Preme’s Project Pico

[Preme]

Like what?

There’s a few Zoas I’m looking for yet, and maybe a few Ricordeas.

 

[Katrina71]

I happen to be a mushroom fan.

 

[fabutahoun]

Welcome to Reef2Reef !!
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[Preme]

I happen to be a mushroom fan.

I love mushrooms... I’m hoping to eventually get a bounce

Welcome to Reef2Reef !!
Following!

Thanks for the welcome!

 

[Preme]

Update 3:
The tank is still in the process of cycling in... I’ve been checking the water daily and the ammonia and nitrates are finally coming down, I’ve also been dosing AquaVitro’s Remedition daily.

Also, I’m currently in the works of finish up my “fish room”. Basically the wall the tank is on has a closet directly behind it. It’s also very nice because right where I drilled through there’s shelves built in, so I won’t have to worry about making any.
I ended up drilling a 1 inch hole through the wall so that way I can feed the wires and ATO tubing through to the power supply and ATO container. I’m also working on making a controller board, which I’ll be able to mount the Kessil controller and power supply bar on.

I’ve also been running into a problem with my powerheads. Basically I’ve tried both an MP10 and Coral Box RN-1, And even when on the lowest mode they create a small sandstorm and make the tank quite cloudy.
So I’m thinking of just upgrading my return pump to the biggest one that will fit. Any thoughts on this, will this be enough flow for the size tank?

 

[jsker]

Update 3:
The tank is still in the process of cycling in... I’ve been checking the water daily and the ammonia and nitrates are finally coming down, I’ve also been dosing AquaVitro’s Remedition daily.

Also, I’m currently in the works of finish up my “fish room”. Basically the wall the tank is on has a closet directly behind it. It’s also very nice because right where I drilled through there’s shelves built in, so I won’t have to worry about making any.
I ended up drilling a 1 inch hole through the wall so that way I can feed the wires and ATO tubing through to the power supply and ATO container. I’m also working on making a controller board, which I’ll be able to mount the Kessil controller and power supply bar on.

I’ve also been running into a problem with my powerheads. Basically I’ve tried both an MP10 and Coral Box RN-1, And even when on the lowest mode they create a small sandstorm and make the tank quite cloudy.
So I’m thinking of just upgrading my return pump to the biggest one that will fit. Any thoughts on this, will this be enough flow for the size tank?

I like the remote fish room concept

 

[Preme]

I like the remote fish room concept

Thank you! I’m thinking about maybe adding a small frag tank to the room from ocean box designs, that way I can grow my stuff out before adding it to the display.

 

[jsker]

Looking at the unboxing of your tank Link

It would be great to see a diagram of the baffling in back of the tank. What I can see from the video is that there is flow coming in from the bottom of the tank and top of the tank?

If that is true it just going to take more time for the stuff to filter off the top of the water.

 

[Preme]

Looking at the unboxing of your tank Link

It would be great to see a diagram of the baffling in back of the tank. What I can see from the video is that there is flow coming in from the bottom of the tank and top of the tank?

If that is true it just going to take more time for the stuff to filter off the top of the water.

Here’s a picture of the back chambers.

The two areas on the left and right are for filter sponges, then they flow in to the middle which has a carbon pad on each side, which then flows to the direct middle which is where the return pump is.

The issues I’m having is not getting enough flow on the surface and some areas of the tank. As you can maybe tell from the picture above there’s a thin layer of surface scrum also.

 

[jsker]

Here’s a picture of the back chambers.

The two areas on the left and right are for filter sponges, then they flow in to the middle which has a carbon pad on each side, which then flows to the direct middle which is where the return pump is.

The issues I’m having is not getting enough flow on the surface and some areas of the tank. As you can maybe tell from the picture above there’s a thin layer of surface scrum also.

You cannot tilt the power heads to move the water?

 

[Preme]

You cannot tilt the power heads to move the water?

I did point the nozzle towards the surface, but for some reason there’s hardly any flow coming out.... I have the siice micra plus which is 150GPH, so I feel like it should be creating a decent amount of flow?

 

[jsker]

I did point the nozzle towards the surface, but for some reason there’s hardly any flow coming out.... I have the siice micra plus which is 150GPH, so I feel like it should be creating a decent amount of flow?

check the pump to see if it assembled correctly

 

[Preme]

check the pump to see if it assembled correctly

Found the problem!
Took the pump apart and there was a small sponge that was FULL of debris from the tank. Washed it off, and I could tell a difference in the flow right away!

 

[Preme]

Update 4:
Tanks been running for about 2 weeks now. I’ve really been struggling with algae issues for the past week now. It started with this red fuzzy algae (as you can see in the previous picture I posted), which has now turned into this brown slime. There’s also this nasty film on the surface. I’ve done 2, 2 gallon water changes. There’s also a small phosphate in the tank, so I haven’t added anything.

 

[jsker]

Cycling along just fine

 

[TNT32D]

I love the shoe display!

 

[Preme]

Cycling along just fine

Any need to add a CUC?

I love the shoe display!

Thanks bro!

 

[Katrina71]

Thank you! I’m thinking about maybe adding a small frag tank to the room from ocean box designs, that way I can grow my stuff out before adding it to the display.

Jealous.

 

[Katrina71]

A week without pics is unacceptable.

 

[Preme]

Update 5:
The tank is doing some better, the surface scrum is gone now! But I am getting some hair algae and still have the algae on the sand bed. I did add a small CUC which contains 3 Nassarius Snails and 4 blue Leg Hermit crabs, and they’ve been doing a great job so far! Other than that I’ve just been letting the tank do it’s thing, I’ve also added my warpaint scoly, electric Watermelon Zoas, another Zoa I forget the name and then a 2 inch tailspot blenny which has also been helping with the algae issue a bit too.

FTS 10/14/18

Warpaint Scoly

Zoas, as you can see they’re being effected by the hair algae so I may have to add an emerald crab.

Nassarius Snail