imisky's 30g custom tank

[Skimmerking]

What i would do is bring it back up to 400 and test again in another day. if the CAl is downing that fast then youwill to get the reactor pumping more CAl Im not a Reactor expert may be Steveo,Tony, Doug, Snappy, Niloc, can explain it betterIm not that great at it...good work otherwise

try this out its takes you through a reactor set up . HTH

http://home.comcast.net/~jdieck1/reactor.html

[imisky]

heres an update on the tank, i tried to set the white balance of my camera to represent the real thing as close as possible but in person the tank is actually a little more blue then white.

here you go enjoy

equipment



right hand side



left hand side



side shot

[JDigital]

that is a Cool looking overflow box! Tank looks great!

[imisky]

heres a little update,

ive updated this on RC but forgot about it here. Its been about...2 weeks now since i took these pictures enjoy.

[LeeR]

Your tank makes me wish I could keep sps alive.

good job.

[imisky]

a double post if its alright as its two different events this one happened today

lately i have found my Ca,Mg, and Alk decreasing, even when i up the Co2 in my little acro-cal CR. I figured that the little guy isn't keeping up with the rate of the uptake of these elements, so i took the time to look into bigger calcium reactors. i looked at both DIY and pre-made and i really liked the design of the jetstream Nano calcium reactor so i decided to make one thats similar.

using 2.5" acrylic cylinder and a maxi-jet 1200 and a few trips to rona, home depot, and canadian tire this was the result. i havent tested it yet but hopefully it'll work. i'll keep you guys posted.

-An add on chamber is in the making process to increase the amount of media this reactor can handle as well as using up all the CO2 that passes through this one.
-Also thanks to Chin Lee with explaining the plumping parts! THANKS!





this one shows the recirc's bleed valve to de-gas the cylinder in the case that bubbles get stuck up there.

[imisky]

So heres a little update for everyone

After reading a few threads regarding people who thought they didnt have red bug getting red bugs, i decided to go to my vet to purchase a few pills of interceptor to dose it into my tank just to be on the safe side. Im in my 2nd week of the treatment and with just 1 more to go, i can say i am seeing a difference in color. Im not sure if its due to the medication, or i had red bugs? never saw them in the tank. But what interested me was upon dosing roughly 10x the recommended dosage of interceptor into my 30G, the result was a little crazy, the colors reacted the same way as if i dosed zeospur2 but with the twist that it morphed some of my SPS's colors for the better. After the dosage the colors stayed and well all i can say is i am happy about the color shift, no one ever complains about more colorful corals.

So the only thing that is new to the tank is a colony of unknown SPS that i replaced my pink millie with as it was growing too fast and shading the corals around it. and it also helped to balance the colors around the tank as it is a tealish/green coral placed on the side with most of my blue corals. So heres some photos and enjoy guys.

new SPS ( ID?please if you know the species )


tri color


acro SP (turned from light blue to platium/blue *i believe its not bleached as its only the tips that are that color and growing fast)


tenius


pink porci turned rainbow


teal...(looks like a millie but doesnt grow uniform, can someone remind me the name? thanks! is it prostrapora? i know it starts with a P haha...) turned sunset


this one didnt change

[Doug]

Great little tank build. I missed this one. Nice job and a good read. We will have very close to the same, except mines more of a cube shape. Look forward to following yours now.

[buddyreefer]

Shweeeeeeeeeet bro! luv your setup.

[bigblack]

what bulb are you using, like the color! i just installed the phoenix and don't like it very much