250 DD with fish room

Matthias7 · Aug 20, 2016

I am considering trying to use a zeolite or aquaforest method on my tank. I'm leaning more towards aquaforest at this point because I will be able to keep my mangroves . The running costs of both systems are pretty similar. Anyone prefer one over the other?

Matthias7 · Aug 21, 2016

Tried my hand at working with acrylic today. Turned out pretty decent for my maiden voyage. Flame polished edges etc.

Matthias7 · Sep 6, 2016

Playing around with a new iPhone app for photo editing.
I also just switched my tank over to aquaforest products, pretty much using the full lineup. I will keep updating here if people are interested in the progress of the tank based on these products.

locito277 · Sep 6, 2016

Tank looks great. Now apex fun!

tj w · Sep 7, 2016

Great build, I'm following for sure. I'm interested in the aqua forest products as well. Thanks

Matthias7 · Sep 10, 2016

This is 1 week after I started the full line of af products (diatoms in the sand have been there for a few weeks). I am going to post an unedited iPhone pic once a week to see if I can track the difference in the tank.

Matthias7 · Sep 18, 2016

Here is my weekly update shot. LPS seems be much fuller now then prior to starting the af line. Colors on the sps appear to be getting richer. I still have 0 phosphates and 0 nitrates I am trying to increase them but so far they are staying at 0. Diatoms are almost gone after dosing some bakers yeast.

Dreadnaught · Sep 18, 2016

I recently had success in increased my NO3 to 0.25 & PO4 to 0.08 by shutting my skimmer off 2 hours at night. I have seen better growth in my SPS since.

justingraham · Sep 18, 2016

Tank looks great
How u likening the ReefBrites I'm going with three of them over my 180 with 6 xhos and I'm truly excited to say the least

Matthias7 · Sep 19, 2016

They are amazing lights I am really glad I decided to add them to my tank. Virtually no heat was added to my tank I have an open canopy set up for the most part. I would highLy recommend them. I had a few minor issues and I was easily able to get a hold of Tulio and he resolved them quickly.

Dreadnaught said:
I recently had success in increased my NO3 to 0.25 & PO4 to 0.08 by shutting my skimmer off 2 hours at night. I have seen better growth in my SPS since.

That's a good idea. I will definitely try this

justingraham · Sep 19, 2016

Matthias7 said:
They are amazing lights I am really glad I decided to add them to my tank. Virtually no heat was added to my tank I have an open canopy set up for the most part. I would highLy recommend them. I had a few minor issues and I was easily able to get a hold of Tulio and he resolved them quickly.

That's a good idea. I will definitely try this

Tulio is the man

Matthias7 · Nov 16, 2016

Currently going through a rough time with my tank. Doser went nuts alk spike to over 12. Lost most of my acros. Now I'm dealing with a nitrate spike lost a big sailfin and cannot find him.
I am going to take this time to redo my aquascape. I am also replacing my doser and going to a calcium reactor.

Dreadnaught · Nov 16, 2016

Sorry to hear. Good luck.

Matthias7 · Dec 1, 2016

Well I'm still struggling with my tank. Parameters have been stable for a few weeks but it is still digressing. Unsure what else I can do at this point. The tank has been in a state of decline now since I connected the the display to the fish room. At this point I am seriously considering a restart. My LPS is still living but not thriving all sps is gone minus a few large monti's.

Matthias7 · Dec 6, 2016

Making water for the restart. I have a 90 gallon cube where I will move the fish and remaining coral. Hopefully they will be ok in that tank for a few weeks. I started cooking rock today. I will use way less rock in the display this time. I have a large order of marinepure blocks that I will use in place of my refugium (40 gallon breeder that was a detritus trap). I plan on a much more simplistic setup this go around. Biopellets and gfo when needed. Sparse water changes and a calcium reactor in an effort to keep everything balanced. This tank will run bare bottom as well.
Anyone have any advice on basically resetting the system. I'm in no rush to set it up fast unless my fish/corals cannot tolerate the 90 gallon tank

justingraham · Dec 6, 2016

Sorry to hear this

Matthias7 · Dec 6, 2016

justingraham said:
Sorry to hear this

It's really a means to an end. I've struggled since I linked the dt to the fish room because it was not a well planed transition. This reset will allow me to clean all the tanks and redo the things I did not like