Help me improve my tank....

[Weicowireman]

Hey Guys,
Looking to improve my tank. Anyone have any suggestions.http://youtube.com/watch?v=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7Szz4ho9EQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

It's a 4min video. Figured it's better then actually describing it by words...

 

[Weicowireman]

Anyone.......

 

[thirty6]

what are you looking to improve exactly? fish looking good, corals seem ok, some were not fully open but that prob had more to do with lighting and turnign on ect...

coral placement looked good too.... the rock sort of formed a huge wall, but you had plenty of space for fish to move in and out. maybe re-arrange some rock. i know easier said than done. that one coral is huge too! it maybe a leather but not certain

 

[Weicowireman]

I want to improve my coralline growth and coral growth. I am trying to find a happy medium with the aqua scape. I wanted to add a Refugium and do I Need Marco algae? The aqua scape is something I have been trying to work on.. It's tough to do by yourself...

 

[skene]

ok for starters... instead of leaving us guessing... why don't you tell us what you have in the tank other than livestock... because if you want coraline... naming livestock in there isn't going to help you.
Equipment?
Lighting?
RODI?
etc.

 

[Weicowireman]

I have a 95 gallon rr tank with a 20 gallon sump containing 20lbs of sad and rock rubble. I use a mag 5 as a return pump. I have 100-150lbs of live rock with 120lbs of live sand. I use a remora C protein skimmer along with a maxi jet 1200 powerjet. I use a deep blue 4 bulb T5 fixture which I will be upgrading to two 250watt metal halides.

 

[Weicowireman]

I use RO water..

 

[thirty6]

i think more flow in tank, fuge would be a plus too

i personally dont care for the "scape" but some tanks make it hard to avoid that look. could you make two mounds on each side of tank, with some open space in middle. if you have too much rock when you change things around you can sell in marketplace and use that money to set up fuge

 

[skene]

ok now how old is the tank...? ie. how long has it been running? what is your lighting schedule like? I think the problem lies in the 4 bulb fixture... as it may just be too little for the depth of a 90g tank. For a 90g I would recommend a 6 or even an 8 bulb fixture.
The proper lighting is only a portion on what will allow for coraline to grow.

 

[Montaquelaveist]

for the coraline you need to seed the tank with a few pieces and check your calcium and allk levels even though its not coral they need a lot of calcium in order to grow if you want i can PM you a video of my tank so you can take a look I'm no expert but have a little bit of luck lol

 

[Tonyscoots84]

me personally i would change the rockwork, add a fuge, change lighting, up flow, add a bigger in sump skimmer(i wouldnt use that remora for that size tank). thats just a few things i would change.

 

[xxxAngeloxxx]

IMO i would change the sand and put some white live sand and try to some what change up the rock form that you have in the tank.

 

[Weicowireman]

I have live sand in there now. It's about 120lbs.. I changed up the rock work today... I think I may have too much rock. I been adding small pieces to my sump tank. That is ok right? I mean I have rock rubble in there to. I also put 3 snails in there to eat some detritus. I would like to make or buy a larger sump tank to have more space for a rufugium and macro algae. Maybe I can trade some live Rock and cash for a larger sump. Tomorrow I will be picking up two 250watt metal halides. That should help alot with the lighting. The sump I will need to work on and take some measurements to see how big I can go. For Christmas I want to get 4 korilias 1250's for a increase in flow.

 

[Weicowireman]

I had over 29 views on youtube and over 100 views on this site. Thanks for the people who gave me valid suggestions.... I'm gonna increase flow, upgrade lights, my levels are good. I already started looking for a different sump.

 

[Weicowireman]

Shooting overto the aqurium for some more fish fun. I'll tAke some pics of the rock work and post them when I get back.

 

[rambler67]

What are your calcium, alkalinity, and magnesium lvls. if your calcium and alkalinity low coralline wont grow.

 

[albano]

Keep an 'eye' on everything with the light upgrade...might have to limit hours of light use, &/or move some corals lower in tank

 

[tenMann2]

I had over 29 views on youtube and over 100 views on this site. Thanks for the people who gave me valid suggestions.... I'm gonna increase flow, upgrade lights, my levels are good. I already started looking for a different sump.

What are good levels? you should post the results. If you corals are growing then you should also be getting coraline growth on your rocks. Looked like you had a lot of rocks in the tank. Probably reduce that amount and make it more open, your fish will tank you. With the light upgrade, reduce the time cycle so you corals that you have don't get stressed out.

 

[Weicowireman]

I bought a 32 gallon brute pail that i can put a maxi jet in there for circulation. Can I put extra live rock in there when I remove them from my display? What else should be in the pail besides a powerhead? Air pump? Heater?

 

[tenMann2]

I bought a 32 gallon brute pail that i can put a maxi jet in there for circulation. Can I put extra live rock in there when I remove them from my display? What else should be in the pail besides a powerhead? Air pump? Heater?

Just powerhead and heater will do. If you have corals attached then you need lights as well, else they will probably die.