290G Peninsula Tank

[ponokareefer]

Honey as a supplement? That's really weird. Nice tank by the way.

[Myka]

Originally Posted by mseepman

I did some reading about a guy dosing milk and honey...and his results were awesome. I was afraid of the milk side of things but the honey explanation made sense versus VSV...which is more work. I squeeze a dollop of honey in the tank every day if I remember and it's been going well. How's that for scientific?

Haha awesome!

[Myka]

Hey Mark! How's spring in the Okanagan? How's the tank?

[mseepman]

Well its been a while since I posted on the tank. It's had some ups and downs in the last 6 months....right now i've got algae which I have never had before....mainly due to coral over growth on each other and the warfare that ensues. Today I decided that I would tackle the return pump which had started seeping about nine months ago and was a giant ball of salt now. Not a job I look forward to again. The impeller had rusted onto the shaft where the seal was weeping and it took 2hrs to break it loose. I switched to my second pump (another new blackfin3600) with new seals and put it back together to discover the seal was faulty and leaked. we took it all apart again and put in my spare set of seals and thankfully the leak was over.....except that now I have a drip at the bulkhead where the return draws from the sump.....arghhhh!!!!

[Gools]

Hey Mark any recent tank shots? I must say your setup is my candy store!

[Myka]

Oh jeez Mark! Hang in there! Is the algae getting any better? What have you done to counteract it?

[mseepman]

I will put some shots on here shortly...gotta take them first. Thanks for the vote of confidence though.

As for the algae, i've got two reactors running gfo and have added one with carbon per your suggestion. I was lights out also for the last three days. By changing the return pump i've bumped the flow with a clean pump too. Continuing with prodibio and of course pulling out stuff manually every day.

[Myka]

Yeah the carbon will help with alellopathy. Did you beef up the CUC?

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[ALBERTA REEF]

Like your tank journal. fallowing along.

[mseepman]

Thanks...it's been a bit of a struggle lately. I know I promised to get a few shots up and I haven't yet....it's on my short list of things to do.

Today I started the "trimming" of the corals to try and reduce some of the battles that are causing me so much algae and strife. Not sure what I did helped but we will see over the next few days. Can't believe how quickly I ran out of room in the tank.