Bronc's 75g Reef

[Bronc]

On a funny note, I figured out last night that I had my bean animal return setup wrong. I had the full siphon and open channel pipes swapped - so I was never getting flow down the full siphon pipe and was using the emergency pipe a lot. It was loud and never worked very well. By swapping the caps on top I've remedied that and was able to turn up my new pump to max and it's now dead silent! Thank goodness for Google and beananimal.com.

 

[Bronc]

Just life ain't it The things we love can hurt us so bad, speedy recovery

Thanks bud!!

 

[Brew12]

On a funny note, I figured out last night that I had my bean animal return setup wrong. I had the full siphon and open channel pipes swapped - so I was never getting flow down the full siphon pipe and was using the emergency pipe a lot. It was loud and never worked very well. By swapping the caps on top I've remedied that and was able to turn up my new pump to max and it's now dead silent! Thank goodness for Google and beananimal.com.

I've got nothing but ;Facepalm

 

[Bronc]

Check out the tiny Porcupine Puffer we got today! His name is Henry and he's already eating frozen shrimp!

 

[Brew12]

Check out the tiny Porcupine Puffer we got today! His name is Henry and he's already eating frozen shrimp!

Ok, that is adorable! Aren't you worried it will eat more than you want it too?

 

[Bronc]

Ok, that is adorable! Aren't you worried it will eat more than you want it too?

A bit worried, but I'm willing to chance it to get the rest of the family more involved in the tank.

 

[Brew12]

A bit worried, but I'm willing to chance it to get the rest of the family more involved in the tank.

Sounds like it is worth the risk. My son (typical teenager) loves the tank more than he lets on. When I'm not home he will take pics of it and post them on his Instagram account almost daily. He and his friends even named some of the hermit crabs.
Would be nice if he showed more interest when I WAS home, but I can't claim to understand the brain damage that occurs between 13 and 18.

 

[Bronc]

Tank thread update: after the first day in the tank, I never saw the baby Puffer again.. Not sure how he disappeared.. I've also battled a hair algae outbreak, fought that off with Vibrant, which then led to Cyano outbreak, which I tried to fight for awhile then finally used ChemiClean and had it cleared up in two days. The tank was looking better, but is now growing algae again so I started using Vibrant again. We'll see how that goes.

My corals really have no polyp extension and while some are slowly growing nothing looks near as good as it did in my old tank. I think I might be lack of lighting so I just bought (2) ViparSpectre 165w LEDs. They should arrive on Tuesday and hopefully that will help.

Oh, and I bought RBTA!

 

[Scrappy RN]

Check out the tiny Porcupine Puffer we got today! His name is Henry and he's already eating frozen shrimp!

OMGosh!! I LOVE porcupine puffers!! I was upset when I found out I couldn't have one in my tank

When I did FW I had a green spotted puffer in a brackish tank that I absolutely loved!

Awww, just saw the post that he disappeared. I'm sorry

 

[Bronc]

Update: I really like the ViparSpectre 165w LEDs. I have the whites at 1% and the blues at 50%. After my tank recovers from a Bryopsis outbreak and my corals acclimate more, I'll increase the blues even more. I also added back 2 ATI Blue+ T5s today just to give a little better coverage. (The tank doesn't look as blue as the pic in RL). I'm also adding a refugium to the sump. I'm pretty excited to see how the tank improves in the next couple of months.

 

[Flipside]

Update: I really like the ViparSpectre 165w LEDs. I have the whites at 1% and the blues at 50%. After my tank recovers from a Bryopsis outbreak and my corals acclimate more, I'll increase the blues even more. I also added back 2 ATI Blue+ T5s today just to give a little better coverage. (The tank doesn't look as blue as the pic in RL). I'm also adding a refugium to the sump. I'm pretty excited to see how the tank improves in the next couple of months.

Excited for ya'! I'll have to look into those LEDs...

 

[Brew12]

Update: I really like the ViparSpectre 165w LEDs. I have the whites at 1% and the blues at 50%. After my tank recovers from a Bryopsis outbreak and my corals acclimate more, I'll increase the blues even more. I also added back 2 ATI Blue+ T5s today just to give a little better coverage. (The tank doesn't look as blue as the pic in RL). I'm also adding a refugium to the sump. I'm pretty excited to see how the tank improves in the next couple of months.

Looking great!

 

[Bronc]

Looking great!

Thanks, but hopefully it’ll look great in 2 mos or so.

 

[Brew12]

Thanks, but hopefully it’ll look great in 2 mos or so.

I wish my tank was doing anywhere near that well!

 

[Bronc]

Added a refugium today.

 

[Bronc]

Tank has been up and down. Bryopsis is almost gone but have a cyano outbreak now. Did get a couple of new corals recently that are doing well.

 

[tupes]

Just went thru your entire thread. Everything looks great. Sorry about the losses you encountered. But looks like you're making a good come back. I have the same leds (Viparspectra) my whites are on 5 and my blues on 40. They are very bright. Also I currently have it on a 75gallon 36Lx18Dx24H

 

[Bronc]

Just went thru your entire thread. Everything looks great. Sorry about the losses you encountered. But looks like you're making a good come back. I have the same leds (Viparspectra) my whites are on 5 and my blues on 40. They are very bright. Also I currently have it on a 75gallon 36Lx18Dx24H

Excellent! I’m going to swap out my 2 ATI Blue+ bulbs with the new ReefBrite T5 Actinic Blues. I’ve got my Viperspectras up to 60% now. I’ll post an updated pic soon.

 

[Black Pearl]

Tank has been up and down. Bryopsis is almost gone but have a cyano outbreak now. Did get a couple of new corals recently that are doing well.

Had the same thing happen, got rid of bry, po4 jumped up over corrected for that taking it to zero and cyano showed up, I didn't use any chemicals just let my po4 reach .04 and started doing micro bubbling, even with a ATS algae seem to plague me, prolly cause I feed my fish too much they are fat lol

 

[Bronc]

Update: tank is doing really well right now. I have gone sockless and very pleased with the results. Finally keeping Nitrates stable at about 4ppm. I’ll take a FTS soon.