SCA 50 gal build thread

[Barrett]

Had a rough couple of days, sadly the flame hawk died from a internal parisite that despite my best efforts I was not able to beat, also lost the purple stylo for some reason.

 

[Barrett]

I did pick up a watchman goby today and have her in qt right now.

 

[Barrett]

Day 3 of qt for the goby and everything is going great she is eating like crazy, started adding copper to the water. 2 ml in the AM and 2ml in the PM for three days and I should be at therapeutic levels.

 

[LEOreefer]

Everything looks so good ! What kind of qt setup are you running ? I haven't set one yup yet so I'm always looking to see what people recommend

 

[Barrett]

Everything looks so good ! What kind of qt setup are you running ? I haven't set one yup yet so I'm always looking to see what people recommend

I bought two simple 10 gallon setups for single and smaller fish. And had two 20 gallon setups previously, that I use if I have a larger fish.
http://www.petsmart.com/fish/tanks-...d-aquarium-starter-kit-36002.html?cgid=300207

 

[ps2cho]

Question - does SCA give you 3x 1" bulkheads? Is it an issue with the return being oversized or are you just using reducers?

 

[Barrett]

Question - does SCA give you 3x 1" bulkheads? Is it an issue with the return being oversized or are you just using reducers?

It does have 3 1" bulkheads, I am just running 1" on everything and it is working great.

 

[ps2cho]

It does have 3 1" bulkheads, I am just running 1" on everything and it is working great.

Ok thanks. I'll use reducers on mine to 1/2" so i have a lesser quantity of water to drain back and raise water level in sump (which even an inch or so sometimes makes my skimmer overflow!! Drives me nuts...) and I don't like check valves. Less complicated the better IMO and experience.

 

[Barrett]

Sitting here tonight enjoying some of the amazing colors after the whites turned off and thought I would share. If anyone knows the name of the zoas I would love to hear it.

 

[Barrett]

I am thinking of running 2 24" t5's to take care of some shadowing any one have any suggestions on what bulbs to run to give my coral some pop and help with growth.

 

[GoPitt88]

Love it! Great job! [emoji106]

 

[Barrett]

Love it! Great job! [emoji106]

Thank you I am really enjoying the tank. Will be adding more coral soon.

 

[Barrett]

Transferred Sandy the watchman goby into a sterile qt today after 15 days in therapeutic copper, now for another week or two of observation and prazi. Then she will be ready for the DT.

 

[Barrett]

A little update I am battling some algae on my sand and not quite sure how to get rid of it.

 

[Barrett]

On a more positive note "Sandy" the watchman goby got introduced into the DT today and she has already made her burrow. I will also include a few pictures of the other fish.

 

[Barrett]

Tested the par in my tank and was pleasantly surprised, I am only running my light at 40% blue and 20% white. Sorry for the horrible sketch but here is a picture of what I measured.

 

[Barrett]

Thanks to @saltyfilmfolks suggestions I was able to knock the brown algae out in a few days by stirring the sand and adding some more snails and "Sandy" the watchman goby is awesome at keeping the sand clean.

 

[Barrett]

Today was maintenance day, took the skimmer apart and deep cleaned it, cleaned power heads, cleaned the sump completely out and installed a jaebo dcp 5000 return pump. It is extremely quite can't hear it even with the cabinet doors open.

 

[Kinnick]

This is great, I will be following along!

 

[Barrett]

Haven’t updated for awhile, added a few corals and all the existing fish and corals are doing great. I added a purple with green tips hammer, a German blue polyp digi, a beautiful vibrant orange rhodactis, some fire and ice, pink zipper and an unknown green and yellow zoas, and a light blue blasto.