Oldude's new 400 gal tank build

[klaman13]

I am fairly new here and came across your build. All I can say is "Breath Taking". BRAVO! Truly insperational!!!

 

[Oldude]

Greg, congratulations on TOTM! Well deserved.

As to the Chromis, I´m sorry for the intrusion but do you mean something like this:

IME, Chromis spawning is a double ended sword; fascinating to assist at the beginning but very stressful to the rest of the fish as the spawning parents become more and more aggressive. At least in a 90g.


André

Thanks Andre & thanks for the great pictures and yes the male has become much more aggressive. Fortunately the tank size is 400 gal but unfortunately they laid their eggs right in the middle of the tank.:fun2:

 

[Oldude]

I am fairly new here and came across your build. All I can say is "Breath Taking". BRAVO! Truly insperational!!!

Thanks very much and welcome to Reef Central.:fish2:

 

[Oldude]

There imperator angel ate all the chromis eggs while seemingly ignoring the chromis pounding at him. It was quite humourous actually. Things are back to normal in the fish world again.

 

[elijaher]

Sorry about your angel.

 

[NewSchool04]

Great tank!

Did you ever get the DI situation figured out? What did BRS say?

 

[Oldude]

Sorry about your angel.

Thanks

 

[Oldude]

Great tank!

Did you ever get the DI situation figured out? What did BRS say?

Thanks very much. I am sure I had a bad batch of DI resin but I never bothered to contact BRS about it. I doubt they would believe me.

 

[Oldude]

A few pix I took today

A few pix I took today

 

[mpoletti]

Very nice Greg :thumbsup:

 

[bullitr]

sir
i decided to use 3 parts instead of my calcium reactor, kalkwasser reactor and magnesium tap off.if you don't mind PM me
what brand are you using ? BRS?
since you mention you use about a gallon a day!
thank you very much

 

[elijaher]

looking good I like that hammerhead.

 

[DanW]

Greg your photos are always a treat, thanks for sharing :hammer:

 

[Oldude]

mpoletti - Very nice Greg

DanW - Greg your photos are always a treat, thanks for sharing

Thanks guys, thanks for looking.

bullitr - sir
i decided to use 3 parts instead of my calcium reactor, kalkwasser reactor and magnesium tap off.if you don't mind PM me
what brand are you using ? BRS?
since you mention you use about a gallon a day!
thank you very much

I use Dow flakes for calcium (I still have about 40 lbs left from before they made the chemical changes)
I use Arm & Hammer BS, I buy it at Costco.
I use the Dow mag flakes (mag chloride) & I add in the epsom salts (Mag sulfate) also bought at Costco. I use RHF recipe #2 because my ph doesn't need to be increased by baking the sodium bicarbonate. When I run out of my existing stock I will likely order through BRS.
Hope that helps.

 

[Oldude]

looking good I like that hammerhead.

Thanks. That hammer is at least a foot across. Here's another shot of it.

 

[elijaher]

Wow that is really nice. Thanks for the pic Greg.

 

[Atomikk]

I got the same hammer Greg, grown from a 1/2" frag. Love it!

 

[bigdog69]

very nice color

 

[Dejavu]

Greg, looks like the SPS are doing much better .

 

[kinlayan]

Greg

what are your kh and Ca levels most of the time? where do you like to keep them at?