Zoolan's 135 Oceanic Build (1 Viewer)

[zoolan70]

Time for an update!

The bad news is that I had a case of RTN. I suspect I pushed ALK up too fast and stressed the corals, because almost like clockwork I lost a coral overnight for 10 day straight. I also lost the tips of the rest of my SPS corals too. Since that time, things are stable and growing again.

I've added a remote frag tank to my system in the past week. It is really nice to not have frag racks in the main tank anymore. I also moved my mangroves out of the sump and into the frag tank so maybe they will grow some more. Here is a video of it:

[youtube]77YTmSPniuc[/youtube]

I've also removed my GFO and am running Warner Marine EcoBAK pellets. I think the algae on the glass has gotten better, and the hair algae tufts I have are shrinking, but no dramatic changes so far.

Here is an updated video of the tank...its long, the glass is dirty, and I'm not a good videographer. You've been warned.

[youtube]62N6fnIxM3g[/youtube]

 

[Timmy77]

Scribbled rabit fish would take care of that hair.:biggthumpup: And the tank looks great!

 

[Dhummel]

are you running the Warner Marine EcoBAK pellets in the same reactor as you had the gfo in? just curious.

 

[zoolan70]

are you running the Warner Marine EcoBAK pellets in the same reactor as you had the gfo in? just curious.

Nope. I considered it, but I was running GFO in the BRS dual reactor, and to be honest, was never real happy with it. I picked up a Two Little Fishies 550 reactor and am running it off my manifold.

 

[Dhummel]

i thought about doing the pellets, i saw the set up the BRS has and they have the RX for that purpose. looks nice but they are about $100.00 on up.

 

[zoolan70]

i thought about doing the pellets, i saw the set up the BRS has and they have the RX for that purpose. looks nice but they are about $100.00 on up.

Depending on the size of your tank, that may work. I used a full litre of the pellets, so it would have been tight, even in double reactor.

 

[Fragtastic Reef]

Looks really great like the setup and tank is looking awesome. Is that a tenneti tang?

 

[zoolan70]

Looks really great like the setup and tank is looking awesome. Is that a tenneti tang?

Yep. Kim has had her eye on one at World of Fish for a while, so I bought it for her as a surprise a few months ago. The colors on it's fins are just amazing...