Good to hear!
240g Tank Restoration
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PaulieReef
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I fully expect the tank to not have lights on for the next 3-4 months!
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After all the rapid progress, now the waiting begins. What are you going to do with yourself?
Milemarker0
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Nice setup, I always like old school glass tanks better than the newer ones.
PaulieReef
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Used Dr Tims and dozing ammonia, expected cycle to be around a week or two. Once ammonia and nitrite both hit zero that is. And then after a bit going to get an algae crew of tang and a blenny.
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Hellsangelbx
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Looking good keep up the great work
PaulieReef
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Nothing crazy as of right now, going to kind of go with the flow. Never had a tank this big so plenty of options.
Right now I know I want a unique clown pair, yellow tang, bristletooth tang, lawn mower blenny, marandarin, cleaner shrimp, goby.
PaulieReef
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Cant insert the video here it seems, but below is a video to the tank after the hurricane and the second video is the two new additives, since they survived the hurricane, why not name them Marco and Laura
Tank
https://vimeo.com/452252174
Marco and Laura
https://vimeo.com/452252178
Once again, lights are only on for the video
Tank
https://vimeo.com/452252174
Marco and Laura
https://vimeo.com/452252178
Once again, lights are only on for the video
PaulieReef
Member
So just to keep things updated, no pics as we are currently nothing worth showing.
However, I setup the APEX a lot better, added some leak detection and added the breakout box with a float switch for the skimmate collection cup for the protein skimmer.
However, I setup the APEX a lot better, added some leak detection and added the breakout box with a float switch for the skimmate collection cup for the protein skimmer.
PaulieReef
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We officially cycled boys! Now time for a big water change and let the fun begin.
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PaulieReef
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So ph: 7.97, dkH: 6.8, alk: 410, mag: 1400. Do I 2 part dose to raise alk and calc which should raise ph? Or do I raise ph another way and hope it raises dkH and calc
Salinity is 1.025
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PaulieReef
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Tang continues to be a little bully. So we put a mirror up. Hopefully this solves the aggression.
PaulieReef
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Tank coming along, mirror trick did the job with the tang, all fish are fat. Will be adding more fish soon.
PaulieReef
Member
I actually had issues with dr time and switched to another product that worked wonders, Turbo Start.
I will say though I got Dr Tims from a crap LFS and I got Turbo Start from a way better LFS that had it refrigerated and looked not out dated.
PaulieReef
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Alright, been awhile since an update, where do I even begin.
So tank is slowly coming together, got some test coral to see what the tank could handle. The test coral was a mix of Zoas, orange tip torch, 2x bird nest sps, 2x hammers. Everything was going great but eventually the sps both died. The rest of the coral were doing great. I tested all my parameters and everything was in line with being good, undetectable phosphates (not low range), ammonia zero, nitrate low, ammonia and nitrite both zero. Alk 8.5, Calc 450, Mag 1450, Salinity 1.026, temp 78-79 every once and awhile jumps to 80.
I do have algae, which might be hiding a phosphate problem.
Ever since the sps died, I started dosing vodka daily (around 2.5 ml a day currently) and slowly increasing it until the extra algae dies off. Also dosing flatworm stop daily just because. I know its stupid, but have heard good t hings about it bringing out color in corals so figured I would try it.
Started adding Kalk to my ATO and stopped dosing two part for now. This seems to have helped with my lower Ph, originally around 7.75 now around 7.95) and has help me keep a more stable Alk and Calc.
Also got some additional fish. I have gotten another cleaner shrimp, 2x conches and 1x male Anthias, 4x female Anthias.
After all that, I got phosphates under control and decided to do a big haul of coral for round 2.
Corals below:
Mammoth Candy Cane (died)
Hollywood Stunner Chalice
JF Burning Banana
Tyree Aequituberculata
Rising Sun Chalice
CC Cloudberry Chalice
Rainbow Acan
JF Jack-O-Latern
TSA Merlot Merletti
Space Invader Chalice
So far things are looking pretty good, corals have extended polyps but we shall see.
FINALLY, I had a tang overhaul too. This happened yesterday. Tank went from just having a yellow tang, to Yellow Tang, Powder Brown Tang, Hippo Tang and a Sailfin Tang. Had a lights out last night and they are doing well.
Pictures to come of all the fish, corals in tank and how the tank looks today. Waiting to find some pieces to the tripod so I can breakout the DSLR and take some good macro shots of the tank.
Thanks for listening to my TedTalk, more updates to come.
So tank is slowly coming together, got some test coral to see what the tank could handle. The test coral was a mix of Zoas, orange tip torch, 2x bird nest sps, 2x hammers. Everything was going great but eventually the sps both died. The rest of the coral were doing great. I tested all my parameters and everything was in line with being good, undetectable phosphates (not low range), ammonia zero, nitrate low, ammonia and nitrite both zero. Alk 8.5, Calc 450, Mag 1450, Salinity 1.026, temp 78-79 every once and awhile jumps to 80.
I do have algae, which might be hiding a phosphate problem.
Ever since the sps died, I started dosing vodka daily (around 2.5 ml a day currently) and slowly increasing it until the extra algae dies off. Also dosing flatworm stop daily just because. I know its stupid, but have heard good t hings about it bringing out color in corals so figured I would try it.
Started adding Kalk to my ATO and stopped dosing two part for now. This seems to have helped with my lower Ph, originally around 7.75 now around 7.95) and has help me keep a more stable Alk and Calc.
Also got some additional fish. I have gotten another cleaner shrimp, 2x conches and 1x male Anthias, 4x female Anthias.
After all that, I got phosphates under control and decided to do a big haul of coral for round 2.
Corals below:
Mammoth Candy Cane (died)
Hollywood Stunner Chalice
JF Burning Banana
Tyree Aequituberculata
Rising Sun Chalice
CC Cloudberry Chalice
Rainbow Acan
JF Jack-O-Latern
TSA Merlot Merletti
Space Invader Chalice
So far things are looking pretty good, corals have extended polyps but we shall see.
FINALLY, I had a tang overhaul too. This happened yesterday. Tank went from just having a yellow tang, to Yellow Tang, Powder Brown Tang, Hippo Tang and a Sailfin Tang. Had a lights out last night and they are doing well.
Pictures to come of all the fish, corals in tank and how the tank looks today. Waiting to find some pieces to the tripod so I can breakout the DSLR and take some good macro shots of the tank.
Thanks for listening to my TedTalk, more updates to come.
aikenreefkeeper
Member
Nice build.
Following along.
Following along.
