Parker's 265 Build - Thread Retired

[Parker]

Originally Posted by Lance

Wow! That's like the Mt. Everest of saltwater.
Nice job on the rock; it looks to be plenty stable.

Seems to be so far, it has one of the discharges from my closed loop pointing directly at it and it doesn't move at all. I'm happy with how stable it is.

[Parker]

Final aquascaping



I'm about ready to slowly start adding some corals to the tank..anyone know a good source for zoas on-line these days?

[JDigital]

That aquascape looks pretty cool...

Have you had much time to play around with your Apex controller? got a review for us (me) .. Is it worth the extra money of an Aquacontroller Jr/3?

[Parker]

Originally Posted by JDigital

That aquascape looks pretty cool...

Have you had much time to play around with your Apex controller? got a review for us (me) .. Is it worth the extra money of an Aquacontroller Jr/3?

I love it, I would buy it again in a heart beat, but I'll hold off on the full review until I've got the entire tank plugged into it and programed.

On a side note, a few impulse buys

[michika]

I'm a big fan of the pillar on the left side, and your impulse buys! I love how this is coming together so nicely.

[Parker]

Originally Posted by michika

I'm a big fan of the pillar on the left side, and your impulse buys! I love how this is coming together so nicely.

Thanks Catherine

Sometimes it's the impulse buys that bite you though!

[Parker]

I thought I would give an update on the tank although there isn't much to report.

I've done a pretty good job of leaving the tank alone and letting it do it's thing. The tank seems to be going through the same odd cycle over and over again. I get diatoms they fade, I get them again, they fade ect. I'm starting to battle a bit of H/A but so far it's managable. I haven't see much in the way of coraline growth yet. But then again I haven't been too concerned with the Calc and Alk levels so far as I don't have much in the way of coral. I did throw in a few pounds of live rock to seed all the dead rock back when I started up the tank but I'm thinking the rock I bought may have been pretty void of life, I haven't seen one pod in the tank so I might have to find another nice peice to throw in there.

I still only have the four impulse buy corals. Two are doing great the other two are brown.. lol the only fish I have in the tank are the chromis I started with.