72x30x18 DIY build thread

[Nate Chalk]

Did a water change today, no particular reason.

Had alot of detritus piles that the fish kept stirring up like sand dunes. Also cleaned some very thick green slime on front glass .

might as well blow off rockwork and water change some of the junk out…

Corals hate when I do it but i think water quality long term is a +

 

[Nate Chalk]

The ugly stage revisited with new rock on an existing reef tank.

Left rock is 3 months, white brown rock is 1 month, purple is 8months /2 years from old tank.

have some gnarly brown cyano dino mix growing but i think itll pass in time with carbon dosing . Waiting game. Corals are looking excellent except for acros post move.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Headed to Boston this weekend, ato bin is filled up and fish will get fed in 2 days, should be a ok. Maybe a little hungry.

next trip ill have an automatic feeder

 

[Nate Chalk]

Ato kept water up to height, though skimmer chamber water line went high and began over flowing and made a huge mess, now cleaned up. Considering removing the foam piece between the skimmer chamber and return pump section.

 

[F i s h y]

Ato kept water up to height, though skimmer chamber water line went high and began over flowing and made a huge mess, now cleaned up. Considering removing the foam piece between the skimmer chamber and return pump section.

Glad the trip went well (all things considered)

 

[Nate Chalk]

Ato with some kalk has been a game changer for stability.

green pink tip torch on the right was almost dead and now its on the way to two heads recovery. Pretty awesome.

goni is slightly unhappy but its new to tank, stays mostly retracted . Going to try spot feeding some.

 

[F i s h y]

Ato with some kalk has been a game changer for stability.

green pink tip torch on the right was almost dead and now its on the way to two heads recovery. Pretty awesome.

goni is slightly unhappy but its new to tank, stays mostly retracted . Going to try spot feeding some.

If your goni is staying retracted and it's longer than 2 days move it to less par. Trust me. Then you can slowly bump it up.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Hmm one of the small acro frags that i somehow saved awhile back rtn’d again this time the rest of the nub.

no signs of stress with others . It didnt want to live i guess.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Alk drifted from 8.1 to 7.3 over the last 8 days i dont think that would cause a bleach in one coral .

 

[Nate Chalk]

Got the extension for the orpheks can always add another light or 2 but for now it let me space out the par a little better. Width wise.

i do plan to move the bars down but i have some beers calling my name

 

[Nate Chalk]

Like @fishguy242 says POP!

 

[Nate Chalk]

Lps, zoas, and “easy” sps all doing well

i think tank maturity is why acros arent doing the best more surviving than thriving. Same with gonipora.

i did move to a corner per @F i s h y

 

[Nate Chalk]

Considering an alkatronic :S

any hard nays or yays?

 

[F i s h y]

Considering an alkatronic :S

any hard nays or yays?

You gotta come west one weekend and see the tanks nate. I can't be more than 2 hrs from you

 

[Nate Chalk]

You gotta come west one weekend and see the tanks nate. I can't be more than 2 hrs from you

Maybe sometime id love to meet up. Maybe theres a swap or something out that way. I live maybe 30 east of Columbus.

 

[Nate Chalk]

Purchased a kh guardian hoping to automate some things this year and get myself more data.

should let me know alk better

Also never test magnesium so nabbed some kits to try them out.

 

[Nate Chalk]

so the Goni opens up more polyp extension at night, i moved to a corner perhaps still too much light, might need to get a shaded spot for it.

 

[Nate Chalk]

More from @AquaSD on the way

Might try my hand at fragging the zoa combo separately.

:s

 

[Nate Chalk]

My alk has been on a slow slip from 8 to 6.8 now i need to calc my uptake and dose better until kh guardian comes

 

[Nate Chalk]

Waiting on some additional tubing and moving to config. While i have been doing a good job with testing and adding i like automated and tech.