Sabella's 450L mixed reef build thread

[Ljaus]

Scored this beauty from a local tank shut down, as soon as I seen it I nabbed it. Have yours held their colour?

 

[jsker]

You need a bigger tank

 

[Sabellafella]

Scored this beauty from a local tank shut down, as soon as I seen it I nabbed it. Have yours held their colour?

Beautiful piece btw.You know what it is, they may or may not change for a quite of bit of time. But 80% of the time theyll return back to their color. Also have seen them turn orange under intense lighting, once shaded theyll return

 

[Sabellafella]

You need a bigger tank

Soon =) ill have this tank till it falls apart. Dude its like 120 gallons nowa days doesnt make the cut. But i do have plans for the future. I also have a 300 marineland dd in my basement collecting dust along with every piece of equipment ill ever need to start a tank but im afraid the seams will blowout. Anyway, i already got a quote a little while ago from reef savvy, just dont have the time right now to make big changes

 

[Ljaus]

I've already got a few acan's but none like the one above. It's in shade on the bottom, I've actually got a new tank build started. Nothing exciting just a 3ft.

How is the Naso going? How long before you move it on?

 

[Ljaus]

Soon =) ill have this tank till it falls apart. Dude its like 120 gallons nowa days doesnt make the cut. But i do have plans for the future. I also have a 300 marineland dd in my basement collecting dust along with every piece of equipment ill ever need to start a tank but im afraid the seams will blowout. Anyway, i already got a quote a little while ago from reef savvy, just dont have the time right now to make big changes

Hahaha oh dear, the upgrade is strong with every reefer. You had to ask didn't you @jsker

 

[Sabellafella]

I've already got a few acan's but none like the one above. It's in shade on the bottom, I've actually got a new tank build started. Nothing exciting just a 3ft.

How is the Naso going? How long before you move it on?

Shes amazing, i love her but she is getting big and the tank is way to small for her, even tho its a 5foot. Once i feel its appropriate, shell go. Prob about another 5-8 months. Also corals are growing, she just started to swim backwards out of certain spots. So maybe sooner then i think =/

 

[Ljaus]

Shes amazing, i love her but she is getting big and the tank is way to small for her, even tho its a 5foot. Once i feel its appropriate, shell go. Prob about another 5-8 months. Also corals are growing, she just started to swim backwards out of certain spots. So maybe sooner then i think =/

A shame to move her on, did you say she was going to family members tank?

 

[Sabellafella]

A shame to move her on, did you say she was going to family members tank?

Yup

 

[jsker]

Soon =) ill have this tank till it falls apart. Dude its like 120 gallons nowa days doesnt make the cut. But i do have plans for the future. I also have a 300 marineland dd in my basement collecting dust along with every piece of equipment ill ever need to start a tank but im afraid the seams will blowout. Anyway, i already got a quote a little while ago from reef savvy, just dont have the time right now to make big changes

Completely understand.

Hahaha oh dear, the upgrade is strong with every reefer. You had to ask didn't you @jsker

Yes I am a trouble maker

 

[Tom Blevins]

I want to move now and Australia, 104 I am in! not a cool or cold weather guy at all.

 

[Sabellafella]

I want to move now and Australia, 104 I am in! not a cool or cold weather guy at all.

Haha right! I wishh

 

[Ljaus]

I want to move now and Australia, 104 I am in! not a cool or cold weather guy at all.

Haha just don't move to where I am, it's gotten to 42 - 107.6!!! You guys have a lot of cool equipment in the U.S tho.

 

[Sabellafella]

i don't know man
I think the jd has massive competition against kennys piece

 

[Sabellafella]

Also my beautiful! Red planet, too bad my joes rainbow still has 10000 worms in it. If i leave it in bayer for a half hour theyd all die but id feel terrible doing that so ill leave it.

 

[Willz]

I know! Tanks about 1.5 years old now,should look very pretty by next summer. I started using kalk and stopped dosing potassium, ever since then my algae population is dwindling so it should be gone by then also =)

Why did you stop dosing K?

 

[Sabellafella]

Why did you stop dosing K?

I was doing it by hand and got lazy really, i would forget, then dose then forget so i gave it up. i was dosing ruffly 1ppm daily (3-4ml brightwell) although i have another dos, an old ghl and 2 icecap dosing pumps collecting dust. I even drip kalk using a water bottle haha! The bubble algae would just grow back, but its completely dieng off somehow. It stopped growing, tangs are feasting, even coralline algae is covering it. Only changes ive made in the past month were bulb changes, started kalk and stopped k

 

[Willz]

I was doing it by hand and got lazy really, i would forget, then dose then forget so i gave it up. i was dosing ruffly 1ppm daily (3-4ml brightwell) although i have another dos, an old ghl and 2 icecap dosing pumps collecting dust. I even drip kalk using a water bottle haha! The bubble algae would just grow back, but its completely dieng off somehow. It stopped growing, tangs are feasting, even coralline algae is covering it. Only changes ive made in the past month were bulb changes, started kalk and stopped k

I just bought like 10 liters of Potassion and have been trying to get my numbers up. Those Salifert tests are a royal PIA so I'm just testing weekly. I can't seem to get it above 400.

Other than the decreased bubble algae have you noticed any appreciable loss of color?

 

[Sabellafella]

I just bought like 10 liters of Potassion and have been trying to get my numbers up. Those Salifert tests are a royal PIA so I'm just testing weekly. I can't seem to get it above 400.

Other than the decreased bubble algae have you noticed any appreciable loss of color?

Nope colors look great if not better lol. Yea with salifert, you have to make sure the drops come out perfect. Its hard to raise your k levels safely against a salifert test kits imo i wouldnt try it. Water changes alone kept mine somewhat stable

 

[Willz]

Nope colors look great if not better lol. Yea with salifert, you have to make sure the drops come out perfect. Its hard to raise your k levels safely against a salifert test kits imo i wouldnt try it. Water changes alone kept mine somewhat stable

Good to know. Any more pics?