Tom's 75 reef build

[TommyP]

good job friend

Thank you sir

 

[chris koci]

Maybe someone can help me you see those white dots on the back glass of TommyP tank above , what are they my tank is infested with them i keep scraping them off anyone help ?

 

[duromega]

Tom your tank looks amazing !
everything looks healthy and happy

 

[TommyP]

Tom your tank looks amazing !
everything looks healthy and happy

Thank you! I really appreciate this. Just like everyone else, I've gone through some ups/downs with it. The iphone camera is okay but everything obviously looks much better in person.

I noticed that one birdsnest SPS coral I posted up, (not sure of the exact type) seems to be bleaching towards the base, the polyps were opening up all over the entire piece when I first got it. I checked my alk last night with my new hanna alk checker and it was 116. I multiplied that by .056 and got 6.5. That's really low. I did a water change Thursday but it was only 5 gallons. I'm going to have to do another ASAP. will test again tonight though to make sure.

 

[duromega]

are you talking about this one?

 

[TommyP]

Yes

 

[TommyP]

It was so beautiful and fully opened. This was when I just turned the lights on as well but you see how it's white on the bottom there... I hope it doesn't fully bleach

 

[TommyP]

So I know this is something little for many of you, but had some time to compare pictures of some things in my tank. My monti is the only thing I notice growth on right now. Although the green monti browned (I don't know why) everything shows growth.
Again, a little improvement but in the right direction
Before

Now

What would cause it to brown? At least it's not bleaching

 

[Jaftica]

was that monti from bobs tank from lira? thing was huge in his 150

 

[TommyP]

Yes I got it from him when he was breaking down his tank

 

[Jaftica]

Awesome piece. Must have been a pain in the butt to transport, thing was huge, lol

 

[TommyP]

Yeah it was lol.

 

[TommyP]

Changing my gfo today. I used the larger size gfo before. I got some granular gfo from brs but this is really granular lol. Is this fine to go through the phosban 150? Or do I need to get the larger pebble size media?

 

[TommyP]

It's so fine

Will this just pass through the reactor?

 

[TommyP]

Nvm I figured it out. Just ran it through the reactor till its clean tumbling nice. The mj600 is a little noisy when dialed down. It was fine before because I had the valve open because it took a little more flow for the media to tumble. This media is finer grain so it doesn't take as much flow. Ill have to deal I guess. Testing phosphates tomorrow.

 

[TommyP]

I'm starting to get more detritus build up in my sump only in the fuge section where I have some LR, Chaeto & Dragons breath algae. I am not using a filter sock (too much maintenance and no room to hang it) but this is the draw back. Is there an easier method besides taking everything out of the fuge section of my sump sucking all the water out/detritus out with the bucket head then putting it back in and filling fresh sw ?

Looking for something less time consuming, but this is what I've been doing in the process. I don't want to affect the pod population in the fuge area by doing this.

 

[lnevo]

Think you answered your own question...filter socks are the tradeoff between small maintenance more often or large maintenance not as often. If you had room which it sounds like you don't you could use a settling tank like MikeC.

 

[TommyP]

Think you answered your own question...filter socks are the tradeoff between small maintenance more often or large maintenance not as often. If you had room which it sounds like you don't you could use a settling tank like MikeC.

yeah i don't have much room. I am going to re-organize all the wiring between this weekend and next weekend so maybe I can move some things around somehow to fit the sock back in. This may be the best bet. I just hate cleaning the socks all time lol :banghead:

 

[lnevo]

I have a LOT if socks. I got them from Tom here when he has sales. Awesome price. Keep em in a bucket and wash them in the washing machine when your all done. I have like 20-30 now...lasts me a few months....

 

[TommyP]

Same here, I think I got like 10-12 from him. some 4'' some 7''. The 4'' ones work best for me because my sump is a 20 long so the 7''s get kinked at the bottom. They just get clogged quicker