Ziggy953 December 1, 2014 Author Share December 1, 2014 (edited) The final shots of the system in June-July before I had to take it all apart. Edited December 1, 2014 by Ziggy953 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 1, 2014 Author Share December 1, 2014 So that is my journey from March of 2012 through July of 2013. I didn't document a lot of pics after July of last year. The tank actually was up until June of this year but I didn't photograph it as much. My apartment was completely remodeled and as a result I had to take the tank down. I sold off almost all of the livestock and corals. I managed to keep the Clowns, PJ Cardinals, Fire Shrimp, Yellow Tail Damsel and a couple corals. The Frogspawn, Blasto and a couple other corals stuck around and lived in my 28g nano with poor lighting and horrible filtration. About 2 months ago I started setting the tank up again. I had the rock on my balcony for a few months curing again and I spent some time cleaning up the wiring and plumbing in the stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 1, 2014 Author Share December 1, 2014 So here is where I am now, well as of a few weeks ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 1, 2014 Author Share December 1, 2014 I went through a little battle with GHA but got that under control pretty quickly. I reduced the flow through my sump and increased the amount of macro in the fuge. I also turned the LEDs way down and starved the tank of nutrients. I replaced the filters in my RODI to eliminate that as a source. All in all it took a couple of weeks to get things back under control. I attribute the algae to the fact that I reused the sand from the original setup and the rock probably had some spores on it still. Here are a couple shots of the ORA corals I picked up when I visited That Fish Place in PA a couple weeks ago: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 1, 2014 Author Share December 1, 2014 FYI The Shrimp and Blasto were in the tank to begin with. They were from the original setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 1, 2014 Author Share December 1, 2014 And here are the most recent pics of the tank including a few corals I got over the Thanksgiving holiday: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 1, 2014 Author Share December 1, 2014 The last shot above is the most recent pic of the tank. It was taken yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilRams December 1, 2014 Share December 1, 2014 Looks like you are local to me! Nice job and good wood work . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 1, 2014 Author Share December 1, 2014 I live in New Town. Thank you!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHSublime December 1, 2014 Share December 1, 2014 Looking good! If the new one is anything like the old one, it should be great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 December 1, 2014 Author Share December 1, 2014 Looking good! If the new one is anything like the old one, it should be great! Thanks! My plan with the tank this time around is to pick up the higher end SPS corals. I went nuts last time with corals that look great and grow fast but the problem with that is they grew WAY too fast. Time will tell if the tank will grow in as fast as it did last time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surf&turf December 26, 2014 Share December 26, 2014 Very nice!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan S December 27, 2014 Share December 27, 2014 Beautiful tank. Your stand and canopy are just awesome too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoozilla December 27, 2014 Share December 27, 2014 Nice reboot. Will be following along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueTricia December 28, 2014 Share December 28, 2014 Loved the original tank and love the potential of this one. Should be a great reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 January 3, 2015 Author Share January 3, 2015 Very nice!! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 January 3, 2015 Author Share January 3, 2015 Beautiful tank. Your stand and canopy are just awesome too. Thanks Ryan! I am really proud of the stand build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 January 3, 2015 Author Share January 3, 2015 Nice reboot. Will be following along. Thanks! Unfortunately the reboot has stalled. I'm battling GHA again. I'm going to have to remove all the rock yet again and do a major scrub down. This will delay any further additions to the system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 January 3, 2015 Author Share January 3, 2015 Loved the original tank and love the potential of this one. Should be a great reboot. Thank you Tricia! This rebuild has been challenging to say the least. It is still a work in progress. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy953 January 3, 2015 Author Share January 3, 2015 Thank you to all who have decided to follow this journey! I haven't posted in a while due to year end close out at work and the holidays. Unfortunately the tank has taken a turn for the worse. I have a bad outbreak of GHA. I'm not sure exactly how I want to deal with this. Since the system is still in the early stages I may just remove all the rock and sand, cook the crap out of the rock and replace the sand. I have gone through most of the normal steps to reduce nutrients in the system but not much has helped. My corals are starting to suffer from the excess nutrients in the system. I'm going to have to make a decision soon as I don't want to lose the corals. Next weekend I intend to pick up some more salt and start the process of PWCs to reduce the nutrients further. I replaced all the filters in my RODI and cleaned as much of the sump as I could. I think the fact that I reused the sand contributed to this mess. I'm open to suggestions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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