Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
nice....
Time to get my Butt in Gear, new tank
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oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
Fish seem stressed today, especially my long nose hawk. It was eating yesterday but not today, and its not perched but sittin on the sand. Erect fins still
Capt_Cully
Active member
I'd test everything STAT! You don't wanna get blindsided by something.....Snails and other inverts (corals not withstanding...) OK?
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
Saw a dead snail but nothing else, all else seems fine@ work tonight until 1130, will test when I get home tested alk today, went up a little bit. 10 dkh. Temp dropped to 76 but now@ 79 due to cold weather. Put some salt in the rodi top off, to raise salinity a little. Skimmer has started showing signs of working now too. Ill retest tonight and post results
Im still hoping its due to the fact its a new tank and new territory
Im still hoping its due to the fact its a new tank and new territory
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
updated specs
temp 79
sal 1.0255
alk- 10.5
ca-460
still workin on getting my alk and ca in line but its getting there. i took a huge monti cap out of my system, and i continued my original dosing amount.
I corrected it accordingly tonight by reducing the amount of ca and alk going in now. ill retest tomorrow
temp 79
sal 1.0255
alk- 10.5
ca-460
still workin on getting my alk and ca in line but its getting there. i took a huge monti cap out of my system, and i continued my original dosing amount.
I corrected it accordingly tonight by reducing the amount of ca and alk going in now. ill retest tomorrow
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
sal 1.025
alk 9.4
ca 460 (still high, turned it down a little
temp 80
getting things more under control finally. organized my corals today. looks pretty much where i want them. fallin in love with the starphire rimless look thats for sure.
OKAY time to get opinions. NEW FISH! here are my ideas
Another tang of some sort
harem of anthelias
alk 9.4
ca 460 (still high, turned it down a little
temp 80
getting things more under control finally. organized my corals today. looks pretty much where i want them. fallin in love with the starphire rimless look thats for sure.
OKAY time to get opinions. NEW FISH! here are my ideas
Another tang of some sort
harem of anthelias
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
FISH IDEAS! cmon people.....
current stock
purple tang
2 ocellaris clowns
yellow watchman goby
melanurus wrasse
long nose hawk
royal gramma
also have a 20 gallon water change comin up here to get things settled after the move last week (get rid of toxins and such). but i have been noticing, that i have some amazing color comin back on my SPS. woohoo for more room!. ill post some more pics here soon
current stock
purple tang
2 ocellaris clowns
yellow watchman goby
melanurus wrasse
long nose hawk
royal gramma
also have a 20 gallon water change comin up here to get things settled after the move last week (get rid of toxins and such). but i have been noticing, that i have some amazing color comin back on my SPS. woohoo for more room!. ill post some more pics here soon
Capt_Cully
Active member
Tomini tang. You'll love it! Gorgeous. Algae eater. Mellow.
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
pretty fish, idk if there is enough color though mark. i was thinking about trying a hippo or a naso
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
new organization of tank. looks a little better now huh?
Capt_Cully
Active member
tank looks sweet. I'd go Hippo before Naso. I know you're enjoying your new found realestate, but Naso's get HUGE TOM! Hate to see you get one, only to have to find it a new home in a year or two. Just my 2 cents pal.
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
yea, thats probably what id end up doing. I actually just put in a order with tim today for a trio of female bartletts anthias
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
cover the aquarium!
cover the aquarium!
Bartlett's are notorious for jumping.
cover the aquarium!
Bartlett's are notorious for jumping.
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
ditto, got that covered, well not literally. YET
i have window frame material and clear netting, just have to put it together
i have window frame material and clear netting, just have to put it together
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
so the first week of the new tank is complete. I did a 20 gallon water change yesterday to clear up any left over toxins. I have the screen top half built.
The fish have settled in very nicely and everyone is alive and very happy. I think i have the flow down pretty good too. The bartletts anthias should be here tuesday.
One thing ive noticed and im very excited about is some colors of the SPS have started to be super bright. My sps lamoisse has gotten some brilliantly blue tips starting to form and same with my tort. I think im going to try to do 10gal changes every week.
I think back to when i had issues with my corals doing poorly and the thought of me have ULNS was the idea. Well i think it had everything to do with alk swings back then, so im going to go back to my usual routine of 10 gallons a week.
i will be increasing my bioload and feeding too, so i think thats a good move. Pics to come soon
The fish have settled in very nicely and everyone is alive and very happy. I think i have the flow down pretty good too. The bartletts anthias should be here tuesday.
One thing ive noticed and im very excited about is some colors of the SPS have started to be super bright. My sps lamoisse has gotten some brilliantly blue tips starting to form and same with my tort. I think im going to try to do 10gal changes every week.
I think back to when i had issues with my corals doing poorly and the thought of me have ULNS was the idea. Well i think it had everything to do with alk swings back then, so im going to go back to my usual routine of 10 gallons a week.
i will be increasing my bioload and feeding too, so i think thats a good move. Pics to come soon
der_wille_zur_macht
Team RC
Were you able to find the clear mesh for the top locally? Or did you mailorder it?
oneradtek202
Pitcher Hill Reef Society
Brs, but the problem is that it was shipped folded up and there are creases threw it....oh well maybe under the halide heat it will flatten out
