Mystikal's Tank Journal

[mystikal]

Got 90% of the cabinet done.
Before picture:

Still trying to figure out where I can put my Vectra remote...looks pretty odd in that one corner. I was thinking about moving it to the left side of the sump, but I am afraid it falls inside the sump. Unless I use the mount that it came with and is 100% sure it is sturdy.
I also built a wall to secure and enclose all of the unnecessary wires lol.

Didn't want to tighten down the a/c adapters too tight on the board but they are secure. The radions unit is sitting sideways, so it can get some air circulating. I ended up using a monster powerbar/surge protector because I opt out of getting an apex. Don't think an apex is for me at this time. Maybe in the future if I stumble across a good deal, then maybe....until then I'm happy how things are.
Here's the after:

I built the wall with the intent on using that ATO container. So it sits right below the floating shelf comfortably. I'm still debating on how o should run the ATO tubes/wires because it does not need to be in the back of the wall....I had issues with my past ATO and well...I like it to be accessible.

The floating shelf was a must, because I need to still keep my essentials at hand at all times. I may built more on the left side on top of the sump. But I'm also looking to get a nice doser to help with make life a bit easier.
So far, it's coming along as I envisioned it


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[mystikal]

Fts

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[marleesan]

WHat light are you using over your refugium?

 

[Greaser9999]

Tank is looking very nice!! Good job on the plumbing, looks clean

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[mystikal]

WHat light are you using over your refugium?

Regular 5k daylight from homedepot.
Couldn't find anything higher than 5k, or else I would've gotten a 6500k. So far it's doing great. I keep it on for at least 24 hours. Then randomly turn it off for a couple of hours.


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[tenurepro]

Hey - tank is looking good - can you take a pic or send a link to the light fixture in the fuge pleas ? Curious to see how it attaches to the tank, thanks!


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[mystikal]

Hey - tank is looking good - can you take a pic or send a link to the light fixture in the fuge pleas ? Curious to see how it attaches to the tank, thanks!


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It clips onto the ATO/fuge, I purchased the clip from HD.

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[tenurepro]

It clips onto the ATO/fuge, I purchased the clip from HD.

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Great! Will pick one up from HD


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[mystikal]

Just posting some quick photos

New leaves on the Mangrove

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[Terrybull5]

Looking nice mate

 

[Zoahoarder]

Looks great. Love the idea of making a refugium out of the ato container.

Any update??

 

[mystikal]

Good morning from Reef Town!

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[mystikal]

Update:
Livestock:
1) clown pair
2) mean kole tang
3) Lyre Tail anthias trio
4) six line wrasse
5) various snails, hermits, cleaner shrimp, conch

Currently running AWC and dosing Ca, Alk, Mag with Red Sea Foundation (powder). Powered by Kore 5th Doser. Recently switch from Red Sea Pro salt to Fritz, which is doing well so far. The AWC schedule handles 10% weekly change from the system.

Everything is doing fine so far. Had some mean hair algae last week. So I figured it was time to just run GFO in the Reactor. Purchased come more snails and ran the Kore on a 20% schedule. Literally all the hair algae is gone.

As for Carbon, I'm running it inside of a filter sock and it seems to be doing just fine.

The fuge is doing well. Have several different macro algae growing and fighting for space. So I'm constantly trimming the Cheato since it grows so quickly.

Parameters:
CAL:490
Alk:6.8 (it has been steadily running between 5.5-6)
Mag:1200
Salt: 1.024-1.026 (anywhere in between)

The Radions run 10hrs a day on a custom schedule. Mostly blues at 100%.

Nyos Skimmer is a beast. I'm really loving the skimmate that she pulls weekly. It was a pain to get it dialed in, but once it was dialed it, the rest was history.

Last week my male anthias jumped, and I found him on the floor. Luckily I was feeding and cleaning so I saw him. He was probably on the floor for five minutes (max). The next day I purchase all the necessary components to make a custom lid. He survived and is thriving and fighting with his mates. Now I can sleep comfortably without worry.

Random shots... excuse the larger misplaced frags. Currently frag sitting for a friend lol

Goals:
1) another tang
2) yellow wrasse or blue jaw goby
3) more frags
4) Alk at 7.5 (at least)

Thanks for looking!



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[tenurepro]

You make it look easy M [emoji106][emoji106][emoji122]


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[mystikal]

You make it look easy M [emoji106][emoji106][emoji122]


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Lots of hard work, lots of tinkering, and lots of head scratching.

Overall, I'm glad were it's at. Just want to replace some of the OG SPS with some higher end pieces, since everything is stable. I did manage to bring the Alk to 7.8. So one more day of double dosing and I should be fine. My issue with the dosing was "stagnant" water flow. Meaning that the area where the tubes were dosing wasn't mixing well. Since I moved it, its rising to the right levels.

The tank will be neglected for the next couple of weeks though....Ill be having surgery soon so I'm not sure how much I can do afterwards. Hopefully the Kore Doser will not let me down.

Other than that, all the corals are happy....the livestock just keeps on fighting. Mainly the kole tang attacking the clowns. I'm not really sure what or why. I'm currently only feeding 2 times in the evening, and leaving pieces of green/red algae on clips during the day. So I have no idea.... stay tuned!


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[tenurepro]

Good luck with the surgery. I recently added a kole tang to my reefer and so far so good in terms of getting along with the other fish including clowns. I feed 3 times a day plus a clip of nori every few days. I also added the tang last. The clowns are tough and feisty so can't imagine them getting bullied to death


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[mystikal]

Let's see how the foil holds up!

Also,
Check out the Orange passion

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[Zoahoarder]

Man your tank is looking great. I love that OP. 1 of my top 5 sps I think. I just got the tank transferred and waiting on parameters to stable and I would like to grab a few of the OG sps. Lol

 

[mystikal]

Man your tank is looking great. I love that OP. 1 of my top 5 sps I think. I just got the tank transferred and waiting on parameters to stable and I would like to grab a few of the OG sps. Lol

Thanks! They will be waiting for you.

Here's some quick top downs

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[Shankytank]

My 30 liter tank

My 30 liter tank

Hello actually i had a 30 liter boyu tank can anyone give me advise because it desnt had skimmer and chiller only a simple filtration i can make my fishes and corals alive if i add water if the water evaporates and maintain the water temperature but the aquarium specialist corals cant live without a chiller but last time my coral was alive until im on a holiday and forgot to tell my houskeeper to add water if the water evaporates.

Any advise will be appreciated:spin1: