Upgrading my fish tank filter in a few days, going from a fluval 307 to fx2 on the 240L. Planning on upgrading in a year or two to a bigger tank but shall do for now. My partners just got an AquaOne reefsys 3xx with some fancy lights and bits, sure more was spent on equipment than the tank itself.
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Our new 80L reserve tank has arrived for the marine tank. It’s not the prettiest thing in the world, but it does mean we can leave the lid off and even add a fan system to keep the tank cooler without worry of the reserve tank of water running out. We also now have a mechanical sensor on the auto top up since all the light sensors have failed after 12 months.
Moved my fish over to my new 250l on the weekend.
They seem to have settled in well, but christ on a bike it was tough catching them, had to basically pull all the rockwork out of the tank and dislodge a few of the more stubborn 1's.
Hoping I can get the nitrates down to more suitable levels so I can move the corals across soon.
They seem to have settled in well, but christ on a bike it was tough catching them, had to basically pull all the rockwork out of the tank and dislodge a few of the more stubborn 1's.
Hoping I can get the nitrates down to more suitable levels so I can move the corals across soon.
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Well it’s been quite the afternoon.
- we’ve moved to a lidless setup and fans to help cool the tank, it’s a very hot room. I’m hoping this means we don’t lose anymore corals. It reached about 33C last year and near cooked.
- we’ve installed the 80L reserve. This is an educational tank, hence having it all visible and showing how much it takes to keep such a tank going.
- we’ll add an autodoser and new lighting soon, since the temporary lighting setup has stopped all algal growth
Unexpectedly though, we clearly created the perfect conditions whereby every brittle star emerged. Who knew we had so many, they come out at night and we rarely see any. Then they entered a mass reproductive frenzy releasing sperm and eggs into the water. We came back after 30 minutes or so and you could barely see into the tank. Absolutely wild. It’s never dull with a marine tank.
- we’ve moved to a lidless setup and fans to help cool the tank, it’s a very hot room. I’m hoping this means we don’t lose anymore corals. It reached about 33C last year and near cooked.
- we’ve installed the 80L reserve. This is an educational tank, hence having it all visible and showing how much it takes to keep such a tank going.
- we’ll add an autodoser and new lighting soon, since the temporary lighting setup has stopped all algal growth
Unexpectedly though, we clearly created the perfect conditions whereby every brittle star emerged. Who knew we had so many, they come out at night and we rarely see any. Then they entered a mass reproductive frenzy releasing sperm and eggs into the water. We came back after 30 minutes or so and you could barely see into the tank. Absolutely wild. It’s never dull with a marine tank.
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Ordered an inkbird temperature controller for the fans:
Can now automate the fans switching on and off.
Can now automate the fans switching on and off.
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Just need to work out what dosing system I’m going to use now.
What are you dosing at the moment?
2 new additions went in today. Purple Firefish and a Royal Gramma.
Few water changes have got the nitrates down. Hopefully I'll be able to move over the corals in a week of 2.
My yellow clown goby is missing his kenya tree.
2 new additions went in today. Purple Firefish and a Royal Gramma.
Few water changes have got the nitrates down. Hopefully I'll be able to move over the corals in a week of 2.
My yellow clown goby is missing his kenya tree.
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I miss my Firefish and gramma. Firefish lasted a longtime, but became shy when we added our tang. We never had any luck with the gramma. Both stunning fish.
Dosing 10ml of All-for-reef each day, but there are lots of days when we aren’t there to dose.
Looking at the D-D P+ dosing system currently.
Dosing 10ml of All-for-reef each day, but there are lots of days when we aren’t there to dose.
Looking at the D-D P+ dosing system currently.
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Ordered an inkbird temperature controller for the fans:
Can now automate the fans switching on and off.
These things are great. Had one controlling a D-D titanium heater in my tank for years. Much more reliable, safer and accurate than relying on a regular heater.
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We seem to have hugely stabilised the temperature. Everything looks happy other than the GSP. May have to replace that in a few months. New light arriving next week. It should help keep the algae away and I don’t need to worry about the temperature anymore.
Have also ordered the D-D P+ doser along with a 1.5L TMC EASI-dose dosing container. I’ve noticed you can get the All-for-reef in a powder form, it works out far far cheaper to mix it ourselves.
All in all, it means the whole tank is automated which makes life easier.
Have also ordered the D-D P+ doser along with a 1.5L TMC EASI-dose dosing container. I’ve noticed you can get the All-for-reef in a powder form, it works out far far cheaper to mix it ourselves.
All in all, it means the whole tank is automated which makes life easier.
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Should have the doser setup on Tuesday. Now we have some stability again, I’ll add some more corals. I actually miss out pulsing Xenia, but it’s quite tricky to find online. I also want a green toadstool again, but struggling to find a website that sells both! Will probably add some more Zoas too.
Our anenome still causes chaos though.
On the plus side, our new corals are doing well and I quite like the green Kenya trees.
Our anenome still causes chaos though.
On the plus side, our new corals are doing well and I quite like the green Kenya trees.
Had some ups and downs.
Lost my fire fish. Not sure what happened, blind in both eyes and hole in his head. I had to euthanise him.
Gramma doing well though.
Nitrates have dropped below 20ppm, so next weekend, I'm going to move over the corals and inverts from my old tank. Should be a *fun* day catching my crabs and shrimp.
Starting to get diatoms appear, so working through the new tank phase.
Put some macro algae and a mangrove in my sump. I've removed the sea lettuce though, heard horror stories about them and decided not to risk it.
Added some clean up crew. A variety of snails as well as a conch which I absolutely adore. He's doing such a great job or stiring up the top layer of sand.
Also had 1 hell of a suprise when I did a water change yesterday. Apprently my tail spot blenny was interested in the pipe I was using to siphon the water out of the tank.
Thankfully, he doesn't seem to have done himself any harm.
Lost my fire fish. Not sure what happened, blind in both eyes and hole in his head. I had to euthanise him.
Gramma doing well though.
Nitrates have dropped below 20ppm, so next weekend, I'm going to move over the corals and inverts from my old tank. Should be a *fun* day catching my crabs and shrimp.
Starting to get diatoms appear, so working through the new tank phase.
Put some macro algae and a mangrove in my sump. I've removed the sea lettuce though, heard horror stories about them and decided not to risk it.
Added some clean up crew. A variety of snails as well as a conch which I absolutely adore. He's doing such a great job or stiring up the top layer of sand.
Also had 1 hell of a suprise when I did a water change yesterday. Apprently my tail spot blenny was interested in the pipe I was using to siphon the water out of the tank.
Thankfully, he doesn't seem to have done himself any harm.
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An important weekend for our reef tank to see how effectively the new cooling system works. It’s going to determine the long term viability of continuing with corals I think.
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Well the system works! 34C in the room and the fans are keeping the tank at 26.9C. Previously it would have matched the room temperature. After two weeks I still had 50-60L of the RO reserve left too, although I topped it back up today.
Also added a toadstool and green cabbage that were on offer, we’ll see how they perk up:
My next headache is the male terrapin that needs taking out of their aquarium.
Also added a toadstool and green cabbage that were on offer, we’ll see how they perk up:
My next headache is the male terrapin that needs taking out of their aquarium.
Tank got up to 27.5 °C yesterday.
Ordered a small clip on fan I can hopefully just hook onto 1 of the light brackets.
I would like a proper fan to clip onto the rim of the tank, but that means doing a cut out off the jumpguard, which is a proper pain in the bum.
Need to do something about my flow as well.
I have a return pump which is a D-D Funktion 3500 lph and D-D Funktion Wave 4000 lph. Both at 100%, but the right side of the tank isn't getting enough flow.
I have an AI Nero 3 from my old tank, that I'm thinking of swapping out the Funktion Wave. Didn't realiase it did over 7000 lph. I had it set quite low on my little tank.
The question is whether I buy another Nero 3 to put down the other end so I can sync them.
Or upgrade to Nero 5.
Or try out another type of wave maker.
Ordered a small clip on fan I can hopefully just hook onto 1 of the light brackets.
I would like a proper fan to clip onto the rim of the tank, but that means doing a cut out off the jumpguard, which is a proper pain in the bum.
Need to do something about my flow as well.
I have a return pump which is a D-D Funktion 3500 lph and D-D Funktion Wave 4000 lph. Both at 100%, but the right side of the tank isn't getting enough flow.
I have an AI Nero 3 from my old tank, that I'm thinking of swapping out the Funktion Wave. Didn't realiase it did over 7000 lph. I had it set quite low on my little tank.
The question is whether I buy another Nero 3 to put down the other end so I can sync them.
Or upgrade to Nero 5.
Or try out another type of wave maker.
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Six Head Aquarium Clip On Cooling Fan
Cooling fans help dissipate excess heat from aquariums during spells of hot weather, allowing aquarium inhabitants to be kept within the correct temperate range.These fans can be used on their own, or in conjunction with a automatic temperature controller.This fan unit comes with an adjustable...
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This is what we are using. Didn’t think they would be so effective, would have saved a lot of corals if we had installed these years ago.