SDReefer's Coral Greenhouse Project

[mr. lovestrong]

That is so cool! please keep us updated with your project.

 

[SDReefer]

Just a small update! I added a yellow tang two days ago and he's doing pretty well. He's eating seaweed but isn't taking flake, pellet, or frozen food yet. I also put a few mangroves that have been acclimated to full-strength saltwater into the tank. Hopefully, the ones in the display area will grow nice root structures. There's a heat wave coming through San Diego, so there is a fan blowing across the surface of the water during the daytime. I've also added a filter sock for some better mechanical filtration.

 

[SDReefer]

Hi everyone, here is another update. For the last two months, the tank has been overrun with green hair algae. I decided to rescape the entire tank as well as do a huge water change to get rid of as much algae as possible, then implemented a diy algae scrubber and restarted vinegar dosing. If you have any questions or comments about my setup, they would be much appreciated.

As of now the only livestock are the Cortez Stingray, three mollies, two yellow damsels, and the mandarin.

 

[Instigate]

Hey how's the temperature been with it getting so cold at night now?

 

[SDReefer]

Temperature isn't much of a problem since the greenhouse keeps in a lot of heat and the nights in Socal don't get terribly cold. It probably hovers between 72 and 74 degrees during the winter. I am running the heater for a large part of the day, though. I have an Aqueon Pro 250W and it's keeping up.

 

[Instigate]

Temperature isn't much of a problem since the greenhouse keeps in a lot of heat and the nights in Socal don't get terribly cold. It probably hovers between 72 and 74 degrees during the winter. I am running the heater for a large part of the day, though. I have an Aqueon Pro 250W and it's keeping up.

Good to know! I've always been leery of putting tanks in the garage because of the lack of insulation.

 

[SDReefer]

The tank material also plays a role. The stock tank is somewhat insulated but a regular glass tank would probably lose heat much faster.

 

[Jamesisjamess]

This thread is sweet any updates??

 

[SDReefer]

Hello, unfortunately I broke down the tank a few months ago. The cost to heat it during winter was just too much. Also, the filtration system should have been at least double what I had originally.

 

[Jamesisjamess]

Hello, unfortunately I broke down the tank a few months ago. The cost to heat it during winter was just too much. Also, the filtration system should have been at least double what I had originally.

Man that sucks i might do something like that one day its a cool idea on paper id love to set something up one day if i do il comment it on the thread

 

[SDReefer]

Yeah, if power is cheap where you are, and you're ok with running 400 watts of heaters during the winter, it's totally a possibility for you. You'll also save money during the summer. Also don't skimp on filtration when you're setting it up. It will always come back to bite you.

 

[Cory]

I know its an old thread, but did you have a skimmer in there? Most likely low oxygen at night caused your fish deaths.