Custom 90 Gallon Rimless - Page 11

oshanickreef · 03/30/2016, 11:33 PM

So here is a pic right before the you know what hit the fan. My calcium reactor was not working properly so I switched to dosing alkalinity and calcium with a couple brs dosers I had from my old tank. Then things started to look a little. Better but the clams were very unhappy. Zoom on the pic below and look at SPS tip death

I ended up figuring out my problem. I have my scrubber running which I haven't really paid attention to... And my gfo was running also.. So I was testing phosphates like 4 times a day and the numbers were almost always zero from the DT water. I turned the gfo off and have ramped up my feeding to almost 4 cubes of mysis/brine and flakes also. I tested phosphates after all that and the were .016. This surprises me and really makes me glad I figured it out. Otherwise my big clam would be probably gone by now.

Here are some aftermath photos followed by good coral photos etc:

This is my raspberry ice acro.. It really suffered and is still not on the mend

FTS

Blue stag

oshanickreef · 03/30/2016, 11:39 PM

This is the Walt Disney top down

I got this fish yesterday (my Walt Disney acro is in the background lol)... Haven't seen him since this photo. I made him a pic burrow and I am hoping he is just in there happy as a clam

I just got this little dude. He is starting to get fat so I assume that's a good thing lol

Instagram photo of the day

These things are cray

And the purple tube nem

Drae · 03/31/2016, 11:43 AM

Is that a blue spot jawfish? Nice tank btw

oshanickreef · 03/31/2016, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Drae

Is that a blue spot jawfish? Nice tank btw

Yes it is a blue spot. I just took this one. It's hard to get a pic of him because he is jumpy AF.

Drae · 03/31/2016, 11:16 PM

I like blue spots. Great idea with the pvc.

oshanickreef · 04/01/2016, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Drae

I like blue spots. Great idea with the pvc.

I can't take credit because I got the idea from a random forum post from someone else... Lol

oshanickreef · 09/20/2016, 10:42 AM

I almost ended up breaking my tank down because lots of negative things were happening but instead decided to just simplify and sell basically every SPS I had, along with a lot of other corals, and completely redo the scape, light spectrum, pump locations, and clean all chambers of sump and overflow.

I also decided to turn my 7 gallon frag tank into a mangrove tank. With how low it recirculates I think it will be good for pods and I enjoy a close up on all the little critters that were on these rocks from my sump... it is actually crazy how many crazy looking creatures came from my sump rock. I have some feather dusters in there and I want to get some unique algae in there. Also I am feeding that tank phyto so it will grow lots of pods and slowly feed my tank over time.

oshanickreef · 09/20/2016, 10:53 AM

Here are some pics of my display tank. There is only one rock in my display tank from my old scape. The idea now is to just let stuff grow in. I do want to add a frogspawn or two and maybe a leather but I'm not going to be actively searching for the best corals like I was. Although I do still have a piece of Walt Disney acropora :-)

oshanickreef · 03/01/2017, 01:35 PM

So after a long time from posting i finally have an update.

oshanickreef · 03/01/2017, 01:41 PM

After a long time i finally have an update!

So, over the past couple months i have been pretty busy and slacked a little on the tank. It wasn't until my tank was covered in Dinoflagellatus that i decided to do something about it. i covered my tanks in towels and turned all my lights off, added carbon, gfo, and a bacteria supplement and after 4 days all of that brown bacteria growth is GONE! and it has been about a week and i dont have it coming back. My anemones went from long and stringy to bubble tipped and much more vibrant. ost of different LPS that was dying off is now looking much healthier! Who knew all it takes is 4 days of darkness to cure all that nasty algae! lol

here is what it looked like before:

oshanickreef · 03/01/2017, 03:42 PM

i actually just realized that in my previous post from September you can see that Dino bacteria on my sand bed.. so i guess i went 5 months without doing anything about it... maybe longer lol..... whoops

oshanickreef · 06/05/2018, 08:21 PM

Finally learning how to use the app. Tank has def grown in a bit.

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oshanickreef · 06/07/2018, 11:59 AM

At our local frag swap i bought a ceramic skull. My buddy gave me a birdsnest skeleton and i gave it antlers. Also glued two tiny pieces of different montiporaat the base of each antler.

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oshanickreef · 06/19/2018, 11:17 PM

Pic update:

1.5 years of growth

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cedwards04 · 06/20/2018, 05:39 AM

Very nice man. I am actually planning a tank with similar dimensions to yours. I am thinking 48x24x20. Do you have any regrets going with an 18" height? Im concerned it wont be tall enough. 24" seems too tall though, so i had settled at 20"

oshanickreef · 06/20/2018, 06:54 AM

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Originally Posted by cedwards04

Very nice man. I am actually planning a tank with similar dimensions to yours. I am thinking 48x24x20. Do you have any regrets going with an 18" height? Im concerned it wont be tall enough. 24" seems too tall though, so i had settled at 20"

No regrets with the dimensions at all. The water height is about 16 inches and i love the depth.

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oshanickreef · 06/27/2018, 11:40 PM

Rebuilt my apex and wired it all to look less messy.

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kegogut · 06/28/2018, 04:46 AM

Looks good man.

oshanickreef · 07/12/2018, 02:44 PM

Got carried away trying to get photos of my potters wrasse last night.

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oshanickreef · 07/12/2018, 02:46 PM

Bouncing corals

oshanickreef · 07/12/2018, 02:47 PM

More pics

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oshanickreef · 07/12/2018, 02:48 PM

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03/30/2016, 11:33 PM	#251
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Long lost update So here is a pic right before the you know what hit the fan. My calcium reactor was not working properly so I switched to dosing alkalinity and calcium with a couple brs dosers I had from my old tank. Then things started to look a little. Better but the clams were very unhappy. Zoom on the pic below and look at SPS tip death I ended up figuring out my problem. I have my scrubber running which I haven't really paid attention to... And my gfo was running also.. So I was testing phosphates like 4 times a day and the numbers were almost always zero from the DT water. I turned the gfo off and have ramped up my feeding to almost 4 cubes of mysis/brine and flakes also. I tested phosphates after all that and the were .016. This surprises me and really makes me glad I figured it out. Otherwise my big clam would be probably gone by now. Here are some aftermath photos followed by good coral photos etc: This is my raspberry ice acro.. It really suffered and is still not on the mend FTS Blue stag __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

03/30/2016, 11:39 PM	#252
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	This is the Walt Disney top down I got this fish yesterday (my Walt Disney acro is in the background lol)... Haven't seen him since this photo. I made him a pic burrow and I am hoping he is just in there happy as a clam I just got this little dude. He is starting to get fat so I assume that's a good thing lol Instagram photo of the day These things are cray And the purple tube nem __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

09/20/2016, 10:42 AM	#257
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Long needed update I almost ended up breaking my tank down because lots of negative things were happening but instead decided to just simplify and sell basically every SPS I had, along with a lot of other corals, and completely redo the scape, light spectrum, pump locations, and clean all chambers of sump and overflow. I also decided to turn my 7 gallon frag tank into a mangrove tank. With how low it recirculates I think it will be good for pods and I enjoy a close up on all the little critters that were on these rocks from my sump... it is actually crazy how many crazy looking creatures came from my sump rock. I have some feather dusters in there and I want to get some unique algae in there. Also I am feeding that tank phyto so it will grow lots of pods and slowly feed my tank over time. __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

09/20/2016, 10:53 AM	#258
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Here are some pics of my display tank. There is only one rock in my display tank from my old scape. The idea now is to just let stuff grow in. I do want to add a frogspawn or two and maybe a leather but I'm not going to be actively searching for the best corals like I was. Although I do still have a piece of Walt Disney acropora :-) __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

03/01/2017, 01:35 PM	#259
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	So after a long time from posting i finally have an update. __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

03/31/2016, 11:43 AM	#253
Drae RAIDER NATION! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: City of sin... Posts: 3,476	Is that a blue spot jawfish? Nice tank btw

03/31/2016, 11:16 PM	#255
Drae RAIDER NATION! Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: City of sin... Posts: 3,476	I like blue spots. Great idea with the pvc.

03/01/2017, 01:41 PM	#260
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Update After a long time i finally have an update! So, over the past couple months i have been pretty busy and slacked a little on the tank. It wasn't until my tank was covered in Dinoflagellatus that i decided to do something about it. i covered my tanks in towels and turned all my lights off, added carbon, gfo, and a bacteria supplement and after 4 days all of that brown bacteria growth is GONE! and it has been about a week and i dont have it coming back. My anemones went from long and stringy to bubble tipped and much more vibrant. ost of different LPS that was dying off is now looking much healthier! Who knew all it takes is 4 days of darkness to cure all that nasty algae! lol here is what it looked like before: __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

03/01/2017, 03:42 PM	#261
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	i actually just realized that in my previous post from September you can see that Dino bacteria on my sand bed.. so i guess i went 5 months without doing anything about it... maybe longer lol..... whoops __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

06/05/2018, 08:21 PM	#262
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Finally learning how to use the app. Tank has def grown in a bit. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

06/07/2018, 11:59 AM	#263
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	At our local frag swap i bought a ceramic skull. My buddy gave me a birdsnest skeleton and i gave it antlers. Also glued two tiny pieces of different montiporaat the base of each antler. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

06/19/2018, 11:17 PM	#264
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Pic update: 1.5 years of growth Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

06/20/2018, 05:39 AM	#265
cedwards04 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 217	Very nice man. I am actually planning a tank with similar dimensions to yours. I am thinking 48x24x20. Do you have any regrets going with an 18" height? Im concerned it wont be tall enough. 24" seems too tall though, so i had settled at 20"

06/27/2018, 11:40 PM	#267
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Custom 90 Gallon Rimless Rebuilt my apex and wired it all to look less messy. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

06/28/2018, 04:46 AM	#268
kegogut Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: St.Louis Posts: 5,052	Looks good man. __________________ Dave. "I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn is to stop making them." --Nicomo Cosca. Current Tank Info: 225 mixed w/ 225 sump 550 lbs live rock,3x MarinePure ceramic blocks,Skimz SM201,Geo 618 CR,Vectra L1,DOS automatic water changes,3x 250w MH w/ 4x actinic T5,All ran by Apex thru Fusion.--57 community tank w/ OR T-247,120 nem tank.

07/12/2018, 02:44 PM	#269
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Got carried away trying to get photos of my potters wrasse last night. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

07/12/2018, 02:46 PM	#270
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Bouncing corals __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

07/12/2018, 02:47 PM	#271
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	More pics Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef

07/12/2018, 02:48 PM	#272
oshanickreef Registered Member Join Date: May 2013 Location: Saint Louis, MO Posts: 2,367	Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ Mixed Peaceful Reef :) ~140 Gallons of Water Non-agro fish Instagram: Oshanickreef