Melev's new 280g Starfire tank thread - Page 39

fordrangr · 12/19/2006, 12:46 AM

Hey Melev! I had a Refugium/Sump made by you and shipped to North Dakota a while ago. Everything was going smooth until I started working 90 to 100 per week! Not much time for anything else after that. Things have calmed down since then and I am ready to take on the beast of GREEN HAIR ALGAE! I have started a new post and will welcome any suggestions anyone has to help me get my tank re-born! Thanks to all!

fordrangr · 12/19/2006, 12:48 AM

sorry, forgot to post new forum

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=998030

NuclearReefs · 12/19/2006, 06:08 PM

Corals..

water to sterile.. add more food! ..They probably missing the extra nutrients in the water....

melev · 12/19/2006, 06:13 PM

Let me get this straight. You think I'm not feeding enough? YOU? I thought you were one of the millions that got on my case about excessive food in the tank.

I tend to agree though. My water parameters are pretty darn impressive. I really should add more food so that they can get out of whack once again, so I have another excuse to not get my woodwork done.

purebullet417 · 12/19/2006, 06:17 PM

hey melev idk if i missed it somewhere eles on the thread or your sight but do u use epoxy to attach corals or frags to rocks if so what epoxy do u use because i need to find good epoxy

melev · 12/19/2006, 06:39 PM

On July 10th, I cleaned out and refilled the Lifereef Calcium Reactor. Using the entire container of ARM, it filled the reactor up to about 2" from the top. Here it is today.

I'm amazed how much media is gone. I'd say 2/3 has been used up in 5 months. Last week I was going to disassemble and clean it up, but since Alk and Ca readings were good, I'm leaving it to run a little longer.

While I was in that section of the sump, I took a few pictures of the prop section.

Surabaya A. sp continues to grow nicely.

Frags of Devils Hand for new DFWMAS members

Stile2 · 12/19/2006, 06:44 PM

Looking good!

jnarowe · 12/19/2006, 10:31 PM

crowded in there!

Everything looks great as usual Marc. BTW, One container of ARM gets me about 2" in my reactor!

lgoins · 12/20/2006, 08:38 AM

Is that an ocean light over your frag part of your sump.. and if so, what is the wattage?

Enderrea · 12/20/2006, 01:48 PM

Okay that is just Sick marc, your sump has better looking Coral in it, then in some peoples display. Way to go!
Jonathan Your reactor is a beast.
Now about this wood work.......you spent all that time painting what better way to finish out the 2006 year then to finish your wood work!

melev · 12/20/2006, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by lgoins
Is that an ocean light over your frag part of your sump.. and if so, what is the wattage?

It is an Aqua Medic 150w D(ouble)E(nded) 12,000K bulb. It runs about 8 hours a day.

Some of these corals will move to the new tank. I just need some time to build it. Then maybe later I'll have time to do that woodwork.

jnarowe · 12/20/2006, 11:58 PM

don't feel bad, I haven't even bought my wood yet!

cbeitel · 12/21/2006, 12:09 AM

Marc-

A wife would facilitate completing the woodwork.

Mine is hounding me all the time. "If you spent just half the time finishing the woodwork that you spend messing with that silly tank, it would be done by now!"

I promised everything would be done in 6 months, I have 2 months left........... Oh, did I mention I have a 10g nano sitting on my desk now too? No woodwork required!!

melev · 12/21/2006, 12:56 AM

I think that silly wood would just get in the way. Like a wife.

J/k!!! (Divorce humor)

/

Here are some actinic pictures I posted tonight in that other thread.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...41#post8798141

hahnmeister · 12/21/2006, 02:36 AM

Melev, I am interested in that Surabuya aqua-cultured coral. I have some just like it, and wonder what you do to get it to grow... its a very slow grower for me. What kind of light/flow does it get?

FWIW, I think the closest anyone else has come to identifying it was as 'red bonsai'.

adddo · 12/21/2006, 02:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by melev
It is an Aqua Medic 150w D(ouble)E(nded) 12,000K bulb. It runs about 8 hours a day.

Some of these corals will move to the new tank. I just need some time to build it. Then maybe later I'll have time to do that woodwork.

New tank?

Am i missing something here? Will you upgrade once again? Or just setting up a second tank or?

Looking great anyway!

melev · 12/21/2006, 04:55 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by hahnmeister
Melev, I am interested in that Surabuya aqua-cultured coral. I have some just like it, and wonder what you do to get it to grow... its a very slow grower for me. What kind of light/flow does it get?

FWIW, I think the closest anyone else has come to identifying it was as 'red bonsai'.

I can tell you I got it from Extreme Corals about 1.5 years ago, maybe longer. Here's a picture from July '05 when it was a beautiful colony.

This was back when my tank was just a toxic soup of phosphate (reading 3.0 that summer), and the coral took it hard. I ended up cutting off all the branches because only the core still had tissue.

Earlier this year (May, I think), I set up the propagation section in my sump and then later put the coral in there. Flow-wise, the water going through my sump is somewhere around 3000gph (estimated), and the prop zone has a MaxiJet 1200 moving 295gph through the frags against the current. The light is a DE MH bulb that runs about 8 hours a day.

I'm pleased that I didn't lose this coral. I'm sure I'll have to mount all these little fraglets onto something better if I hope to have branches growing out of the puddles one day. Growth right now is pretty impressive, as my pictures over the past month or so has indicated. It should be interesting to see how things develop.

melev · 12/21/2006, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by adddo
New tank?

Am i missing something here? Will you upgrade once again? Or just setting up a second tank or?

Looking great anyway!

I'm setting up a small tank in the foyer of my home, and plumbing it into the main reef. That way as you enter you see a mini reef before the big one.

I'm excited to do this because the water quality will be stable, and the only thing I'll need is a light. Everything else will be maintained by the main tank (skimming, filtration, phosphate removal, calcium addition, top off, heat / cooling...) It's gonna be awesome!

lgoins · 12/21/2006, 07:56 AM

So how did you combat the phosphate soup? ...sorry haven't been following the thread for that long.

Snakebyt · 12/21/2006, 11:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lgoins
So how did you combat the phosphate soup? ...sorry haven't been following the thread for that long.

Next tiem you have a week off.. take time to read the whole thing.. great thread. Took me a few days to get thru all of it, and i learned tons

Tbduval · 12/21/2006, 08:02 PM

Melev,
If you add that tank to your setup, will you have to get another Phosban Reactor? They are rated for 150g and you have 2...if I can recall correctly. That would put you over 300g over total water volume, right? Do you think that will really matter? Are you adding any fish to that new tank? Just passing something along that I just thought about!

melev · 12/21/2006, 08:10 PM

I talked with Julian Sprung about his Phosban Reactors. It turns out one can run 300g, even though they are called 150 (on the box).

I'm increasing water volume, and shifting corals around. It will have a sandbed to help denitrify, and possibly clams. I will be adding the clowns from the Clown Cube, but my tank only has 12 fish currently so I don't see this as a problem.

Tbduval · 12/21/2006, 08:16 PM

Wow, those can run up to a 300g! Now I only need to get one.

purebullet417 · 12/21/2006, 10:06 PM

hey melve i finnaly got my tank check out the thread and let me no what you think
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1000178

melev · 12/22/2006, 02:04 AM

New images of my Tyree frag from tonight.

12/19/2006, 06:08 PM	#953
NuclearReefs Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Fort Lauderdale Florida Posts: 2,606	Corals.. water to sterile.. add more food! ..They probably missing the extra nutrients in the water.... __________________ Kalkwasser in Coffee Current Tank Info: 125 RR SPS, LED's & T-5 O3's

12/19/2006, 06:17 PM	#955
purebullet417 Rimless Reef Club Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: long island ny Posts: 1,509	hey melev idk if i missed it somewhere eles on the thread or your sight but do u use epoxy to attach corals or frags to rocks if so what epoxy do u use because i need to find good epoxy __________________ My 57 Gallon Rimless Build Thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2341582 Current Tank Info: 57 Gallon Rimless

12/19/2006, 06:44 PM	#957
Stile2 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yucaipa, California (some little town you've never heard of) Posts: 1,624	Looking good! __________________ If you have a college degree, you can be sure of one thing. You have a college degree! Superman owns Chuck Norris Pajamas!! Current Tank Info: 77 Gallon Custom peninsula 3 sides viewable, DIY Steel Stand, OM Squirt, 2 x 250 w MH, 2 x 95 w VHO, DIY Skimmer

12/19/2006, 10:31 PM	#958
jnarowe Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 14,710	crowded in there! Everything looks great as usual Marc. BTW, One container of ARM gets me about 2" in my reactor! __________________ Jonathan--Recovering Tankaholic. Current Tank Info: 70g fresh planted

12/20/2006, 01:48 PM	#960
Enderrea Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Shoreline, Wa Posts: 235	Okay that is just Sick marc, your sump has better looking Coral in it, then in some peoples display. Way to go! Jonathan Your reactor is a beast. Now about this wood work.......you spent all that time painting what better way to finish out the 2006 year then to finish your wood work! __________________ 101st Screaming Chickens! God Bless those still in Harms way. James Current Tank Info: 80 gallon Lake tanganyika

12/19/2006, 12:46 AM	#951
fordrangr Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 20	Hey Melev! I had a Refugium/Sump made by you and shipped to North Dakota a while ago. Everything was going smooth until I started working 90 to 100 per week! Not much time for anything else after that. Things have calmed down since then and I am ready to take on the beast of GREEN HAIR ALGAE! I have started a new post and will welcome any suggestions anyone has to help me get my tank re-born! Thanks to all!

12/19/2006, 12:48 AM	#952
fordrangr Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Bismarck, ND Posts: 20	sorry, forgot to post new forum http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=998030

12/19/2006, 06:13 PM	#954
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	Let me get this straight. You think I'm not feeding enough? YOU? I thought you were one of the millions that got on my case about excessive food in the tank. I tend to agree though. My water parameters are pretty darn impressive. I really should add more food so that they can get out of whack once again, so I have another excuse to not get my woodwork done.

12/19/2006, 06:39 PM	#956
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	On July 10th, I cleaned out and refilled the Lifereef Calcium Reactor. Using the entire container of ARM, it filled the reactor up to about 2" from the top. Here it is today. I'm amazed how much media is gone. I'd say 2/3 has been used up in 5 months. Last week I was going to disassemble and clean it up, but since Alk and Ca readings were good, I'm leaving it to run a little longer. While I was in that section of the sump, I took a few pictures of the prop section. Surabaya A. sp continues to grow nicely. Frags of Devils Hand for new DFWMAS members

12/20/2006, 08:38 AM	#959
lgoins Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 381	Is that an ocean light over your frag part of your sump.. and if so, what is the wattage?

12/20/2006, 11:58 PM	#962
jnarowe Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Poulsbo, WA Posts: 14,710	don't feel bad, I haven't even bought my wood yet! __________________ Jonathan--Recovering Tankaholic. Current Tank Info: 70g fresh planted

12/21/2006, 12:09 AM	#963
cbeitel Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: McKinney, Texas Posts: 367	Marc- A wife would facilitate completing the woodwork. Mine is hounding me all the time. "If you spent just half the time finishing the woodwork that you spend messing with that silly tank, it would be done by now!" I promised everything would be done in 6 months, I have 2 months left........... Oh, did I mention I have a 10g nano sitting on my desk now too? No woodwork required!! __________________ Favorite Quote from a customer at my store... "It says here these fish are best kept in schools, but can I keep them in my home?" Honest to God, someone said that. -Chip Current Tank Info: You have too many tanks, says my wife

12/21/2006, 12:56 AM	#964
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	I think that silly wood would just get in the way. Like a wife. J/k!!! (Divorce humor) / Here are some actinic pictures I posted tonight in that other thread. http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...41#post8798141

12/21/2006, 02:36 AM	#965
hahnmeister Moved On Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Brew City, WI Posts: 10,156	Melev, I am interested in that Surabuya aqua-cultured coral. I have some just like it, and wonder what you do to get it to grow... its a very slow grower for me. What kind of light/flow does it get? FWIW, I think the closest anyone else has come to identifying it was as 'red bonsai'.

12/21/2006, 07:56 AM	#969
lgoins Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Chapel Hill, NC Posts: 381	So how did you combat the phosphate soup? ...sorry haven't been following the thread for that long.

12/21/2006, 08:02 PM	#971
Tbduval Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 369	Melev, If you add that tank to your setup, will you have to get another Phosban Reactor? They are rated for 150g and you have 2...if I can recall correctly. That would put you over 300g over total water volume, right? Do you think that will really matter? Are you adding any fish to that new tank? Just passing something along that I just thought about!

12/21/2006, 08:10 PM	#972
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	I talked with Julian Sprung about his Phosban Reactors. It turns out one can run 300g, even though they are called 150 (on the box). I'm increasing water volume, and shifting corals around. It will have a sandbed to help denitrify, and possibly clams. I will be adding the clowns from the Clown Cube, but my tank only has 12 fish currently so I don't see this as a problem.

12/21/2006, 08:16 PM	#973
Tbduval Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orlando, Fl Posts: 369	Wow, those can run up to a 300g! Now I only need to get one.

12/21/2006, 10:06 PM	#974
purebullet417 Rimless Reef Club Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: long island ny Posts: 1,509	hey melve i finnaly got my tank check out the thread and let me no what you think http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1000178 __________________ My 57 Gallon Rimless Build Thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2341582 Current Tank Info: 57 Gallon Rimless

12/22/2006, 02:04 AM	#975
melev Moved On Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Ft Worth, Tx Posts: 43,217	New images of my Tyree frag from tonight.