themcfreak's 85g upgrade

themcfreak · Feb 27, 2018

And here is a quick FTS from my iPhone camera. Side note, Aquariclip is a pretty awesome little filter for quick iPhone shots.

https://www.bulkreefsupply.com/orange-hd-smart-phone-lens-filter-aquariclip.html

themcfreak · Feb 28, 2018

Got a light put up under the stand today! Was going to do 2 of them (1 on each side) but the ones I bought were too big for that, so ordering another short one for the left (skimmer) side.

themcfreak · Feb 28, 2018

Also, in the above pic, I got my clean Chaeto from @AlgaeBarn I love their products! The phytoplankton seems to do well, so many pods. Today was also my first time feeding nano brine. Fish went crazy!

themcfreak · Feb 28, 2018

And finally, pics of the manifold I plumbed last weekend hooked up to 3 reactors (carbon, GFO, and biopellets). All 3 with Neptune flow meters. Also, a fourth ready to hook up anything else I may ever want to do. @Terence

themcfreak · Mar 7, 2018

Small update. This past weekend, I decided to begin the process of cleaning up my cabinet where I store all of my equipment (Apex, test kits, etc). I also added lighting that turns on/off with Breakout Box and magnetic switches. Still have some work to do to clean up a little more, but its a step in the right direction.

Before:

And after:

samnaz · Mar 25, 2018

Nice build!

themcfreak · Mar 25, 2018

samnaz said:
Nice build!

Thank you! Haven't updated in a while, but will soon. Have some fish and corals getting placed, and then more pics will come!

themcfreak · Oct 27, 2018

Wow, I am like @revhtree and haven't posted any tank shots in a long time (he is better now, I saw some last week hahaha). ((just kidding rev). What has happened since March. SO much. Had a velvet/ich outbreak. Went fallow for 76 days. Set up a 40 breeder to go fallow, and now quarantine everything. Also have a small 20g to quarantine tank for corals for the future. No more disease for me if I can help it. Some of the coral suffered during that time. I had a couple die, but mostly they slowed growth. That ended about 2 months ago, maybe even 3 months ago now.

Since then, fish are back in main tank, parameters are doing good, and corals are exploding in growth. Full tank shot below! Enjoy. forgive the blur, I shot this pic quickly while pumps were on, so torch in front looks strange. haha

leroy_jenkinz · Oct 28, 2018

Hope to have as nice of tank as you one day!

themcfreak · Oct 29, 2018

leroy_jenkinz said:
Hope to have as nice of tank as you one day!

Thanks! I have some more pictures I'll try to upload tonight of some close ups of the corals

revhtree · Jul 17, 2020

themcfreak said:
Thanks! I have some more pictures I'll try to upload tonight of some close ups of the corals

How's the tank bro?

themcfreak · Aug 12, 2020

Wow. Been almost a year since I posted. Sorry guys :/ Got some pictures today. In the past year, had some ups and downs. Mostly pretty good, but a pretty big bubble algae infestation, some cyano problems, and some coral RTN and deaths

however, most of the year has been good, and the tank is looking better than it ever has. Corals that were dying off have been coming back strong, fish are healthy. Have quite a population now.

1 - Sailfin Tang
1 - Fire Clownfish
1 - Tomini Tang
1 - Yellow Watchman Goby
1 - Engineer Goby
1 - Bicolor Blenny
3 - Lyretail Anthias
1 - Pistol Shrimp
1 - conch snail
1 - Coral banded shrimp
Also have a fox face in quarantine now.

themcfreak · Aug 12, 2020

My hope is for stability for a few more months, get a goby to keep the sand bed cleaner, and start getting into sticks again, without having to worry about more corals dying. Getting my refugium built up a little more, to keep nutrients in check.