Time to build a 120g

Mrfresh · Jul 4, 2013

Which salt brand do u use?
Red Sea pro has kh around 12 and with small water changes it won't take it to 12 but will help keep it up
If u plan on doing sps invest in either dosing pumps or reactor.

Good luck

Zero Nitrates · Jul 5, 2013

I have been using Coralife salt. Red Sea pro sounds like a good way to help me. Thank you.
I have also been thinking about a dosing pump.

Our new hawkfish. "Hawk"

Zero Nitrates · Jul 6, 2013

Maroon Clown pair. Got really lucky with them. I bought them at different times. It's nice that they decided to get along.

Zero Nitrates · Jul 8, 2013

I have been thinking about adding a refugium to my sump. My skimmer will not fit in the first chamber, so if I add a refuge it has to be in the first chamber where the socks are located. So the sump will be first chamber- socks and refuge, second chamber- skimmer, third chamber- return pump and auto topoff. Has anyone used a set up like this?

revhtree · Jul 8, 2013

I don't think it will make much of a difference. I say go for it!

Zero Nitrates · Jul 8, 2013

Thanks revhtree!

Zero Nitrates · Jul 16, 2013

Still trying to get my dkh under control. I am planning on trying new salt mix but, I still have to use up what I have stocked up. So I followed a link from a thread here to Chemistry And The Aquarium: Solving Calcium And Alkalinity Problems ? Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog. This article was great in helping me understand better alkalinity. I also tried one of the solutions suggested in the article, baking soda. I have successfully raised my alkalinity slowly to 8dkh. Problem is that it drops 1dkh everyday even with me dosing reef fusion 1 and 2 everyday. Any thoughts?

clownfishbreeder101 · Jul 17, 2013

Zero Nitrates said:
Still trying to get my dkh under control. I am planning on trying new salt mix but, I still have to use up what I have stocked up. So I followed a link from a thread here to Chemistry And The Aquarium: Solving Calcium And Alkalinity Problems ? Advanced Aquarist | Aquarist Magazine and Blog. This article was great in helping me understand better alkalinity. I also tried one of the solutions suggested in the article, baking soda. I have successfully raised my alkalinity slowly to 8dkh. Problem is that it drops 1dkh everyday even with me dosing reef fusion 1 and 2 everyday. Any thoughts?

what is your maintanance plan every day ? thank you and i love your tank and stand

Zero Nitrates · Jul 17, 2013

Every day I dose 7.5 ml of reef fusion one and two. Clean the glass on the tank and feed the fish.

Twice a week I dose 1 tbsp of magnesium and 2.5 ml of iodide. Change socks and clean protein skimmer.

Once a week I do a 15 gallon water change, replace water in auto top off container, clean powerbeads and overflow.

Once a month I siphon sand bed and test all of the parameters.

Zero Nitrates · Jul 17, 2013

Feed the coral every sunday morning.

Zero Nitrates · Aug 1, 2013

Tank shot and monthly parameters.
temp-79.3
salinity-35
pH-8.2
Ca-400
Mg-1150
kh-7
Nitrates- 1

I have decided against the refuge for now. Not sure I need it. I guess the thought of building it really intrigued me.
I have switched to Randy's two part from Seachem. I was not able to use the Reef Fusion to get my alkalinity up. I couldn't get it above 6. The Randy's two part is working well. I have to dose 6oz a day which brings my alkalinity up from 7 to 9. I need to invest in a dosing pump soon for more consistency.
I added a orange spot sand sifting goby last week. He is always working the sand and I have noticed the skimmer is producing twice as much. It is either him sifting the sand causing more in the skimmer or he poops a lot. I love watching my frags get bigger!

Zero Nitrates · Aug 14, 2013

Made some two part today!

Zero Nitrates · Aug 17, 2013

Feed Me!

skinz78 · Aug 17, 2013

Looking good, that Scoly is HUNGRY!!!!!!

Zero Nitrates · Aug 18, 2013

I have never seen him do this. It was very cool to watch. I had just put some Rod's in the tank and BOOM he did this.

Zero Nitrates · Aug 24, 2013

[video=youtube_share;uylnUpAIUb4]http://youtu.be/uylnUpAIUb4[/video]

Flameback Pair · Aug 24, 2013

Zero Nitrates said:
I have always thought that a controllable return pump with a pulse like you said would be more efficient than having powerbeads. Would be much more simple to have a programable return pump and ditch the powerbeads. Would look better too!

I have the Tunze controllable return and multicontroller 7096 for sale.

Zero Nitrates · Aug 29, 2013

Cool pic I took today while I was cleaning the tank!

Zero Nitrates · Sep 7, 2013

My Speedwave DC pump went out. I cleaned it and still nothing. Kinda disappointed, it's only 6 months old.
So while my sump is out of action until my new pump comes in, might as well clean the skimmer and sump. It's nasty!