72x30x18 DIY build thread

Projects with Sam · Jan 20, 2023

Nate Chalk said:
Any red flags I'm trying to understand more on wrasse. Tangs have been easier with body style.

don't get any doing pirouettes; there is a neurological disease that affects some wrasses.,..

Crabby48 · Jan 20, 2023

crusso1993 said:
I love bare bottoms. Er, um, wait… were you talking about aquariums?

No o wasn’t talking aquariums.

fishguy242 · Jan 20, 2023

Nate Chalk · Jan 21, 2023

Saturday . Approx 1 week from nutrients up.

Tank is back in the ugly stage with a leg up. We will take it.

Got some tester monti cap chips in to see how we are doing stability wise.

Old established rock
Oxydator
Uv
Nutrients up and stable

This beat dinos

Fts and some 1/3 tank shots

BamaCoastPyrat · Jan 21, 2023

Nate Chalk said:
Saturday . Approx 1 week from nutrients up.

Tank is back in the ugly stage with a leg up. We will take it.

Got some tester monti cap chips in to see how we are doing stability wise.

Old established rock
Oxydator
Uv
Nutrients up and stable

This beat dinos

Fts and some 1/3 tank shots

What lighting setting are you using here? I like the daylight look.

Nate Chalk · Jan 21, 2023

BamaCoastPyrat said:
What lighting setting are you using here? I like the daylight look.

Thanks

2x OR3 Blue Sky
2x ORE Blue Plus
3x Kessil 360-
Constant: 10 uv, 5 red, 5 green
---9:30 20% intensity 0% color
---11:00-13:00 95% intensity 100% color
---19:00 20% intensity 0% color
---21:00 OFF

Picture taken mid day

Nate Chalk · Jan 25, 2023

Testing nutrients tonight later than I wanted.

Pectinia still doing it's think. Coral inflates and deflates more than I thought sweepers starting to come out lights out soon. The other night

Nate Chalk · Jan 27, 2023

Newly added Monti caps still look ok, and space invader looks fine I believe. Torches and zoas have all been fine.

Old sps has been slowly exiting.
Weakened by dinos, and used to low nutrients.

Algae is growing pretty strong on rock. Do we assume this goes away eventually?

Projects with Sam · Jan 27, 2023

I had to scrub my rocks a few times and just now it seems the growth has slowed.

Nate Chalk · Feb 2, 2023

Clean bean fresh off the scene. Or 3d printer....

Ty @Projects with Sam , this 80/20 aluminum frame kit is magnificent .

Cable management will be next . #cronies4life

rmorris_14 · Feb 2, 2023

Nate Chalk said:
Clean bean fresh off the scene. Or 3d printer....

Ty @Projects with Sam , this 80/20 aluminum frame kit is magnificent .

Cable management will be next . #cronies4life

Well that’s cool!

Nate Chalk · Feb 2, 2023

rmorris_14 said:
Well that’s cool!

Adds RGB lights to dosing lines to embrace the rave culture.

Projects with Sam · Feb 2, 2023

Nate Chalk said:
Clean bean fresh off the scene. Or 3d printer....

Ty @Projects with Sam , this 80/20 aluminum frame kit is magnificent .

Cable management will be next . #cronies4life

3030! haha
glad they worked out! Can't wait to wee the wire organizing ones put to some good use!

Nate Chalk · Feb 6, 2023

Tank update

fishguy242 · Mar 19, 2023

You still live here ??...

Nate Chalk · Mar 19, 2023

fishguy242 said:
You still live here ??...

No lol. I got lazy and started doing the cafe. No big progress...

Cable management is half done. Waiting on orphek controller.

Tank is moving in a good direction. Got nutrients up. Going to keep testing. And doing my thing.

Chicken is good.

Nate Chalk · Mar 21, 2023

No pics.

Hadn't cleaned gyre impellers or the cages in a couple months.

Noticed flow was not what it used to be. Too them off and scrubbed . Sure enough we are back to full go.

One of the best reefing tools, is one of the last expensive, a hard bristle tooth brush.

StatelineReefer · Mar 21, 2023

Nate Chalk said:
No pics.

Hadn't cleaned gyre impellers or the cages in a couple months.

Noticed flow was not what it used to be. Too them off and scrubbed . Sure enough we are back to full go.

One of the best reefing tools, is one of the last expensive, a hard bristle tooth brush.

Order from Adam at Battlecorals, get a battlebrush. then you get corals and a hard bristle toothbrush with a narrow end.