Chase31's 50 starfire aquascape reef

[Chase31]

So havent posted on here in a while mostly just reading and keeping quiet. My tank is doing good. no algea or anything. having trouble with my anenome. not sure if its dying or just not healthy. Just ordered a Vertex omega 130 and just insatalled a Reef octopus DC pump for my return. so quiet i cant even tell if its running! out at work right now but when i get home ill be posting some pics!!

Hoping that cod father will pipe up and pm me his address so i can return this skimmer that is taking up space in my garage.

[Chase31]

Well here is the update you have all been waiting for... all none of you haha.

So curently i have 2 zoa's not sure the name, a torch an acro a birdsnest some gsp and a kenya tree.

Fish: 2 Clowns
A tiny regal tang (dont scold me looking at an upgrade)
blue/green chromis
lawnmower blenny

My two vortec mp10's


my DC return pump and AI-sol controler

All my fish except the lawnmower

pink zoa

colorful zoa

acro

torch

birdsnest

GPS

[Madreefer]

Looking good man

[Chase31]

Originally Posted by Madreefer

Looking good man

Thanks! I'm sort of an equipment junkie as I'm sure you can tell, just got some frags from waynemah. Hope they do well.

New rule is no superglue for me I have it all over my hands and everything. How do you guys glue corals? Is epoxy Easyer?

[Chase31]

Well today ups brought me a little present (3 days late I'll add)
So here it is all put together

Due to my father managing facility's at a school board lots of chunks of egg crate they can't use so made a stand to raise it to around 7 inches

Letting it overflow flow over night!


How do you recommend breaking this skimmer in?

[Chase31]

Well didn't get a chance to post in a little bit but 2 weeks away for work and now 3-4 days with the girlfriends family, my tank didn't do to good, skimmer has been draining back into the tank and tried to get it running bit my schedule didn't allow it and when I get home for. Work my Sps was rtning and looked to be gone. So assuming my levels got bad with no skimmer and no one to do weekly water changes pretty disappointed

[Chase31]

So now that I have no Sps and got a nutrafin test kit for chritmas I tested all my levels
Phosphate undetectable
Nitrate undetectable
Nitrite undetectable
Ammonia undetectable

And my skimmers producing head finally!
Is it possible that I have no phosphate or no4 as that amount I algea in my tank is crazy. Or is it just gobbling it up?

[IanWR]

Safe to say if you have algae you have phosphates. You may be reading 0, that just means the algae is holding it.

[Chase31]

So keep dosing my Prodibio to see if brings it down

[Chase31]

So update. Carpet anemone is looking good. And algea is slowing down cuz of my sea hare. Problem is I got a new refractomiter and my salt gravity was 1.20 and I have been bumping it up to 1.26. Hoping this is why some of the Sps rtned and the anemone was unhappy