T-Bucket's Red Sea Reefer 450

nervousmonkey · Nov 14, 2016

@Humblefish to the rescue. You are going to have to do a long fishless cycle... But humblefish can help. I'm pretty sure you had velvet with how quickly your fish died. I am really sorry to hear that.

Humblefish · Nov 14, 2016

"Loaded with white spots" usually means velvet. I would go fallow (fishless) for 76 days just to play it safe.

T-Bucket · Nov 14, 2016

Humblefish said:
"Loaded with white spots" usually means velvet. I would go fallow (fishless) for 76 days just to play it safe.

Ok I was planning on 10-12 weeks so that works then. That's just means more money to buy corals instead of fish lol.

T-Bucket · Nov 15, 2016

Finally took this time to organize this mess better. Now to expand on my box to cover the wall up. I hope I never have to change anything out because that's gunna suck lol.

T-Bucket · Nov 25, 2016

Added a Nest Cam to my EcoSmart Live account because...why not. Not only can I view my tank on the Nest website and app, but it also shows a live feed in the background of my Radion controls on my EcoSmart Live app on my iPhone. Still experimenting with placement right now but so far so good.

T-Bucket · Dec 6, 2016

Finally took the time to clean my sump real good today. It looked awful just days after the install because of the new tank sandstorm that happens after filling it up with water for the first time and all of it ending up in the sump along with other crud. Looks much better now.

T-Bucket · Dec 7, 2016

What's in the box hmmmmmmmmm

Broadfield · Dec 7, 2016

T-Bucket said:
What's in the box hmmmmmmmmm

I have a pretty good idea...

T-Bucket · Dec 8, 2016

The package was from @Broadfield and I gotta say, this manifold is awesome!!! Thanks again!!!

rvlcf · Jan 3, 2017

Any updates? Is the tank fallow? I see Broadfield hooked you up! Very nice!

T-Bucket · Jan 3, 2017

rvlcf said:
Any updates? Is the tank fallow? I see Broadfield hooked you up! Very nice!

I added a 4th light to the tank today actually, so I guess that's an update lol. I thought there was just a little extra shadowing going on so I decided I needed more light in the tank. Tank is not fallow, never was. I couldn't catch the Chromis so I just decided to leave it and they never did die so idk what happened. Since then I added a Melanurus Wrasse and he seems to be doing fine.

T-Bucket · Jan 3, 2017

Crappy picture since the lights are about to go off but here's the new light added. I have 4 XR15 Pros Gen4s now and I like it. For the amount of money I have in these lights I now wish I went with an LED/T5 Hybrid instead lol. I do love EcoTech though don't get me wrong.

T-Bucket · Jan 3, 2017

Here is the Melanurus Wrasse. Excuse the dirty sand bed. I wish to get a diamond goby or something to clean it, I'm just afraid of it jumping out. I'm going to be ordering a lid from Artfully Acrylic hopefully soon and then I won't have to worry about jumpers anymore.

T-Bucket · Jan 7, 2017

So far the corals love the 4th XR15 Pro Gen4!

Duberz · Jan 7, 2017

What % you at on your lights?

T-Bucket · Jan 7, 2017

Duberz said:
What % you at on your lights?

I use the Radiant Color schedule at 65% max intensity. I may have to turn it down some with the newly added 4th light, but it's to early to tell right now.

Duberz · Jan 7, 2017

Yea I have the same lights. Had them at 65 and smoked some corals. Got them at 50 now but going to take them down to 40 45. I was at world wide corals and they have their G4 pros at 45 and their tanks are stunning.