Fish Tank Room

143MPCo · Dec 2, 2015

x_burt said:
have you tried the seneye? has a light meter and is no where near the cost of a traditional par meter

Not yet, I've read about it but, it hasn't peaked my interest enough yet to order one.

ReefCartel · Jan 7, 2016

Whoaa. Insane progress bro! Nice

143MPCo · Jan 7, 2016

ReefCartel said:
Whoaa. Insane progress bro! Nice

thx bro, sloooooooow progress (other household project taking up my time

) but, it's coming along!

prsnlty · Jan 7, 2016

How are things going Alex?

BfishLpond78 · Feb 9, 2016

I'm curious to see how your WWC honeycomb acro is doing for you...and obviously an update!

jdpiii3 · Feb 9, 2016

You have a great tank and setup, keep up the great work. Enjoyed all of the pictures!

143MPCo · Feb 9, 2016

jdpiii3 said:
You have a great tank and setup, keep up the great work. Enjoyed all of the pictures!

@jdpiii3 thank you, I've been follow your 400 build for a while now. Great build with a inspirational story to go along with it, I'm so very sorry for you loss!

143MPCo · Feb 9, 2016

prsnlty said:
How are things going Alex?

Some setbacks, after getting all my fish through QT I thought I was good-to-go but, I couldn't have been more wrong!

A major ich outbreak and 8 weeks of 1.008SG, followed by a cyano 4-day treatment, 80-gallon water change 2 5-gallon buckets of skimmer overflow (thx chemiclean), so much chaeto growth (lack of denitrifying bacteria, killed by the cyano treatment), and finally 5lbs of ROX8 to be safe, things are starting to turn a corner for the better!

I have a GAC changeout tonight followed by a the recommended ( 6 bottles ) amount of Dr. Tim's One and Only.

s2nhle · Feb 9, 2016

Sorry to hear that. Hope thing is getting better. Tagging along.

kschweer · Feb 9, 2016

Hope things get better soon man!

143MPCo · Feb 9, 2016

Almost forgot...
Red Planaria and Amphiscolops sp. to boot!

At least the low SG killed them off!

143MPCo · Feb 9, 2016

s2nhle said:
Sorry to hear that. Hope thing is getting better. Tagging along.

Thx and thanks for tagging along!

kschweer said:
Hope things get better soon man!

Thanks man!
Slowly but surely.

prsnlty · Feb 9, 2016

Wow, Sorry to hear this Alex but I'm glad everything is getting better

When I use chemiclean (rarely anymore), I do half doses. Can't run the skimmer until 2 wc's and remove chaeto and other macro, if any, while treating and for 2 wc's after.

143MPCo · Feb 9, 2016

prsnlty said:
Wow, Sorry to hear this Alex but I'm glad everything is getting better When I use chemiclean (rarely anymore), I do half doses. Can't run the skimmer until 2 wc's and remove chaeto and other macro, if any, while treating and for 2 wc's after.

Thx Jackie!

I gambled that the chaeto would aid me some in nutrient export and it has, so far no algae issues outside the trimming the chaeto back 2 times a week (growing like a weed). I knew that as soon as I turned the skimmer on it would go nuts, so didn't turn it back on until I did an 80-gallon water change, but even then it still managed to fill 10-gallons worth of water from it overflowing, and even that was with the gate valve fully open!

Also only have my T5 on during the daytime hours now, the MH are off for the next two weeks or so until I can replenish my bacteria count some.

dbl · Feb 9, 2016

Sorry to hear about the troubles Alex. It's always something in this silly hobby!

143MPCo · Feb 9, 2016

dbl said:
Sorry to hear about the troubles Alex. It's always something in this silly hobby!

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. <--- so very true in with this hobby!!!

s2nhle · Feb 9, 2016

143MPCo said:
If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit. <--- so very true in with this hobby!!!

+1. I love this quote.

143MPCo · Feb 9, 2016

s2nhle said:
+1. I love this quote.

Should ask @soggytees to turn that into a reefers tee-shirt!

ReefCartel · Feb 10, 2016

143MPCo said:
Some setbacks, after getting all my fish through QT I thought I was good-to-go but, I couldn't have been more wrong!

A major ich outbreak and 8 weeks of 1.008SG, followed by a cyano 4-day treatment, 80-gallon water change 2 5-gallon buckets of skimmer overflow (thx chemiclean), so much chaeto growth (lack of denitrifying bacteria, killed by the cyano treatment), and finally 5lbs of ROX8 to be safe, things are starting to turn a corner for the better!

I have a GAC changeout tonight followed by a the recommended ( 6 bottles ) amount of Dr. Tim's One and Only.

WHOA! what?? oh man bro sorry to hear about that. You definitely made a come back tho.

ReefCartel · Feb 10, 2016

Hey Alex. Quick question. So the corals would still be okay right? i think i might be having an ich outbreak in my tank soon. My tang has ich. Its on and off tho.