350g sps
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Eyore
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I am in england, hense the following use of inches and litres.
tank is 80x32x26 around 960l
settlement tank 16x24x20 (was frag tank but had algae issues feeding direct from dt)
refuge tank 48x22x24 (growing chaeto and caulerpa mix) also some frags
equipment sump 30x20x18 containing only a bk supermarine 250
total is about 1450 litres
I use carbon with a bit of gfo monthly, but the gfo is to target silicates only. The large amount of algae manages po4 and no3, occasionally I dose nano3 to balance, and improve export of po4.
the tank is located in what is (supposed to be) the dining room, with a hole knocked through so I view in my living room.
The tank is a year old, but I started the process 20 months ago when I moved house.
I had a prolonged battle with dinos when I set up, so most the stock is my old coral (mainly montipora but some stylo pocci and acro, plus lps), I have only recently started stocking acropora which is what I love!
I wont bother with the journey to this point unless asked
just pics from now on, now I finally figured out how to get them uploaded
btw the pics are not quite up to date, a few things have been moved, plus an acro or 2 in! its just I need to upload onto a differant site then download onto my phone then attach to here! I dont have photobucket
tank is 80x32x26 around 960l
settlement tank 16x24x20 (was frag tank but had algae issues feeding direct from dt)
refuge tank 48x22x24 (growing chaeto and caulerpa mix) also some frags
equipment sump 30x20x18 containing only a bk supermarine 250
total is about 1450 litres
I use carbon with a bit of gfo monthly, but the gfo is to target silicates only. The large amount of algae manages po4 and no3, occasionally I dose nano3 to balance, and improve export of po4.
the tank is located in what is (supposed to be) the dining room, with a hole knocked through so I view in my living room.
The tank is a year old, but I started the process 20 months ago when I moved house.
I had a prolonged battle with dinos when I set up, so most the stock is my old coral (mainly montipora but some stylo pocci and acro, plus lps), I have only recently started stocking acropora which is what I love!
I wont bother with the journey to this point unless asked
just pics from now on, now I finally figured out how to get them uploaded
btw the pics are not quite up to date, a few things have been moved, plus an acro or 2 in! its just I need to upload onto a differant site then download onto my phone then attach to here! I dont have photobucket
dave.m
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They will be whatever size you set, as opposed to RC's standard size. Also, RC is very slow to load images compared to the dedicated image hosting services. And also also, non-RC members will be able to view your images without logging into RC if they are hosted on an outside server. There is a significant crowd of lurkers around RC so if you want them to see your images then an outside image server is the way to go.
You said you didn't want to re-hash your system's build history, but it would be nice if you described your hardware, lighting and maintenance routines, what you feed and how often, etc. Any special thoughts on your system would be good, e.g. how you would change/improve it if you only had the dosh.
Dave.M
You said you didn't want to re-hash your system's build history, but it would be nice if you described your hardware, lighting and maintenance routines, what you feed and how often, etc. Any special thoughts on your system would be good, e.g. how you would change/improve it if you only had the dosh.
Dave.M
Eyore
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okey dokey,
I will look at putting a few posts with pictures together for a very brief build history. I say brief as I do have a thread on another forum which is a tad epic (though far from the longest or most viewed), and I know this can put a lot off
firstly what I believe in and want to achieve
after much trial and error over the last few years I have come to the conclusion you can maintain zero po4 and no3 without being aggresive with filtration, and keep the majourity of coral happy without using amino acids. What matters is you have fish in the right amounts, and you feed a variety of foods in the right amounts. not for everybodies thinking but works for me (though I am not happy at the moment in this regard, but its a work in progress)
the tank
4 tanks, display runs into a settlement tank which us next to it hidden in the alcove, then down into the refugium where I have a 3ft x 18 inch eggcrate tray 9 inch below the water surface, growing a mix of chaeto, caulerpa (mainly prolifera but a bit of racemosa snuck in! ).
the refugium is highly circulated by a 6080,6060 and 6045 tunze powerhead s to keep ditrutus from settling out, also as the algae performs better, and to provide movement for my sps frags that are in there. I dose bicarb into the flow of the 6045
lighting in the refuge is 2 x 30w led floodlight 6500k over the algae, which grows like stink (I harvest 14l every 2 weeks), and a 120w led over my frags (chinese)
then into my sump. only really my protien skimmer in here (supeemarine 250) , and occasionally a filter sock with gac and a 100ml or so of gfo which I pump water into. also my dosing solutions bar bicarb are inputted here after the skimmer. back to the dt via a waveline 10000 dc
the dt is 960l, around 100kg of reefbones mainly plates (for easy mounting as I have to place over hand).
currently I have a purple tang, yellow tang, chevron tang, foxface (do not trust him), solar, Scotts, exquisite fairy wrasse, a jewel wrasse, melarus canary and richmondi halicoeris, and a mckosker flasher wrasse, and 2 common tank bread clowns that have been with me a long time. tbh I did have 4 more wrasse but 1 jumped (my cleaner who had been with me forever and 3 more fairy 2 of which succumbed to unknown causes the other was a freeby tjat was ordered in for me at an lfs and I turned down on sight
I feed the fish 3-4 cubes of un rinsed frozen per day plus occasional flake and fines like lobster eggs or rotifers.
Though as I say I am a bit too near ulns for my liking so looking to increase fish numbers soon.
display lighting is 3 orphek atlantik which are unlensed. they provide me far more growth than t5 did
uptake of calcium carbonates is via balling classic method, which though I know is not common over the pond, simply its the use of nacl free salt to create seawater (ish) from the sodium and chloride leftovers of 2 part. Tbh its insane on a rank my size to do this over a calcium reactor! my current use is around 45 grammes of bicarb a day, concidering I am maybe 50-60% stocked, I expect this to double over time
I will look at putting a few posts with pictures together for a very brief build history. I say brief as I do have a thread on another forum which is a tad epic (though far from the longest or most viewed), and I know this can put a lot off
firstly what I believe in and want to achieve
after much trial and error over the last few years I have come to the conclusion you can maintain zero po4 and no3 without being aggresive with filtration, and keep the majourity of coral happy without using amino acids. What matters is you have fish in the right amounts, and you feed a variety of foods in the right amounts. not for everybodies thinking but works for me (though I am not happy at the moment in this regard, but its a work in progress)
the tank
4 tanks, display runs into a settlement tank which us next to it hidden in the alcove, then down into the refugium where I have a 3ft x 18 inch eggcrate tray 9 inch below the water surface, growing a mix of chaeto, caulerpa (mainly prolifera but a bit of racemosa snuck in! ).
the refugium is highly circulated by a 6080,6060 and 6045 tunze powerhead s to keep ditrutus from settling out, also as the algae performs better, and to provide movement for my sps frags that are in there. I dose bicarb into the flow of the 6045
lighting in the refuge is 2 x 30w led floodlight 6500k over the algae, which grows like stink (I harvest 14l every 2 weeks), and a 120w led over my frags (chinese)
then into my sump. only really my protien skimmer in here (supeemarine 250) , and occasionally a filter sock with gac and a 100ml or so of gfo which I pump water into. also my dosing solutions bar bicarb are inputted here after the skimmer. back to the dt via a waveline 10000 dc
the dt is 960l, around 100kg of reefbones mainly plates (for easy mounting as I have to place over hand).
currently I have a purple tang, yellow tang, chevron tang, foxface (do not trust him), solar, Scotts, exquisite fairy wrasse, a jewel wrasse, melarus canary and richmondi halicoeris, and a mckosker flasher wrasse, and 2 common tank bread clowns that have been with me a long time. tbh I did have 4 more wrasse but 1 jumped (my cleaner who had been with me forever and 3 more fairy 2 of which succumbed to unknown causes the other was a freeby tjat was ordered in for me at an lfs and I turned down on sight
I feed the fish 3-4 cubes of un rinsed frozen per day plus occasional flake and fines like lobster eggs or rotifers.
Though as I say I am a bit too near ulns for my liking so looking to increase fish numbers soon.
display lighting is 3 orphek atlantik which are unlensed. they provide me far more growth than t5 did
uptake of calcium carbonates is via balling classic method, which though I know is not common over the pond, simply its the use of nacl free salt to create seawater (ish) from the sodium and chloride leftovers of 2 part. Tbh its insane on a rank my size to do this over a calcium reactor! my current use is around 45 grammes of bicarb a day, concidering I am maybe 50-60% stocked, I expect this to double over time
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Eyore
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http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bXfTgV8jQS0
a few monti issues going on but acro growing well though a few are new.
60.9 grammes of bicarb a day! a reactor would be cheaper!
lights on about 25%, video on iphone, taken around 40 mins before lights off
some cyano remains but about 10% of what it was
a few monti issues going on but acro growing well though a few are new.
60.9 grammes of bicarb a day! a reactor would be cheaper!
lights on about 25%, video on iphone, taken around 40 mins before lights off
some cyano remains but about 10% of what it was
Newbie Aquarist
Reefing is my middle name
Beautiful setup and colors really pop too.
Eyore
New member
left hand side of the front or left hand side of the back? lol
its a work in progress, a few corals have gone in since that video, a few more will go in soon ish
Big gaps have been left for things to grow out as i like big mature colonies.
Only really the montipora and stylo which have been in the tank from the beginning are the size i like, acropora started to go in 7 months ago, so hopefully in 6-12 months, it should even out a little.
i should also say nutrients were very low in that video which shows (though tbh my phone camera does some weird stuff as well) (yes thats my excuse:lmao
1fishkeeper
Premium Member
Great looking tank.
Eyore
New member
thank you
i wanted to share these with you all.
a fts
then a pic of an efflo i bought in april at 3-4 cm, now 14cm in 6 months, pics taken approx every 2 months (last 2 on my phone)
