Adtravels 90 Gallon reef - Page 2

adtravels · 04/07/2017, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeremevans

The tank is looking good! What is the flat shelf on the left? Did you find a rock like that?

Yes it is live rock I have several pieces like that, two on the display and 3 more in the sump that I may use later.
It must be formed from coral skeleton as it has a very porous structure but is flat with waves in it.

When epoxied it forms nice shelves, however they do collect a little detritus.

karthik · 04/26/2017, 01:16 AM

hi
i just wanted know where to buy EcoTech Marine Radions in bangkok

adtravels · 04/26/2017, 07:09 AM

You can't, I ordered them from sewatec in Germany!

adtravels · 08/25/2017, 02:45 AM

I have let the tank bubble along, there was a bit of a re-scape to house a magnifica anemone. I have added one or two sps and kept on with some FM products. I just recently got back from 5 weeks away from the tank in which time it did well but growth slowed significantly on the sps. nutrients hit pretty much zero even though i was feeding on a schedule via the apex.
Here are some pics, I wish they were better.
I have ordered a new light from Germany it should be here any day..

adtravels · 08/30/2017, 06:59 AM

I took some Par readings with a seneye, pumps turned on so the readings jumped a little and I took an average.
This is with 3 radion xr15's two gen 3 with a gen 4 in the middle.
all three at 100% intensity on the SPSAB+ setting.

All readings directly under the lights except the bottom middle and bottom right readings which are 2 inches off the front glass and hence lower.
Not bad numbers but the shadowing is the reason I have changed to an ati 4 bulb hybrid from Germany with the new style pucks.

adtravels · 08/31/2017, 04:08 AM

There are the readings for the ATI HYBRID
4 bulb 39 watt unit 2 coral plus 2 blue plus
LED at 70% violet at 72 blues at 255 and white at 125

I turned it down to 60%led intensity after the par tests to get closer to the radion numbers. and then may bump up.

adtravels · 08/31/2017, 04:12 AM

pH went up .05 of a point today, may be coincidence from 8.3 to 8.35 but may be more growth?

reefmutt · 08/31/2017, 06:21 PM

So are you using the LEDs or the t5?
The added light intensity of the t5 may cause the ph increase...

adtravels · 08/31/2017, 10:23 PM

The new light I have now is the ATI hybrid Powermodule it has t5 and LED.

reefmutt · 09/01/2017, 07:05 AM

come to think of it, don't par meters have an easier (more accurate) time reading fluorescent light?
I've never used a par meter but I think I've read that they read a bit lower for LEDs..

adtravels · 11/01/2017, 08:50 PM

Two months on and there have been some changes in the tank.
I switched from basic 3 part dosing (randy's) to the FM balling salts and had an alk spike as a result, this was not too bad but really came about due to a faulty test kit. The only negative result was a bit of stn on my red robin stag. The alk is now stable at 8dkh.

I had to remove the anemone and clowns and relocate them to my 2 foot cube at work as the nem was huge and the clownfish killed a very expensive flame wrasse, literally dragged it around by the gills. I did not really want to take them out but had to.

Another development was that I added some media to the sump to increase biological filtration it was a ceramic media in a block form that was recommended by by LFS here. Anyway after 1.5 months my nitrates went from near 0 to about 16 which could easily have been the lack of carbon dosing or over feeding but due to the size of the media and its possible negative effects i pulled it.

One consequence of switching to FM salts as opposed to randy's recipe is that the pH of the aquarium has fallen slightly. To counter this I have put in a smallish fuge with Chaeto and caulerpa.

I filled the nem space with two larger sps colonies, in fact the only non frags i have started with. one is a lovely aussie piece and the other a green and yellow millie.

Apart from that I have added a chalice, some shrooms and a zoas to fill in and act as accent corals and growth is now really staring to take off at last.

Bubble algae and brown wafer continues to be a little troublesome but I have had two halloween urchins mowing through it.

The ATI hybrid PM has been a great success and now I have resolved a small issue with the clock resetting during power outages it seems we may be getting somewhere.
lastly I replaced the Tunze 6095's with vortechs and am very impressed with the flow and controllability using the apex.

Pictures to follow

adtravels · 11/02/2017, 09:54 AM

adtravels · 11/02/2017, 10:13 AM

adtravels · 11/06/2017, 09:23 PM

Not much interest for this tank!

Anyway, I have my ati icp results back, very quick considering I sent them to Germany.

slightly low on strontium 5.79
down on Iodine 25ppb and Potassium 380ppm so will supplement the reccomended doses.
Phosphorus and phospate also low 0.01!
Nitrate at 7

alk 7.69
calc 443
mag 1450

I have had some sporadic base recession (very minor) which could the lack of iodine?

reefmutt · 11/09/2017, 01:43 PM

The base recession could be due to any of the low numbers.. also maybe shading? Or maybe nutrition..
See what happens when you get sr, I, k up.. and maybe some reefroids for the coral nutrition?
Or maybe another fish in there..

adtravels · 11/09/2017, 05:16 PM

More fish yay!
My wrasse are angry men though.
Current fish are
Green mandarin
Flame hawk
Convict tang
Kole tang
Exquisite wrasse
Rubrisquamis wrasse
Mystery wrasse

Any suggestions? thanks

reefmutt · 11/10/2017, 12:03 PM

Genicanthus angel or a pair perhaps?
Pair of clowns?

adtravels · 11/12/2017, 05:35 AM

i decided on some pJ cardinals, cheap and in qt now.
I also got a nice appleberry branching montipora.

reefinder · 11/13/2017, 11:05 PM

Nice start, I think I would get my levels straight and then sit back and watch my corals grow.

dukeap · 11/22/2017, 08:53 AM

Nice, tank. How do you like the seneye? Am thinking of getting one just to do par reading.

adtravels · 01/12/2018, 05:07 AM

Good, but I have no other experience with par meters.

DesertReefT4r · 01/12/2018, 09:35 PM

Looking good.

adtravels · 08/17/2018, 01:23 AM

04/26/2017, 07:09 AM	#28
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	You can't, I ordered them from sewatec in Germany! __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

08/25/2017, 02:45 AM	#29
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	I have let the tank bubble along, there was a bit of a re-scape to house a magnifica anemone. I have added one or two sps and kept on with some FM products. I just recently got back from 5 weeks away from the tank in which time it did well but growth slowed significantly on the sps. nutrients hit pretty much zero even though i was feeding on a schedule via the apex. Here are some pics, I wish they were better. I have ordered a new light from Germany it should be here any day.. __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

08/30/2017, 06:59 AM	#30
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	I took some Par readings with a seneye, pumps turned on so the readings jumped a little and I took an average. This is with 3 radion xr15's two gen 3 with a gen 4 in the middle. all three at 100% intensity on the SPSAB+ setting. All readings directly under the lights except the bottom middle and bottom right readings which are 2 inches off the front glass and hence lower. Not bad numbers but the shadowing is the reason I have changed to an ati 4 bulb hybrid from Germany with the new style pucks. __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

08/31/2017, 04:08 AM	#31
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	There are the readings for the ATI HYBRID 4 bulb 39 watt unit 2 coral plus 2 blue plus LED at 70% violet at 72 blues at 255 and white at 125 I turned it down to 60%led intensity after the par tests to get closer to the radion numbers. and then may bump up. __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

08/31/2017, 04:12 AM	#32
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	pH went up .05 of a point today, may be coincidence from 8.3 to 8.35 but may be more growth? __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

04/26/2017, 01:16 AM	#27
karthik Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: bangalore india Posts: 1	hi i just wanted know where to buy EcoTech Marine Radions in bangkok

08/31/2017, 06:21 PM	#33
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	So are you using the LEDs or the t5? The added light intensity of the t5 may cause the ph increase... __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

08/31/2017, 10:23 PM	#34
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	The new light I have now is the ATI hybrid Powermodule it has t5 and LED. __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

09/01/2017, 07:05 AM	#35
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	come to think of it, don't par meters have an easier (more accurate) time reading fluorescent light? I've never used a par meter but I think I've read that they read a bit lower for LEDs.. __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

11/01/2017, 08:50 PM	#36
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	Two months on and there have been some changes in the tank. I switched from basic 3 part dosing (randy's) to the FM balling salts and had an alk spike as a result, this was not too bad but really came about due to a faulty test kit. The only negative result was a bit of stn on my red robin stag. The alk is now stable at 8dkh. I had to remove the anemone and clowns and relocate them to my 2 foot cube at work as the nem was huge and the clownfish killed a very expensive flame wrasse, literally dragged it around by the gills. I did not really want to take them out but had to. Another development was that I added some media to the sump to increase biological filtration it was a ceramic media in a block form that was recommended by by LFS here. Anyway after 1.5 months my nitrates went from near 0 to about 16 which could easily have been the lack of carbon dosing or over feeding but due to the size of the media and its possible negative effects i pulled it. One consequence of switching to FM salts as opposed to randy's recipe is that the pH of the aquarium has fallen slightly. To counter this I have put in a smallish fuge with Chaeto and caulerpa. I filled the nem space with two larger sps colonies, in fact the only non frags i have started with. one is a lovely aussie piece and the other a green and yellow millie. Apart from that I have added a chalice, some shrooms and a zoas to fill in and act as accent corals and growth is now really staring to take off at last. Bubble algae and brown wafer continues to be a little troublesome but I have had two halloween urchins mowing through it. The ATI hybrid PM has been a great success and now I have resolved a small issue with the clock resetting during power outages it seems we may be getting somewhere. lastly I replaced the Tunze 6095's with vortechs and am very impressed with the flow and controllability using the apex. Pictures to follow __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

11/02/2017, 09:54 AM	#37
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	__________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

11/02/2017, 10:13 AM	#38
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	__________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

11/06/2017, 09:23 PM	#39
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	Not much interest for this tank! Anyway, I have my ati icp results back, very quick considering I sent them to Germany. slightly low on strontium 5.79 down on Iodine 25ppb and Potassium 380ppm so will supplement the reccomended doses. Phosphorus and phospate also low 0.01! Nitrate at 7 alk 7.69 calc 443 mag 1450 I have had some sporadic base recession (very minor) which could the lack of iodine? __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

11/09/2017, 01:43 PM	#40
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	The base recession could be due to any of the low numbers.. also maybe shading? Or maybe nutrition.. See what happens when you get sr, I, k up.. and maybe some reefroids for the coral nutrition? Or maybe another fish in there.. __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

11/09/2017, 05:16 PM	#41
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	More fish yay! My wrasse are angry men though. Current fish are Green mandarin Flame hawk Convict tang Kole tang Exquisite wrasse Rubrisquamis wrasse Mystery wrasse Any suggestions? thanks __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef Last edited by adtravels; 11/09/2017 at 09:17 PM.

11/10/2017, 12:03 PM	#42
reefmutt Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Mtl. Canada Posts: 7,824	Genicanthus angel or a pair perhaps? Pair of clowns? __________________ Matt. Current Tank Info: 53x32.5x26 190g dt 60g of sumps 3 tank-100 gal frag system 6xAI prime 8xt5. 4x maxspect gyre. Skimz Dual internal sicce pump skimmer Deltec PF601s ca rx+Kalk stirrer

11/12/2017, 05:35 AM	#43
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	i decided on some pJ cardinals, cheap and in qt now. I also got a nice appleberry branching montipora. __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

11/13/2017, 11:05 PM	#44
reefinder Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 455	Nice start, I think I would get my levels straight and then sit back and watch my corals grow. __________________ May your power be on and corals be colorful

11/22/2017, 08:53 AM	#45
dukeap Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: orlando, Fl Posts: 89	Nice, tank. How do you like the seneye? Am thinking of getting one just to do par reading.

01/12/2018, 05:07 AM	#46
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	Good, but I have no other experience with par meters. __________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef

01/12/2018, 09:35 PM	#47
DesertReefT4r Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Mesa Az Posts: 771	Looking good. __________________ Tank history 29g tropical ,55g cichlid tank, 20H softy reef, 29g mixed reef, 20H brackish goby & puffer tank, 55g mixed reef, 6g Nanocube softy lps reef, 40B sps reef, 75g sps reef, 75g sps reef in bu Current Tank Info: 75g sps reef build in the works.

08/17/2018, 01:23 AM	#48
adtravels you cant buy blue fingers Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,542	__________________ False facts are highly injurious to the progress of science, for they often endure long; but false views supported by some evidence, do little harm, for every one takes a salutary pleasure in proving their falseness. Current Tank Info: 90 gallon 36x24x24 reef