500G (84X48X30)- NOW REAL !
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chris wright
In Memoriam
Truely inspiring mate, and a great attitude towards this hobby.
I'm glad to be following in your experiences :thumbsup:
Cheers
Chris
I'm glad to be following in your experiences :thumbsup:
Cheers
Chris
dgasmd
New member
Sanjay:
Couldn't say enough good things about how great the tank looks. I am amazed at the growth you've had since setting the tank up. Very impressive. MUST be that good and clear local water:lol:
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One tip that may help you a bit with the blasting of the corals is to take a maxijet 1200 and connect a piece of PVC over the outlet with a 45 degree piece at the end. You can reach easily all over the tank with it if the PVC is the right length and the 45 degree angle will allow you to direct it better at the base of the corals. Sort of like a power washer type of thing. I found it helpfull at least.
Best of luck.
Couldn't say enough good things about how great the tank looks. I am amazed at the growth you've had since setting the tank up. Very impressive. MUST be that good and clear local water:lol:
:lol: One tip that may help you a bit with the blasting of the corals is to take a maxijet 1200 and connect a piece of PVC over the outlet with a 45 degree piece at the end. You can reach easily all over the tank with it if the PVC is the right length and the 45 degree angle will allow you to direct it better at the base of the corals. Sort of like a power washer type of thing. I found it helpfull at least.
Best of luck.
jnarowe
New member
OK, Here it is...
The Reef Blower:
Built by the Great Dahn Nguyen.
This is an MJ 1200 Mod with a pipe inserted for blowing off rocks. Different size pipes can be used for different levels in the aquarium. Care must be used as this thing is extremely powerful and I would recommend using smaller Maxi-Jets for most tanks.
This thing friggin rocks!! And Sanjay, this could be easily part of your fish feeding routine. It will strip your rocks and corals completely clean, but it takes some getting used to, especially on tanks with sand. I LOVE it!
The Reef Blower:
Built by the Great Dahn Nguyen.
This is an MJ 1200 Mod with a pipe inserted for blowing off rocks. Different size pipes can be used for different levels in the aquarium. Care must be used as this thing is extremely powerful and I would recommend using smaller Maxi-Jets for most tanks.
This thing friggin rocks!! And Sanjay, this could be easily part of your fish feeding routine. It will strip your rocks and corals completely clean, but it takes some getting used to, especially on tanks with sand. I LOVE it!
Sanjay
Premium Member
Nice Reef blower. That would surefly provide a lot of flow to hit the corals with and at the same time not act like a water jet and blow the tissue away.
I have been using a maxijet, hand held.. but I like the idea of having a 45 degree elbow on it with a pipe extension, to allow access to underneath the corals.
The reason that I like the maxijet (unmodified) is that I can easily stop the flow, by putting my hand on the intake. This comes in handy when I need to b;ast the corals that are closer to the bottom and control the sand that could get created.
sanjay.
I have been using a maxijet, hand held.. but I like the idea of having a 45 degree elbow on it with a pipe extension, to allow access to underneath the corals.
The reason that I like the maxijet (unmodified) is that I can easily stop the flow, by putting my hand on the intake. This comes in handy when I need to b;ast the corals that are closer to the bottom and control the sand that could get created.
sanjay.
Aquatic Noggin
New member
Hello Sanjay,
Congratulations on the success of your tank. Your hard work has certainly paid off. Besides the calcium reactor, are you supplementing anything else? Also, what and how often do you feed your tank?
Congratulations on the success of your tank. Your hard work has certainly paid off. Besides the calcium reactor, are you supplementing anything else? Also, what and how often do you feed your tank?
Sanjay
Premium Member
I do not supplement with any thing else, unless its a boost to increase alk, Ca, or Mg.
I feed the fish with an assortment of food... spectrum pellets, hikari mysis, and pacifica mysis - twice a day usually. Once after I get back from work, and once more late in the night.
sanjay.
I feed the fish with an assortment of food... spectrum pellets, hikari mysis, and pacifica mysis - twice a day usually. Once after I get back from work, and once more late in the night.
sanjay.
TropTrea
New member
Going through the picture it seemed like last week you had these mini little frags and now they are fantastic corals. But I guess it was a little longer than a week, but still the most growth I have ever seen in 1 year.
Okay You have good balanced lighting, And loads of water flow. But what else is your secret to success. How are you feeding your corals? What are you adding to keep the calcium and Kh up to proper levels? Are you using other additives? Iodine? Strontium? etc.?
Great job now how do I get my little 120 looking like that?
Dennis
Okay You have good balanced lighting, And loads of water flow. But what else is your secret to success. How are you feeding your corals? What are you adding to keep the calcium and Kh up to proper levels? Are you using other additives? Iodine? Strontium? etc.?
Great job now how do I get my little 120 looking like that?
Dennis
Sanjay
Premium Member
Dennis:
I have to say that even I was surprised with the growth especially when I compared it to this picture from Jan 07.
I don't know what else is there as far as secrets go. I keep things stable, attach the corals and don't move them around, use a reactor for Ca and Alk, and use Randy's 2 part to give it a boost of Ca, Mg, and Alk when needed. No other additives.
I feed the fish a wide varietty of food, spectrum pellets, pacifica mysis, hikari mysis, cyclopeeze. Nothing in particular for the corals, they trap whatever they can.
So really I don't have any secrets to share. If I did I could bottle them and sell them... may be I just have a "coral thumb".
sanjay.
