Red Sea Reeder 170 - Reefoholic LOTS OF PICS

[Reefoholic]

Moved some things to the new tank tonight after a 5 gal water change and ammonia reading at 0 ppm.



Just realized that I cannot post videos here. Gotta find a way.

Ordered the cleaning crew which is arriving tomorrow. This is finally getting more exciting after months of contemplating and prep!


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[Reefoholic]

Should I replace the AI prime HD with a Kessil 360W?


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Installed sound proofing in the sump this afternoon. It reduced down the nose around 20 decibels. Woo-hoo!





On a related note, my maroon clown is moving the sand with her tail every 5-10 min. Looked it up and it means she is getting ready to nest.
Hence, we are now looking for eligible bachelors. Hehe




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[Reefoholic]

Here are some pics during feeding time. Lots of tentacles reaching out for the food. 

 

 

I might move the two tiny Gold Maxima clams I have off the sand since the sand sifting critters keep moving them. Any thoughts?

PS: Does anyone know the secret to taking not-so-blue pictures with the iPhone? It seems that doesn't matter how high the whites LEDs are running, my iPhone always catches the blue lights. 

 

Edited June 17, 2019 by Reefoholic

[YHSublime]

Most folks use a gel filter for the camera/camera phone.

[Reefoholic]

16 minutes ago, YHSublime said:

Most folks use a gel filter for the camera/camera phone.

Thanks for that suggestion, I never knew. 

Will be ordering some soon. 

 

 

[Reefoholic]

Ammonia reads 0ppm as of last night and there has been some decline in Alk to 7.9

I dosed some Alk solution to bring it up to around 9.

 

I am holding off for Calc since there are almost no SPS in the tank and the consumption is no where near I would need to dose at this time. 

After I acquire some more SPS, I will see what the daily consumption is over a period of a week and adjust the BRS dosers as needed. 

 

Purchase Updates:

1. Couple of Zoas from other WAMAS members

2. SPS frags waiting to be picked up (2 so far)

3. Ordered BRS filter socks to start changing the socks out weekly with water changes

4. Ordered BRS Alk and Calc mixers to dose

5. Ordered a UV light off of Amazon. Here is the link and a photo:

This little guy is going to go in the first chamber of the sump where I keep my filter media. I am going to retrofit it into a PVC pipe with a powerhead and will run it on a timer with the Apex. 

 

BUSY WEEK already!

[Reefoholic]

The UV light arrived last night. I installed it in the first chamber of the SUMP. Running it from 9am until 9pm at the moment.

I was considering maybe inserting it into one if the return pipes, any ideas?

 

 

Also, added three (final three) new fishes to the tank yesterday:

 

A juvenile Maroon Clown to mate up with my female in the tank. (she did not like it at first, now she is getting used to the little one. Hopefully he will not have jumped out the tank when I get home since I haven't had a chance to build the net yet...)

A firefish

A dotted blenny

 

 

Edited June 21, 2019 by Reefoholic

[Reefoholic]

Moved the uv light inside of the return pipe. Much happier with that since now I know all water goes through UV and it is discretely setup. No light emulation what so ever into the sump.

 

 

Also installed the BRS dosers as I will need to start dosing soon, at least Alk

 

 

 

Close up pic. Blue is for Alk and red is for Calc (stuck with my Hannah tester colors)

 

 

5 gal water change and filter sock change today.

 

 

 

[Reefoholic]

ORP probe added to Apex. 

My ORP has been steadily going up, it is around 200 now. 

I do not want to implement an Ozone reactor, how else can I bring the ORP up? read about Carbon also having the same effect. 

Any ideas? Suggestions? Advice?

 

Matt

[KingOfAll_Tyrants]

On 6/17/2019 at 9:07 AM, Reefoholic said:

I might move the two tiny Gold Maxima clams I have off the sand since the sand sifting critters keep moving them. Any thoughts?

 

 

 

I would.  Maximas generally live in areas with high light and flow, on the rocks.  

 

Can't help you with ORP, though, unfortunately.  :(

Edited June 28, 2019 by KingOfAll_Tyrants