Flippers Reef 125 gallon with basement sump.

[Flippersreef]

Aug 2019

 

[Flippersreef]

October 2019

 

[Flippersreef]

October 2019:

Findings where that my system was "unbalanced" bacteria wise. Solution: Add more biodiversity.

 

[Flippersreef]

November 2019:

Toadstools are becoming a huge problem:

 

[Flippersreef]

December 2019:

Red montipora cap is another huge problem.

 

[kharmaguru]

A quick search says Cryomorphaceae (your biggest blue bar) are common in organic carbon rich waters. Are you carbon dosing per chance?

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[Flippersreef]

Last tank shots of 2019:

 

[Flippersreef]

A quick search says Cryomorphaceae (your biggest blue bar) are common in organic carbon rich waters. Are you carbon dosing per chance?

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No carbon dosing. I tried that long ago, didn't work for me.

I resorted to dosing bacteria, which I will discuss later in this thread. It works very well in keeping my nutrients down.

 

[Flippersreef]

Floor remodel, January 2020:

 

[Flippersreef]

March 2020:

Changed out my mixing recirculation pump to a Panworld 100Px.

 

[Flippersreef]

May 2020:

I finally decide to frag the "Red monster".

 

[Flippersreef]

July 2020:

I decided that I needed a coral holding tank. Repurposed 56 gallon that was once a reef tank years ago. It didn't work out well.

 

[Flippersreef]

August 2020:

I decide it's time to frag one of my toadstools:

I sell them quick after they heal.

I sell one to "Remy" from Bahama Llama corals.

 

[Flippersreef]

January 2021:

I decide it's time to get a dedicated frag system up and running. I buy a 50 gallon low boy for this purpose.

 

[Flippersreef]

By summer of 2021 I finally get to build a stand for the low boy:

 

[Flippersreef]

And it gets added to my sump down stairs:

 

[Flippersreef]

 

[Reefing102]

Quite the build!

 

[JohnL]

I'm impressed

 

[Flippersreef]

There's a lot more.