Sean's ever lasting battle 125g in-wall SPS

[Diesel3443]

SOO, after all of this time I am deciding to do a build log on my current tank. Unfortunately, all of these pictures are from my phone, but I will be investing in a better camera soon.

I guess to show where I am is to explain where this tank has been. Some ups and downs for sure here.

Lets Fire up the hot tub time machine!! :dance:

Originally this tank was a transfer from my of 60gal cube back in 2013 you can see it on the left there



Quick Vid of the 60gal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45LikgfE6QY



The tank then went into the wall right on the right...I wish I could find my original build pics but no luck.








Well all was great until my tank began to crash. Salinity was high, about 40ppt, so I began to work on dropping it. Got it down, and guess what, still crashing! So I ran another battary of tests. All looked perfect except Calcium that wasnt registering on the test kit. Ordered a new one and found out my Ca was at 850!!!!! So about a total of a 70% water change and here I am now. Lost about 20 SPS colonies, an RBTA, and a blue squamosa that I grew from 1in to about 3.5 in. Oh well, this thing tends to happen in this hobby and having gone through this before in my 15+ years of reefkeeping, its par for the course.

My fish also developed ICH and were completely wiped out. Sad time

Here's a video during, you can see STN all over...Algae all over....

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/5t2vu5y6d6jc6y6/AADAUTOhjgUqhnu_zz8wrRvBa


So lets fast forward to present time

After nuking the tank cleaning the rock, some house renovations, here we are

During Renovations....



Fin

 

[Diesel3443]

Recently I ditched the LEDs for an 6x80w ATI Sunpower and decided to wire up a strip of 25 Royal blue LEDs for some of that LED Blue POP everyone loves.



I also added some additional german to the tank with a GHL Profilux and GHL triple doser. I need some added security when I travel now...

 

[Diesel3443]

This video is about 2 weeks old. Welcome to my Frag City

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS4INTO49pc

 

[doggydoc]

Sweet
Looking great
Welcome to the GHL/Profilux Family.
Any questions send me a pm.
Been an avid GHL fanatic for the past 6 years.
Best of luck to you.

 

[Diesel3443]

Sweet
Looking great
Welcome to the GHL/Profilux Family.
Any questions send me a pm.
Been an avid GHL fanatic for the past 6 years.
Best of luck to you.

Awesome, thanks. It has a steep learning curve for me, but overall I love the thing and I really haven't even broke ground on all it can do.

Finally was able to get it to send email alerts and connect to its webserver remotely.

Im excited to see what they do with myGHL

 

[rovster]

LOVE the way your remodel turned out!!!!!

Was that your idea or did someone help with the design and plan? Wow!

Oh, nice tank too:thumbsup:

 

[Diesel3443]

LOVE the way your remodel turned out!!!!!

Was that your idea or did someone help with the design and plan? Wow!

Oh, nice tank too:thumbsup:

Thank you! Just my wife and I. We watch too much HGTV lately haha....

I just cant wait for this sucker to grow out again. The ATI should do it :bounce2:

I need a good camera to start taking some macros, this Iphone isn't cutting it.

 

[SawdustInTank]

Nice renovations!

 

[Diesel3443]

Nice renovations!

Thanks!

 

[dadummy]

Can we jump in that time machine and see those frags in a year from now? Where's the DeLorean? I got a flux capacitor, no way am I getting in that hot tub.

looking good Sean

 

[Diesel3443]

Can we jump in that time machine and see those frags in a year from now? Where's the DeLorean? I got a flux capacitor, no way am I getting in that hot tub.



looking good Sean

Yea for real!! Cmon man the water is perfect

Getting a Canon Rebel this weekend so....

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[dadummy]

When we were kids went in the hot tub at a racquetball club. A man got in tub with us and a minute later a buddy ran out, few seconds later the other kid took off with me not too far behind him. Chester the Molester got in the tub with us and tried playing footsie. I have never been in a DeLorean lol

 

[Diesel3443]

Yikes, well that will stick with you

 

[Diesel3443]

Pulled all the sand out of the display last night, making sure to get all of the old nasty out.

Not sure if I want to add sand or just stay BB

 

[Lacy]

If you decide to keep the sand you can just vacuum sections at a time to gets the nasties out.

 

[Diesel3443]

Mostly all is already gone

 

[Diesel3443]

Splurged a little and bought this tonight. I'm a total photography noob so any pointers are welcomed

 

[Diesel3443]

Couple pics while I'm messing with this camera. These are untouched, just fooling around

No name (if you know it, let me know)

PC Rainbow

WWC Grizzly Adams

Unknown Tenuis (still coloring up)

Unknown Tenuis (I have an itchy feeling this is going to be close in coloration to a certain coral named after a place in Orlando)

 

[Deep Reef]

Great shots thanks for sharing!

 

[dadummy]

first one name is Sean's Tri Color Stag, I would easily drop a hundo, on a frag of three radial corallites, aka 1/4". Have to take another pic with the saturation turned up, before I buy it. That way I know it will look awesome in my tank.

My guess is it's a Formosa

Nice camera and pics, looking forward to seeing the pic progression as you dial that puppy in