72 Gallon Bowfront - New Tank

[jtinoco]

Here is tank up and running now.

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[puffin04]

How are you liking the overflow? Any problems? Or leaks? Or suggestions? Thanks

Steffen Sparks

 

[deehz]

Jesus--looks great! Can't believe you have it up and running already. You haven't seen any diatom cycles or spike in NH3? Now all you need to do is glue a frag of green star polyps to the overflow glass and watch it grow!!

 

[puffin04]

Yeah that is the only thing that i can see Hans. It would have been better if the glass was black. But i figured over time the coraline algae will cover it and you will never see it. Thanks.

Steffen Sparks

 

[jtinoco]

How are you liking the overflow? Any problems? Or leaks? Or suggestions? Thanks

Steffen Sparks

Been working good. Was a bit noisy (gurgling) and every few seconds bubbles would push out at the sump where the hoses drain. I adjusted the drain lines to sit right over the water and the noise stop. The gurgling at the overflow stopped by turning down the return pump just a bit. Since then it's been good.

Jesus--looks great! Can't believe you have it up and running already. You haven't seen any diatom cycles or spike in NH3? Now all you need to do is glue a frag of green star polyps to the overflow glass and watch it grow!!

So far no diatom outbreaks. Nitrates haven't spiked either. They went up to a bit less than 10 ppm yesterday I increased the vodka to 5 ml for yesterday and this morning they were at 0. So far everything is good. I did lose my peppermint shrimp and my fire shrimp tho. The powerhead won the battle while they were in the container.

 

[jtinoco]

Does anyone need to prune their chaeto any time soon? If so, let me know and I may be able to buy it from y'all.

 

[psuedopimp]

if you are going to be in cruces let me know. stop buy and i will hook you up. although you can prob get it in el paso too.

 

[jtinoco]

if you are going to be in cruces let me know. stop buy and i will hook you up. although you can prob get it in el paso too.

Probably won't be in cruces for another two weeks. I'll get with you if I can go sooner. Thanks.

 

[deehz]

Are you going to the meeting? I can bring some if you want. I also got a peppermint I need to sell. I can throw in the Chaeto with purchase. LMK.

 

[chuy marquez]

I have some, I'm on the Westside by Canutillo. Let me know.

 

[jtinoco]

Sorry I didn't get back to you guys on the chaeto. I almost died of flu this week lol.

Thanks for the offers I think I'm going to go with Hans offer since I can use another peppermint for the aiptasia.

Here are some updated pics of the tank.

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[jtinoco]

Update pics. All comments welcome.

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[jtinoco]

Frogspawn from Hans. At first I thought I only wanted a frag of it. But I'm glad I took the whole thing. Looks awesome when it's all open.

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[deehz]

Jesus--looks real good! Looks right at home brotha

 

[pnavarro170]

coming along great.

 

[stvguerrero]

Looking way better now i've been doing a good job, I still need help with sugar dosing from from you..

 

[jtinoco]

Looking way better now i've been doing a good job, I still need help with sugar dosing from from you..

Just let me know. I'd suggest going with vodka instead tho. Now that I switched over I noticed it works a lot better.

 

[stvguerrero]

Yhea for sure what bottle of vodka should I get? Let me know when you have time so what's the diffrence you saw between both?

 

[jtinoco]

Looking way better now i've been doing a good job, I still need help with sugar dosing from from you..

Yhea for sure what bottle of vodka should I get? Let me know when you have time so what's the diffrence you saw between both?

I found a bottle at Costco for 10 bucks and it's like a 1.75 liter bottle so it's pretty big.

As for the difference, mainly coral coloration and the mini bacteria blooms. Water was clear for the most part but sometimes it was a bit cloudy even tho the dose amount was the same. I think it was just that the sugar was not dissolving completely and evenly.

 

[jtinoco]

This is the one.