Nly04 ’s 150gal restart.

[nly04]

Just want to do a tank journal for my 150gal. I was almost get out last summer due to busy schedule. Anyway, wife want me to try it again. Here is my tank info. 150gal (48x30), 2 MP60, 5 radion (4 xr15 and 1 xr30) and sro3000 skimmer, Vectra L2 return (just install today).

 

[nly04]

I follow BRS 4 months cycle. After 12 weeks, I start turn on light and add 5 fish (a pair of orange storm, two yellow belly blue tang and a clown tang). I am at the ugly state right now due to cyano and dino like algae. I am thinking to treat it using chemiclean. Should I way or treat it now?

 

[sfsuphysics]

Nah don't use Chemiclean just stay the course.

 

[A Aaron]

I strongly agree. Messed my tank up

 

[Newjack]

good luck this time around. I hope to see more in the future

 

[glee]

I like your rock work. Stay the course. I think I let my tank cycle for 6 months before putting anything in.

 

[The_Lazy_Reefer]

Let it ride. Your future reef will thank you once the nutrients balance themselves out and become stable.

 

[Rostato]

Ive used chemiclean it works wonders but I wouldn’t at your stage. It really messes with the balance. You need a so,I’d foundation of bacteria to use chemiclean successfully in my opinion

 

[Flagg37]

You’re wife convinced you to stay? That’s awesome.

 

[Coral reefer]

2 blue tangs May Be fine for a couple of years, but I would absolutely remove one if you ever get a chance. You will regret having 2. Trust me. Don’t ask how I know...unless you really wanna hear a sad ugly story.

 

[nly04]

You’re wife convinced you to stay? That’s awesome.

Yeap, my wife always support on this hobby if I don't speed too much time on it. She never said no yet on purchase nice corals or fishes either.

 

[nly04]

2 blue tangs May Be fine for a couple of years, but I would absolutely remove one if you ever get a chance. You will regret having 2. Trust me. Don’t ask how I know...unless you really wanna hear a sad ugly story.

I only plan to get one Yellow Belly Blue tang. I asked a friend a while back to get one for me and he has not able to get it. I bought one last week from Aquatic Collection and two days later my friend told me he got one for me, so I end up having two at the moment.

 

[ashburn2k]

2 blue tangs May Be fine for a couple of years, but I would absolutely remove one if you ever get a chance. You will regret having 2. Trust me. Don’t ask how I know...unless you really wanna hear a sad ugly story.

i want to hear that ugly story


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[nly04]

Nah don't use Chemiclean just stay the course.

I strongly agree. Messed my tank up

Let it ride. Your future reef will thank you once the nutrients balance themselves out and become stable.

I like your rock work. Stay the course. I think I let my tank cycle for 6 months before putting anything in.

Thank you for recommend, I will let this stay it course until the nutrients balance themselves out and become stable.
Do you know how long will it take until the nutrients balance themselves?
In the mean time, do you think I need to do water change, adding CUC, adding MB7 bacteria...?

At the moment, I am trying to balance Alk, Cal and Mag by dosing since I don't have space for Cal Reactor. I am planning to add a algae scrubber down the road. I am try to keep it simple but not sure on how to do it yet.
Thank you for all the suggestion and feedback. I really appreciate for it.

 

[Rostato]

From my experience it takes about a year for a tank to balance out and be easier to maintain

 

[nly04]

Quick update on my 4ft 150gal. Restart last August after 4 months cycle and another month of high salinity due to bad calibration fluid, then got itch after that. But it turn around nicely after all the troubles. At the moment, there are 4 clown (two are tiny), a blue, a rabbit, four fires and two angles (gold flake and coral beauty).

 

[bee505]

Nice to see a restart on this tank. Looking great so far!!!

 

[nly04]

One year anniversary restart update.

 

[nly04]

At the moment all corals doing well. Lps happy and sps start encrusted. Plan to move the indo gold torch in the middle down to make room to add sps in the middle and upper of the tank.

 

[nly04]

A quick update of my tank after 13 months.