Arvin R
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Yes. That is from Randy's dbtc.
The 225 Gal Monster
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Kensington Reefer
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That’s a lot of happy polyps
Arvin R
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Mixed reef has always been my goal. It definitely hasn't been easy. I do still have a few leathers in there too but am always ready to pull them if I see any SPS show bad signs. Zoas get eaten by Asterina stars which I'm ok with as I'm not really interested in keeping zoas in this tank. But I did add a Harelquin shrimp as I felt the Asterina population was getting out of hand.
I definitely developed a deep grudge against asterinas after they ate the gmk zoa I attempted 2 weeks after I got it. My 32 has always been a mix reef. But I've
been considering converting it over to euphyllia/ leather tank. The 15 is mostly mushrooms/ zoas. The 65 i'm planning mainly sps. More so on the road to learning more and challenging myself. So I can see if I can get the entire tank aimed at sps. Your tank though is very encouraging lol like goal to reach towards.
Arvin R
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Thanks! Let me know if you can ever make it out my way and I'd love to show you the tank in person and give you a tank tour of my frag tanks/qt systems too.
I'd like that.
Arvin R
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Tank hasn't been doing so well after months of having equipment failures skimmer was dead, one XR30 died and then alk went up to 15 from a malfunctioned kalk doser while I was away for my son's basketball for a week. Finally got temp lights to replace the dead Xr30 and a new pump for the skimmer. Gonna let the tank cruise, send out an ICP and correct trace elements and go from there.
I pulled most of my Euphylia before that all happened and just haven't been up to the task of getting it back on track until just recently. Doing coral shows and running thr biz kept me occupied.
I pulled most of my Euphylia before that all happened and just haven't been up to the task of getting it back on track until just recently. Doing coral shows and running thr biz kept me occupied.
Arvin R
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Thanks! If the tank is wet already then you'll have to find a way to keep it supported while curing. If it's no structural, I would just use clamps and just be sure to to clamp down too hard so you don't squeeze out all of the silicone. Do the 2 short sides first then once that is fully cured do the 2 long sides. You may need to leave clamps on the short side while the long sides are curing so they don't try and sag on the inside edge.
Arvin R
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(Recap of last update)
Been a while since I've updated. Went through a nasty crash back in July where my Kamoer X1 Bluetooth decided to overdose kalk while I was gone for a week. Alk jumped to 15dkh. Lost a lot of coral over the following months and lost motivation on the tank. Before the trip I was also dealing with equipment failure, 1 G5 XR30 Pro died on me and my skimmer pump died.
I let the tank just cruise and do it's thing.
Within the past month I finally started working on getting things back on track. Alk is finally back down to 9dkh (I haven't dosed any kalk or alk supplements since July). I added a huge algae scrubber and continued dosing vodka while the scrubber got established. Dropped my Nitrate from 170+ppm down to 2.5ppm. Stopped vodka and the algae scrubber lights are on for 12hrs over night keeps nitrates down and seem to be doing too good of a job. Replaced the broken G5 Xr30 with an AliExpress A8SE and have another on the way.
Found my yellow belly blue tang jumped and dried up the other day. Have been ok with just the Euro Brace but will now get around to making lids that I planned on originally doing at the beginning.
Phos was over 5.0ppm. I used Phos Rx (LaCl I believe) into the skimmer air intake 10 drops 2 times a day. Phos is now down to 1.1ppm and I'll continue LaCl until I get it down to proper levels.
I started adding some SPS back and will see how these do over time before adding more.
Things I need to do now, figure out how to get my nitrates higher while keeping phos down. (I will mess around with algae scrubber light on time once my phos comes down and see if it can allow my nitrates to raise while still controlling phos. Or else I'll have to keep using LaCl for phos control long term).
Need to send out an ICP test and start correcting trace element levels again (I will probably use CoralHubUs supplements to do this and switch off moonshine)
Quick FTS.
Been a while since I've updated. Went through a nasty crash back in July where my Kamoer X1 Bluetooth decided to overdose kalk while I was gone for a week. Alk jumped to 15dkh. Lost a lot of coral over the following months and lost motivation on the tank. Before the trip I was also dealing with equipment failure, 1 G5 XR30 Pro died on me and my skimmer pump died.
I let the tank just cruise and do it's thing.
Within the past month I finally started working on getting things back on track. Alk is finally back down to 9dkh (I haven't dosed any kalk or alk supplements since July). I added a huge algae scrubber and continued dosing vodka while the scrubber got established. Dropped my Nitrate from 170+ppm down to 2.5ppm. Stopped vodka and the algae scrubber lights are on for 12hrs over night keeps nitrates down and seem to be doing too good of a job. Replaced the broken G5 Xr30 with an AliExpress A8SE and have another on the way.
Found my yellow belly blue tang jumped and dried up the other day. Have been ok with just the Euro Brace but will now get around to making lids that I planned on originally doing at the beginning.
Phos was over 5.0ppm. I used Phos Rx (LaCl I believe) into the skimmer air intake 10 drops 2 times a day. Phos is now down to 1.1ppm and I'll continue LaCl until I get it down to proper levels.
I started adding some SPS back and will see how these do over time before adding more.
Things I need to do now, figure out how to get my nitrates higher while keeping phos down. (I will mess around with algae scrubber light on time once my phos comes down and see if it can allow my nitrates to raise while still controlling phos. Or else I'll have to keep using LaCl for phos control long term).
Need to send out an ICP test and start correcting trace element levels again (I will probably use CoralHubUs supplements to do this and switch off moonshine)
Quick FTS.
Coral reefer
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Whatcha gonna do for lids?
Kensington Reefer
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Sorry about the fish
They are small brained and make poor life choices
Of course it was a fine, healthy specimen
They are small brained and make poor life choices
Of course it was a fine, healthy specimen
Arvin R
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DIY. Window screen frame, clear 1/8th screen and a 3d printed feed door that I've had laying around. Then glue some acrylic tabs to the top so it can sit on the euro brace. Been trying to think of a way to make a turnable tab that can lock under the bottom of the euro brace at multiple spots as I feel like some of my bigger fish could easily move and displace the lid if they jumped into it.
Arvin R
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Thanks. It was maybe too fat as are all my fish since they get spoiled with plenty of feedings. Sad about the loss as it was one of my first saltwater fish when I just started.
Kensington Reefer
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Now that hurts!
Sorry for your loss
PizzaOven
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How do you like the AliExpress light so far?
Arvin R
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So far I like it better than the Radion. They have a V2 now. So I'll compare the V1 and V2 once it comes in.