Innovative Marine SR80 Pro Build

[kevin]

Not much of an update.
Had it 3rd coral death. A new rock nem melted within a week. The other one I got with it is doing just fine. The other one i got awhile ago is doing still doing well.
Bought a few mushroom corals, I seem to like mushrooms a lot.

I installed a icecap co2 scrubber Monday night. So far, my high of 8.05 has gone to 8.2.

I also organized majority of the wires to look more neat. What a pain that was. I unplugged each thing one at a time a rerouted it.

 

[kevin]

Not much to update.
I've bought more corals & have a few more coming this Thursday from Pieces of the Ocean.
Bought a peppermint shrimp in hopes of it eating aiptasia. I've been using aiptasia x but I can't keep up LOL.
Also bought a midas blenny. Its currently in QT. My first time ever running a QT. He's eating & swimming around so that's good.
Also noticed bubble algae that I've been sucking up. Haven't tested my phosphates but my nitrates are 6.

Going to start dosing kalk. I bought a
Kamoer FX-STP2 & won an Avast k1 stirrer on ebay today. The whole process still confuses me but I'm still researching.

 

[kevin]

Moved the midas blenny intonthe tank today. The tailspot and him have some beef.. Hopefully they work it out.

Watching my alk to see how much I have to dose.

 

[kevin]

Couldn't find one of my rock nems when i got home..

Luckily the guard worked LOL. However, took some work getting it out

 

[kevin]

It's been awhile since I've posted!

Not much going on. The midas worked out. I had a blackcap basslet in QT and it died a few days in. Someone pointed out I had flatworms so I picked up a 6line last week. Ironically, its the midas blenny that's the bully. The 6line seems to be a model citizen. I didnt QT, so fingers crossed.

Sent out an ATi ICP test, so im waiting on those results. My Alk is super low, have brown algae on my sand & some bubble algae. Im pretty positive I need a bigger CUC.

Oh! I picked up an tuxedo urchin! That little guy does work! Hasn't picked up any corals yet.

Went to reefapoolza for the first time ever. I was so overwhelmed and like a kid in a candy store. I picked up a few corals, pitho crabs, art and some other things. I can't wait to go back next year

Anyway, long blab. Here are some pictures I just took at peak intensity. Things are pissed because I was rearranging corals

 

[Hallowhead]

Shewww tank is beautiful!

Reefa is so fun, right ?!

 

[kevin]

Shewww tank is beautiful!

Reefa is so fun, right ?!

Thanks!

And I cant wait for next year. Ill come prepared with more disposable income LOL. Some pieces were exquisite but I couldn't drop the cash. I think my wife would of murdered me haha

 

[Hallowhead]

Thanks!

And I cant wait for next year. Ill come prepared with more disposable income LOL. Some pieces were exquisite but I couldn't drop the cash. I think my wife would of murdered me haha

Gotta tell her the corals were free haha

Did you find that the co2 scrubber helped with ph ?

 

[kevin]

Gotta tell her the corals were free haha

Did you find that the co2 scrubber helped with ph ?

Lol, she was with me picking them out!

Yeah, it definitely helps!
Keeps me between 8.0-8.3. I hit 8.3ish for first time ever a few weeks ago because we had the windows open for few days

 

[Hallowhead]

Lol, she was with me picking them out!

Yeah, it definitely helps!
Keeps me between 8.0-8.3. I hit 8.3ish for first time ever a few weeks ago because we had the windows open for few days

Mine is like 7.2 to 7.8 and I'm rechecking tomorrow with a second test kit. My ph probe may just be broke. Thinking about grabbing a scrubber though after seeing your results

 

[kevin]

Mine is like 7.2 to 7.8 and I'm rechecking tomorrow with a second test kit. My ph probe may just be broke. Thinking about grabbing a scrubber though after seeing your results

Yeah, I doubt its 7.2! That seems really low!

And here is a video I just captured. I picked up some pods from dinkin @ reefapoolza yesterday. Our wrasse and tailspot seem to be friends hunting together

 

[kevin]

These pitho crabs are funny. I threw in an algae wafer and they all emerged from the sand.

 

[kevin]

I got an ICP test done a few weeks ago and my alk/iodine is low. I've been dosing red sea alkalinity and have raised my alk from 6.0 to 8.5. I also dosed redasea iodine, just 1ml because I dont have a test for it.

Still have bubble algae popping up.
I haven't seen the nudi's since putting them in the tank. I dont know if the wrasse ate them or not. However, either the nudis have been eating the aptasia or the peppermint has or both have lol. I can only see two in the tank right now and ill get them with aiptasia x later. Their used to be a ton behind this rock and theyre all gone.

I used to have a jawbreaker mushroom & another mushroom moved and covered it a few weeks ago. I'm pretty sure that mushroom is now dead lol. Of course, it would be the expensive mushroom that it would cover . The orange mushroom to the left in the pictures covered the jawbreaker. The orange mushroom also has produced about 5 babies in the past like 2 months

 

[kevin]

Few small updates;
Hydros launch cooked itself the other week from a storm surge. I had it on a surge protector but it was useless. Unfortunately, power surges aren't covered under warranty. They gave me a discount on a new one so it should arrive next week. I had in the interm bought an hydros XP8 & a cyberpower 1000watt UPS. I was meaning to get an XP8 but this pushed me faster to get one

Picked up a spotted mandarin from reefco yesterday. I've read they might eat flatworms so here's hoping.

 

[Eddie]

Looking good Kevin, sorry again about the Hydros.

Have you thought of a small foxface for the bubble algae? my one spot got rid of every bit of it that was within reach.

I have flatworms all over my refugium but they have never made it or survived in my display. I have a mccosker wrasse and a pair of ornate leopard wrasses in the display and there is nothing but in my refugium (50 gallons water volume) i have a 6 line and a yellow banded possum wrasse and they don't make a dent. I'm hesitant to use flatworm exit but I think thats the next step for me. fortunately I can isolate the refugium, treat and do a massive water change without disturbing the display, I've had some sketchy experiences with that product because of how efficiently it kills the flatworms.

 

[kevin]

Looking good Kevin, sorry again about the Hydros.

Have you thought of a small foxface for the bubble algae? my one spot got rid of every bit of it that was within reach.

I have flatworms all over my refugium but they have never made it or survived in my display. I have a mccosker wrasse and a pair of ornate leopard wrasses in the display and there is nothing but in my refugium (50 gallons water volume) i have a 6 line and a yellow banded possum wrasse and they don't make a dent. I'm hesitant to use flatworm exit but I think thats the next step for me. fortunately I can isolate the refugium, treat and do a massive water change without disturbing the display, I've had some sketchy experiences with that product because of how efficiently it kills the flatworms.

Yeah, i have so many i would probably nuke my tank

 

[kevin]

Just some early morning pictures

 

[kevin]

So fun fact. The spotted mandarin i got from reefco is eating frozen food.