Carrie's 150 Tall

CarrieB · Mar 19, 2016

Not running carbon. What would that do?

I put in 18ml of NoPox, which I think was the recommended amount for 180g, but I've been dosing vinegar for a week, so I think the combination might have been too much. I'll wait until it clears up before I try again.

Khh27 · Mar 19, 2016

Yea because there pretty much one and the same so it's like 2 dose. I would quit one or the other no need in both.carbon will help clear the bloom up

rainmaker · Mar 19, 2016

I currently does 12ml 18 seemed to be little much when I figure in rock and sand.Only thing I have seen is a white film on glass every couple of days. Look into a carbon reactor it's more efficient than a media bag. Do you know your phosphate level?

CarrieB · Mar 19, 2016

No, I haven't got a phosphate test. Didn't think I needed one? You are probably right about the dose being too high, although 12 seems low. That would be 100g, right? Maybe I'll try 15. BTW, I didn't dose the NoPox and the vinegar together. I was just thinking there might be some vinegar leftover from previous doses. But maybe I was just too enthusiastic.

rainmaker · Mar 19, 2016

The 18ml would be for 150g I have probably little over a 100lbs of Rock in tank. I'm still new at this nopox dosing myself so I'm going by looks of tank and experimenting with my dose amount.I was having to change fitter socks every couple days when I started using it , now about once a week

rainmaker · Mar 22, 2016

Did your tank clear up?

CarrieB · Mar 22, 2016

Yes, sorry I left it hanging. It was better the next morning and then I put some carbon in the sump and it cleared right up. I started dosing again with 7.5ml twice a day with no issues. My skimmer seems to like it.

rainmaker · Mar 22, 2016

That's good was wondering how it was going

rainmaker · May 8, 2016

How is your Jabao pumps working in your tank are they putting out enough flow for your tank thing about getting me a pair just thought I would see what you thought of yours

CarrieB · May 8, 2016

I am happy with the them, but I don't have any coral on the tank yet, so YMMV. They seem to blow the algae around pretty well, and I was concerned that it might be too much current for the two little clown fish. However, they seem to like playing in the current. I have them both on full, so I think I could have done a PP-15 and turned it down. I wasn't sure how much physically bigger it would be. The PP-8s are bulky enough.

rainmaker · Jun 2, 2016

Just setup a new sump/refugium out of a 40 breeder needed more space to handle water from the bigger skimmer still twinking things and just got skimmer back on line this evening

Khh27 · Jun 2, 2016

rainmaker said:
Just setup a new sump/refugium out of a 40 breeder needed more space to handle water from the bigger skimmer still twinking things and just got skimmer back on line this evening

Looks good

rainmaker · Jun 2, 2016

Thanks, been week long project

CarrieB · Jun 17, 2016

Nice! Sorry, for the slow reply. I was in England for two weeks. Of course, because I dared to go on vacation, I had a catastrophic tank failure while I was gone.

So my 150T is no more. It cracked across the bottom panel. I am now thinking that it might have been at least partly the fault of the PP-8s. I move one a couple of weeks ago to bounce the current off the side panel and I'm wondering if it might have been too much.

Anyway, I bought a 120 to replace it with a slightly taller stand. Although it pains me to give up the volume, I think I'll feel more comfortable being able to reach the bottom.

On the other hand the new tank comes with a canopy, so it may be just as hard to get to what I need to.

rainmaker · Jun 17, 2016

Now would be good time to put a bigger sump in if you thought it needed always need more sump room

rainmaker · Jun 17, 2016

And sorry to here about your tank hope every thing survived

CarrieB · Jun 17, 2016

Yes, the new tank comes with a 40g sump so a little bigger. I think it's one of the downsides to a four foot tank that you can only squeeze so much in the stand.

rainmaker · Jun 17, 2016

Yes I would get the longer 150 if I did it over and still might one day. The new sump I got is a 40g couldn't get it under stand so build a side cabinet and plumbed every thing out the side

CarrieB · Jun 17, 2016

That's a clever solution. Leaves a lot of room in the cabinet.

Fortunately I've been adding things very slowly. I lost my clowns and an algae blenny. My son-in-law learned how to make saltwater over the phone and rescued the rocks, cucumber and hermit crab.

So a small price for such a large failure. I'm sorry about the fish and the fact that I'll never get the aquascape back the same way.

I am going to try to do a better job rinsing the rocks this time and hope that helps the nitrates. I had just set up a GFO reactor so I put it in one of the tubs.