1350 Gallon Reef

[mr.wilson]

Originally Posted by KPG007

Wow, this build is one of my favorites on RC. The detail, not only to design and construction, but also to documenting has been outstanding!

A couple of questions - What problems have you run into now that the system is up and running? How do you control pest algae and fish disease in the main tank? What problems have you noticed with the fish community? What's the maintainance like on this system (you mentioned you're there 3 days a week - any others helping out)?

Kelly

We had bad algae plagues for the first three months, just about everything. A variety of snails and royal conchs did the trick. I also used Kent Tech M magnesium.

We haven't had any fish disease issues to speak of, other than a few one-offs. We lost all of our elegant corals to a common bacterial infection/plague. We will wait awhile before trying any more.

No climate control problems or leaks. We have had some flatworms in the mangrove wall, but killed them off with flat worm exit (Levamisole). We also had a montipora with nudibranchs, and a zoanthid with zoanthid snails, but physical removal was enough.

Cleaning the acrylic isn't my favourite job, but someone has to do it. Rinsing the filter bags and water test rank closely behind. I'm really good at looking at the tank though, and I have no problem talking about what I'm going to do next