itsken37's Custom 65 Gallon Mixed Reef

[itsken37]

My new build thread!
This tank is a 65 gallon I got of a friend in August for a sweet price of $450 dollars. There is a severe green hair algae problem in this tank at the moment that I am working to fix with Vibrant hopefully as of December 2020.
Lighting: Kessil A360WE, Ocean revive t247
Bubble Magus protein skimmer
Current occupants:

Fish:

Royal Gramma
Banggai Cardinal
Falco Hawkfish
Yellowtail Damsel
2 Misbar Clownfish

Coral:

Finger Leather
2 Toadstools
Mohawk Palys
Nuclear Palys
mystery Zoas 1
mystery Mushroom 1
mystery Mushroom 2

Inverts

Green Tip Anemone
5 Scarlet Hermit Crabs
2 Turbo Snails
2-4 narcissus snails



The tank:

Banngai Cardinal

Misbar Clownfish with hawkfish

Yellowtail damsel

Toadstool

All the zoas and palys with photobombing clownfish and damsel

Mystery mushroom 1 (sorry for bad quality will repost later)

Royal Gramma (again with the quality)

Finger leather

Mystery mushroom 2

 

[itsken37]

Is this nem happy? or should it be bigger? it has always been like that.

 

[count krunk]

I'm not positive that is an anemone.

What is your phosphate?

 

[itsken37]

Can't test phospate due to no test kit but that is definitly an anenome I can gaurentee that.

 

[itsken37]

January 2021 updates! Hair algae is starting to almost look like its melting! I hope that is a sign that the Vibrant is working to solve the algae. Will have photos soon.

 

[Brooke24]

January 2021 updates! Hair algae is starting to almost look like its melting! I hope that is a sign that the Vibrant is working to solve the algae. Will have photos soon.

You need a test kit. Vibrant can bottom out some of the water parameters you need to test

 

[itsken37]

You need a test kit. Vibrant can bottom out some of the water parameters you need to test

I am getting an RO DI filter after testing my phosphates and getting a much higher result with the phosphates and my ammonia. I am also planning on getting some more test kits. I also have bought a sea hare and some more turbo snails to help clear up some algae.

 

[itsken37]

New coral has also been added. Sunny d's zoas, green goblins, and 2 other zoas I have not places the name on. There is also now another blue green duncan, but this one is a little larger.

 

[itsken37]

New coral+ a RODI filter and a sea hare to help with the green hair algae! Can see it already clearing up!

 

[itsken37]

Zoas now have an ID
Radioactive Dragon Eyes

green button polyps

Utter Chaos / Pandora's

 

[itsken37]

New polyps emerging on some zoas! It isn't much but it's something!

 

[itsken37]

February 2021 updates!!!
Blue light are now always on (10 to 9 for kessil light and 12 to 8:30 for ocean revives, 25% brightness for Kessil, 50% for Ocean revives.) for max coral growth and minimal algae growth.
Algae has cleared off the rocks even more thanks to the perfect combo of a sea hare and VIbrant!!
Clownfish are starting to host my anemone!!
The anemone is looking really well and starting to get bigger!!
On the downside though, the SPS that I got a month ago is not looking to good, has algae all over it...

 

[itsken37]

New lighting schedule!
Old: 10-9 - Kessil A360W E Tuna blue lights only, 12 - 8:30 blue lights only on 2 Ocean Revive T247s
New:10-9 - Kessil A360W E Tuna blue lights only, 12 - 8:30 blue lights only on 2 Ocean Revive T247s and now with a 1 - 6 time with the whites on on the T247s only.

 

[itsken37]

update: so i accidentally left my ro di filling my tank when doing some homework and my sump filled up all the way so my salinity right now is like 1.019 when its supposed to be like 1.024 so that's scary there's only been 1 lose so far, a finger leather. i can only hope nothing else comes out of it.

 

[count krunk]

Yeah I use a 5g bucket with an ato. When filling up the bucket I place it inside a plastic storage container. Has saved many gallons from getting on the floor.

I also set a timer, but sometimes I forget to set a timer and sometimes I take too long to turn it off after the timer goes off.

 

[itsken37]

Yeah I use a 5g bucket with an ato. When filling up the bucket I place it inside a plastic storage container. Has saved many gallons from getting on the floor.

I also set a timer, but sometimes I forget to set a timer and sometimes I take too long to turn it off after the timer goes off.

yeah i just skip the bucket and just wait until the water has filled up my sump all the way but the waste water is in a plastic container. ill try the timer though

 

[count krunk]

I would definitely recommend an ato feeding from a separate container.

Ato help stabilize salinity. If you're manually topping off, it's swinging a lot more than of you used an ato.

 

[itsken37]

i dont have any room for an ato. also no money