The Rebirth/Rebuild of my 180g sps thread
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jsdancer
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Here is a current video of my 180g tank so far.
My Reef -a - Palozza.
Taken on the ipad 2 so its quality is ok but do not think that I can change the blue hues or the over exposed places.
Nonetheless the vid shows where I am upto in having my own piece of the reef.
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgM7ewQK80k&feature=plcp
My Reef -a - Palozza.
Taken on the ipad 2 so its quality is ok but do not think that I can change the blue hues or the over exposed places.
Nonetheless the vid shows where I am upto in having my own piece of the reef.
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgM7ewQK80k&feature=plcp
jsdancer
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Well update 2013 guys.......
Very busy opening of the year with a brand new promotion within the company I work for. So woohoo there.
Things with tank are going well seeing some growth and GHA is gone. Still have some bubble algae so thats something else to worry about.
All in all I was able to add some new stony babies early in January but was not able to post pics till now.
Here is a scrolling plating type of aquacultured I picked up. When this pic was taken it was showing some blue rim coloring. Now it has an almost electric blue rim. Still not greening up as I thought the body would and its way in the bottom of tank.
Just a blue tip acro not sure what kind
Green acro
Have not had an elegance coral in such long time and this one came from a buddy's tank
This is a cadallac monti and I placed it close to the bluish/purplish Tyree sand dollar monti
Very busy opening of the year with a brand new promotion within the company I work for. So woohoo there.
Things with tank are going well seeing some growth and GHA is gone. Still have some bubble algae so thats something else to worry about.
All in all I was able to add some new stony babies early in January but was not able to post pics till now.
Here is a scrolling plating type of aquacultured I picked up. When this pic was taken it was showing some blue rim coloring. Now it has an almost electric blue rim. Still not greening up as I thought the body would and its way in the bottom of tank.
Just a blue tip acro not sure what kind
Green acro
Have not had an elegance coral in such long time and this one came from a buddy's tank
This is a cadallac monti and I placed it close to the bluish/purplish Tyree sand dollar monti
jsdancer
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As I posted that last post I realized WOAH!!! I have not posted since back in 10/2012!!!
But my tank is still here guys!!!!
One of my favs!!! And spreading very, very nicely!! I know the common name is Flamingo monti but for the life of me can not remember the technical name.
Another fav is the ORA Pearlberry. This coral does well in captivity and is already growing since this pic was taken. Thanks to Vic at WWC for a frag!!!
Blue cali tort
Here is another frag from WWC that shows signs of plating. Again since I bought and took these pics I can not remember the name. I do apologize for this.
But my tank is still here guys!!!!
One of my favs!!! And spreading very, very nicely!! I know the common name is Flamingo monti but for the life of me can not remember the technical name.
Another fav is the ORA Pearlberry. This coral does well in captivity and is already growing since this pic was taken. Thanks to Vic at WWC for a frag!!!
Blue cali tort
Here is another frag from WWC that shows signs of plating. Again since I bought and took these pics I can not remember the name. I do apologize for this.
jsdancer
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Hey all fortunately I received a major promotion in 2013. I HAD to devote all my spare time to this new position which unfortunately made my tank really suffer!!!
At the end of 2013 I decided that I either would take the tank down or I needed to continue it......
Well I happily decided that I could not live without it!! Besides its my addiction!!! The job is doing fine and I am settled in and have been able to really manage my time which in turn now can get to be devoted to my lol addiction.
Needless to say all corals were donated to friends so that I could ask for frags when I wanted to start back up again.
I have been in the process of getting my water quality back up to par and its taking me a bit longer but not rushing it and not getting frustrated because I know it will be back as i continue making water changes and restoring balance to the system.
As of right now I have a plight of flat worms and purchased a few wrasses and dragnets that will start feeding off these critters.
If I see that the flat worms have not decreased significantly I will add some PrecisionSolutions Flatworm solution. But want to give the fish sometime.
My MH's were on a years rest so they should still be good and plan on keeping them for now. Skimmer is still running well. The pump had a vinegar bath for 24 hrs and it stills brings up a lot of gunk! I took down the bio pellets and had been dosing Red Sea No Pox but lately no store around me has any so at a stand with whether to order it via online or starting the bio pellets back.
What are your thoughts guys?
I also added a yellow and convict tang because they are such good workers in a reef setup.
All my other fish are still alive!!
As for corals I could not move were some zoanthids and my atlantic blue ridge coral. Boy the ridge coral can't be killed!!!!
Will post pics soon and will keep the journey going........
At the end of 2013 I decided that I either would take the tank down or I needed to continue it......
Well I happily decided that I could not live without it!! Besides its my addiction!!! The job is doing fine and I am settled in and have been able to really manage my time which in turn now can get to be devoted to my lol addiction.
Needless to say all corals were donated to friends so that I could ask for frags when I wanted to start back up again.
I have been in the process of getting my water quality back up to par and its taking me a bit longer but not rushing it and not getting frustrated because I know it will be back as i continue making water changes and restoring balance to the system.
As of right now I have a plight of flat worms and purchased a few wrasses and dragnets that will start feeding off these critters.
If I see that the flat worms have not decreased significantly I will add some PrecisionSolutions Flatworm solution. But want to give the fish sometime.
My MH's were on a years rest so they should still be good and plan on keeping them for now. Skimmer is still running well. The pump had a vinegar bath for 24 hrs and it stills brings up a lot of gunk! I took down the bio pellets and had been dosing Red Sea No Pox but lately no store around me has any so at a stand with whether to order it via online or starting the bio pellets back.
What are your thoughts guys?
I also added a yellow and convict tang because they are such good workers in a reef setup.
All my other fish are still alive!!
As for corals I could not move were some zoanthids and my atlantic blue ridge coral. Boy the ridge coral can't be killed!!!!
Will post pics soon and will keep the journey going........
jsdancer
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yeah because of you I started the thread posting again! Thanks for the push!!!
jsdancer
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It's been an upward war to get my water quality back.
Can't believe how long it takes to get things good after months of neglect on my part.
Back in February I was still dealing with flat worms got rid of those then it was the battle of nitrates that were over 50ppm.
Then the battle of phosphates!
All of March I kept doing massive water changes but was not helping! Nitrates were still up and so were phosphates.
In the past I had some great success with Warner marine pellets. My lfs did not carry the brand but they did have some from two little fishes.
In April I started adding 50ml every week till I added enough to handle my water volume of about 210g. Took several weeks but no red cyno nor algae outbrakes.
In May
Phosphates came down but still were hovering round 0.08ppm.
Of course algae peeked it's ugly head! So I decreased my photo period to just about 2.5 hours per day with my metal halides.
My nitrates after water changes was round 25ppm but would not drop any lower.
In June I asked myself am I gonna give up? Heck no!!!
On one of my water changes I tested the freshly mixed salt water. Low and behold I saw that the newly mixed water had nitrates! 10-15ppm!
So I looked at my TDS meter and the water as measuring outbound was 0.10 to 0.12.
I looked at the DI resigen and noticed it needed changing.
I had at least kept up with the 2 carbon cartridges and 1st stage but on that day it was already too late. I had been adding top off water and making saltwater w nitrates!
I ordered from ebay from a company called Filterdirect and changed every filter in the 6 stage RO/DI system.
In July
I cleaned out the sump on a WC and also cleaned my 10g that holds the fresh top off water and boy was it dirty. Well some dead bugs. Keeping this tank clean is a must! I can't afford not too! I am sure that this was causing additional pollutants to be added to the sump via the ATO!
This month ( Aug) I did a 25% water change with 0.00 metering from my TDS! I also started dosing NoPox as I had very good results with this product before.
It will take sometime to bring my water quality back but IT IS THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR IN KEEPING A REEF AQUARIUM!
Of course, in dealing with my water ailments and in my stupidly I would make purchases. Along the way I thought that with water changes I would be fine and without you guys sending me to "œcoral jail" lets just say I would have been locked up for awhile.
So here we are after making loads of changes I can say that the tide has turned!
Coraline algae has begun to regrow.
My calcium is at a constant 450
My Alk is at 8-9 dkh
Ph 8.4
Salinity 1.24
Temp is set at 77 degrees and maintained via controller with chiller.
Ok you guys maybe asking what about NO and Phos?
Phos has been kept at 0.02 to 0.04
Nitrates less than 10
No over feeding plus constant maintaining are leading me back to success.
I do have lots of pics to post give me some time and I will get them on here!
It feels great to be back!!!!!!!
Can't believe how long it takes to get things good after months of neglect on my part.
Back in February I was still dealing with flat worms got rid of those then it was the battle of nitrates that were over 50ppm.
Then the battle of phosphates!
All of March I kept doing massive water changes but was not helping! Nitrates were still up and so were phosphates.
In the past I had some great success with Warner marine pellets. My lfs did not carry the brand but they did have some from two little fishes.
In April I started adding 50ml every week till I added enough to handle my water volume of about 210g. Took several weeks but no red cyno nor algae outbrakes.
In May
Phosphates came down but still were hovering round 0.08ppm.
Of course algae peeked it's ugly head! So I decreased my photo period to just about 2.5 hours per day with my metal halides.
My nitrates after water changes was round 25ppm but would not drop any lower.
In June I asked myself am I gonna give up? Heck no!!!
On one of my water changes I tested the freshly mixed salt water. Low and behold I saw that the newly mixed water had nitrates! 10-15ppm!
So I looked at my TDS meter and the water as measuring outbound was 0.10 to 0.12.
I looked at the DI resigen and noticed it needed changing.
I had at least kept up with the 2 carbon cartridges and 1st stage but on that day it was already too late. I had been adding top off water and making saltwater w nitrates!
I ordered from ebay from a company called Filterdirect and changed every filter in the 6 stage RO/DI system.
In July
I cleaned out the sump on a WC and also cleaned my 10g that holds the fresh top off water and boy was it dirty. Well some dead bugs. Keeping this tank clean is a must! I can't afford not too! I am sure that this was causing additional pollutants to be added to the sump via the ATO!
This month ( Aug) I did a 25% water change with 0.00 metering from my TDS! I also started dosing NoPox as I had very good results with this product before.
It will take sometime to bring my water quality back but IT IS THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR IN KEEPING A REEF AQUARIUM!
Of course, in dealing with my water ailments and in my stupidly I would make purchases. Along the way I thought that with water changes I would be fine and without you guys sending me to "œcoral jail" lets just say I would have been locked up for awhile.
So here we are after making loads of changes I can say that the tide has turned!
Coraline algae has begun to regrow.
My calcium is at a constant 450
My Alk is at 8-9 dkh
Ph 8.4
Salinity 1.24
Temp is set at 77 degrees and maintained via controller with chiller.
Ok you guys maybe asking what about NO and Phos?
Phos has been kept at 0.02 to 0.04
Nitrates less than 10
No over feeding plus constant maintaining are leading me back to success.
I do have lots of pics to post give me some time and I will get them on here!
It feels great to be back!!!!!!!
jsdancer
New member
While these may not be my best shots they are with my iPhone 5. Old camera unfortunately was left in the truck of a car rental and forgotten! Bummer!!!
These are two pics of the flat worm episode:
I just bought this amazing pump from Jabao- its the WP-40 pushes an amazing amount of water and IMO does what I wanted my MP40's to do!
Here is a short video of this water movement in the tank. I did however turn it down and the light sensor is a great feature to keep things on the calmer side at night.
These are two pics of the flat worm episode:
I just bought this amazing pump from Jabao- its the WP-40 pushes an amazing amount of water and IMO does what I wanted my MP40's to do!
Here is a short video of this water movement in the tank. I did however turn it down and the light sensor is a great feature to keep things on the calmer side at night.
jsdancer
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Hey there! Yes I did get rid of them. I used a product that is specifically made it get rid of those guys.
I as well went the route of getting a six line wrasse, and a melanrus wrasse. Both constantly ate the really small ones. Knowing that I wanted to get acro's I could not wait and there were too many.
Just one dose and it worked really well.
How bad is your infestation?
Zweebe
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Oh nice! What's product did you use? I need the same!
About my infestation, did you saw The Walking Dead tv series? Then it's a bit like that, Walkers everywhere on my rocks :uzi:
jsdancer
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Oh nice! What's product did you use? I need the same!
About my infestation, did you saw The Walking Dead tv series? Then it's a bit like that, Walkers everywhere on my rocks :uzi:
The product I used was by a company called solutions. From what I heard at my lfs this company was a spinoff from one of the major companies. It work immediately!!
And yes The Walking Dead! In our case lol the swimming dead!!
jsdancer
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Well guys here are the additions that I have added throughout the last few months.
The following pics were not take by me. These are WYSIWYG from ebay auctions from WWC.
Love their corals!!!
Cornbred Bling Bling Cyphastrea
Golden Psammacora
Multi-Color Echinata
Purple Hearts
Fire & Ice
WWC Marigolds
The following pics were not take by me. These are WYSIWYG from ebay auctions from WWC.
Love their corals!!!
Cornbred Bling Bling Cyphastrea
Golden Psammacora
Multi-Color Echinata
Purple Hearts
Fire & Ice
WWC Marigolds
Zweebe
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jsdancer
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Hum... do you have a link where did you get it?Thanks a lot anyway :hmm5:
Zweebe, my bad the product is called "Flatworm Solution" and the website is:www.aquavisionaquatics.com
Let me know how you make out with it. I know I had great success and I did not use at full strength.
