Drifty Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 tank looks great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goby1 Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 awesome looking tank congrats on a great job. Makes my ar620 tank look sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Come a long way pretty fast! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted September 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 thanks for all the nice comments, to be fair, those first photos i posted on here were taken with my cell phone, these current photos are taken with my new cannon. i had no idea how to take photos even when i borrowed my mums camera i was using the flash. it has come along way, and i am still learning (i will always be learning) dosing is the main thing i have altered, keep levels correct. when i started 2 years ago i was only concerned with nitrite and ammonia, didnt even know what po4 or Kh was, didnt own a test kit for Ca. no one had told me about these things. next on my list of things to do is auto top off and heater controller, then i will be looking at upgrading my tank, i have run out of room and as things grow i will need more space, not to mention all the tempting corals at jansens. hmmmm 8x4x2ft, sounds good costs bad :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 those first photos i posted on here were taken with my cell phone, these current photos are taken with my new cannon. hmmm, great idea for when i upgrade :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted September 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 some more, taken tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 sweet! give that pink monti more light (or move it higher up ya tank) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 You'll love the auto top off, when I got mine just found that even though topping off manually is a simple thing, not having to constantly hassle around with it is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Posted September 14, 2006 Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 Tank is looking excellent. How much SPS growth are you getting now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted September 14, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2006 there growing well, the montis are about 2mm per week, i have some pics of when i added one of the montis, i wil put a then and now pic up. one acro is growing quite quickly but the others seem to be a bit slower. the ca reactor is working perfectly, no extra doses in the last 6 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted November 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 here is an update of my tank as of tonight. my nitrate reading is 50, so i am interested to see what people think of my tank givin it current problem. i have cleaned the glass and done yet another water change, that will make a total of 200ltrs in one week, havnt checked nitrate level tonight, but i will do tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimera Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 finally some pic's, looking awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 have you tried another test kit in case the one you have has gone off. anything under 20 is ok ,but 50 seems high. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted November 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 thanks chimera! when you posting some pics? i have tried another test kit, aquarium pharmaceuticals, still reads about 50 but that test kit is older than the salifert one, exp on salifert is 07/2007 so should be fine, might see if i can get someone local to test it with there test kit and see if there is a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockerpeller Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 lookin at the pics its hard to believe its the same tank. awesome progress ! makes me want my marine tank so much more now. just a matter of time (sump tanks are being made and i should be picking them up next week). Keep up on the updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reef Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 test kits need to be in a cool place, if they get hot they go off. did you test the clean water to see what it reads? that should confirm if the kit is ok, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted November 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 yep, NSW reads 0 guess i just have a nitrate problem that i cant find the cause of. i used a power head to blow out all the rocks and behind the reef, bugger all came out, stirred up all the sand, a bit came out but very little really. i have put some filter wool in between my baffles in the sump tonight, its been there for 5hrs so far and its reasonably clean, so its got me stumped. must be my blue tang, he is bigger than my hand, and would eat a whole lot more than I'm feeding. i want a system that will allow me to dump a heap of food in the tank and not have a nutrient problem, that's my goal at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KP Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Those are some sweet clams you got there :lol: Too bad you didn't get a pic with the blue whale in it :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasp Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Looking pretty good! Just looking at it it is hard to see anything obvious to cause those high nitrates. Everything looks ideal. Even the rocks are nice and clean which is strange with a phosphate reading of 0.03 Salifert. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Looks very very good to me maybe just chill like me, you have nice colour no algae I have seen tanks that have nil readings but don't look as nice our have colour like you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 JDM what do you keep your kh readings at I have read that if your nitrates are high keep your kh up around 12, I have been doing this for months now. I have to dose baking soda every second day reef and cracker think I have my calium to high at 500 or just under so am letting it drop to at least 450. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Can't remember if you said you run phosphate remover in a fluidiser but that is the way to go I have found, but you can't do that while running zeovit I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie extreme Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 what material do you use in your CA reactor? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDM Posted November 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 With zeovit, I can’t run po4 remover and can’t have my kh up high, my kh is around 8. i have a fludized filter ready for po4 remover when i remove zeovit. and i have a sulphur denitrator on order. I have an aqua medic ca reactor, I am using the media that came with it. your clams started to open last night kp, I like the light tan one, the other had only just started to open when the lights went off, so we will se how it goes tonight. Is the theory behind maintaining a high kh while nitrate is high, to do with calcification for sps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fay Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 and i have a sulphur denitrator on order. Keen to know how you go with this one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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