Terry's 180 SPS Peninsula Upgrade
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Looks great job well done. Now if you built a floating canopy around the light it would really complete the look.
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Looks awesome!!
Yes and yes, about 20-30 mls a few times a week. The corals seem to respond well.
Thanks! I could not be happier with how it turned out. I am sitting in front of the tank as I type this, loving the look of the stand.
justin.k.nelson
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It looks really good and your kessil/ T5 setup looks really professional. Nice job man . Looking forward to the tank maturing.
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Really Nice Looking Tank.
Thank you. I seriously could not be happier with how it came out.
I was just sitting here thinking about what is next. Of course as a reef keeper, there always has to be SOMETHING to mess with. Next on the list is plumbing in the remote 40B fuge in the basement. I am looking to grow some macro algae, add some live rock to the system, and a place for beneficial critters to populate. I also have thought about upping the size of the return pump. I am running a Jebao DCS 9000, but I have it turned up to 9.
Just a few things I have been thinking about.
I was just sitting here thinking about what is next. Of course as a reef keeper, there always has to be SOMETHING to mess with. Next on the list is plumbing in the remote 40B fuge in the basement. I am looking to grow some macro algae, add some live rock to the system, and a place for beneficial critters to populate. I also have thought about upping the size of the return pump. I am running a Jebao DCS 9000, but I have it turned up to 9.
Just a few things I have been thinking about.
I added a Desjardini and Hippo tang to the tank yesterday. I had a yellow and blonde naso in there already. The Yellow was a bit of a bully before, but has been picking on the Desjardini pretty badly. Everyone else seems pretty good. The Naso has always been pretty peaceful, and the Hippo is just doing its own thing.
One thing I thought about, to reduce the aggression of the Yellow, is to add two more Yellows at the same time. I know a 6' 180 is not HUGE, and adding 3 YTs might be playing with fire. Anyone have any thoughts? As you can tell by the pics, the tank is a nice mix of wide open swimming spaces and hiding places.
One thing I thought about, to reduce the aggression of the Yellow, is to add two more Yellows at the same time. I know a 6' 180 is not HUGE, and adding 3 YTs might be playing with fire. Anyone have any thoughts? As you can tell by the pics, the tank is a nice mix of wide open swimming spaces and hiding places.
Thank you!!
So, a quick update...
I have added a few fish over the course of the past couple of weeks. A diamond goby, a gorgeous pair of picasso clowns, and a hippo and desjardini sailfin tang.
Aside from some aggression on the part of the (overly territorial) yellow tang directed towards the sailfin, everyone is doing swimmingly (HA!). Everyone is eating a ton and is fattening up nicely.
I have always been primarily a fish lover, so having the bigger tank has been awesome for me, because it gives me the flexibility to have fish I wouldn't have put in my old 120.
Current tank inhabitants include:
Tangs:
Blonde Naso
Yellow
Hippo
Sailfin
Pair of Bangii Cardinals
Pair of Picasso Clowns
Flame Angel (who eats pellets, flakes, frozen, and basically anything I put in the tank)
Diamond Goby.
On the coral front, I've been experiencing some browning/fading of some of my SPS.
I test Alk daily with a Hanna Checker (probably overkill, but I think it is worth the 1 ml of reagent and the 45 seconds of my time). And use dosing pumps for all additions and an Apex to monitor PH, Temp etc.
Chemistry is consistently as follows:
Alk: 8.4-8.6
PH: 7.9-8.1
Cal: 425
Mag: 1400
PO4: .01-.02
NO3- 0.00-0.25
I am using BRS for two part, I supplement with 10 mls a day of Kalk via dosing pump (which I will increase as demand goes up, it helps keep PH up)
I dose 10 mls of NO3PO4X daily via dosing pump
I dose 4 mls a day of each of the four Red Sea coral colors additives via dosing pump
I am adding 30 mls of Red Sea Reef Energy every few days (no set schedule, just when I remember).
So I don't think it is a chemistry thing. I actually think it might be a "Too Much Light" thing. In the absence of a PAR monitor (which I am thinking of picking up), I decided to turn the Kessils down about 5% at each of the points during the day on the Kessil controller. I also turned down the color on the Kessils about 5% at each point, making them bluer.
My plan is to keep everything as is, and reassess in a few weeks.
Any thoughts?
And some pics:
So, a quick update...
I have added a few fish over the course of the past couple of weeks. A diamond goby, a gorgeous pair of picasso clowns, and a hippo and desjardini sailfin tang.
Aside from some aggression on the part of the (overly territorial) yellow tang directed towards the sailfin, everyone is doing swimmingly (HA!). Everyone is eating a ton and is fattening up nicely.
I have always been primarily a fish lover, so having the bigger tank has been awesome for me, because it gives me the flexibility to have fish I wouldn't have put in my old 120.
Current tank inhabitants include:
Tangs:
Blonde Naso
Yellow
Hippo
Sailfin
Pair of Bangii Cardinals
Pair of Picasso Clowns
Flame Angel (who eats pellets, flakes, frozen, and basically anything I put in the tank)
Diamond Goby.
On the coral front, I've been experiencing some browning/fading of some of my SPS.
I test Alk daily with a Hanna Checker (probably overkill, but I think it is worth the 1 ml of reagent and the 45 seconds of my time). And use dosing pumps for all additions and an Apex to monitor PH, Temp etc.
Chemistry is consistently as follows:
Alk: 8.4-8.6
PH: 7.9-8.1
Cal: 425
Mag: 1400
PO4: .01-.02
NO3- 0.00-0.25
I am using BRS for two part, I supplement with 10 mls a day of Kalk via dosing pump (which I will increase as demand goes up, it helps keep PH up)
I dose 10 mls of NO3PO4X daily via dosing pump
I dose 4 mls a day of each of the four Red Sea coral colors additives via dosing pump
I am adding 30 mls of Red Sea Reef Energy every few days (no set schedule, just when I remember).
So I don't think it is a chemistry thing. I actually think it might be a "Too Much Light" thing. In the absence of a PAR monitor (which I am thinking of picking up), I decided to turn the Kessils down about 5% at each of the points during the day on the Kessil controller. I also turned down the color on the Kessils about 5% at each point, making them bluer.
My plan is to keep everything as is, and reassess in a few weeks.
Any thoughts?
And some pics:
jvb89
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If you get a par meter be ready to see some oddly low numbers from the kessils alone. I've had the same combo over my 180(3x a360we and 4xt5) for a year. The colors of my sps (100% sps tank) would maintain/look decent but I could never dial them in for growth and better coloration. Anytime I would make a slight adjustment I would wait at least a month to assess growth or change. I use alk consumption as my growth indicator. I put a 8x80w ati sunpower over the tank on Wednesday night at the same par levels from my kessil/t5 combo and by yesterday morning I had noticeable growth on sps and I had to up my dosing. I hope you can figure those kessils out because I sure couldn't. Lol.
