Basement Reno And In-wall 205g Reef

[heath]

triggers are very nice...

 

[reeferkeeper420]

It looks like my skimmer appreciates the new sump:

I'm still undecided on a new fish, but I think it might be down to either a red tail trigger or orange spotted rabbitfish - leaning more towards the rabbitfish.

If you have any lps watch the rabbitfish, my yellow blotched loved chewing brains, favia, and acans. Not every rabbitfiah is the same of course. Just thought id pass on my experience with them lol.

 

[jroovers]

Any updates Phil? Hope the tank is progressing nicely

 

[curiousphil]

Hey Jordan! Tank is doing pretty good. Havent been testing it as much as I should have been though, and am having some kind of an algae bloom, but most corals are still growing decently.

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[deeznutz]

Looking good, but one problem I see is that your corals are over grown a bit. They require some pruning lol.

 

[deeznutz]

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[jroovers]

Looks awesome! Holy coralline algae batman, that didn't take long

 

[curiousphil]

Lol yeah corraline kind of took over the back wall. I tried scraping the back wall for a bit, but it's a pain with the pipes in the way and I can't go all the way up because the overflow box gets in the way. So I just let it go!

Some corals have exploded, like the red dragon, yellow efflo, and red planet. Others are growing very very slowly. I wish the humilis would do more! And the Hawkins echinata is growing away from the light....

My frag rack was full a few weeks ago so I gave away a bunch of pieces to a buddy.

The algae problem is getting worse every day, and some corals have started receding like the purple cap and undata. I really need to test my water and figure out what's up. My street is under construction right now and I am on temporary that's coming in through a blue pipe - I wondered if some contaminants are getting through my RODI filter, but the output water still says 1ppm. Sump is full of detritus, going to clean it tomorrow, do a big water change and test every parameter I have a kit for.

Finally reworked my drain plumbing today so that all the pipes go into the Skimmer chamber, that should help control sump detritus in the future.


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[reeferkeeper420]

Lol yeah corraline kind of took over the back wall. I tried scraping the back wall for a bit, but it's a pain with the pipes in the way and I can't go all the way up because the overflow box gets in the way. So I just let it go!

Some corals have exploded, like the red dragon, yellow efflo, and red planet. Others are growing very very slowly. I wish the humilis would do more! And the Hawkins echinata is growing away from the light....

My frag rack was full a few weeks ago so I gave away a bunch of pieces to a buddy.

The algae problem is getting worse every day, and some corals have started receding like the purple cap and undata. I really need to test my water and figure out what's up. My street is under construction right now and I am on temporary that's coming in through a blue pipe - I wondered if some contaminants are getting through my RODI filter, but the output water still says 1ppm. Sump is full of detritus, going to clean it tomorrow, do a big water change and test every parameter I have a kit for.

Finally reworked my drain plumbing today so that all the pipes go into the Skimmer chamber, that should help control sump detritus in the future.


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I feel your pain, ive been battling hair, cyano and bryopsis algae for the last 4 or 5 months. Alot of my acros are slowly withering away.

 

[jroovers]

Cleaning out the sump may help, doesn't take long for things to accumulate. Hopefully the withering acros turn around and head in the opposite direction!

 

[curiousphil]

The tank is back on track to becoming a beauty after I cleaned out the sump and got more gfo running. Here's a video I captured last week:

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[The Reefinator]

This tank is jaw dropping. Well done!!

 

[Shooter000]

Absolutely stunning Phil , Ive got some of your Mohawk zoa'S, love them Duncan's dude..nice PE on your sps. Watched the whole vid, keep up the good work, would love to see this tank one day, maybe trade a few things along the way

 

[curiousphil]

Thanks guys as the owner I look at it and see all the things I want to change... so it is great to hear that it's looking good .

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[Shooter000]

We all do that

 

[jroovers]

Looking amazing Phil! You are getting some fantastic growth

Is that the humilis and SSC around the 2:00 min mark remaining in the video? If so, you've made some incredible progress... also that blue tabler looks fantastic

 

[teebone110]

Looking healthy with some very impressive colour and PE, nice work Phil

 

[curiousphil]

Thanks guys! At 2:04 you see the Banana tabler and then the blue tabler Jordan. The humilis and ssc are from 7:45 to 8:30. (You can also see the ssc in the photo I'm posting below.)

On another note... I found a fantastic way to kill paly's: lye! Check this out... the area in this photo was a solid carpet of paly just three days ago, and I did no manual removal! Unfortunately, this method doesn't work nearly as well against gsp .

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[curiousphil]

Got a new phone last month that has a fully manual camera (LG G4). Today I played around in manual mode and got some really great shots... here you go! (Lets see if anyone can figure out who my favourite subject was lol)

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[curiousphil]

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