47G SPS...Revamp

[sahin]

No wonder Biggles calls you the "sneaky one!" Oh whoa is me, all my SPS are brown, then surprise, in one hour, they color up! Sounds sneaky to me!

Marty

Marty!!! :angryfire: You're supposed to be on my side...:facepalm: Now Biggles is definitely going to pickup on this...

The corals (those that are coloured up) have done so mainly in the past few weeks. Look at the FTS shot and the 2nd pic to see brown acros...Mr I support Biggles...:debi:

Sahin, the corals look really good, and I don't feel even a little bad for prodding you to post pics I see you all over threads, always looking for information, asking good questions, and complimenting others(other than Biggles of course:wave It's time for you to show off a little and I'm glad you did!

Thanks buddy. I love reading build threads and love learning about how others run their systems. I guess this part of me will never change :lol:

Your corals look like they are making an incredible rebound Sahin! They look really great. This will be an awesome looking tank once they grow in.

Thanks, I've worked real hard to bring the corals to this point. I really hope the tank has no further problems and I get to see the tank to the point where the frags are all colonies.

Tank has rebounded nice man a true testament to your abilities!

Wow, thanks for such a nice compliment. I just worked my butt off the past few months beating the AEFW's/dipping/water changes/keeping a QT tank going/improving the health of the tank and trying to keep this stable. It has all paid off.

 

[Scotty freddy]

[/QUOTE] Haha, thanks mate. I am about to tinker big time with the tank...Just getting some ideas from Dan (Cugly) and will start tinkering with some sort of crazy hybrid Zeovit system in the coming weeks. Hope Biggles dont see this...gonna have a go at me for asking him to quit tinkering...:lol: I wonder what Biggles is upto....[/QUOTE]

Hybrid zeovit system!!! That sounds very interesting mate!!
I think the answer to your question is very clear :lol: biggles has a tank twice as big as what he did have, this means twice as much to tinker with!! I'm surprised he even gets time to update his tank thread :lolspin: :lolspin:

 

[cugly]

Haha, thanks mate. I am about to tinker big time with the tank...Just getting some ideas from Dan (Cugly) and will start tinkering with some sort of crazy hybrid Zeovit system in the coming weeks. Hope Biggles dont see this...gonna have a go at me for asking him to quit tinkering...:lol: I wonder what Biggles is upto....[/QUOTE]

Hybrid zeovit system!!! That sounds very interesting mate!!
I think the answer to your question is very clear :lol: biggles has a tank twice as big as what he did have, this means twice as much to tinker with!! I'm surprised he even gets time to update his tank thread :lolspin: :lolspin:[/QUOTE]

A hybrid zeovit works well but the tank needs to mature with proper bacteria first...with my old tank it was working because its more matured and my regimen was already stable and dosing is calculated with this new tank its crazy i am still trying to figure out the happy balance i can't get the po4 and no3 to go up a bit to grow my macroalgae its just dying and causing an imbalance i am getting growth and colors but some still adjusting from all that tinkering. .lol..i used to be able to tweak colors when i had full zeovit running but its very unforgiving with any mishap...theres a few of us in my club that is having succesful hybrid zeovit tanks..my buddys tank is getting crazy growth i say atleast 1.5 inch of growth a month crazy colors too..

Ya haven't heard from Biggles in a while he is probably cooking something up...

 

[sahin]

A hybrid zeovit works well but the tank needs to mature with proper bacteria first...with my old tank it was working because its more matured and my regimen was already stable and dosing is calculated with this new tank its crazy i am still trying to figure out the happy balance i can't get the po4 and no3 to go up a bit to grow my macroalgae its just dying and causing an imbalance i am getting growth and colors but some still adjusting from all that tinkering. .lol..i used to be able to tweak colors when i had full zeovit running but its very unforgiving with any mishap...theres a few of us in my club that is having succesful hybrid zeovit tanks..my buddys tank is getting crazy growth i say atleast 1.5 inch of growth a month crazy colors too..

Ya haven't heard from Biggles in a while he is probably cooking something up...

Hi buddy, I asked a bunch of questions on your thread, hope you dont mind. Want to know what you are doing in terms of a hybrid system on your tank so I can figure out exactly what I want and need for my system. Be grateful if you can answer in your thread. Thanks. :thumbsup:

 

[bdsage]

what are the dimensions of your tank sahin?

 

[sh8g8delik]

Beautiful update Sahin! Can't wait until they outgrow your tank!

 

[sahin]

what are the dimensions of your tank sahin?

30 x 20 x 18H

Beautiful update Sahin! Can't wait until they outgrow your tank!

Thanks dude. I hope to see the day the corals are colonies.

 

[SneekaPeek]

sahin, wanted to give you a headsup, took off the bubble plate and cyclinder for my skimmer nac6a ran it for a week and half and it did produce better results. however, I had bad micro bubble problems leaking from the skimmer and making it to the main display due to the larger reaction time in chamber. Thanks for the advice and If I had a bubble trap in the sump everything would have worked out seamlessly.
btw corals look fantastic and better than I have ever accomplished. cant wait to see them a year from now reacting superbly to your system and environment.

 

[cugly]

Hi buddy, I asked a bunch of questions on your thread, hope you dont mind. Want to know what you are doing in terms of a hybrid system on your tank so I can figure out exactly what I want and need for my system. Be grateful if you can answer in your thread. Thanks. :thumbsup:

I answered all your questions my friend i hope .

 

[Jstn]

Loving this tank, really nice sps!

 

[youdontknowme]

Subscribed! Very nice sps colors! That red planet of yours is making me drool sahin

 

[jroovers]

Good to hear on your progress against AEFW, and that you saw it through, what a major PITA. Interested to hear how you make out with this hybrid system, and the particulars of how you implement it.

 

[afernandez]

Subscribed! Very nice sps colors! That red planet of yours is making me drool sahin ��

According to him everything is "brown"

I'm starting to see a pattern ...

either he's color blind (it happens)

Or

Brown is his favorite color :lmao:

Good day my friend

 

[cugly]

According to him everything is "brown"

I'm starting to see a pattern ...

either he's color blind (it happens)

Or

Brown is his favorite color :lmao:

Good day my friend

Thats what i said lol..

 

[sahin]

I answered all your questions my friend i hope .

Many thanks buddy. :thumbsup: Got the info I needed.

Loving this tank, really nice sps!

Thanks!

Subscribed! Very nice sps colors! That red planet of yours is making me drool sahin ��

Thanks. I love the colours in your tank. I have two colonies of the Red Planet. Thinking of selling one once I am certain the tank is clear of AEFW's.

Good to hear on your progress against AEFW, and that you saw it through, what a major PITA. Interested to hear how you make out with this hybrid system, and the particulars of how you implement it.

It was a right pain in the rear. I still have one more large scale dipping session to go through. After that it will be random searches carried out. Hopefully I have beaten them for good.

According to him everything is "brown"
I'm starting to see a pattern ...
either he's color blind (it happens)
Or
Brown is his favorite color :lmao:
Good day my friend

:uzi:
I'll have you know that many corals were and are still brown. I'm being sneaky and showing off only the coloured up ones. :crazy1:
I suppose the remaining ones since they are maricultured just need time.

Thats what i said lol..

Your corals are way more colourful than mine. You just need to improve your photography a little and you could show some awesome SPS colours.


Hybrid Zeovit System:

With regards the hybrid system...I am starting the Zeovit tonight. Been soaking the Zeolite for a few days and will go in the system along with a reactor once the kids go to sleep.

I am planning to run the half of the Zeolite and half of the Start2 carbon source. I will also run the zeovit reactor at approx 1/3 the recommended flow.

According to Zeovit guidelines, for my tank I should be running the following:
-1/2 Litre Zeolite
-50GPH flow through the reactor
-0.8ml ZeoStart per day
-2 Drops Zeobac 2-3 times a week

For this hybrid system
-1/4 Litre Zeolite
-18GPH flow through the reactor
-0.4ml ZeoStart per day
-1 Drop Zeobac 2 times a week (initial dose will be slightly higher in order to kickstart the system)
-Maintain my Prodibio dosing every two weeks

This should allow me to run a "soft" Zeovit system. Running this way should eventually give me the benefits of the system, but with a much gentler approach. This should also provide a slightly bigger buffer zone/bigger safety net for mistakes/stupidness by me/parameters going out of whack.

Lets see what happens in the coming 3 months. :uhoh3:

 

[jroovers]

Not only should it provide a buffer zone, should be a little lighter on the wallet as well

Anyhow, I'll be interested to hear how it goes... I'm guessing those brown corals are a thing of the past, better clear some space on your memory card

 

[glaukos]

good luck buddy:beer:
Can't wait to see the results!
Did you use zeobac/or something to soak zeolite?

 

[Scotty freddy]

Very interested to see the results you get sahin, I have no doubt they will be great

 

[TreyK]

I have been dosing zeostart and back in my tank Sahin. About .3ml of start every day to every other day and a drop of bac once or twice a week. When drawing out the start dose the other day the bottle slipped out of my hand and a bunch (like 10ml) went into the sump! I immediately performed an emergency water change and fed a ton to hopefully balance it out. The next day everything looked terrible polyps withdrawn and all. Fast forward to yesterday (won't see the tank until I get home from work tonight), and it appears the only real recession experienced was the encrusted base on my PC rainbow acro frag, which is really disappointing because it was just starting to encrust and gain color. Now it looks HORRIBLE. Hopefully it comes back though, and I am thankful nothing else (knock on wood) suffered too terribly.

Moral of the story, be careful dosing that stuff.

 

[sahin]

Not only should it provide a buffer zone, should be a little lighter on the wallet as well

Anyhow, I'll be interested to hear how it goes... I'm guessing those brown corals are a thing of the past, better clear some space on your memory card

I am hoping the remaining brown acros colour up under Zeovit power.

good luck buddy
Can't wait to see the results!
Did you use zeobac/or something to soak zeolite?

The zeolite must be soaked in RODI water before use; there is a lot of dust that needs to be removed. There are reports that rinsing them removes silicates as well...though I dont know about that.

In terms of results, the tank is at low nutrient state already. Carried out a battery of tests today:

Ca: 390ppm (need to increase a little)
Alk:7.7dKH
K: 390ppm
NO3: 5ppm (was less than 0.2ppm...I dosed some Potassium Nitrate to bring it up)
PO4: 0.024ppm (Elos High Res)

PO4 has been around that level for nearly a month without the use of any PO4 remover.

Not sure if you seen the new photos a page or so back Mike, but I am not sure the corals that are already coloured up will improve much. I am hoping the brown ones colour up and the ones starting to colour up look much better.

Very interested to see the results you get sahin, I have no doubt they will be great

We shall see what happens mate. If the brown acros colour up I will be very happy.

I have been dosing zeostart and back in my tank Sahin. About .3ml of start every day to every other day and a drop of bac once or twice a week. When drawing out the start dose the other day the bottle slipped out of my hand and a bunch (like 10ml) went into the sump! I immediately performed an emergency water change and fed a ton to hopefully balance it out. The next day everything looked terrible polyps withdrawn and all. Fast forward to yesterday (won't see the tank until I get home from work tonight), and it appears the only real recession experienced was the encrusted base on my PC rainbow acro frag, which is really disappointing because it was just starting to encrust and gain color. Now it looks HORRIBLE. Hopefully it comes back though, and I am thankful nothing else (knock on wood) suffered too terribly.

Moral of the story, be careful dosing that stuff.

Ouch...thats like 33 times the amount. I NEVER hold bottles of ANYTHING...be it fish food/additives/supplements over the tank. Murphy is always against me...so I only have the dropper over the tank. The bottle will never be held over the tank. My kids are always bumping into me etc...so easy to drop things.