DKoKoMAN’s 305g Basement Reef

DKoKoMan · #1 05-29-2018, 02:39 AM

A couple more photos of some fish I was able to capture today. What’s a build thread if there is a lack of photos right

DKoKoMan · #2 05-29-2018, 02:55 AM

A couple more zoas and sps (finally some grown

).

DKoKoMan · #3 06-02-2018, 10:30 PM

My wife has named every fish in the tank almost. Here are a couple of the superstars.

Barney

Lemon

Blueberry

Foxy (original from my 75g)

Dory...the one and only (original from my 75g)

DKoKoMan · #4 06-03-2018, 01:53 AM

Tanks looking great tonight! Thought I would share a quick photo.

Dash · #5 06-03-2018, 02:59 AM

Haha, that familiar blue glow.... it’s so great when it’s all looking good eh. I just did my monthly water change today and was feeling pretty pleased with myself.

I name all my livestock, even the inverts

How old is your Dory & how big is she?

DKoKoMan · #6 06-03-2018, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Dash

Haha, that familiar blue glow.... it’s so great when it’s all looking good eh. I just did my monthly water change today and was feeling pretty pleased with myself.

I name all my livestock, even the inverts

How old is your Dory & how big is she?

It’s totally a nice feeling just to see everything happy and growing. I have had my battles and I am still waiting for my cyano to burn out. But overall I’m pretty happy with the tank right now. My Skimmer is back to normal, still running wetter then I would like but it’s nice and dark. Takes about a week to fill up to around half of the collection cup.

My Dory is roughly 5 years old and approximately 6” now. Last time I was at the LFS and be Dorys are so tiny!

DKoKoMan · #7 06-03-2018, 09:50 PM

Finally got the chaeto growing like crazy! Nitrates are stable at 2.5ppm using a salifert test kit. It really took off out of nowhere with this new light.

albert_dao · #8 06-04-2018, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by DKoKoMan

Tanks looking great tonight! Thought I would share a quick photo.

Try downloading the Open Camera app. It has some decent white balance control features. I've found it very useful for taking pictures of my tanks straight off the phone.

DKoKoMan · #9 06-04-2018, 05:52 AM

Sounds good Albert. I will give it a try!

DKoKoMan · #10 06-04-2018, 10:27 PM

Here is the foam head being produced by my Vertex Alpha along with the skimmate in the collection cup. It is still watery but it is nice and dark. Also it smells horrible and my nitrates are steady at around 2.5ppm between my Skimmer and chaeto in the Fuge. Let me know your thoughts on the consistency of the skim.