210 build PIC INTENSE

[Menez]

Here comes Steve, this is getting out of hand.....break it up!!!!!!!!!

 

[harsaphes]

All i can say is WOW.
Bad tank
Worse attitude.

 

[Mr. Brooks]

You know, a solid RO/DI unit would solve a lot of your problems. My DI filter ran exhausted for a week. I had algae problems for a month as a result.

Seems like you've learned the hazards of adding too many fish too fast without QT. I understand the excitment of collecting rare and beautiful fish. It can be addicting. Fish stores count on it. Sometimes we just have to learn the hard way unfortunately.

 

[Reefaquariumnut]

Josh,

When this flood is over I will come over and help you. This tank is in dire need of some help. We will get this fixed.

 

[SirVilhelm]

Can we nominate this for thread of the month? Just kidding

I would accept help from above and get your tank back on track. I think once you do that you'll be a lot happier (and so will your wallet).

 

[Creade]

Reefaquariumnut, way to step up and help out. Kudos

 

[cdness]

Reefaquariumnut, good job stepping in there. I am willing to help out wherever I can too.

Elegance, there has been some good advice in this thread but it seems it has been taken the wrong way. People are tying to help but you don't want to listen. They are not attacking you and only want to see the livestock have a better life in the tank. My build thread is a bit out-dated on RC but I can send you some pics of mine if you want.

 

[billsreef]

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[elegance coral]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14690124#post14690124 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by EleganceMan
what i do think is strange is that most people are so worried when they have some algae... some of the healthiest systems are the dirtiest....i do beleive i read that from a reefer who has had his tank for over thirty years. Some people do so much work to have this pristine tank and it ends up crashing because of some mis-hap with there complex system. Sometimes simpler and more natural is better IMO. Plus I love the different kinds of algaes.... but this is hard when my favorite fish are tangs!!!

Think about this for a moment, if you will. On all the drains from your house that lead to the sewer, there are "traps". These are physical barriers between the people living in the house and the decomposing waste in the sewer. Waste produced in the home that doesn't leave through the plumbing, gets placed into bags and removed from the house. This isn't simply because the waste we produce smells bad. It is because the substances produced by this decomposing waste are toxic to most animal life. Including us. It's no different for the fish and corals we try to keep in these little glass boxes. The waste they produce can become toxic to them. That gray powdery stuff that builds up in sand beds and LR, is decomposing organic matter. There is no barrier between the animals we try to keep and this decomposing matter. To keep the environment within our little glass boxes healthy, we must limit the amount of decomposing matter as we can. This means we must keep our tanks clean.

Most of the corals we keep are collected in what is essentially an aquatic desert. They are not adapted to elevated nutrients. They don't have defence mechanisms equipped to fight off the large number of microbes that elevated nutrients can produce.

I use algae myself. There are forms of algae that are controllable, and others that overgrow our corals. Many coral reefs are facing this problem today. If we are to have any hope of keeping delicate coral species alive, we must control the algae that grows in our tanks. The most successful way to do this is to control the nutrients algae feed on. To do this we must keep a clean system.

 

[EleganceMan]

Proof is in the Pictures..... All my corals seem to be doing very well.
I had to put my fish back in because of the possibility of a flood, i had to take down the QT tank and move all cords off the ground in case any of the dikes break and I take on any water....so far so good. I am going to post pictures from today...and tonight.

brain coral right after MH off.

colt after MH off

 

[EleganceMan]

sump/fuge

 

[EleganceMan]

sump/fuge

 

[EleganceMan]

 

[EleganceMan]

 

[EleganceMan]

 

[EleganceMan]

view from above

 

[EleganceMan]

MSX SKIMMERS ROCK.....

 

[EleganceMan]

LEFT SIDE VIEW

 

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[EleganceMan]