Lance's 225 gal tank

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Parker

Deal, but if I'm taking your wife's Beagle then I'm leaving my wife's cat behind.

Nope. Sorry Parker, already have a cat.

[imcosmokramer]

nice tank, I love the shelves
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[fishytime]

what flavor of sponge did you use Lance....I think the phos "sponges" are one of those products that contain aluminum and can actually irritate a lot of coral....might be the reason for your sps not being too happy....just food for thought..

[Lance]

Originally Posted by fishytime

what flavor of sponge did you use Lance....I think the phos "sponges" are one of those products that contain aluminum and can actually irritate a lot of coral....might be the reason for your sps not being too happy....just food for thought..

Kent Marine Nitrate Sponge. It doesn't say on the container if it contains aluminum. Melev recommended it so I figured it's probably safe.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by imcosmokramer

nice tank, I love the shelves

Thanks

[Lance]

I could probably just leave it as a softie, LPS tank as the fish are the main focus in this tank anyway. But the 90g corner tank on the other side of the room mocks me: "Look at me! See how well SPS grows here. LOSER!"

[fishoholic]

Originally Posted by Mrfish55

Marie, your clowns are nothing compared to the baby Emporer Angel I just added! as big as the French Angel is he runs and cowers in the corner when the Emperor is in a bad mood, quite entertaining to watch, and I thought it would be the Clown Trigger taking over.

Funny how some emperor angels can be mean. For some reason the only angelfish my King angel will allow to live with her is an emperor, maybe it's because they can hold their own.

Originally Posted by Lance

I've been trying to lower the nutrient levels in this tank for months now. Ever since last summer the SPS have not been doing so well. (lost a couple of colonies, and while some are doing ok, most are just sort of existing without really growing much). Softies and LPS grow like weeds of course.
I have a nice large growth of chaeto which I prune monthly, change 10% of the water weekly, (expensive!), and have tried vodka dosing and nitrate sponges. With this regimen I still could not get the nitrates under 10, (usually at 15 to 20). I could cut back on the feeding a little but I like my fish to be fat & healthy. I'm now trying the N-P Reducing Pellets. After 5 days I'm definitely seeing an increase in skimmate and the water is slightly clearer. A small outbreak of Cyano I had is disappearing as well. Very promising so far.

Interesting, keep us posted on how it goes. I tried the vodka dosing but after 68 days and little results I gave up on it.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by fishoholic

Interesting, keep us posted on how it goes. I tried the vodka dosing but after 68 days and little results I gave up on it.

Will do Laurie. Too early to tell yet, but it looks promising. Tony has a thread on the pellets. He's been running his a little longer than mine and he seems to be having some success.

[PoonTang]

Lance, mabey its a chemical warfare thing, are you using lots of carbon?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by PoonTang

Lance, mabey its a chemical warfare thing, are you using lots of carbon?

Yup. A full BRS reactor changed monthly.