60 Gallon Rimless Cube Build

[hambone_smith]

Hey I just started posting on RC and I can across this thread, I'm in the process of setting up a 60 gallon rimless cube as well. If you can keep a Goni then a hammer should be a breeze. And as far as the cyano goes, it loves phosphates and sps corals do not do well with high phosphate levels. It can be a pain to get rid of too if it gets out of hand. Perhaps you are over feeding? I haven't read all the post thoroughly so excuse me if its been covered already but do you have a GFO reactor or is that carbon in the picture?

 

[mjohns27]

Sorry it has been a while since I've checked this thread. The Goni is on its last legs too, but everything else looks healthy. I picked up some frags recently, 2 birdsnest, montipora confusa, montipora undata, some sort of acro I believe, red monti cap, and a nauti spiral. I tested the water and magnesium is at 1200, so I think I should up that, dKH is at 8, I'm thinking I might bring it up to 9, calcium is at 467, and pH 8.3.
And yes, I run a duel gfo/carbon reactor from BRS.
Does anyone think it's wise to start adding kalk? I am going to keep testing this week and see if much changes. If my pH is already where I want it, will adding kalk change it?

 

[mjohns27]

Poor quality pictures unfortunately.

 

[MMacro]

The tangs and butterfly fish definitely need a much larger tank..

 

[mjohns27]

Couple tank updates...

Montipora confusa
Red monti cap
Orange nauti spiral
Limeade acropora
Green ricordea
Divine mystic monti
Fuzzy birdsnest

I removed a bunch of kenya tree pieces that had spread throughout the tank and moved the toadstool in it's place. I have two black and white clowns on order and will be getting a RBTA with them. Adding a screen to the top so they don't jump like the last pair I had.
Starting to add Kalk this week to my ATO.

My sand has been sort of clumping together and getting dirty but the clumps are too big to siphon out without taking too much sand. I have been thinking about adding another half inch or so of sand to make it look a little nicer.

Big things coming in the coming months! I am moving houses and will be having a separate plumbed fish room with refugium, sump and saltwater mixing station. Very excited and beginning to plan this out.

 

[Lilly45nano]

Tank is looking good...
I do a small weekly WC and siphon clean the sand bed at that time. Do you have any Super Tongan Nassarius Snail (Nassarius distortus)? They help keep the sand bed clean!

 

[mjohns27]

Thanks Lily45nano!

A few more upgrades to the tank. Added some zoas, palys, a volcano chalice, a scroll coral. Also added an apex with lab grade pH probe and breakout box so I can control the water level in either my SW mixing station (to come) or shut off my skimmer if it overflows.

 

[ken1977]

Just a few updates on the tank.

Copper Band Butterfly
Algae Blenny
Emerald Crab
Sand Sifting Star
Yellow Tang

Frogspawn
Kenya Tree
Mushroom Leather
GSP

I lost a hammer coral and a nauty spiral monti unfortunately. Do you guys think this is because my tank is not ready for SPS since it is new?
I also have not seen my algae blenny in a few days, he has been way less active in the past three weeks or so, any ideas as to why?
I have a fair bit of cyano growing, I have just been doing water changes and siphoning as much out as possible.
I feed frozen mysis, brine, and new life spectrum sinking pellets, once a day, or every other day roughly. The coral get reef roids 2 or 3 times a week.

ANY SUGGESTIONS OR ADVICE IS APPRECIATED!!! Thank you.
Sorry for the poor quality photos, all I have is an iPhone.

Looks very nice, watch those tangs the usually catch the ick or other illness from stress in a smaller tank like that (they need to be in a 90+ minimum) I had a bad experience with them in a 60 g cube about two years ago.

 

[mjohns27]

Thank you. How big were your tangs when you began to see problems? Mine are about 3" right now.

 

[mjohns27]

Couple updates!

Added a Neptune Dos, dosing BRS cal and alk. Also have been dealing with dinoflagellates for about two months now, so I have not done any water changes, turned the skimmer off, added an air stone, and borrowed a UV sterilizer from a friend which has been running for about a week now. I have been blowing off the rocks and siphoning the sand bed through a filter sock periodically. I have also done two 4 day blackout periods to help with the dinos. So far no luck, but I am being patient and hoping the UV will help.

I added a green slimer frag, purple bonzai, meteor shower cyphastrea (all before the dinos took hold).
Also picked up a pair of black and white clowns but had one jump the very first night, so I've since added a screen. Added a royal urchin as well.

Sorry for the terrible quality pictures.

 

[mjohns27]

Couple updates.

Moved to a new house in November and was able to plumb the tank through a wall into the furnace room. Much more room for everything. Mostly everything survived the move. Had another reefer take my fish and coral in a temporary tank for a few weeks thankfully so made things much easier and allowed me to set up without any livestock to worry about.
I have a 40 breeder on order to make a refugium out of., should be in by mid February. The manifold I plumbed has a barb fitting with a gate valve that is closed right now but ready to be plumbed it.

I will add more updates when the fuge arrives!

 

[mjohns27]

Whoops, wish I could get these pictures figured out!