184g basement 8ft reef

[Roskoreef]

all i can say is, never buy sand with small shells in it.... takes forever to syphon out witout using a 1" hose and sucking up everything.

some of the hard lessons learned so far:

-Quarantine
-Sand makes me crazy
-ich is no joke

here is a leaf wrasse,



he will live in QT until DT goes through 12 week fish free soon here....i hope my red coris wrasse and him will get along in here once i can catch him going under the sand... i may have to setup another QT...palm to forehead

[rishu_pepper]

Looks like we are fated to go through the same things. I'm setting it up to be fallow for the 72 days. Saddest thing ever, getting a new 8 footer then seeing no fish for 2+ months.

Well, do it once, do it right. I want my fish, current and future, to be all healthy and happy. No point tossing them in now and seeing them succumb to sickness.

My corals and inverts will get a LOT of attention.

[Trigger Man]

Don't forget to account for the rock in the QT absorbing some of the medication when dosing, so if you are using Cupramine for instance to combat ick, you should test the copper level to make sure you have the right dose in there.
Sorry to hear about the fish perishing.

[Roskoreef]

well i couldnt find one coral beauty im sure died, i searched everywhere, then i saw this skeleton coming out of this monster green carpet anenome...

[Roskoreef]

cant get the wrasse out, nor the rabbit.. corals look great and water is super clear.. the sand is slowly coming out..

[Ginu]

Beautiful tank to say the least, love the 8ft peninsula style

I have to add that with Zeovit its not recomended to use live sand and also my understanding is that UV will counter and kill the Zeovit bacteria...

I need to get myself a QT tank, I'm thinking to put it at the office, however I'm there only a few times a week so it makes it difficult to monitor...

[Roskoreef]

Originally Posted by Ginu

Beautiful tank to say the least, love the 8ft peninsula style

I have to add that with Zeovit its not recomended to use live sand and also my understanding is that UV will counter and kill the Zeovit bacteria...

I need to get myself a QT tank, I'm thinking to put it at the office, however I'm there only a few times a week so it makes it difficult to monitor...

Thanks, ya looking back i overlooked the sand and zeovit... acutally the sand all together has been a pain. As far as i know, and from seeing some others tanks all running zeo and uv, you can run uv and zeo as long as they are placed stratigically. The free floating bacteria from zeo when pumped/agitated (the mulm produced on the zeolites in reactor) is the food for the corals and also what UV will kill. I figure As long as the output from Zeo is after UV in sump, the tank will still receive the nutrients/bacteria. Now this is my opinon and what im trying based on what others are doing and seeing their tanks.



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Yeah the QT needs much more attention than a large DT for sure..

Ive got about a tenth of the sand out and everything seems to be happier..in the process of rescaping everything, i didnt plan out enough of each height.

[Roskoreef]

the wild acro has really started to turn blue with beige polyps..





I think im going to get a coral viewer for pictures.. top down does look the best.