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08/16/2018, 01:22 PM | #26 |
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08/25/2018, 07:32 PM | #27 |
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The 300G SPS & Angel Tank
An exhausting day putting the stand together. Not really trying to make something beautiful. As long as it is structurally stable I am fine with it since my sump will be in the garage. It is basically a cabinet.
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08/27/2018, 12:24 PM | #28 |
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It’s here!
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09/22/2018, 06:21 PM | #29 |
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It’s been a while since the last update. Life has been crazy especially right after your boss quit...
Anyway, I managed to get the tank setup and running while working 70 hours a week... Pretty proud of myself. I initially went with minimal rock thinking I could always add more rocks later Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
09/22/2018, 06:23 PM | #30 |
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Then it literally took a week to fill this tank and sump with RODI water. I used a total of two and half boxes of Instant Ocean salt and six boxes of Caribsea Slecial Grade sand.
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09/22/2018, 06:24 PM | #31 |
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Then comes the waiting period for the water to clear out: another four days.
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09/22/2018, 06:28 PM | #32 |
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Finally started the cycling process. I used MB 7 because I have used it in the past and it had always worked for me. So 60ml a day here we go.
By the 3rd day I was surprised to see I had 2ppm nitrate via Redsea test kit. Ammonia was 0. Also decided to add some light under the stand. However today I found out that the LED strip doesn’t really stick to wood very well. Half of the strip has already fallen. Anyone has experience with this? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
09/22/2018, 06:31 PM | #33 |
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Finally after a week of ghost feeding and 0 ammonia I started stocking the tank. First residents were clean up crews. A cleaner shrimp and 20 hermit crabs. Then after a few days I started moving fish from the WT to the 300G. Today I was able to trap five fish from the 150G SCA tank and move them into their new home.
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09/22/2018, 06:36 PM | #34 |
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After moving so many fish into the tank I started to worry about aggression so I spent about an hour with the kids in the garage gluing rocks. Here is our product in the tank. A huge bridge consist of five Pukani rocks.
Also I moved some SPS rocks from the 125G into this tank. I am probably crazy but I intentionally picked a rock with 2 big aiptasia on it just to see if the copperband would eat them. Fingers crossed cause it’s been 8 hours and he hasn’t shown any interest yet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
09/23/2018, 11:41 AM | #35 |
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09/23/2018, 07:17 PM | #36 |
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Finally caught all the angels in the 150 SCA. Now I can move all the LPS!
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10/03/2018, 08:50 PM | #37 |
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Took some photos this morning before heading to work.
The last one is the 150G SCA Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
10/07/2018, 07:41 PM | #38 |
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Added a clam to the LPS tank
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05/05/2019, 04:43 PM | #39 |
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I am trying something different after no luck with SPS. Maybe I should have some LPS first?
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