Brando's 180 Gallon in Wall!!! - Page 3

Brando457 · 03/09/2013, 09:08 PM

Probably should update I also have a moorish idol already eating coming in end of the month/April.

After that I think in June I'll add a midas blenny + starcki damsel.

Followed by end of July or August maybe my tangs/emperor angel and call it a day.

Whew FISH!

Brando457 · 03/21/2013, 05:16 PM

Well just went to go feed the tank and found my Carpenter's wrasse sitting on top of my netting cover. It is crazy because the fish should not have been able to fit through the holes. It was probably out of the water for an hour or two since I checked the tank prior.

The fish unfortunately died :/.

nightOwl · 03/21/2013, 06:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brando457

Well just went to go feed the tank and found my Carpenter's wrasse sitting on top of my netting cover. It is crazy because the fish should not have been able to fit through the holes. It was probably out of the water for an hour or two since I checked the tank prior.

The fish unfortunately died :/.

Brando457 - Sorry to hear about your fish. What sized netting did you use? I use the stuff from BRS and so far so good. I take it the Viral infection is all done as well.

Brando457 · 03/22/2013, 07:21 PM

I want to say it is 1/4", it is a crap shoot that it made it through because I took the dead body and tried fititng it gently through after just to see and I mean it was a TIGHT fit

lolgranny · 03/22/2013, 07:27 PM

I had 3 carpenters wrasses and let me tell you they WILL find a way out, i lost 2 /3 to jumping and i have a net on mine. They suck for that, as alot of wrasses do. Be prepared for it to happen again, sadly.

Tanks looking good, take it slow with adding things. Patients is key my friend

Brando457 · 03/22/2013, 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolgranny

I had 3 carpenters wrasses and let me tell you they WILL find a way out, i lost 2 /3 to jumping and i have a net on mine. They suck for that, as alot of wrasses do. Be prepared for it to happen again, sadly.

Tanks looking good, take it slow with adding things. Patients is key my friend

Thanks for the kind words, I added a vortech mp40 tonight to replace my 2 koralias, thing is working well. If I would've waited I could've got 3 of those jb40s going around :x. But no wires in the tank is nice!

I have a moorish idol and midas blenny coming in next week. After those two fish I will be done until June/July since I will be getting my lasik surgery and paying cash for it. $4600, but well worth it in my book not to need glasses!

I need to figure out *** to do to control algae, I keep adding hermits and snails and they keep going mia :/. I have nasty algae growth on the rocks, but no way to control it right now.

lolgranny · 03/24/2013, 11:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brando457

I need to figure out *** to do to control algae, I keep adding hermits and snails and they keep going mia :/. I have nasty algae growth on the rocks, but no way to control it right now.

Hermits eat snails if they cant find food or want to upgrade shells, i stopped buying them because of that.

As for the algae, are you using 0 TDS water when your topping off the tank and doing water changes?

How much are you feeding?

How old is the tank now?

Brando457 · 03/24/2013, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lolgranny

Hermits eat snails if they cant find food or want to upgrade shells, i stopped buying them because of that.

As for the algae, are you using 0 TDS water when your topping off the tank and doing water changes?

How much are you feeding?

How old are your bulbs?

It isn't the hermits, the hermits are literally getting eaten by the wrasse!

Yes 0 tds for top off and water changes, I have 2 tds meters and just changed my filters on 1.20.2013.

1/20/2013 added gfo & carbon
1/20/2013 changed ro filters
1/26/2013 10 g water change
2/23/2013 changed carbon
3/3/2013 15 g water change
3/9/2013 changed gfo
3/23/2013 20g water change
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I need to get a new pump for my carbon reactor so that has been offline 2 days, I will replace it with fresh carbon.

I do feed somewhat heavy of flake/pellets and once in awhile frozen. My skimmer does a pretty good job of removing all the yuck.

Bulbs are leds, about a year old or so I bought used. 2 x AI Sol Blue fixtures.

Brando457 · 03/29/2013, 08:42 PM

Added a moorish idol and midas blenny tonight, idol is eating mysis, brine, and SA Dryhatchery food!

Newbie Aquarist · 03/30/2013, 01:05 AM

Excellent video. Love the MI and those clownfish.

Brando457 · 03/30/2013, 04:21 PM

Thank you and even some better news, the moorish idol took to the new era marine algae grazer that I feed my tang/angels!

Also the moorish idol is eating SA Dryhatchery like a pig 1.2mm pellets.

nightOwl · 08/29/2013, 05:00 PM

It's been a while any updates on the tank?

worm5406 · 09/05/2013, 04:48 PM

Bump again... ??

Brando457 · 03/21/2014, 08:17 PM

So the moorish idol I foolishly did not quarantine and lost almost all my fish.

The only fish that remained were:
Yellow-Flanked Fairy Wrasse (Yellow Patch Wrasse)
Orange-Back Fairy Wrasse
Melnarus Wrasse

My 180 Gallon Saltwater tank as of 3/21/14:

Current Stocking List:
Yellow-Flanked Fairy Wrasse (Yellow Patch Wrasse)
Orange-Back Fairy Wrasse
Melnarus Wrasse
Sustainable Aquatics Snowflake Clownfish
Sustainable Aquatics Snowflake Clownfish

I am battling a nasty hair algae after neglecting my tank for awhile, it was a lot worse last week and I am slowly correcting it.

Also I replaced my MP40 with the Jebao WP60 and I am very happy with the change. The MP40 alone was not enough power for my tank, but this WP60 is amazing!

I am going to order a CUC from Reeftopia once it warms up and then I plan on adding some fish slowly. I think either a trio of anithas or a hippo tang to start :x.

Thanks for looking!

Brando457 · 03/28/2014, 04:31 PM

After not adding a fish for almost a year, I picked up a mandarin tonight from Absolutely Fish.

Brando457 · 03/29/2014, 06:13 PM

I built a stand using rocket engineer's template from reef central for a 55g long. Going to pick one up tomorrow from petco, the lady said 55s are included yesterday while I was there, but she wouldn't sell me it at the discount :X.

I am also going to be starting a dose of Fauna Marine Algea X to help battle my hair algae.

Anyone have any recommendations for a CUC, my Melnarus wrasse seems to have a taste for hermits.

Brando457 · 03/30/2014, 12:19 PM

So I bought a 55 gallon tank from petco's $1 per gallon sale, going to use this as a QT. I built the stand for it last night which was fun.

Plan is next weekend to pickup 2/3 fish and begin the QT process. These will be the first fish I'm adding besides the mandarin in almost a year :x. I'm super excited!

Brando457 · 04/13/2014, 03:00 PM

So between yesterday & today I started work on my soon to be 40g breeder fuge.

Thanks to Anthony (thiry5, YOU MY BOY BLUE) the 40 breeder is drilled with a glass-holes overflow & a 1/2" return.

I built the stand today and was able to get my mixing barrels moved to a different part of the basement.

Basically the plan is to build a manifold from my return that will feed the fuge, display, reactors, and connect it to the drain you see with the barb hanging.

The fuge will be packed full of rock & macro algae.

The fuge will then drain into the sump in the DT's return area.

Enjoy the pics and more to come

Brando457 · 04/20/2014, 06:10 PM

Got the stand for the fuge sprayed with some polyuretheane and leveled it, placed tank on top and filled with my old dry rock.

Once my RO maker finishes making more water I'm going to add it to the tank and then throw a heater and powerhead in there to start the cycle. I figure I'll let the rock cycle separately before tieing it into my sump pictured below.

I plan on buying a different pump and going to use that to run a manifold, which will feed into the fuge & then have the fuge drain into the return section of my sump.

I have a 20g long sitting underneath the fuge that acts as my ATO tank.

Brando457 · 04/20/2014, 07:02 PM

This is a full of of my entire fish room, not shown is my QT tank

Brando457 · 04/25/2014, 03:00 PM

looks like im battling a case of marine velvet as I lost pretty much all my fish.

Only remaining as of today are my yellow tang and melanrus wrasse.

nightOwl · 04/25/2014, 10:31 PM

Sorry to hear about your looses. My tank has gone down the hill as well. I pretty much lost all my corals. Hang in there and hopefully the remaining two will hold on.

Brando457 · 04/26/2014, 08:26 AM

Thanks night, I'm sorry to hear your tank went downhill too.

I am going to revitalize my tank and come back with version 2.0 soon.

Brando457 · 04/27/2014, 02:54 PM

I got my 20 gallon ato container in place, originally I was going to keep it under the fuge stand, but to access the pump/tank itself was a pita.

I also started on my wiring center, since all my fish died I have only the return & heaters going at this time. Once I add back on my WP60 and other powerheads I'll add more wires etc.

I have a jebao DC12000 on order, plan is to build a manifold to run my reactors, the fuge, my return, and whatever else I think of.

Brando457 · 05/01/2014, 02:55 PM

I placed an order for 50 lbs of Reef Cleaner's rock on Sunday.

I requested larger pieces for my 180 gallon tank.

Here are a few pictures of the rocks and then I just threw some of them on top of one another to get an idea for scaping.

Keep in mind these little random scapes took all of 5 minutes to make and play with. I plan on drilling the rocks and making it stable

.

Rocks 1:

Rocks 2:

Rocks 3:

Rocks 4:

Random Scapes:

I think I'm going to do a pillar and arch like I have, but will keep playing around to get ideas. Now to find a big drill bit :X

03/22/2013, 07:27 PM	#55
lolgranny The DQ King Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chicago (McHenry) Posts: 2,414	I had 3 carpenters wrasses and let me tell you they WILL find a way out, i lost 2 /3 to jumping and i have a net on mine. They suck for that, as alot of wrasses do. Be prepared for it to happen again, sadly. Tanks looking good, take it slow with adding things. Patients is key my friend __________________ -Dave Current Tank Info: 40g RIP. 300g system, 180g display.

08/29/2013, 05:00 PM	#62
nightOwl Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,799	It's been a while any updates on the tank? __________________ To check out my pictures of my tank and trips just click on my name and visit my homepage. Tank Build Thread (Miracles Custom) - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2628737

09/05/2013, 04:48 PM	#63
worm5406 Not afriad to admit wrong Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: South of WashDC in Maryland Posts: 7,774	Bump again... ?? __________________ Stock:LPS/SPS\|1 hippo\|4 OC Clown\|4 Pepp shrimp\|2 Brittle Star\|3000+ Copepods\|10+ MiniBrittle\|8+ Bristle Worm\|2 Anemone\|100+ mini-feather\|4 boys 14,21,22,22 Current Tank Info: Tank:300g Mixed Reef 300+lb LR\|4" LS\|5x MP40W\|75g fuge\|5x RadionPRO\|RO DB250 skimmer\|Apex

04/25/2014, 10:31 PM	#72
nightOwl Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,799	Sorry to hear about your looses. My tank has gone down the hill as well. I pretty much lost all my corals. Hang in there and hopefully the remaining two will hold on. __________________ To check out my pictures of my tank and trips just click on my name and visit my homepage. Tank Build Thread (Miracles Custom) - http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2628737

03/09/2013, 09:08 PM	#51
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	Probably should update I also have a moorish idol already eating coming in end of the month/April. After that I think in June I'll add a midas blenny + starcki damsel. Followed by end of July or August maybe my tangs/emperor angel and call it a day. Whew FISH!

03/21/2013, 05:16 PM	#52
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	Well just went to go feed the tank and found my Carpenter's wrasse sitting on top of my netting cover. It is crazy because the fish should not have been able to fit through the holes. It was probably out of the water for an hour or two since I checked the tank prior. The fish unfortunately died :/.

03/22/2013, 07:21 PM	#54
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	I want to say it is 1/4", it is a crap shoot that it made it through because I took the dead body and tried fititng it gently through after just to see and I mean it was a TIGHT fit

03/29/2013, 08:42 PM	#59
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	Added a moorish idol and midas blenny tonight, idol is eating mysis, brine, and SA Dryhatchery food!

03/30/2013, 01:05 AM	#60
Newbie Aquarist Reefing is my middle name Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 5,796	Excellent video. Love the MI and those clownfish.

03/30/2013, 04:21 PM	#61
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	Thank you and even some better news, the moorish idol took to the new era marine algae grazer that I feed my tang/angels! Also the moorish idol is eating SA Dryhatchery like a pig 1.2mm pellets.

03/21/2014, 08:17 PM	#64
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	So the moorish idol I foolishly did not quarantine and lost almost all my fish. The only fish that remained were: Yellow-Flanked Fairy Wrasse (Yellow Patch Wrasse) Orange-Back Fairy Wrasse Melnarus Wrasse My 180 Gallon Saltwater tank as of 3/21/14: Current Stocking List: Yellow-Flanked Fairy Wrasse (Yellow Patch Wrasse) Orange-Back Fairy Wrasse Melnarus Wrasse Sustainable Aquatics Snowflake Clownfish Sustainable Aquatics Snowflake Clownfish I am battling a nasty hair algae after neglecting my tank for awhile, it was a lot worse last week and I am slowly correcting it. Also I replaced my MP40 with the Jebao WP60 and I am very happy with the change. The MP40 alone was not enough power for my tank, but this WP60 is amazing! I am going to order a CUC from Reeftopia once it warms up and then I plan on adding some fish slowly. I think either a trio of anithas or a hippo tang to start :x. Thanks for looking!

03/28/2014, 04:31 PM	#65
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	After not adding a fish for almost a year, I picked up a mandarin tonight from Absolutely Fish.

03/29/2014, 06:13 PM	#66
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	I built a stand using rocket engineer's template from reef central for a 55g long. Going to pick one up tomorrow from petco, the lady said 55s are included yesterday while I was there, but she wouldn't sell me it at the discount :X. I am also going to be starting a dose of Fauna Marine Algea X to help battle my hair algae. Anyone have any recommendations for a CUC, my Melnarus wrasse seems to have a taste for hermits.

03/30/2014, 12:19 PM	#67
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	So I bought a 55 gallon tank from petco's $1 per gallon sale, going to use this as a QT. I built the stand for it last night which was fun. Plan is next weekend to pickup 2/3 fish and begin the QT process. These will be the first fish I'm adding besides the mandarin in almost a year :x. I'm super excited!

04/13/2014, 03:00 PM	#68
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	So between yesterday & today I started work on my soon to be 40g breeder fuge. Thanks to Anthony (thiry5, YOU MY BOY BLUE) the 40 breeder is drilled with a glass-holes overflow & a 1/2" return. I built the stand today and was able to get my mixing barrels moved to a different part of the basement. Basically the plan is to build a manifold from my return that will feed the fuge, display, reactors, and connect it to the drain you see with the barb hanging. The fuge will be packed full of rock & macro algae. The fuge will then drain into the sump in the DT's return area. Enjoy the pics and more to come

04/20/2014, 06:10 PM	#69
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	Got the stand for the fuge sprayed with some polyuretheane and leveled it, placed tank on top and filled with my old dry rock. Once my RO maker finishes making more water I'm going to add it to the tank and then throw a heater and powerhead in there to start the cycle. I figure I'll let the rock cycle separately before tieing it into my sump pictured below. I plan on buying a different pump and going to use that to run a manifold, which will feed into the fuge & then have the fuge drain into the return section of my sump. I have a 20g long sitting underneath the fuge that acts as my ATO tank.

04/20/2014, 07:02 PM	#70
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	This is a full of of my entire fish room, not shown is my QT tank

04/25/2014, 03:00 PM	#71
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	looks like im battling a case of marine velvet as I lost pretty much all my fish. Only remaining as of today are my yellow tang and melanrus wrasse.

04/26/2014, 08:26 AM	#73
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	Thanks night, I'm sorry to hear your tank went downhill too. I am going to revitalize my tank and come back with version 2.0 soon.

04/27/2014, 02:54 PM	#74
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	I got my 20 gallon ato container in place, originally I was going to keep it under the fuge stand, but to access the pump/tank itself was a pita. I also started on my wiring center, since all my fish died I have only the return & heaters going at this time. Once I add back on my WP60 and other powerheads I'll add more wires etc. I have a jebao DC12000 on order, plan is to build a manifold to run my reactors, the fuge, my return, and whatever else I think of.

05/01/2014, 02:55 PM	#75
Brando457 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Caldwell, NJ Posts: 1,281	I placed an order for 50 lbs of Reef Cleaner's rock on Sunday. I requested larger pieces for my 180 gallon tank. Here are a few pictures of the rocks and then I just threw some of them on top of one another to get an idea for scaping. Keep in mind these little random scapes took all of 5 minutes to make and play with. I plan on drilling the rocks and making it stable . Rocks 1: Rocks 2: Rocks 3: Rocks 4: Random Scapes: I think I'm going to do a pillar and arch like I have, but will keep playing around to get ideas. Now to find a big drill bit :X