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![]() Within a couple weeks I had tons of weird little things growing and crawling all over the place. After 8 weeks I decided I was never going to see a cycle and got some critters. With the addition of a dozen or so snails and some hermit crabs I bought a Yellow watchman goby which I still have and a skunk cleaner shrimp.
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#2
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![]() Then came a peppermint shrimp and a pair of Occellaris clowns which to this day have not hosted anything
![]() ![]() A couple nights after I got the clowns the male decided to go hardwood floor surfing ![]() ![]() I also got a blastomussa which I didn't know how to care for and pretty much melted with my MH's ![]() It has since rebounded and is doing quite well now. I also added a little zoo colony and a torch ![]() ![]() And here's a FTS after about 4 or 5 months. You'll notice a few other additions from what's been mentioned thus far. ![]() |
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![]() With all that was going on in the tank I had a tough time keeping my PO4 under control, and my over feeding didn't help either. So I got a couple BRS reactors and started running GFO and carbon. I had a heck of a time with running the reactors with Maxijet's so gave up and plumbed a manifold off my main pump to run them
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![]() Fell in love with this guy at the lfs so got him
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![]() Next addition was a starry blenny
![]() A kenya tree. If you EVER think of getting one of these... STOPPP!!!! DO NOT GET ONE ![]() They are constantly dropping arms all over and you'll never get it out ![]() |
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![]() Nice lookin' setup. I'm happy for ya with that massive sump. Nothing like having lots of water
![]() How's the algae doin' with the GFO and how long have you had the reactor running ? |
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![]() Quote:
I think I still have algae problems. I've been running GFO now for probably 3-4 months, the high capacity stuff from BRS, and there's still stuff growing that I wish wouldn't. I have one rock almost completely covered in Halimeda which is cool. But I have others that have Dictyota dichotomy. It was ok at first but now it's spreading and from what I read, nothing really eats it regularly and I have to get in there and mow it every week or so. I may have to pull all the rocks with it on and cook it or something. Still not sure how to deal with it... I'm pretty sure I'm still overfeeding and no doubt that plays a lot into it. |
#8
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![]() Well, I made the big jump to a good size pump last week. I bought a used hammerhead pump from grizz and plumbed it into my system. The pump I had was a bit small and I think was under performing given the fact it was pushing 9' of head from my basement sump to my living room display. I also wanted to add another tank in my dining room for a couple fish that seemed to be not getting along with my yellow eye hole tang and starry blenny. I ended up setting up a 25 gal cube tied into the main system. According to the flow chart, the hammer head was a bit much flow so I got reefflo to send me the barracuda impeller for $20. I also hot tapped my sump (talk about exciting). I drained the return section of the sump leaving the skimmer and refugium full and drilled the side of the tank for a bulkhead to feed the new pump.
![]() Everything worked perfect. I plumbed in the new cube and new pump. I was still a bit concerned about how much water this thing was going to flow so I added 2 bypass valves. But after firing it up and waiting until the siphon caught on both tanks I was able to shut both bypass valves totally off. I figure my flow has increased in my main display to about 1400 gph from slightly over 1000. I figure the cube is getting about 350-400 gph. I'm also feeding my refugium and 2 reactors off the main pump. I'm getting a bit of vibration running up the main supply line and it's transferring a bit through my floor joists, so I have to work on that. While I was plumbing the new bulkhead and line to the suction side of the pump, I also Y'd off and provided a valve for draining the system for water changes and plumbed it over to a floor drain. I plan on taking the old Laguna pump and using it for a mixing station pump. Bought all the fittings yesterday, just got to find time to get it done. |
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![]() Great job on the scape, lots of caves and places for coral.
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#10
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![]() Thanks! I think when I re-do it I'm going to try for more of a two island look and more bare sand. Hard to do though with these tank dimensions. Trying to talk the wife into letting me go with a 180 but no go so far.
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