HD's 144 1/2 Moon

Billldg · Oct 7, 2019

hdsoftail1065 said:
I leave late Wednesday evening/ Thursday morning to drink all of @saltyhogs beer before I hit my annual blues fest for a few days. I guess I can manually dose to get my levels where I want them. Do a baseline Wednesday evening and divide by 5 when I get back.

HOLD UP!!! BEER!!!

hdsoftail1065 · Oct 7, 2019

saltyhog said:
Aw, no harm. I just meant not to start dosing pumps till you get back where you can monitor.

Ya that's solid advice thank you. I would hate to be gone and a pump I never used decide to go rouge on me.

Leto987 · Oct 23, 2019

Love the half circle layout!! Beautiful tank!
Hopefully you figured out your dosing schedule. Had a some issues at first myself.. took a few week to get it dialed In. I also used Tropic Marins balling ABC. I found you have to dose way to much A and B. Spoke with Lou from Tropic Marin at RAP Chicago. He says that you can use BRS 2 part with the Balling Part C. They changed the formula to match with BRS’ dosing calculator.

hdsoftail1065 · Oct 23, 2019

Leto987 said:
Love the half circle layout!! Beautiful tank!
Hopefully you figured out your dosing schedule. Had a some issues at first myself.. took a few week to get it dialed In. I also used Tropic Marins balling ABC. I found you have to dose way to much A and B. Spoke with Lou from Tropic Marin at RAP Chicago. He says that you can use BRS 2 part with the Balling Part C. They changed the formula to match with BRS’ dosing calculator.

Thank you for the kind words!

Thanks for the info sharing. Ya, your right, I seem to cruise through the A & B. Think I'm going to surprise myself and get a dos and shoot for 2 part. My part c is pretty stable and I can easily manually dose of use 1 of my dosers to cover it. Allot of fluctuation right now.

Leto987 · Oct 24, 2019

Had the same issue.. I just kept testing and testing....
How are the corals in your tank doing?

hdsoftail1065 · Oct 24, 2019

Leto987 said:
Had the same issue.. I just kept testing and testing....
How are the corals in your tank doing?

Not good right now. Lps is doing fine. I took a bunch of sps to a friend that has a coral shop to baby sit, gave some away, lost a couple and some are dying off. I knew it was a risk dumping a load of them in. Fighting to keep things stable, but it's starting to finally level out.

NY_Caveman · Oct 24, 2019

Ugh. Good luck, Jay.

hdsoftail1065 · Oct 24, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
Ugh. Good luck, Jay.

Thanks Brian, I knew it would be a challenge taking all that on and I would be rolling the dice. Never really dealing the coral side of the hobby its learn, panic, learn some more, panic even more.....starting to see a trend? Lol

Its all good, similar to getting hit with a fish disease. You are forced into stepping out of your safe zone and tackling something your not familiar with or comfortable with and just doing what it takes.

NY_Caveman · Oct 24, 2019

hdsoftail1065 said:
Thanks Brian, I knew it would be a challenge taking all that on and I would be rolling the dice. Never really dealing the coral side of the hobby its learn, panic, learn some more, panic even more.....starting to see a trend? Lol

Its all good, similar to getting hit with a fish disease. You are forced into stepping out of your safe zone and tackling something your not familiar with or comfortable with and just doing what it takes.

Right. Learning.

hdsoftail1065 · Oct 24, 2019

NY_Caveman said:
Right. Learning.

Oh, I was talking about the panic side. ;Hilarious

NY_Caveman · Oct 24, 2019

I tried SPS twice, twice. The first time they were cruising, then I messed it up letting life come first. The second time I think I just did too much too soon after the crash. I am going to try and keep focused on letting the tank mature as is for a while.

NY_Caveman · Oct 24, 2019

(I may have said that with a shipment coming today, but it is all scavengers, not coral).

Dbasileccim · Jan 12, 2020

Since you seem to be one of the few active half circle owners on reef2reef I was wondering what you use for front algae glass cleaner. I am slowly accumulating equipment to set mine up and started thinking about maintenance. Does a normal magnetic cleaner "clean the curve" of the 144?

HeadStrongGrafx · Jan 12, 2020

Dbasileccim said:
Since you seem to be one of the few active half circle owners on reef2reef I was wondering what you use for front algae glass cleaner. I am slowly accumulating equipment to set mine up and started thinking about maintenance. Does a normal magnetic cleaner "clean the curve" of the 144?

On my old 144 1/2 I used mighty magnets! Hands down best there is!

hdsoftail1065 · Jan 12, 2020

I'm using the flipper max, it does a great job. Down at the sand I put on my scuba gear and use an old credit card.

NY_Caveman · Jan 12, 2020

hdsoftail1065 said:
I'm using the flipper max, it does a great job. Down at the sand I put on my scuba gear and use an old credit card.

Hey, was just thinking about you yesterday. Hope all is well brother!

Dbasileccim · Jan 16, 2020

hdsoftail1065 said:
I'm using the flipper max, it does a great job. Down at the sand I put on my scuba gear and use an old credit card.

thanks, that really helps

Dbasileccim · Jul 4, 2020

I have followed this build thread for a long time as I put together my oceanic 144. I rebuilt the stand base to make it a bit bigger, built new canopy with a lift, added a bunch of live rock, six ai 26 lights and got basic apex running. I came back here to see what your tank matured into and was surprised to not see an update of pictures for a long time. How is your system doing? Any pictures?

hdsoftail1065 · Jul 4, 2020

Dbasileccim said:
I have followed this build thread for a long time as I put together my oceanic 144. I rebuilt the stand base to make it a bit bigger, built new canopy with a lift, added a bunch of live rock, six ai 26 lights and got basic apex running. I came back here to see what your tank matured into and was surprised to not see an update of pictures for a long time. How is your system doing? Any pictures?

Thanks for looking! My tank is struggling right now, gave away and sold 95% of my corals. After the velvet out break and totally pulling everything out I'm going through the ugly stages once again. I had a major aptasia out break. Ordered some Bergiha's and letting them work things out. I moved all my wrasses to the qt. I have my apex all set up and my DOS ready to roll when everything levels out. Not rushing things, just letting nature play its course. I will have to jump over and see your progress!

Dbasileccim · Jul 4, 2020

hdsoftail1065 said:
Thanks for looking! My tank is struggling right now, gave away and sold 95% of my corals. After the velvet out break and totally pulling everything out I'm going through the ugly stages once again. I had a major aptasia out break. Ordered some Bergiha's and letting them work things out. I moved all my wrasses to the qt. I have my apex all set up and my DOS ready to roll when everything levels out. Not rushing things, just letting nature play its course. I will have to jump over and see your progress!

Sorry to hear about your troubles. I really haven't posted my tank at all. Just aquascaping now. I was following your results as I collected parts. I'll post a picture shortly. Good luck on the tank! Don't give up.