A Sac-Town 225

[Poriferan]

Have you noticed that the Starphire scratches easier or anything different from normal glass? How loud is your pump under the stand like that?

I think it scratches about the same. I have put a few small ones already with the magnet cleaner. :angryfire:

The pump is quiet with the stand closed. I have panels for the back that I initially used that really helped but I have had saltwater tanks for 20+ years and may have just grown accustomed to the light background noise. I am sure many here would not be able to deal with the noise. I am considering moving it to the garage when I expand and add a refugium and frag tank to the system.

 

[Poriferan]

is that Ron old tank....looks like it.....looking good......

don't have any Hotrods anymore..( 37 ford opera coupe 327ci.55 chev pickup268 ci 400 hp 6 cyl,70 ford torino 302,72 chev fleetside 400 ci, 72 z-28 camero20k org miles, 79 corvette 27k org miles)...all sold for buy home in 1996....good trade though?.....now into bicycle racing?..ha...riding....o and reef tanks!......:beer:

Yes I got ALL his old equipment and used as much as I could with this build.

Bikes are fun. I went almost 7 years with no car when I lived in San Diego. I was in much better shape then. I like to tell people I rode my bike to work and it was uphill both ways:eek1: Of course half the ride was downhill both ways too (rode through a canyon)

 

[Poriferan]

I started dosing vinegar about 2 weeks ago ramping up VERY slowly. I am not sure if I can see any results yet. Some of the badly damaged corals that did not die bleached and browned. Quite a few a starting to return to their original coloration but I don't know if the vinegar is influencing this or just having the parameters back to normal and stable is the reason.

I also broke down the small RSM 130d. My 5+ year old JBJ ATO started failing and caused a couple overflows and I have been battling bryopsis in the tank for so long I decided to frag the hard corals above the algae line and turn off the tank. There were only 3 fish to deal with, a pair of tomato clowns (now banished to the sump), a rainfords goby, couple condylactis anemones, and a tuxedo urchin.

I moved the led light over to the 225 as well (using 2 now). I like the coverage much better now but really like the look of the MH's better. I just feel like the LED's are too dim visually. I will try to get a picture to show the difference as I have them separated with MH on left and LED on right.

 

[Poriferan]

Still having issues with SPS. Here are the tank "stats"
Salinity: 1.025
Amm: 0
Nitrite 0
Nitrate: 20
Kh: 11
Ca: 450
Mag: 1300
Phos: .1 Hanna Meter

I got as high as Kh 13 when the reactor was turned up too high. Maybe 6 weeks ago.

Weekly 15% water changes with Reef Crystals (note changed from IO about 4 weeks ago)

Run BRS Carbon in reactor. Have been changing weekly.

Last thing I scraped a bunch of palys off the rock in tank right before the mass exodus of most of the SPS. Even the Monti's bleached out and died at the bases but have regained about 70% of their color.

Not all SPS were affected. Some are still perfectly healthy (as far as I can tell) no color loss, maybe slower on growth.

This is my latest casualty. Two days worth of recession. Mili on right is frag of one on left (grown in different tank) that was placed there same day as recession started. Other frags of that mili on bottom of tank show no signs of stress.

Slow ramp up vinegar dosing started about a week after first round of loss.

Please give input. Ideas to fix, things to change or anything.

 

[Poriferan]

Depressing weekend :sad2:

After completing a large water change this weekend I noticed a small leak in the tank. Steady drip coming from a bottom seam.

Got a 300ish gallon holding tank and transferred all livestock, internal circulation, heaters, skimmer and lighting to the garage.

Need a new tank...

Looking for recommendations.

Anyone local that can repair a tank this size?

Anyone want to buy this one?

Not sure on the stand and canopy yet. Depends on what I get to replace current tank.

 

[Poriferan]

New tank build to follow. 95x35x24
Tank could be built as soon as 2 weeks:rollface:
Total water volume of planned system is 600 gallons.
Current holding tank

 

[RonMidtownStomp]

I've been off of the forums since I sold the tank. Just seeing this, now. I'm sorry to hear about the leak. I'm glad you got such a great replacement tank. I really liked my drain design, though. It was really quiet and allowed for some circulation in the overflow.

 

[Poriferan]

I've been off of the forums since I sold the tank. Just seeing this, now. I'm sorry to hear about the leak. I'm glad you got such a great replacement tank. I really liked my drain design, though. It was really quiet and allowed for some circulation in the overflow.

Once I get the new tank "finished":spin2: I plan to attempt a repair of the old one. There may be hope that the tank will live on. :lol2: