My new 600 gallon reef

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also I agree getting your ammonia, nitrites and phosphates down to 0 will help out the corals much, along with lowering the nitrates. after checking you list for filtration your skimmer is awesome, calcium reactor is great, and so forth but for biological filtration your at the lower end IMO for that many fish. I will have to look closer next time I am there at the filtration then the fish :D in other words like your sand filters are rated for 600 gal. tank but with the ammount of fish you have it would be like rated for 300 gal. and along with the other things.

how many lbs of rock do you have?

don't take this as flaming on you though they are just my opinions. and I am sure with some work you can still have the SPS thrive in the tank with all the fish. and I for one would love to see that happen to prove others wrong. but most importantly you need to get the ammonia and nitrites down as that is harmful to the fish.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10552516#post10552516 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kau_cinta_ku
just wondering though. nori is just dried seaweed or a dried macro alage in a way. so why would it produce anything harmful in the tank.
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You wouldn't think so but in a captive aquarium, things are different.

Try soaking a sheet of nori in a cup of water and then testing the water. The result is weak but still telling that as the nori breaks down, it will add to the aquarium's nutrient levels.
 
Sorry if others mentioned this I didnt read everyones postings. But get the mag up to at least 1380 also I would do the WC weekly if you want sps to strive. I have been keeping sps for almost 10 years and it has been easier and easier these days then when I started lol. I started using Phosar HC in my phosban reactor and like it a ton better then all the rest and yes I have used them all. I honestly think your system will do fine if you keep up on it. As long as your skimmer does it job along with weekly WC's and parameter stabiltity you will be happy with the outcome. But you need to get those parameters up and the nutrients down.
 
Yeah I forgot to mention that...again this goes back to the salt you are using too. I have never had to add anything to increase mag and mine is always 1400+ppm.

You can use this Chemistry Calculator to get your water params up to snuff. (I hope I didn't already post this here!)

I use baking soda, Driveway Heat (which is the same as Turbo Calcium), and epsom salts if needed. I test every batch of new water and age it. So when I do a water change, I immediately refill the SW mixing barrel, add salt, and let it mix for a day. Then I test and make any changes needed, and allow the SW to age for a week until the next water change (1 week) while having an airstone constantly running and a pump ciruclating the water 4x/day for about 15 minutes.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10552889#post10552889 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
Yeah I forgot to mention that...again this goes back to the salt you are using too. I have never had to add anything to increase mag and mine is always 1400+ppm.
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Jonathan, what brand of salt are you using for your tanks?
 
Sam: I learned the hard way to test everything. This goes back to my FW planted tank where I was trying to use a buffer and having horrible algal problems. The product was a Jungle product and since there were no ingredients on the label, I called the company to ask what was in the buffer. The lady I talked to was very nice and explained that she couldn't tell me the ingredients for proprietary reasons, but I could put some in water and test it. What I found was PO4 totally off the scale...lesson learned! :)

Chuck: I am currently using up about another 6 -7 boxes of OceanPure (regular) which is not too good this time around, and switching to OceanPure Pro which tested out really well for this last batch. I don't believe in sticking to one salt though. I feel that switching out salts will help avoid being deficient in any particular element long-term.

So many good reefers "swear by their salt" but then I ask them what it tests out at, and they have no idea. Sherman loves(d) Tropic Marin Pro and would pay a lot of money for it, but the last time we tested it, the numbers were not nearly as good as the OceanPure Pro batch we tested.

So what I do, and considering all the water you are supporting, you probably should do too, is buy one bucket of various salts and test them. I try to do this at least one month before I will need to buy more, as I buy in large quantities to save money.

Once I have found the salt that tests out the best, I hunt for the deal. I will buy 12 buckets to 48 buckets at a time to save money, but one thing I like about OceanPure is that it comes in 200g boxes with 4-50g bags inside. These boxes are much easier to store in a smaller space, and then I don't end up with so many buckets all over the place.

I know it sounds like a hassle, but I think it's the only way to really be certain of what you are putting into your tanks. Salts change batch-to-batch!!
 
Hey goodwin I was just checkin out the cam, finally got it working... the tank does look cool with all those fish! Anyways i was noticing your fuge looked pretty packed with cheato. I think its time to groom it. Someone correct me if im wrong but arent you suppose to keep it thinned out so that it can continue to grow and take out nutrients. This might help contribute a little to getting those params in check. What do yall think?
 
Actually, that small amount of cheato is about worthless to a system that size. For a tank that large, you would need 400+g fuge to really make a dent in nutrients. In fact, I would pull the sand out of it right away, and swap out the sand in the sand filters. That would at least give you some more mass for nutrients to bind to until you get your system sorted out.

As far as the fuge goes, I have one too, but it doesn't contribute much to nutrient export. Tiny bit helps I guess, but I like mine for other reasons like providing pods and smelt to the tank. I find it interesting as a sub-system. What would be cool is if you can grow some seaweed that the fish will eat. Then you would be turning a small percentage of their waste into food again! :D

CAMS look great. I see you! :lol:
 
And BTW, one thing I am worried about is your house. Do you think you have done enough to avoid damage to the joists? I would be very concerned about having all that open to the salt air.
 
ok i'm gonna try this again, here is my webcam IP. It appears to be running smoothly now

http://74.12.12.238:1027

user: admin
Password: admin

again I'll have it up for a couple hours.
you can pan the cam aswell.
Dont be too hard on me about the bioload!
 
ya you may be right, although I've had friends view it at the same time as me. Anyways, I changed a setting, which reset the IP, so it wont work any more. I may have to set up a webpage like Goodwin9 and then broadcast it.
 
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=10553821#post10553821 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jnarowe
And BTW, one thing I am worried about is your house. Do you think you have done enough to avoid damage to the joists? I would be very concerned about having all that open to the salt air.
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Oh No! One more thing to worry about, first the tank crashing, now the living room crashing too? What am I going to do?????:confused:
 
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