A few random shots of my young tank
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Dapg8gt
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Right on man I have a few I'll find.. Thanks now it just needs to hurry up and grow lol.That tank is sick! I really like your rock work too. I think you need to take some zoa pics
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Dragonvale
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Did you use new sand and just transfer over the live rock? Nice setup!
Dapg8gt
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Right on =) I got all new sand. I wanted the larger grain so it's easier to clean I transfered some of my old rock due to biopsies and dried the rest. I cooked and cycled most of the rock that came with the tank in a Brute for about 4 months with choice rock from my other 2 systems. The setup I bought was relatively young but the dude was an idiot and it was covered in Hair algae and turf.
Literally all I kept out of the purchase was the tank, rock and the blonde naso that I have to get rid of =)..
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Dragonvale
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Did you mix new water or transfer old water from the previous tank? What do you think was the % cooked rock to established rock in the tank. Also was the larger grain dry or in established bags? I got larger grain too but in bags stating it was live sand from BRS.
Dapg8gt
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No old water at all except the transferring of corals in containers. Maybe a few gallons tops.
The sand was dry special grade reef I washed the crap out of it.
Maybe 3 cups of my old sand initially when I first fired up the tank. .
And the old 45g rock was very little in contrast to what was new. Maybe 5% - 10%tops. I wasn't going to fight the biopsies so I didn't risk it. When cooking the rock I would swap small amounts weekly into my frag tank sump and I put a few pieces from my DT into the Brute with it. I did water changes until the nutrients were stripped from it. Also used microbacter7 although not sure it did much. I did on final tear down of my old 45 add about 10lbs of base into the sump of the new tank.
I didn't have any issues at all I feel the bio was well established after the long cook time and I think by constantly ghost feeding and swapping the rocks into the frag tank helped it out a lot. Took a long time though as I was Gathering equipment and building my stand.
Overall the tank is rockin I am dealing with some cyan on the sand bed right now and I had a bout of slight bleaching due to my nitrates got too low but it's going great after I backed off my amount of vinegar. I've lately noticed some really fast growth on the sps and my colors are returning by the week.
The sand was dry special grade reef I washed the crap out of it.
Maybe 3 cups of my old sand initially when I first fired up the tank. .
And the old 45g rock was very little in contrast to what was new. Maybe 5% - 10%tops. I wasn't going to fight the biopsies so I didn't risk it. When cooking the rock I would swap small amounts weekly into my frag tank sump and I put a few pieces from my DT into the Brute with it. I did water changes until the nutrients were stripped from it. Also used microbacter7 although not sure it did much. I did on final tear down of my old 45 add about 10lbs of base into the sump of the new tank.
I didn't have any issues at all I feel the bio was well established after the long cook time and I think by constantly ghost feeding and swapping the rocks into the frag tank helped it out a lot. Took a long time though as I was Gathering equipment and building my stand.
Overall the tank is rockin I am dealing with some cyan on the sand bed right now and I had a bout of slight bleaching due to my nitrates got too low but it's going great after I backed off my amount of vinegar. I've lately noticed some really fast growth on the sps and my colors are returning by the week.
WalrusKisses
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Wow,what a beautiful tank! The sump set up is awesome, so organized and efficient looking. Blows mine out of the water (haha, reef puns).
Dapg8gt
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=).. Thanks guys I made it a point to myself to make this one more organized underneath. I wish I could blow out the wall and go big on the tank and equipment but I can't. I have literally no more room under the stand it's at capacity lol.
I'm having an issue now cause I know my wife got me a few things for the reef angel including another relay. Making room and rerouting the wires is gonna suck but I need the extra plugs =).
I'm really contemplating on making my own custom glass sump to fit the base exactly where I want it and incorporate an Ato and a reactor chamber all in one unit . I also won a nice tunze skimmer but can't fit it in my current sump if I tried. also have calcium reactor planned but will need to put it behind the tank if I give up the dosers. That old saying of wish I went bigger is already here and the tank is only been up for 3 months lol.
Again thanks for the compliments guys I appreciate it
I'm having an issue now cause I know my wife got me a few things for the reef angel including another relay. Making room and rerouting the wires is gonna suck but I need the extra plugs =).
I'm really contemplating on making my own custom glass sump to fit the base exactly where I want it and incorporate an Ato and a reactor chamber all in one unit . I also won a nice tunze skimmer but can't fit it in my current sump if I tried. also have calcium reactor planned but will need to put it behind the tank if I give up the dosers. That old saying of wish I went bigger is already here and the tank is only been up for 3 months lol.
Again thanks for the compliments guys I appreciate it
WalrusKisses
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Namely, SCOLIES!
Dapg8gt
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thanks Yeah my sand bed is my in tank frag rack lol. It will one day be uncluttered.... or full of acans and zoas and be really cluttered =).
On the frag note I'm building a system in my garage it's a 70gal flat. I plan to have it up this weekend if I can. I'll post some pics of that also. I converted a room off of my garage with water and drain and insulated the walls. After it's stable I will have a nice grow out area for some wild colonies to frag eventually and propagate my stuff. Not gonna rely on it but it will be better than what I have now and should be pretty easy to manage. Also give me a place to have my mixing station and frag tank out of my garage and all in one place. If it makes a profit hooray.. if not oh well at least it will be fun to tinker with lol.
On the frag note I'm building a system in my garage it's a 70gal flat. I plan to have it up this weekend if I can. I'll post some pics of that also. I converted a room off of my garage with water and drain and insulated the walls. After it's stable I will have a nice grow out area for some wild colonies to frag eventually and propagate my stuff. Not gonna rely on it but it will be better than what I have now and should be pretty easy to manage. Also give me a place to have my mixing station and frag tank out of my garage and all in one place. If it makes a profit hooray.. if not oh well at least it will be fun to tinker with lol.
CrippledStoner
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Looking really nice
ReeferItIs2
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Daniel that is a lovely looking tank...what's the name of that chalice on the first post??
