Angry Upgrade 120 to 230 Peninsula!

I really like your scape. The picture from an angle and the 2 shots looking in from the end really help show some of the depth to it.

I agree, bring on some tangs.
 
No worries I'm not trying to hide anything!
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I think I'll focus on finishing the stand next. The clowns are actually doing great, they hang out together, totally unexpected.

Great shots.
That wrasse is the mascot of the tank.

Agree on finishing the stand. That will give the tank some time to further mature.
Not agreeing on chevron tang. Nice when they are small, but evil when growing up.
 
I really like your scape. The picture from an angle and the 2 shots looking in from the end really help show some of the depth to it.

I agree, bring on some tangs.
Thank you! I didn't have the greatest pieces of rock to work with but I love how it came out. Tons of negative space and swim throughs for the fish. I think most people would prefer more rock but I wanted to make sure my fish had enough space and I didn't want to overcrowd the tank making it look smaller with too much rock.
 
Great shots.
That wrasse is the mascot of the tank.

Agree on finishing the stand. That will give the tank some time to further mature.
Not agreeing on chevron tang. Nice when they are small, but evil when growing up.
Love my wrasses! I've noticed since moving my fish, specifically my blue throat trigger and my lineatus, they have displayed better coloration. I attribute this to the new homemade food recipe I tried out... which is shrimp, scallops, clams, oysters, fish eggs, mysis shrimp, brine shrimp in sprilina, calamari, and some pieces of nori. Everyone seems to love it and I think something in the clams or oysters is attributing the the change in coloration... hard to ever really know though.

I'd rather go with the Achilles tang over the Chevron!
 
Tank is looking good, algae is going down. I've been dosing 2ml of nopox and did some testing today.
Alk: 7.9 - holding nicely
PO4: 7ppb/.021ppm
NO3: 2ppm

Glad to see some nutrients appearing and I'll keep doing 2ml nopox and test next week to see if things are steady. Most likely algae going away is a matter of the tank maturing slightly and getting nutrients back within the redfield ratio. I'd be happy maintaining these levels forever but we'll see what the tank wants. My battlecorals are all still looking good which is already an improvement over the 120. In the 120 the first SPS I ever purchased were battlecorals. They made it 1 week lol. Got these on the 18th.

Skimmer is also settling down slowly but surely!
 
Clams or mussel or another shellfish seem to be the underrated missing link in a lot of fish nutrition.

Paul B did a whole article on it.

Glad they are doing well!
 
One thing I forgot to mention earlier is I'm getting smaller PH swings. My range is now 7.9-7.6.

Today I got my tablet mounted up so I can control the apex if required. Nice Christmas gifts and adds a cool factor to the build.
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I'm having a little bit of trouble sourcing the stone for the stand. One place I saw had it listed for $15sqft! I need somewhere around 40-50 sqft. So... do some math there... no thanks.

Also we decided we are going to sell our house... Oh.. you thought I was talking about this house with the tank? Nah, we're going to sell our investment property. :rolleyes: So some funds will need to be allocated to get the place list ready and a little contingency if it sits on the market. If all goes to plan we'll take a good profit that will go to towards some debt :mad: Time to give the tenants the same eviction notice I gave that urchin (lil greasy). ;Hilarious

One little other side note. My part 2 of tearing the 120g tank down is doing shockingly well. I spent a little time each day just checking up on my YouTube analytics and Part 2 is currently at 675 views, compared to part 1 at 355.... and all I can think about is how are you going to watch the sequel without watching the first one first o_O It's funny though what drives traffic and how videos you think wont do well, do... and videos you think are going to be the next viral video, never take off :mad: Most of you guys wont care about this but I think it's interesting and it's my build thread :rolleyes: ;Punch;Playful
 
I'm having a little bit of trouble sourcing the stone for the stand. One place I saw had it listed for $15sqft! I need somewhere around 40-50 sqft. So... do some math there... no thanks.

Also we decided we are going to sell our house... Oh.. you thought I was talking about this house with the tank? Nah, we're going to sell our investment property. :rolleyes: So some funds will need to be allocated to get the place list ready and a little contingency if it sits on the market. If all goes to plan we'll take a good profit that will go to towards some debt :mad: Time to give the tenants the same eviction notice I gave that urchin (lil greasy). ;Hilarious

One little other side note. My part 2 of tearing the 120g tank down is doing shockingly well. I spent a little time each day just checking up on my YouTube analytics and Part 2 is currently at 675 views, compared to part 1 at 355.... and all I can think about is how are you going to watch the sequel without watching the first one first o_O It's funny though what drives traffic and how videos you think wont do well, do... and videos you think are going to be the next viral video, never take off :mad: Most of you guys wont care about this but I think it's interesting and it's my build thread :rolleyes: ;Punch;Playful

I just decided to watch only part 1 so things can get back to balance.
 
Interesting things that happened over the weekend...

On Saturday both female clowns decided to go absolutely savage on the little Wyoming white male. They were chasing him all over and were even searching the rocks when he attempted to hide... not sure what changed on a dime like this. He is still alive but obviously it's not a good situation for him now.

Next, I've noticed a direct correlation in PH and the increase of what I'm guessing is cyano or just really ugly algae? Over the past several days my maximum PH started rising past the previous 7.9 threshold and each day it got a little higher and along with it more cyano.

Nothing for me to do but ride it out and keep testing. On Saturday NO3 was 1.5ppm and PO4 was .117ppm. Not bad, but I will keep an eye on PO4.
 
Well that's too bad. I was really rooting for the 4 clowns to be able to live in harmony together.
As was I. Although I can't say I'm surprised based on what I've read about it. I will say it is certainly strange to be in the tank for almost 2 months and then all of a sudden just turn on him. I suspect the same may happen to the other male as well.
 
Caught the clown super easy, he randomly swam out while I was blasting off rocks and sand. Easy scoop and he's in the sump now doing fine.

Regarding why I was blasting the rocks and sand. A case of cyano seems to have broken out and is covering corals. By the time I blasted everything clean it was dirty again...

Anyone have any experience with chemiclean, would you use it here? I'm just worried about the corals because they were actually doing great but not are getting irritated from being covered. Seeing encrusting :eek:
 
I have used chemi clean with 100% effectiveness.

You will need to turn off your skimmer for the duration and then a few days. It will go cray and pull a lot of water out. Something you will need to replace.

But it always worked for me
 
I have used chemi clean with 100% effectiveness.

You will need to turn off your skimmer for the duration and then a few days. It will go cray and pull a lot of water out. Something you will need to replace.

But it always worked for me
Does it last? In other words, did the cyano come back?
 

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