SRC Member SunkistC Posted December 21, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted December 21, 2013 Added a bio pellet reactor. image.jpg Eductor FR 30 feed by Eheim compact 1000 You might want to remove the black sponge at the top of the FR because soon the bacteria will colonized in the sponge and choke the FR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSalty Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 nice start bro..tank's looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GE8 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 More pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GE8 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 More pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GE8 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 More pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted December 31, 2013 Author SRC Member Share Posted December 31, 2013 After 4 weeks of cycling, I have no confidence that the tank can start to stock. Cheato shrinking Zoanthids not looking well Lots of nuisance algae No coralline on dead rocks(not alive yet) Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Clement Chen Posted December 31, 2013 SRC Member Share Posted December 31, 2013 Whats ur water parameters Quote Clem's Clam Corner (Decommed) 60cm x 40cm x 30cm Tank Nano tank reboot v2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 5, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 5, 2014 Whats ur water parameters Only check the salinity is 1.025. Week 5 - still no coralline algae on the dead rocks yet. The zoas are not doing well(not opening up). GSP is most hardy (so far). Tempted to add a frag of SPS... Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 7, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 7, 2014 New live stock... 2 x clownfish 1 x blue tang 1 x 6 line wrasse 1 x crocea Some macro algae (caulerpa) Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 9, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 9, 2014 Decided to bite the bullet and try a frag of SPS... Fingers crossed... Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaReefer Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Oi feel sad for those LS. They will take the bullets and suffer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 9, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 9, 2014 Oi feel sad for those LS. They will take the bullets and suffer. Well, I have done to the best of my ability to go through proper cycling. Hopefully, I would have reduced the suffering to the minimum or none. Happy to update that so far the live stock seems to be fine. Clowns, Tang & wrasse eating well. SPS with full polyp extension(PE). Clam has attached to the rock. GSP seems to be multiplying (was told it may become a nuisance). Most of the zoanthids are okay except 2 frags that did not open fully. Stocking slowly... Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member ASHWIN Posted January 10, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted January 10, 2014 Very Neat Setup bro.! Quote 300Gallons of Pure Goodness! >Dimensions 6x2x2 (Foot) 1: Maxspect 160 Watt qty-2 2: Vortech MP 40 Wes 3:Jaebao WP40 qty-2 3: Skimz Becket Skimmer/ Ehiem 1260 4: Dymax XC 900 Calcium Reactor 5: American Pinpoint PH Controller 6: Iwaki MD 55 And MD 70 (Return) 7: Hydra Aquatics FR45 Reactor 8:Hailea 10HP Chiller R2R forum->>>http://www.reef2reef.com/forums/photography-forum/154896-ashwins-reefing-photography.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeyBabooey Posted January 10, 2014 Share Posted January 10, 2014 Looking great bro! very neat! your crocea very cute =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 11, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 11, 2014 Updates for week 6... Checked the ALK before water change and was shocked to find out it was only 5.7dKH. (No wonder the zoas did not open fully) After water change it was increased to 7.0dKH. Now I am buffering it to 8.0 - 9.0dKH. Salinity 1.025 Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 11, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 11, 2014 More live stocks... Clean up crews & filter feeders... 1 x Astrea/Trochus (don't know how to tell the difference) 1 x Nassarius (was told it is a turbo/turban) 1 x crocea (~4 inch) Calcium only 390... Buffering up... Blue tang seems to be bloated as it indulge on the algae... Moved the frag of SPS to the top... FTS Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 12, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 12, 2014 Really like clams... Unfortunately, could not find maximas... only croceas. From Aquamarin (Indonesia) From Iwarna (Vietnam) Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Clement Chen Posted January 12, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted January 12, 2014 wow very nice clams Quote Clem's Clam Corner (Decommed) 60cm x 40cm x 30cm Tank Nano tank reboot v2.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 12, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 12, 2014 wow very nice clams Thank you... One more shot... Zoanthids... 1 Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AquaReefer Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Stocking slowly... You added some many LS still say stocking slowly? 4 fishes & a clam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Evolutionz Posted January 14, 2014 SRC Member Share Posted January 14, 2014 clams need mature tank so there's enough food for them in the water column.. seeing your tank is only 1 month+ old im afraid it might not be able to sustain your clams. Quote EvolutionZ's Floating Reef: (Decommed) EvolutionZ's 4ft shallow Mixed Reef Build : Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 14, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 14, 2014 You added some many LS still say stocking slowly? 4 fishes & a clam! Ha ha... Yup... Not so slow after all... Initially, I intended to add them in 1week interval... Probably the next batch of live stock will be > 1 week later... clams need mature tank so there's enough food for them in the water column.. seeing your tank is only 1 month+ old im afraid it might not be able to sustain your clams. You are right to doubt that there may not be sufficient food for a 1 month old tank... I had tried to improve the tank by using water from a mature tank during the first 4 weeks of water change(weekly). I had also added some Algagen Tisbe pods to seed the tank. Hopefully, the Vega could provide sufficient "food" for the clams. Do you think I should target feed Algagen smoothie (Oyster delight) to the clams? Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 18, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 18, 2014 Updates... Added some dead rocks to the refugium. Hopefully, it will come to live and house some copepods. Also noticed that the tip of the SPS will be exposed during water change. Concluded that the return pump compartment volume is lesser then water change volume so I need to off the return pump resulting in display tank water level going down. Advise for all: design a return pump compartment that can hold more water then what you want to change so your return pump can keep running during water change. Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiraltian Posted January 18, 2014 Share Posted January 18, 2014 Updates... Added some dead rocks to the refugium. Hopefully, it will come to live and house some copepods. http://www.sgreefclub.com/forum/index.php?app=core&module=attach§ion=attach&attach_rel_module=post&attach_id=208530]image.jpg Also noticed that the tip of the SPS will be exposed during water change. Concluded that the return pump compartment volume is lesser then water change volume so I need to off the return pump resulting in display tank water level going down. Advise for all: design a return pump compartment that can hold more water then what you want to change so your return pump can keep running during water change. Dun worry abt sps been exposed during WC, in the wild during low tide, they r exposed to even longer periods without seawater. It will be fine. Quote Display Tank : 36" x 20" x 20" Herbie overflow box design, Sump : 36" x 21" x 17", Frag Tank : 16” x 20” x 16”, custom built by Tank Culture. Lightings : Ecotech Radion XR15 Pro x 2 for Main Display Tank, Inled R80 x 1 for Frag Tank. Chiller : Dalkin 1hp compressor with build-in drop coil. Skimmer : Skimz Octa SC205i Protein Skimmer. FR : H2Ocean FMR75 Fluidised Media Reactor with Hailea HX-2500 (Feeder Pump) running Rowaphos. CR : Skimz Monzter E Series CM122 Calcium Reactor. BPR: Marine Source Biopellet Reactor with Continuum Reef Biopellet Fuel. Main Return Pump : SICCE Syncra ADV 9.0 & Jebao ACQ-10000 Water Pump. Wavemaker : Jebao MOW-9 x2 for Main Display Tank & Jebao SLW-20M Sine Wave Pump for Frag Tank. Water Top Up: AutoAqua Smart ATO Lite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Boonboy Posted January 22, 2014 Author SRC Member Share Posted January 22, 2014 Latest equipment... Quote http://boonboyreef.blogspot.sg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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