy its even worst than those China brand made skimmer! IMHO this skimmer is only to in its place until I decided to switch to a sump later this year

 

Here is the photo with the NEW Skimmer

 

 

 

Tank Spec:

Kotobuki BLADE-kx 24x18x20 (60cm x 45cm x 50cm) - 36 US Gallons / 140 Liters

 

Equipment:

Eheim 2217 Canister Filter - (No Sponge, loaded with Seachem Matrix (5L), Seachem Purigen (100ml), BioPellets XL)

AquaOne 100 HOB with LED lamp Mod Taped on top on clear cover - (Made into refuguim loaded with Chaeto)

Hydor Slim Skimmer 250

Wavepoint 4x24W Tube T5HO (2 Blue + 2 Violet/Pink)

 

Sand:

9L Bag of Argoite Sand

 

Fish:

2 Clown Fish

1 Yellow Wrasse

 

Shrimp:

2 Monkey Shrimp (Saron Shrimp?)

1 Camel Shrimp

 

Coral:

1 Elegence

1 Match Sticks

1 Colony of "Dragon Eyes" Zoa

2 Fire Cracker

2 Acans

1 Leather

1 Colony of 'Finger' Corals (3 leads)

1 Hammer 'Kidney' Coral

1 Flower Pot Coarl

3 NPS Gorg Seafans (?)

 

 

Tested on May 11, 2014 @ 11pm:

PO4: 0 (Salfarin Test Kit)

NO3: 5-10? (Nutrafin Test Kit)

PH: 8.0 (PH Meter)

[skyscraper2290]

That's an awesome looking tank, sorry to hear about the old one. Everything looks really good!

[otaku521]

Thanks! I noticed that my finger coral is not reaching out... any reasons why?

[wow.such.chris]

Thanks! I noticed that my finger coral is not reaching out... any reasons why?

 

Leathers can be moody. Give it some time to adjust. That's an awesome elegance you've got in there. Looks great, keep it up!

[otaku521]

Just did a water change: 20%

noticed that the figures seems a lil higher than expected

numerious things added to the tank:

 

Equipment Changes:

Eheim 2217 Canister Filter - BioPellets XL ONLY connected to my water cooler Hailea HC 150A

Made a sump 18"x12"x12" ~40L in 3 chambers ( Water in with Skimmer / Seachem Maxtrix+carbon+rowaphos+Chaeto/ return pump)

Skimmer: Bubble Magus C3.5

Return Pump: Waveline DC4000

Reeftech Overflow (China made)

Hard plumb the entire thing with PVC piping

 

Added 20ibs of live rocks in the back empty area...

 

Removed:

AquaOne 100 HOB with LED lamp Mod Taped on top on clear cover - (Made into refuguim loaded with Chaeto)

 

Hydor Slim Skimmer 250

 

 

 

Here is the photo of the sump:

 

Here is the updated pics of the tank now:

 

 

 

 

Tested on May 28, 2014 @ 11pm:

PO4: 0.5 (Salfarin Test Kit)

NO3: 20 (Nutrafin Test Kit) - Seems HIGH!! maybe another WC this weekend!!

PH: 8.1 (PH Meter)