Mark's upgrade to 120 Oceanic Tech

[mark54321]

Looking good, like the aquascape

Thank you,can't wait till corals grow out,will look even better

 

[mark54321]

how many bulbs is your light and which bulbs are you using?? I have a tek elite 6 bulb with (F-B) Blue +, Fiji, Blue +, Blue +, Super Actinic, Blue+

I have 8 bulbs:

front to back:
Blue +
KZ Fiji Purple
Blue +
GE 6500K
Blue +
Aquablue
Blue +
Blue +

 

[mark54321]

Finally glued all corals in their place,now is just a wait till they grow out and color back up.
FTS:

left island:

right island:

 

[small alien]

love the right island. and it's a beautiful tank and stand. I am not digging the left island. That piece of branch rock just looks very artificially balanced. I'm not a fan of branch rock generally as I think it is distracting. I'd ditch that piece. But if you dig it, cool. Good luck!

 

[mark54321]

love the right island. and it's a beautiful tank and stand. I am not digging the left island. That piece of branch rock just looks very artificially balanced. I'm not a fan of branch rock generally as I think it is distracting. I'd ditch that piece. But if you dig it, cool. Good luck!

Thanks,my thinking is with time this branch will be covered with coraline algae and corals will grow out a lot bigger and will hide most of it and look more natural.I will see what will happen with time.

 

[TonyV]

Very nice. I'll be following along.

 

[small alien]

Thanks,my thinking is with time this branch will be covered with coraline algae and corals will grow out a lot bigger and will hide most of it and look more natural.I will see what will happen with time.

I like your attitude. I hope you get a lot of enjoyment from your tank. Best, small

 

[mark54321]

tank update: It's been two weeks since the move so far I am happy with things. I have N/P bio pellets in PhosBan 550 reactor for a week now, did not have bacteria bloom as some people reported,water is crystal clear. Took some tests today:

SG-1.025 (refractometer)
PO4-0.00 (Hanna checker)
NO3-0.2 (Salifert)
CA- 450 (Salifert)
ALK- 6 dKH (API), 8.6 dKH (Salifert)
Mg- 1290 (Salifert)

With bio pellets my skimmer is pulling some nasty stuff. This is only two days:

 

[mark54321]

some side shots, some corals are still brown after move

 

[Falcao]

any updates? Does your tank have a eurobrace on it?

 

[mark54321]

any updates? Does your tank have a eurobrace on it?

Hi,this tank has a plastic rim I would call this eurobrace on top ,the oceanic tech tanks are made this way . It block some light at the edges but is good for my LPS. I will update every month with progression pictures.So far everything is going good,my SPS are growing again and getting back their colors.I lost nice birdnest colony ,don't know what happened exactly ,it just lost its tissue in 2 days ,all other SPS doing great. I like my Tek T5 light ,it is bright ,no complaint there,also got BRS dosers installed for Alk and Ca.

 

[mark54321]

Hi everybody,It's been a month already since I set up this tank, so I will give a little update. So far everything is doing good,my corals are growing again and getting their colors back. Tested water today:

SG - 1,026
Alk - 8dKH ( API) ,9 dKH (Salifert)
Ca - 460
Mg - 1300
NO3 - 0 (Salifert)
PO4 - 0 ( hanna checker)

I have my bio pellets going for a month and I think they are working seeing those results. Also my skimmer producing some nasty ,dark skimmate( still original pump,).

Added more fish,all getting along ,full list of fish:

Royal Gramma - Gramma loreto
Blackcap Basslet - Gramma melacara
Yellowtail Damsel - Chrysiptera parasema
2x Clownfish - Amphiprion ocellaris
Blue Hippo Tang - Paracanthurus hepatus
Purple Tang - Zebrasoma xanthurum
Tomini Tang - Ctenochaetus tominiensis
Randall's Goby - Amblyeleotris randalli
2x Red Saddle Anthias - Pseudanthias flavogutattus
Vanderbuilt Chromis - Chromis vanderbuilti

Tank is fully stocked,no more fish will be added.

 

[mark54321]

Now some pictures,excuse poor quality but I am still learning :

 

[mark54321]

 

[small alien]

Looking great. Your fish look healthy, active and vibrant. Looking forward to seeing it in a few more months as things grow in. Nice work.

 

[small alien]

And maybe it's time to change your signature, though I guess our tanks are always "in progress".

 

[Mavrk]

Well ,today was the"big move". Moved my 65g. to 120g. Everything seems to be doing fine so far. My SPS lost some color because of this move, also broke some of colonies by accident. For now just put corals randomly, will glue them to final place next weekend.Still waiting for my lights,should get it by next weekend so for now I am using my retro MH and T5 on Icecap ballasts. Tuesday I am getting N/P bio pellets and BB3000 pump ,also dosing pumps from BRS,I will set them up then.

sump area:

May I ask what you put underneath your sump? Is that some kind of insulation? I am thinking of putting something there to help with the sound of the return pump.

Also, how much total rock are you using? At first it looked like you were going to put in 110 lbs, but that doesn't look like what you ended up with unless those pieces are very dense.

 

[Falcao]

great looking pics!!!

 

[mark54321]

Looking great. Your fish look healthy, active and vibrant. Looking forward to seeing it in a few more months as things grow in. Nice work.

Thank you for kind words,i myself can't wait till everything grows out

 

[mark54321]

May I ask what you put underneath your sump? Is that some kind of insulation? I am thinking of putting something there to help with the sound of the return pump.

Also, how much total rock are you using? At first it looked like you were going to put in 110 lbs, but that doesn't look like what you ended up with unless those pieces are very dense.

Hi,it is a dense foam that I got from HD,they sell it as 2x2 squares that interlock ,you can find it in flooring section. As far as rock I have about 80Ibs. it is very nice,branchy rock ,i wanted to keep open space around tank for flow and fish to swim.