A little bit of a tank update.

Richard Hiw is your tank doing? Have you figured out what has been going on with it? I had some issues with my tank about 2 months ago when my Apex turned my dosing pump on and raised my ALK to 15. Lost a bunch of SPS, and a very large challice although some SPS were pretty much unaffected. Now I can't raise my ALK above 7 without the tips bleaching on some of my SPS.
 
jwilliams860 said:
Hey, stumbled across this thread. Who built your tank? Do you ever wish it was longer?

I am thinking about one with these dimensions, but part of me wants its 8 ft long.
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Hello,

Just saw this. My tank was built by AGE. for my home I think the 6 foot tank suits it well. I love the 48 inch width. I do love the true 600 gallon tanks that are 96-48-30 but would not fit the room well.
 
laverda said:
Richard Hiw is your tank doing? Have you figured out what has been going on with it? I had some issues with my tank about 2 months ago when my Apex turned my dosing pump on and raised my ALK to 15. Lost a bunch of SPS, and a very large challice although some SPS were pretty much unaffected. Now I can't raise my ALK above 7 without the tips bleaching on some of my SPS.
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Hello Steve,

My tank has had its up and downs to say it mildly. I am still having problems keeping corals. I do think I may have found out the reason now and working to see if it improves it. A recent water test showed metals in the water. I am hoping this was the problem but we will see in a few weeks when I try to add a next round of corals in a few weeks.
 
I am trying to bring this up to date as I have made some changes and have not updated this thread in a while. Honestly I almost forgot about this.

I have removed the pacific sun calcium reactor some time ago as it just kept breaking and not US sport made it hard to be loyal to it. I have added a Reef Octopus varios CR220 Calcium Reactor. After initial set up it has worked like a champ with the Kameor feed pump. Great set up and very easy to use and adjust. I should have kept it this simple from the beginning.
I have also pulled off the Euroquatics Angel leds some time ago as well. I kept running into ballast issue and then syncing them became a pain. I wanted to try something different and went the hybrid route. I put two Giesmann Aurora lights on it. Love going back to T5 combo and it covered the tank well running them long waze. I just did acquire a third unit and all are 48 inch I will be adding the third light this week as it has not made it to the top of the list.
More updates to come as I will try to take a few pictures to show all. I am thinking of adding a few more fish soon as well.
 
wishntoboutside said:
Hello Steve,

My tank has had its up and downs to say it mildly. I am still having problems keeping corals. I do think I may have found out the reason now and working to see if it improves it. A recent water test showed metals in the water. I am hoping this was the problem but we will see in a few weeks when I try to add a next round of corals in a few weeks.
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What metals were in your tank Richard? I sent a test in recently and the only metal that came back high was Selenium. I'm not sure what that is even from or if it would do damage or not.
 
BeanMachine said:
What metals were in your tank Richard? I sent a test in recently and the only metal that came back high was Selenium. I'm not sure what that is even from or if it would do damage or not.
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Cody,

I am showing silver, Aluminum, lead, copper, not large amounts but not showing any selenium. I have added two little fishes meta zorb and I need to run it for 10 days. I will wait a few weeks and then send out another sample to see if things improve. My tank was showing low Iodine so I may add that on a doser for a bit to bring it back up.
 
wishntoboutside said:
Cody,

I am showing silver, Aluminum, lead, copper, not large amounts but not showing any selenium. I have added two little fishes meta zorb and I need to run it for 10 days. I will wait a few weeks and then send out another sample to see if things improve. My tank was showing low Iodine so I may add that on a doser for a bit to bring it back up.
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Woah dang. I hope you figure it out Richard. I may try the meta zorb"¦ I haven't been able to find much info online about Selenium being bad for the tank.
 
JOSE CASAS said:
Sweet tank Ricardo!!! Cant wait to see it all packed!!
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Thanks Jose, some day I will have a chalice garden

s2k said:
Hi Richard - how are the pugs doing?
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The pugs are getting old. Shark is developing a bad hip and he has good days and bad days. Still have a great dog life and that is what is important.

I am hoping to post some updated pictures in a day or so. just been a little busy.
 
I thought I would give an update in the tank. I have rebounded well the last few months . It seems like metals were the problem of my tank. Nickel and aluminum was showing presence. I tested it with a remover and now I am back on track. Currently showing great growth, polyp extension and color. Here are shot shots from a few days ago.
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I really hate the small frags and the frag plug look but I will just have to live with those for a while as things grow out. Over the weekend I added an Oregon tort and an Event horizon Millie. So far those are doing great as well.
 
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