kelrn98
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I figured it out. Just had to tune back my return pump a bit. Looks much better now.
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I figured it out. Just had to tune back my return pump a bit. Looks much better now.
kelrn98
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Update on tank progress. I love my radions aside from the ecotech live software which is a PIA. the coral growth is finally picking up. Here are a few pics (warning, I am no photographer!). Most of my corals were obtained as 1" frags. Green BTA split a few weeks ago. Fungia had to be moved off the sanded due to my diamond goby covering it with sand daily.
kelrn98
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Fish Updates- i cancelled the order for a mystery wrasse. Instead I got a regal tang which made it through 6 weeks of QT and is now in the DT. I got an Aussie CBB as well and he eats blackworms like a pig!
In 1 QT I have a flame/rusty hybrid. in my other QT I have a 4" powder blue and a yellow tang.
All of my fish mentioned in my last update are thriving. all 9 chromis are alive as well. Here are a few pics.
In 1 QT I have a flame/rusty hybrid. in my other QT I have a 4" powder blue and a yellow tang.
All of my fish mentioned in my last update are thriving. all 9 chromis are alive as well. Here are a few pics.
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kelrn98
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Thanks Steve. I just wish I had better photography skills. The pics don't do it much justice. With the radions the colors really pop.
Steve, have you figured out your plans for your next tank?
SPotter
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When taking pictures are you turning all of the pumps off? I would look in the photography thread on here for some tips on taking pictures but what you have taken are pretty good!
Im still debating what size to go with. I want 96x36x26 but my front door is only 36" wide which means we would have to flip the tank to get it in the house and that concerns me. Im looking around here for any local movers that have experience with delivering fish tanks. My house wont be ready until Feb/March at this point so I have some time.
kelrn98
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Honestly I did not put much effort into the above pics. I still had everything running. I was using a point and shoot for some and my iphone for others. I do have a nicer, more complicated camera, but I didn't have time to fool with it. I just wanted to post a few pics of my progress. I have looked at the photography threads before and in all honesty, I just get more confused. As with everything in this hobby its a work in progress, which is what I love about the hobby, I am always challenged and never bored.
kelrn98
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Long overdue update
Long overdue update
Many ups and downs over the last year. But I think things have finally stabilized. Briefly here is the just of what has occurred:
* I had lots of issues balancing calcium, alkalinity, and pH with use of calcium reactor (likely user error), so I took it off line and went back to 2 part + kalk. Using bubble Magnus dosing pump and kalk stirrer.
* though I saw ich on a fish, so I got a trap and was able to catch about 50% of my fish. They went through TT method fine. While waiting to catch the other fish I decided to treat them with paraguard. On my way out the door for work one day I noticed color change on ammonia alert. With out thinking I added a dose of prime. Came home to all dead fish in QT. I WAS DEVISTATED. it took months for me to regain interest in the tank.
* adding insult to injury, some how my radions switch backed to factory default at 100% from max 70% I had been using and some of my sps bleached out. I don't have a lot of sps but now that I am successfully growing sps I am slowly adding frags.
* upgraded to a larger biopellet reactor. Still using GFO, but I am slowly reducing the amount. Still use carbon 24/7. Phos stays <0.03, nitrates <1-2. No algae in DT aside from slight cyano.
* recently started dosing amino acids (15ml twice per week).
* I started making my own fish food a few months ago and fish and coral love it.
* I have added to my water change system (bunch of PVC and valves plumed to a utility pump and drain line for house). I added 2 additional lines (in and out) with quick disconnect for water hose. Therefore I can drain or add water to any additional tanks (ie QT or sump) without use of buckets. I can also use this to drain water from DT to any other tank. I can literally do water 50% water change on my 40g QT & 20g QT, and 10% change on DT within about 8-10 minutes without using any buckets. What a relief.
* current fish include: rusty/flame hybrid, regal tang, 4 lyretail , 2 green chromis, 1 fat mandarin, 1 orange spot blenny, 1 PJ cardinal, 1 pyramid butterflyfish. In QT I have 1 zoster butterflyfish, 1 schooling bannerfish (heniochus diphreutes) and a yellow wrasse.
Please give your thoughts on my future fish (some are very difficult, I am aware). I have a very strict QT in place and an established 20g tank for adjustment period for wrasses). Either powder blue tang or Achilles, Desjardin's sailfin tang, yellow tang, blue star leopard wrasse pair, copperbanded butterfly (owned one successfully until above incident, willing to keep live blackworms in fridge again if necessary), more anthias, magnificant foxface, and possibly potters angelfish (still on fence about this one).
Will post pics in just a few minutes. Apologize again for iPhone pics. I've got to get a better camera.
Long overdue update
Many ups and downs over the last year. But I think things have finally stabilized. Briefly here is the just of what has occurred:
* I had lots of issues balancing calcium, alkalinity, and pH with use of calcium reactor (likely user error), so I took it off line and went back to 2 part + kalk. Using bubble Magnus dosing pump and kalk stirrer.
* though I saw ich on a fish, so I got a trap and was able to catch about 50% of my fish. They went through TT method fine. While waiting to catch the other fish I decided to treat them with paraguard. On my way out the door for work one day I noticed color change on ammonia alert. With out thinking I added a dose of prime. Came home to all dead fish in QT. I WAS DEVISTATED. it took months for me to regain interest in the tank.
* adding insult to injury, some how my radions switch backed to factory default at 100% from max 70% I had been using and some of my sps bleached out. I don't have a lot of sps but now that I am successfully growing sps I am slowly adding frags.
* upgraded to a larger biopellet reactor. Still using GFO, but I am slowly reducing the amount. Still use carbon 24/7. Phos stays <0.03, nitrates <1-2. No algae in DT aside from slight cyano.
* recently started dosing amino acids (15ml twice per week).
* I started making my own fish food a few months ago and fish and coral love it.
* I have added to my water change system (bunch of PVC and valves plumed to a utility pump and drain line for house). I added 2 additional lines (in and out) with quick disconnect for water hose. Therefore I can drain or add water to any additional tanks (ie QT or sump) without use of buckets. I can also use this to drain water from DT to any other tank. I can literally do water 50% water change on my 40g QT & 20g QT, and 10% change on DT within about 8-10 minutes without using any buckets. What a relief.
* current fish include: rusty/flame hybrid, regal tang, 4 lyretail , 2 green chromis, 1 fat mandarin, 1 orange spot blenny, 1 PJ cardinal, 1 pyramid butterflyfish. In QT I have 1 zoster butterflyfish, 1 schooling bannerfish (heniochus diphreutes) and a yellow wrasse.
Please give your thoughts on my future fish (some are very difficult, I am aware). I have a very strict QT in place and an established 20g tank for adjustment period for wrasses). Either powder blue tang or Achilles, Desjardin's sailfin tang, yellow tang, blue star leopard wrasse pair, copperbanded butterfly (owned one successfully until above incident, willing to keep live blackworms in fridge again if necessary), more anthias, magnificant foxface, and possibly potters angelfish (still on fence about this one).
Will post pics in just a few minutes. Apologize again for iPhone pics. I've got to get a better camera.
