Renton777
Polyp Nipper
wow that baby Heliofungia is not a baby anymore
Its mother is a monster, when totally expanded with tentacles I would estimate it is between 10" and 12" wide.
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Its mother is a monster, when totally expanded with tentacles I would estimate it is between 10" and 12" wide.
Renton777
Polyp Nipper
Thanks. Pretty happy with just about everything other then the cyano. I have really low nitrates, pretty much undetectable. Feeding more, removing the filter socks and turning the skimmer way down to help bring nutrients up a bit.
superchargeme
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Nice, looking clean. Very nice.
purplereef
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Looking great Nathan. Where did you get the green torch from?
Renton777
Polyp Nipper
Renton777
Polyp Nipper
I have 2 closed loops each powered by a Vectra L2 set to reef crest mode. I also have two Rosemont 4100 set to random flow pattern. They are on the back. On the far right I have a MP60 set to reef crest mode. That combo really moves a lot of water with lots of variation in flow pattern.
brad
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Thanks. That's 3100x2 + 4100x2 + 7500 = 21900gph / 450 gallons = 48.7 times per hour, at least at full power if the manufacture's specs's are accurate.
Consensus seems to be 40-100 times per hour if you want Acropora, so you are in that range, but I thought you'd higher since your Acro's are doing so well. I was also curious if this scales - 21900gph in a 450 seems like a lot more flow than 2190gph in a 45 gallon tank. Lots of people with smaller tanks, very few nice tanks this size.
Consensus seems to be 40-100 times per hour if you want Acropora, so you are in that range, but I thought you'd higher since your Acro's are doing so well. I was also curious if this scales - 21900gph in a 450 seems like a lot more flow than 2190gph in a 45 gallon tank. Lots of people with smaller tanks, very few nice tanks this size.
Renton777
Polyp Nipper
Quick update
I had a good amount of cyano growing on the sand and starting to cover the rocks. My nitrates were just about undetectable and I wanted them higher. I tried feeding even more but that did not do much. I ran a treatment of chemiclean and that did the trick, eliminated the cyano and raised nitrates a bit which several corals appreciated.
I had an ich outbreak between my powder blue, powder brown, Achilles and blue hippo tang. I have had ich in the system for a long time but I think having several ich magnet fish was creating something of an ich farm. Some friends and I were able to capture the powder blue and get him into qt at Tidal gardens. I now have a fish trap and may try and get the powder brown out as well. Since the removal of the powder blue the Achilles is looking better.
Most of the corals are looking good and colorful
I had a good amount of cyano growing on the sand and starting to cover the rocks. My nitrates were just about undetectable and I wanted them higher. I tried feeding even more but that did not do much. I ran a treatment of chemiclean and that did the trick, eliminated the cyano and raised nitrates a bit which several corals appreciated.
I had an ich outbreak between my powder blue, powder brown, Achilles and blue hippo tang. I have had ich in the system for a long time but I think having several ich magnet fish was creating something of an ich farm. Some friends and I were able to capture the powder blue and get him into qt at Tidal gardens. I now have a fish trap and may try and get the powder brown out as well. Since the removal of the powder blue the Achilles is looking better.
Most of the corals are looking good and colorful
Renton777
Polyp Nipper
Thanks! You are right, those tangs grew really fast!
Renton777
Polyp Nipper
Oldman Leopard Wrasse 7/1/2011 to 5/14/2021 RIP
Oldman wrasse was one of my oldest fish and has been in all stages of my systems over the years, started in my 93 gallon cube, moved to the 200 gallon tank when I upgraded and made the last move to the new tank.
Over the past year or two he was really starting to show his age. He finally tuckered out. Fun fact about Oldman Wrasse, when I got him he was a small female
Oldman wrasse was one of my oldest fish and has been in all stages of my systems over the years, started in my 93 gallon cube, moved to the 200 gallon tank when I upgraded and made the last move to the new tank.
Over the past year or two he was really starting to show his age. He finally tuckered out. Fun fact about Oldman Wrasse, when I got him he was a small female
FullBoreReefer
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Sad to see it go, but happy about its journey
Renton777
Polyp Nipper
Some recent quick video clips of the system:
Frag Tank After Feeding:
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9 Feet of Reef:
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Breakfast Time:
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Frag Tank After Feeding:
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9 Feet of Reef:
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Breakfast Time:
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