Akma's elos 70 upgrade

akma · 03/19/2013, 07:10 PM

Few weeks ago I saw johnnyJ was selling his tank setup and after thinking it over I decided to upgrade so my fish would have more swimming room.
Thanks to my friend Ernie, he made this move easy for me by driving to pick up the tank and helping me setup.

Specs:
Tank: Elos 70 tank, stand, sump.
Lights: Ecotech Radion Gen 2
Return: Eheim 1250
Powerhead: I have 2 mp10wes on my tank right now. I have a 3rd one and i'm debating on ataching it or selling it. Will see depending on tank.
Skimmer: BM 8 skimmer
Dosing system: BM doser

I plan on going mostly sps with this build. I do have some hair algae i'm trying to fight at the moment and hopefully will be able to eradicate it in this tank soon. Will be pouring peroxide straight on the algae in hopes of killing it.

Livestock:
- Pair of ora picasso / c-quest onyx clownfish
- Pair of wyoming whites temporarily.
- Tailspot blenny
- Jewel Leopard Wrasse
- Pair of Cardinals
- Baby Chevron Tang
- Exquisite fairy wrasse
- Pair of cleaner shrimp
- My electric blue hermit i've had since my first tank setup in 2007. This guy refuses to die no matter how much he's been through.

Corals:
- Few acros I picked up from max reef's aussie shipment along with a few others that i've had since they were 1/2-1"
- Lost Everyone of my chalices a few months ago except for the second chalice I ever purchased due to what I believe is bacteria from a bad order.
- A little bit of lps here and there.

Here's a FTS I just took to start documenting.
3/19/2013

rickytr23 · 03/22/2013, 11:20 AM

nice looking

akma · 06/08/2013, 07:09 PM

New Update:

New Equipment:
- Sold my bubble magus for a 4 pump prolifux thanks to breaken.
- Upgraded to a neptune apex. Awesome controller
- Sold my radions and went back to T5s.
- Added biopellets and gfo to help bring algae under control.

Bout 2 months ago I got hit with ick which killed 12 of my fishes. Pretty lethal case and I couldn't get out my wrasses so my nitrates and ammonia rocketed.

Right now tank has stabilized and everything is starting to do much better. SPS are coloring up nicely and growing:

Here's a FTS:

Still a bit messy. In process of clearing stuff out on sandbed. Maybe throw them all into my elos mini.

Been buying lots of sps lately:
Picked up a few sweet pieces from dnov and I have another sick pack coming in about another week:

Want to add a few nice pieces of live rock in to mount sps.

Here's my sick JB I picked up from breakin.

sahin · 01/08/2015, 06:36 AM

Bump! Whatever happened to this tank?

akma · 01/08/2015, 05:02 PM

I still have it. I almost broke the tank down, after I bought a fish and some corals from the lfs that knocked out my sps and fish. Kept it fallow for about 6 months and came back stronger than ever. I'm actually upgrading to an elos 100 soon.

03/19/2013, 07:10 PM	#1
akma Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 308	Akma's elos 70 upgrade Few weeks ago I saw johnnyJ was selling his tank setup and after thinking it over I decided to upgrade so my fish would have more swimming room. Thanks to my friend Ernie, he made this move easy for me by driving to pick up the tank and helping me setup. Specs: Tank: Elos 70 tank, stand, sump. Lights: Ecotech Radion Gen 2 Return: Eheim 1250 Powerhead: I have 2 mp10wes on my tank right now. I have a 3rd one and i'm debating on ataching it or selling it. Will see depending on tank. Skimmer: BM 8 skimmer Dosing system: BM doser I plan on going mostly sps with this build. I do have some hair algae i'm trying to fight at the moment and hopefully will be able to eradicate it in this tank soon. Will be pouring peroxide straight on the algae in hopes of killing it. Livestock: - Pair of ora picasso / c-quest onyx clownfish - Pair of wyoming whites temporarily. - Tailspot blenny - Jewel Leopard Wrasse - Pair of Cardinals - Baby Chevron Tang - Exquisite fairy wrasse - Pair of cleaner shrimp - My electric blue hermit i've had since my first tank setup in 2007. This guy refuses to die no matter how much he's been through. Corals: - Few acros I picked up from max reef's aussie shipment along with a few others that i've had since they were 1/2-1" - Lost Everyone of my chalices a few months ago except for the second chalice I ever purchased due to what I believe is bacteria from a bad order. - A little bit of lps here and there. Here's a FTS I just took to start documenting. 3/19/2013

03/22/2013, 11:20 AM	#2
rickytr23 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 18	nice looking

06/08/2013, 07:09 PM	#3
akma Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 308	New Update: New Equipment: - Sold my bubble magus for a 4 pump prolifux thanks to breaken. - Upgraded to a neptune apex. Awesome controller - Sold my radions and went back to T5s. - Added biopellets and gfo to help bring algae under control. Bout 2 months ago I got hit with ick which killed 12 of my fishes. Pretty lethal case and I couldn't get out my wrasses so my nitrates and ammonia rocketed. Right now tank has stabilized and everything is starting to do much better. SPS are coloring up nicely and growing: Here's a FTS: Still a bit messy. In process of clearing stuff out on sandbed. Maybe throw them all into my elos mini. Been buying lots of sps lately: Picked up a few sweet pieces from dnov and I have another sick pack coming in about another week: Want to add a few nice pieces of live rock in to mount sps. Here's my sick JB I picked up from breakin.

01/08/2015, 06:36 AM	#4
sahin Ultimate Reefer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 8,540	Bump! Whatever happened to this tank?

01/08/2015, 05:02 PM	#5
akma Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern NJ Posts: 308	I still have it. I almost broke the tank down, after I bought a fish and some corals from the lfs that knocked out my sps and fish. Kept it fallow for about 6 months and came back stronger than ever. I'm actually upgrading to an elos 100 soon.