maddog0118
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would love to see pics and story on the cleaning process
400 gallon plus guys
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meowzer
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Originally Posted by tropills
http:///forum/post/3023319
Culp, not to bad about a 100 bucks a month.
slider, have ton's, anything in particular you want to see. I have them from start (build) till now. let me know what you want to see and I'll post them.
How about what's in the tanks???
http:///forum/post/3023319
Culp, not to bad about a 100 bucks a month.
slider, have ton's, anything in particular you want to see. I have them from start (build) till now. let me know what you want to see and I'll post them.
How about what's in the tanks???
srfisher17
Active Member
Originally Posted by tropills
http:///forum/post/3023319
Culp, not to bad about a 100 bucks a month.
slider, have ton's, anything in particular you want to see. I have them from start (build) till now. let me know what you want to see and I'll post them.
Neat set-up! If you're changing about 200 gallons a month; $100 really sounds high. You can buy Instant Ocean salt for about $55 (for 200 gal); no sales tax, including delivery to your door. Reef Crystals, about $62 for 200 gal.
http:///forum/post/3023319
Culp, not to bad about a 100 bucks a month.
slider, have ton's, anything in particular you want to see. I have them from start (build) till now. let me know what you want to see and I'll post them.
Neat set-up! If you're changing about 200 gallons a month; $100 really sounds high. You can buy Instant Ocean salt for about $55 (for 200 gal); no sales tax, including delivery to your door. Reef Crystals, about $62 for 200 gal.
crimzy
Active Member
Here's my "build" thread. Water changes are easy, 50 gallons every other week. I keep a rubbermaid with a float valve set to 50 gallons... fill it up, dump a bag of IO in and the salinity comes out perfect every time. Then pump water from my sump to the sink. Then pump from the rubbermaid to the sump. Takes about 15 minutes total.
Now, scraping algae on the other hand, is a PITA. I have realized that I must scrape every day, as the accumulation of algae is too much to handle. So I scrape for about 40 minutes per day. We're talking step-ladders, scrubbers, scrapers, towels, etc. It's pretty difficult but at least the tank is always clean...
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=319365
Originally Posted by tropills
http:///forum/post/3023263
550 gallon DIY lagoon, 55 gallon RR refuge, 25 gallon sump. change 100 gallons every 2 weeks and change out 5 micron filter sock each morning. pretty easy.
Cool setup. I'd love to see more pics. IMO, you do large water changes but have minimal filtration for such a large system. Is this by design? Do you have many fish in your system? How long has it been setup?
Now, scraping algae on the other hand, is a PITA. I have realized that I must scrape every day, as the accumulation of algae is too much to handle. So I scrape for about 40 minutes per day. We're talking step-ladders, scrubbers, scrapers, towels, etc. It's pretty difficult but at least the tank is always clean...
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=319365
Originally Posted by tropills
http:///forum/post/3023263
550 gallon DIY lagoon, 55 gallon RR refuge, 25 gallon sump. change 100 gallons every 2 weeks and change out 5 micron filter sock each morning. pretty easy.
Cool setup. I'd love to see more pics. IMO, you do large water changes but have minimal filtration for such a large system. Is this by design? Do you have many fish in your system? How long has it been setup?
tropills
Member
Here's a quick slide show, just click the picture to view.
quick run down.
yellow tang, regal tang, mimic tang, Vlamingi tang, royal gram-ma, clarki clown, spotted snake eel. tons of hermits,snails, soft corals, lps,and sps.
1200 pounds of live rock, 600 pounds oolitic sand. nautilus skimmer (just getting running now) 2 seio 2600's w/controller, 4 koralia 3's, 2 mj 1200 mods.
quite one 6000 return pump. fishneedit T5 lighting. and more I'm sure I'm forgetting but you get the Idea.
quick run down.
yellow tang, regal tang, mimic tang, Vlamingi tang, royal gram-ma, clarki clown, spotted snake eel. tons of hermits,snails, soft corals, lps,and sps.
1200 pounds of live rock, 600 pounds oolitic sand. nautilus skimmer (just getting running now) 2 seio 2600's w/controller, 4 koralia 3's, 2 mj 1200 mods.
quite one 6000 return pump. fishneedit T5 lighting. and more I'm sure I'm forgetting but you get the Idea.
tropills
Member
Originally Posted by crimzy
http:///forum/post/3023341
Here's my "build" thread. Water changes are easy, 50 gallons every other week. I keep a rubbermaid with a float valve set to 50 gallons... fill it up, dump a bag of IO in and the salinity comes out perfect every time. Then pump water from my sump to the sink. Then pump from the rubbermaid to the sump. Takes about 15 minutes total.
Now, scraping algae on the other hand, is a PITA. I have realized that I must scrape every day, as the accumulation of algae is too much to handle. So I scrape for about 40 minutes per day. We're talking step-ladders, scrubbers, scrapers, towels, etc. It's pretty difficult but at least the tank is always clean...
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=319365
Cool setup. I'd love to see more pics. IMO, you do large water changes but have minimal filtration for such a large system. Is this by design? Do you have many fish in your system? How long has it been setup?
Yes it is by design, I rely solely on flow and live rock for 99% of the filtration.
I dose sugar every night and drip kalk water for top offs,I transferred all of my contents of my 8 foot 180 over and added more to this new system that I put in service back in December. I do large water changes because I always have, the little extra cost means nothing to me. I have undetectable readings of nitrate and phosphate, and I tend to limit my feeding to twice a week and don't supplement anything for corals because of the large water changes. why add things to you system if you can't test for it. IMO.
http:///forum/post/3023341
Here's my "build" thread. Water changes are easy, 50 gallons every other week. I keep a rubbermaid with a float valve set to 50 gallons... fill it up, dump a bag of IO in and the salinity comes out perfect every time. Then pump water from my sump to the sink. Then pump from the rubbermaid to the sump. Takes about 15 minutes total.
Now, scraping algae on the other hand, is a PITA. I have realized that I must scrape every day, as the accumulation of algae is too much to handle. So I scrape for about 40 minutes per day. We're talking step-ladders, scrubbers, scrapers, towels, etc. It's pretty difficult but at least the tank is always clean...
https://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?t=319365
Cool setup. I'd love to see more pics. IMO, you do large water changes but have minimal filtration for such a large system. Is this by design? Do you have many fish in your system? How long has it been setup?
Yes it is by design, I rely solely on flow and live rock for 99% of the filtration.
I dose sugar every night and drip kalk water for top offs,I transferred all of my contents of my 8 foot 180 over and added more to this new system that I put in service back in December. I do large water changes because I always have, the little extra cost means nothing to me. I have undetectable readings of nitrate and phosphate, and I tend to limit my feeding to twice a week and don't supplement anything for corals because of the large water changes. why add things to you system if you can't test for it. IMO.
tropills
Member
Originally Posted by srfisher17
http:///forum/post/3023333
Neat set-up! If you're changing about 200 gallons a month; $100 really sounds high. You can buy Instant Ocean salt for about $55 (for 200 gal); no sales tax, including delivery to your door. Reef Crystals, about $62 for 200 gal.
I'm running sea chem pro reef for salt and will never go back to IO or --.
http:///forum/post/3023333
Neat set-up! If you're changing about 200 gallons a month; $100 really sounds high. You can buy Instant Ocean salt for about $55 (for 200 gal); no sales tax, including delivery to your door. Reef Crystals, about $62 for 200 gal.
I'm running sea chem pro reef for salt and will never go back to IO or --.
slider101
Member
Originally Posted by tropills
http:///forum/post/3023319
Culp, not to bad about a 100 bucks a month.
slider, have ton's, anything in particular you want to see. I have them from start (build) till now. let me know what you want to see and I'll post them.
I would love to see them all. I love seeing all the beginning pictures, gives me inspiration whenever I can expand from my 55 gal one day.
http:///forum/post/3023319
Culp, not to bad about a 100 bucks a month.
slider, have ton's, anything in particular you want to see. I have them from start (build) till now. let me know what you want to see and I'll post them.
I would love to see them all. I love seeing all the beginning pictures, gives me inspiration whenever I can expand from my 55 gal one day.
