Guess what! UPGRADE TIME

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by kien

congrats on the Pisces win!

Thank Kien I was hoping for the 2nd prize since you entered but I guess you didn't pay much attention

Originally Posted by Kryptic4L

salt and sand ? timing could not be better for either of those items right now . congrats.

Thanks

Got the tank in place:

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Tweaked the plumbing a bit and added support for the PVC

[kien]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Thank Kien I was hoping for the 2nd prize since you entered but I guess you didn't pay much attention

I had not planned on entering but my wife made me. So I entered to make her happy and completely forgot about it until today. My tank didn't even get 3rd place. Clearly this shows that your tank and the 2nd and 3rd place tanks are much nicer than mine

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by kien

I had not planned on entering but my wife made me. So I entered to make her happy and completely forgot about it until today. My tank didn't even get 3rd place. Clearly this shows that your tank and the 2nd and 3rd place tanks are much nicer than mine

U made me laugh!

[kien]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

U made me laugh!

And you can laugh all the way to the bank (or cash register) since you're the one with the gift certificate, not me

[rhody605]

For me biopellets are great. I am not a daily doser person. I shake my reactor once or twice a week if I remember.

I'm using a modified tlf550. It works alright. Problem with the tlf550 is the 90 deg elbows inside restrict flow a lot! That's the only reason why I need to shake the reactor.

I started with only 100ml in the reactor then after a few weeks added more and so on. Started very slow and saw no ill affects.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by rhody605

For me biopellets are great. I am not a daily doser person. I shake my reactor once or twice a week if I remember.

I'm using a modified tlf550. It works alright. Problem with the tlf550 is the 90 deg elbows inside restrict flow a lot! That's the only reason why I need to shake the reactor.

I started with only 100ml in the reactor then after a few weeks added more and so on. Started very slow and saw no ill affects.

Yah I plan on starting slowly too and since the tank is new, I don't see anything wrong with slow start.

[mrhasan]

Things are doing great. I can already see the corals throwing in new growths. Even a red monti digi is growing good on the sand bed. So my 4 T5s "SINGLE" reflector pushing in good amount of light on the sand bed. I did order another 2 T5s fixture from aquatraders 10 days ago. Didn't get any sort of update from them regarding shipping, no email reply and no one answered the phone calls so I filed a claim with paypal. Quite ****ed on this.

Got a phosban 150 which I will be using to run biopellet (holding it for now) and will be getting a BRS dual reactor soon to run gfo and carbon.

Anyway, bought a dslr and here's some test shots with it. Not the best photos, reef photography is very hard I must admit!

[mrhasan]

Got biopellets today and will start running it from tomorrow. Diatom bloom is gone but there is a slight trace of nitrate though the API kit which I am not liking. Possibly due to over feeding and all the craps that the foxface release eating a whole sheet of nori a day. He is going under strict diet now!

Got a tini tiny regal tang (tang polices, please hold you breath ) that schools along with the chormis and has been eating since its intro to the tank. Very fun fish. Love how it schools around with the chromis

Here's some pictures:

[FishyFishy!]

Tank is looking great!

Hopefully you have good luck with that little tang. I've had terrible luck with the small ones. He looks pretty happy!

[typezero]

Nice shots fo sho! Great cropping to make the image super nice. Nice to see the nee chromis is out and about.