A Reef Tank in the Desert - +/- 1,400 gallon system

o2manyfish said:
Dan,

I heeded Lawrence's advice the other night and went downstairs a few hours after lights out and went poking around in the tank. With a 100+ fish in the tank the only ones not buried in the rock were the Bangai cardinals.

Tangs, Angels, Wrasses were nowhere to be seen (Which is 30+ fish)

I may order a fish trap this month and try to catch a couple of my least favorite fish.


Glad to see you had a great weekend with your son.

Dave B
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I can see it working in certain systems. I know that when I come into the fish room during the night and check out my QT's, the two Blonde Naso's are cowering on the bottom of the tank in one of the corners.

I just can't easily move a net around my system.
 
Ozone Reactor

Ozone Reactor

While I was away this past weekend, I received my new Del Ozone Reactor. I was able to hook it up tonight and hopefully I will not have any issues with it.

I'll be sending back to Del the unit that kept blowing internal fuses.

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I'm wondering what your matinence schedule consists of? Your tank looks very self sustainable and well maintained. how big of a water change do you do, or are you running the dialiseas I thought I read it in a previous post.

Joe
 
Dan, I have just spent two days reading every post in your thread. What an incredibly inspirational read.
I am just starting my 400 gallons system (220 DT, 100 sump, dual 40b frags) and I can't tell you how many ideas, tips and STUFF I have gotten from this!
Big ups and thanks for being such a mensch!
Just truly beautiful!
 
nanoohio said:
I'm wondering what your matinence schedule consists of? Your tank looks very self sustainable and well maintained. how big of a water change do you do, or are you running the dialiseas I thought I read it in a previous post.

Joe
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Hey Joe.

It's really not that bad! Let's see. Twice a week I take a magnet across the glass of my display tank. Sometimes three times per week!

My Skimmate Locker is emptied weekly or twice weekly. I also take a paper towel or two around the inside of my skimmer to remove any gook.

I generally remove 100 gallons per week, usually on Fridays. Sometimes a little more. I usually remove 20-30 gallons from my QT's which involves siphoning out all the uneaten food and fish waste. I do the same with my Seahorse Tank.

What else... I clean the front panels on the QT's, Fuge and Seahorse Tank weekly or twice weekly. In order to clean the back and side glass panels, I need to use a brush, scraper, etc.

Usually on Fridays I will also vacuum the gravel in my main display a little and will scrape off any Coraline that has grown on the front glass panel.

As far as the Dialyseas. I never set it up. I told my LFS to sell it for me.
 
Anim8me2 said:
Dan, I have just spent two days reading every post in your thread. What an incredibly inspirational read.
I am just starting my 400 gallons system (220 DT, 100 sump, dual 40b frags) and I can't tell you how many ideas, tips and STUFF I have gotten from this!
Big ups and thanks for being such a mensch!
Just truly beautiful!
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Thank you Anim8me2!

I am glad that my build has been both inspirational and a help to you! Good luck with your build. Make sure you start a thread and don't hesitate to ask for help. It's amazing how much help there is out here!
 
reef_of_flames said:
Wow, ~100g a week?! That's more than my entire system lol I have a 60g mixed reef
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It's a lot of water. I could probably get away with doing less water changes with all of the filtration equipment that I have. But it works. Stay tuned though, I am working on something to help with the water changes.
 
A Special FedEx Friday!

A Special FedEx Friday!

As much as I want to stay up and watch all the basketball games tonight and the replays on ESPN, I am going to need to get a good nights sleep.

Tomorrows going to be a fun filled day between the deliveries, my hands getting wet and gettin' a lil dirty.
 
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