Newest additions...yellow leather, coral beauty, 5 yellow tangs and a Chevron tang that thinks he is yellow...

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Have most of my fish in now. A few more tangs to add, blonde naso, Mustard, Achilles. Adding a few torch and hammer and some various coral next week. So far everything has been going perfect with no problems ! #knocksonwood [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...ps7lt5dyei.jpg[/IMG]

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Nice build, things are coming along great!

Looks nice. You certainly stocked your tank very, very quickly considering you used dry rock. Did you use any bacteria products to help? What do you have for a clean up crew?

How's your tank doing Travis? Got some updates?

Hopefully my Queen is doing well over there! I already miss the little guy

@seth81 your queen is doing great! @ Myka adding a few new pics and updates. Tank was in limbo for 2 months after an outbreak of ich crashed my tank :(
Was a very disheartening lesson to learn. But hopefully I have learned from my mistakes and an more knowledgeable now (and a little more patient ). Thanks to my buddy Jim and unfortunately him having to shut down his tank I got to adopt all his fish and got a few others.
I have gotten better lighting thanks to @ lastlight and added 4 radium 250w. Also adding a calcium reactor and UV sterilizer right away! [IMG][IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psbdbrphyb.jpg[/IMG][/IMG][/IMG]

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Yes, patience is a virtue when it comes to saltwater tanks that's for sure. It's certainly not recommended to add as many fish as you did in less than a month. Poor fish. :( With a tank the size of yours you really should consider a quarantine system. It only takes one fish to wipe out the entire tank (as you've already learned), and even if you take all the time in the world that last fish could easily be the Marine Velvet vector you really don't want. You think Ich is bad? Try Marine Velvet. Many a tank on Canreef has been lost due to MV.

That's great you're pimpin Radions! Nice upgrade! :D

I do have a quarantine tank now.... but with a tank my size it would be next to impossible to get an infected fish out of the tank. I don't know if I had ick or marine velvet. Everyone says it was ick but I'm not sure. All I know is that within a couple days all my fish were dead. I'm adding a UV staralizer and hopefully that will help with any parasite.

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I vote for Marine Velvet since the fish were wiped out so quick - the easiest way to tell is while the fish is still alive to give them a FW dip and see if the spots come off or not. Ich won't come off in a FW dip.

Here's a good comparative source. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2119086

sucks to loose all those fish , its to bad . Well at least you have a qt now

One thing I remember reading was, if you can count the spots (within reason) then its ick, if the spots are too numerous to count then velvet.

Ouch. That's painful to see. Sorry for your losses :-(

I've had both ick and I think velvet. The velvet wiped out my tank swiftly and looked like what you pictured. My tangs frequently get ick (even to this day) whenever there are stressors in/to the tank and they always seem to fight off the ick.

Unfortunately, with Marine Velvet, if you don't start a copper treatment, it's usually fatal. During a breakout in Metro Vancouver a few years ago, only one buddy who treated his tank with copper saved his fish. Massive losses in other affected tanks. Sorry to hear this has happened to you. It is heart breaking to lose all your fish.

Anthony

Thanks everyone for their concern. I'm not an expert but I have now seen a few fish with ick and it sort of looks like pimples under the skin with white heads (best as I can describe it. Coming from a pimpley teenager myself). What my fish had looked as if the swam through a big cobweb. Either the case it was a lesson learned not only the money but to kill such beautiful creatures. But fresh start, and the tank is more mature. Will all new additions going in a quarantine tank now.

Perfect way to describe it Davej

1 year progress
 

Well the 1st year has been a struggle to say the least. Many upgrades, lots of banging my head against the wall, and many a dollar spent. But learning lots and trying my best at this large tank. Things are growing nicely from looking at the pictures now compared to a year ago[IMG][IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psbdbrphyb.jpg[/IMG][/IMG]

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Looking awesome! You've done a great job on this massive tank!

Thanks Mindy! 😆

Looking at upgrading my orbit marine led's. Upgrading my sump pump. Addiing a calcium reactor and a profulix system with auto doser. Would like more LPS. Slowly adding fish and dI'd get a 125g quarantine tank

Quarantine tank is good to hear! What is your protocol now?

You're getting some great growth in the tank. What type of lighting are you wanting to upgrade to? Have you considered Apex as well as Profilux? Both are very good systems. The Profilux does have the stand alone doser too which is nice if you don't want the entire controller system.

I did add 4 radion 400w last year. I was considering radion wr30w pro instead of my marine orbits. I purchased the profulix system with auto doser on kiji last year with a big detec skimmer that both were new from a guy getting out of the hobby. I also added a bio pellet reactor and have no algea issues at all anymore

That sounds awesome - good score. Radions are my favorite LED fixture, but I'm not a fan of LEDs. Have you considered supplementing with halides at all? You'd get more natural looking light with the punch to get the depth (I'd suggest some T5, but not with your tank depth). You may find increased growth and color if you have a way to deal with heat.

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So you do! Good call. :)

I have had a few people over to my house and am being told to update my build and post pictures. I have upgraded my skimmer to a large deltec, added a red dragon pump for more flow, added 3 vertex media reactors (2 for carbon and 1 for GFO), and added a large calcium reactor. I just bought a tank shut down of sps, LPS, and 3 large clams! I only have a few more fish to add then it's sit back and enjoy. The most pleasing thing is 4 months without any ich or death!! [IMG]http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a2...psg0qq85ys.jpg[/IMG]

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Damn bud sure have a tank there alright

Thank you! It's coming...

Dang Travis, that is looking AWESOME!!!

Beautiful, peaceful...can sit for hours and finally enjoy.
A few fish to add that are in the qt but other then that I'm done my build! Thanks everyone for their support, advise and kind words. Only left is tank of the month! 😆[IMG]http://rs12.pbsrc.com/albums/a237/tr...h=160&fit=clip[/IMG]