Mark's upgrade to 120 Oceanic Tech

[mark54321]

great looking pics!!!

Thanks i am still learning to take pictures,I hope to get macro lenses soon to get nice close ups.

 

[mark54321]

Time for update, tank is up and running for 11 weeks now,I am happy so far,corals seem to grow and color up nicely.My fish are happy and healthy. I am very happy with my system running on bio pellets,no algae problem, NO3 and PO4 both are zero. Only clean front glass once a week. Some pictures,enjoy:

 

[383camaro]

Nice tank, I like all the open swimming space.

 

[mark54321]

Nice tank, I like all the open swimming space.

Thanks, my fish have a lot of space to swim and also flow is a lot better with this layout.

 

[mark54321]

Some pictures of my corals:

 

[mark54321]

and my new frags I got yesterday from fragfest:

 

[mark54321]

FTS:

 

[kkelloww]

I like your sump. Where did you get it? Also, does anyone know if these tanks are still available?

 

[mark54321]

I got this sump of craigslist for $25,(what a steal) I don't think they make those tanks anymore.

 

[dancewithethan]

I like your sump. Where did you get it? Also, does anyone know if these tanks are still available?

Kkelloww, OC don't make the Tech tank anymore. However, I will be setup a new tank sometime next year. I'll be willing to sell you my current 120 OC tech.

 

[pgammon]

Mark, how do you like the overflow silencers? I've had my tank set up for about a month with the mega flow plumbing and I'm not too thrilled, seems like I have to throttle my eheim way back and they still are a bit noisy. Did you stick with the 1"? Thanks!
Phyllis

 

[mark54321]

Mark, how do you like the overflow silencers? I've had my tank set up for about a month with the mega flow plumbing and I'm not too thrilled, seems like I have to throttle my eheim way back and they still are a bit noisy. Did you stick with the 1"? Thanks!
Phyllis

Hi,I like it,they are not completely quiet but much improved from mega flow durso overflow. My Eheim pump is running fully open and there is very little noise from my overflow.I would recommend it to you. And yes they are 1".

 

[mark54321]

Yesterday I got my water test results from Aqua-medic lab.Normally I use Salifert Tests but wanted to get more accurate results this time . I am very happy with it,seems that my skimmer and bio pellets are doing great job in keeping my water clean,even with my heavy bio load.
Ammonia (NH3-4) ........................ Good ......................................... 0.000
Nitrite (NO2) ................................ Good ......................................... 0.003
Nitrate (NO3) ............................... Good ............................................. 0.9
Phosphate (PO4) .......................... Good ........................................... 0.04
Silica (SiO2-3) ............................. Good ............................................. 0.4
Potassium (K) ............................... Low ............................................. 306
Calcium (Ca) ................................. Good ............................................. 395
Boron (B) .................................... Good ............................................. 3.9
Molybdenum (Mo) ......................... Good ............................................. 0.1
Strontium (Sr) ............................. High............................................ 12.7
Magnesium (Mg) .......................... High........................................... 1563
Iodine (I¯) ................................... Good ........................................... 0.04
Copper (Cu++) ............................ Good ........................................... 0.03
Alkalinity (meq/L) ......................... Good ........................................... 2.90

 

[Rickyrooz1]

Following along

 

[Mrbeachbum2]

Love you taste Mark. Future tank of the month in a few years.

 

[mark54321]

Love you taste Mark. Future tank of the month in a few years.

Thank you ,that's a big complement, I hope everything will go in the right direction, tank seems to be stabilizing, corals grow very nicely and my fish are fat and happy.I will post more recent pictures over weekend .

 

[gts1218]

Very Nice

 

[mark54321]

Time for update,tank is almost 6 mos. old. Some pictures of my fish,sorry for photo quality,I am not the best photographer.

 

[mark54321]

and some shots of corals:

 

[mark54321]